Auto Trans and the KA-T

Post by **grimple1** » Mon May 23, 2005 3:54 am

Anyone know how well the auto trans holds up to HP?

I'm still in the planning stages (looking at 300-350ish HP) and was trying to determine if it's worth swapping the Man Trans into the 240 or if the auto would hold?

It's a S14 if that helps.

Post by **WDRacing** » Mon May 23, 2005 6:37 am

The auto transe will hold up just fine to 350WHP. Anyonme who says it won't already had a worn transmission. I suggest you run an additional transmission cooler. They can be purchased for $20 and under.

Post by **grimple1** » Mon May 23, 2005 8:12 am

OUTSTANDING! The trans only has 40k on it. I know IVAN's 240 from phat-k.com is an auto, but wasn't sure how much custom work he had done to his trans. to support the added HP.

Thanks for the reply, WDRacing.

Post by **WDRacing** » Mon May 23, 2005 9:39 am

No worries, the stock transmission will work well with boost. Don't listen to the guys saying it won't. Most have no idea what they are talking about.

WD

Post by **GEO** » Mon May 23, 2005 10:21 am

Post by **AZhitman** » Tue May 24, 2005 5:53 pm

I'd MUCH prefer an autotrans turbo car.

Gonna suck to pull my manual and swap the auto back in.

Post by **fiznat** » Tue May 24, 2005 6:57 pm

grimple1 wrote:I know IVAN's 240 from phat-k.com is an auto, but wasn't sure how much custom work he had done to his trans. to support the added HP.

Just to be clear, I beleive most of the KA-T cars Ivan has done thus far have been all 5 speed, except his own personal race car: a S14 with a specially modified transmission using Z32 parts.

Auto trannies are faster in the 1/4 mile, but dammit the 5 speed is so much more fun to drive! ...And I bet faster on a road course, as well.

Post by **grimple1** » Wed May 25, 2005 4:38 am

5-speeds also suck in Chicago Traffic

Post by **Florida240sx** » Wed May 25, 2005 6:24 am

Yea I think I'm going to keep my vert auto. Going to run some light boost on it to make it happy.

Post by **fabio420** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 4:50 pm

WDRacing wrote: I suggest you run an additional transmission cooler. They can be purchased for $20 and under.

Where do I get one and how hard is it to install?

Post by **grimple1** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 5:02 am

Summitracing.com, ebay, etc.. B&M coolers are great.

I don't think they're too difficult to install.

Here's a generic write-up of how to do an install. Obviously this isn't written on a Nissan, but it gives you the jist of things.

http://www.grandprix.net/upgrades/cooler.html

Post by **D Money** » Wed Jun 08, 2005 8:15 pm

grimple1 wrote:5-speeds also suck in Chicago Traffic

not really

Post by **grimple1** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 9:59 am

Monday - Friday. Inbound on I-90 at the O'hare Toll at 4:30pm. Yeah it sucks.

Post by **D Money** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 10:21 am

i live right there, you get used to it.

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