Modding an Automatic - Page 2 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Tye300 · 06-05-2014, 06:37 AM

I modded mine already! LOL

s2d4 · 06-05-2014, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by TSC19

Well, if he wants to go fi then it's better to have an manual.

Why?

Snowblind · 06-05-2014, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Covo_86

Just wondering if it's worth it to mod an automatic frs

No.

dalli · 06-05-2014, 01:59 PM

@Covo_86 do you drive around the main parts of the city with stop n go traffic? if so, how is your clutch holding up? JW

For modding an automatic, i would limit myself just incase one day he would trade it in for an MT(like when STI brand comes out)

Covo_86 · 06-05-2014, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by dalli

@Covo_86 do you drive around the main parts of the city with stop n go traffic? if so, how is your clutch holding up? JW

For modding an automatic, i would limit myself just incase one day he would trade it in for an MT(like when STI brand comes out)

I do a lot of stop and go and my clutch is fine

Mim · 06-05-2014, 07:23 PM

I'm going auto and one of the first mods will be a diff change to a 4.55. That will help mitigate some of the launch advantage of a manual. That said I want to spend some quality time with the car, without powertrain mods, just to get a better feel for what Tada-san achieved with the car and help me understand whether each mod I do is actually adding to the car and not removing something.

There's some pretty interesting mods to be had for AT's out there. I'd do some searching on this lively site of ours to see what people have tried and their impressions on the result.

Touge_ninja · 06-05-2014, 07:50 PM

Love my turbo AT.

mezdup · 06-05-2014, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Covo_86

Just wondering if it's worth it to mod an automatic frs I have a mt but my cousin just bought an auto and he's deciding if he should or shouldn't. ( Coilovers, exhaust, etc ) I told him to go for it. Do you guys think it's worth it?

i did some light modding to my auto when i had it, but i dunno if i'd recommend an exhaust. they really don't sound great with an auto, even in manual mode. when you shift gears and get back on the gas there's like a weird hesitation in the exhaust note before it sounds right again. always bothered me.

Tromatic · 06-05-2014, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by mezdup

i did some light modding to my auto when i had it, but i dunno if i'd recommend an exhaust. they really don't sound great with an auto, even in manual mode. when you shift gears and get back on the gas there's like a weird hesitation in the exhaust note before it sounds right again. always bothered me.

Wait, wut? Why would you need to "get back on the gas"? Were you really shifting an auto like you would a manual?

mezdup · 06-05-2014, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Tromatic

Wait, wut? Why would you need to "get back on the gas"? Were you really shifting an auto like you would a manual?

now that i think about it, i may have been lmao. i'll show myself out

Rampage · 06-05-2014, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Mim

I'm going auto and one of the first mods will be a diff change to a 4.55. That will help mitigate some of the launch advantage of a manual. That said I want to spend some quality time with the car, without powertrain mods, just to get a better feel for what Tada-san achieved with the car and help me understand whether each mod I do is actually adding to the car and not removing something.

There's some pretty interesting mods to be had for AT's out there. I'd do some searching on this lively site of ours to see what people have tried and their impressions on the result.

^^^^^ This. If you change the FD then there is a good chance that the automatic will be quicker than the manual. Many of the automatics produced today achieve faster 0-60 and 1/4 mile times than their manual counterparts.
If I bought a automatic FR-S this would be the first mod I did.

Chen · 06-05-2014, 09:52 PM

@BRZPDX has a auto and his is been turboed.

whataboutbob · 06-06-2014, 01:49 AM

My auto is pretty fun.

drewbot · 06-06-2014, 09:28 AM

Honestly if rowing through gears and launching is the only thing you want to do with this car, then you bought the wrong car

06-05-2014, 06:37 AM	#15
Tye300 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Drives: Toyota 86 TRD Version AT Location: Manila, Philippines Posts: 883 Thanks: 548 Thanked 599 Times in 283 Posts Mentioned: 20 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	I modded mine already! LOL __________________ Vortech Supercharged Flex Fuel 86 TRD AT Visit my build thread here.

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dalli Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Drives: Toyota Location: New York City Posts: 575 Thanks: 37 Thanked 40 Times in 30 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	@Covo_86 do you drive around the main parts of the city with stop n go traffic? if so, how is your clutch holding up? JW For modding an automatic, i would limit myself just incase one day he would trade it in for an MT(like when STI brand comes out) __________________

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