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Originally Posted by Memphis
None whatsoever. However this brings up another point about the auto. While it is leaps and bounds ahead of other generalized autos it still has a flaw compared to them as well.
I still think the auto is slow. Compared to most other offerings out there the auto in the FR-S is not close in performance to its manual counterpart.
1.3-1.5 second difference in time between the two is horrible. Not bad, but horrible.
Majority of the time the auto counterpart is still slower, but only by a difference of about .3 to .5
It may shift faster, and allow you to downshift while rev matching but it lacks the ability to keep up by any means to its counterpart.
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Again, you're talking about drag racing and acceleration from a stand-still. But the reason that the 86 is so bad at this is because of the abysmal torque of the FA20. That's the not transmissions fault. If you were to launch the manual from idle, the difference between it and the auto wouldn't be so dramatic.
If the 86 had come with any one of Toyota's inline 4's offered today, the 0-60s would be much better. Only problem would be that would have ruined the intent of the car as much as it would ruin its CG.
Scott