[shawnperolis]

Originally Posted by naikaidriver

Congratulations!

You and your friend just "discovered" some things that anyone who has ever drag raced for any period of time already knows.

- Launching at peak torque instead of near idle results in dramatically harder launches which in turn results in dramatically lower 60' and 100' times, which dramatically lowers E.T.'s.
- 60' and 100' times have the most dramatic affect on E.T.'s.

Now as far as road track time differences go, given that the manual has slightly shorter gearing is the only advantage I would give it. Even then, it can only be monopolized by a very skilled driver that can shift as fast and accurately as the auto can. Sure, there are plenty of people out there that can do it, but most "everyday" drivers aren't pro's.

Happy you shared your experience and that you took the time to do a compare, but your results are hardly empirical. It would be no different than me stating that manual cars are slower in autocross just because I wiped the pavement of some manual S2000s in my stock, auto FRS. Making a statement like that, while true is counter-productive and concluding my car is faster than an S2000 based on that is just silly.

Scott

Do you really not believe that the manual trans FRS is faster than the automatic one? Or are you just really into arguing with people?