First Time 280zx buyer. Help!!
07-30-2005, 12:06 AM
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Originally Posted by assimilated420
the autos are to never be underestimated.. just cuz its auto does NOT mean it cant be fun.. and if you go from low-2-drive.. you can control your gearing.. and when going in drive.. that kick down can be quite insane when pulling a corner at 45 
... yes manual may be good.. but when i drift i prefer that auto otherwise your just movin all over the place.. brake, turn, clutch, downshift, accelerate, release clutch, turn more, accelerate more, steady yourself... too much to do when pulling a corner at 45.. or any other speed for that matter whether youre drfiting on a track or the road 
... yes manual may be good.. but when i drift i prefer that auto otherwise your just movin all over the place.. brake, turn, clutch, downshift, accelerate, release clutch, turn more, accelerate more, steady yourself... too much to do when pulling a corner at 45.. or any other speed for that matter whether youre drfiting on a track or the road The inability to manage what gear is currently being used is also a disadvantage although you can mitigate this somewhat by forcing the use of 2nd gear, you still only have two gears that you can control (1st & 2nd) since 3rd is directly controlled by the hydraulics and valving in the tranny itself even if you shift into (D)rive, the tranny may decide to keep it in 2nd.
The auto is most advantageous in bracket drag racing where consistency at the threshold of your break-out time is most important.
In this type of racing, it's consistency that rules the day. Virtually any other motorsport will favor the manual including drifting where you typically keep the car in the gear most appropriate for the speed since you control the slide with modulation of the throttle, there's not a lot of shifting that occurs and if you have to shift, it's because you've already done something wrong.
Remember, drifting is about keeping the car in a constant slide, not just in the corners. You're actually turning the straightaways into an S curve to maintain the slide.
Last edited by lww; 08-12-2005 at 09:20 AM.
i dont even know if it works or not haha 
08-10-2005, 08:30 PM
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Update
Okay, here is an update:
The 10th i was gonna buy. The guy was a HUGE flake!!! so that didn't work out.
Then, i saw this '83 at the ford dealer on autotrader.com. Everything i was looking for too. Auto, 115k T tops. good paint. but when i got there it was a stick (which i don't mind just not what i am looking for) and the alt. was TOAST. We jumped it off just thinking it was the batt. then we went to pull out of the lot it just died . . . and no i didn't stall.
so anyways . . . I am checking on ebay found two that look like it could work out so wish me luck!!
The 10th i was gonna buy. The guy was a HUGE flake!!! so that didn't work out.
Then, i saw this '83 at the ford dealer on autotrader.com. Everything i was looking for too. Auto, 115k T tops. good paint. but when i got there it was a stick (which i don't mind just not what i am looking for) and the alt. was TOAST. We jumped it off just thinking it was the batt. then we went to pull out of the lot it just died . . . and no i didn't stall.
so anyways . . . I am checking on ebay found two that look like it could work out so wish me luck!!
08-11-2005, 06:34 PM
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Yeah i know it would be cheap/easy fix but, i was looking for an auto. I want to make a daily driver. BUT..... if the other two don't work out i will most likey get this one, cuz they really want it off their lot.
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