Manule V.S Automatic

mrnickleye · 08-14-2005, 07:24 PM

I was gonna start a thread like this, but found this one first.
I have an '89 N/A with intake and exhaust mods, AFM mods, new valve job, etc. I have gone 140mph (one night), with some more peddle left to go. Stop sign coming up fast, so...
I was not up to redline yet, somewhere in the 5K's.
Since then, my son, (it was his car first) who is a C-130 pilot in the Coast Guard (he knows alot about air lift speeds), told me that a dip in the road could launch me airborne at those speeds.
So...I won't be going over 110mph anymore. (So lets not hear of anyone 'flying' their Supra, OK?)

Also, does anyone actually drive their automatic in the 'normal' setting??? I always drive in the 'sport' setting because the car feels like a fat pig in normal.

Also, if I floor the peddle, it upshifts in the 5Ks, which seems to be in its optimum torque range.

08-14-2005, 07:24 PM	#10
mrnickleye 1000whp postwhore Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Mojave Desert, Calif. Posts: 1,705	I was gonna start a thread like this, but found this one first. I have an '89 N/A with intake and exhaust mods, AFM mods, new valve job, etc. I have gone 140mph (one night), with some more peddle left to go. Stop sign coming up fast, so... I was not up to redline yet, somewhere in the 5K's. Since then, my son, (it was his car first) who is a C-130 pilot in the Coast Guard (he knows alot about air lift speeds), told me that a dip in the road could launch me airborne at those speeds. So...I won't be going over 110mph anymore. (So lets not hear of anyone 'flying' their Supra, OK?) Also, does anyone actually drive their automatic in the 'normal' setting??? I always drive in the 'sport' setting because the car feels like a fat pig in normal. Also, if I floor the peddle, it upshifts in the 5Ks, which seems to be in its optimum torque range. __________________ Had a Red 1989 N/A. Automatic. Sports Pkg. w/wing. TEMS, and some nice MODS. Sold to a friend 10/08/08.