Ok so i know this is a stupid question but i wanna make my o5 auto neon sxt have a drag on the gas. how do i go about doing that? i want it to seem i guess like a manual when they have the draw when you lightly hit it? any ideas going to a cat-back maybe or is there anything u can do?

 

I'm not getting what you are asking at all?

 

lol ok this might be easier to understand. All automatics have a idle speed normally like 2mph while manuals dont. Thats what im looking for is to try to lower the the idle to speed to pretty much nothing. I guess its just a stupid question lol

 

You can't really do that on an auto, if I'm understanding it any better. The difference is the clutch in an auto, automatically engages unlike a manual and makes the car go; the whole purpose of the automatic transmission. Put it in neutral?

I don't understand why you'd want to make your car "stall" when you give it gas though...

 

it not so much to make it stall but yea thats pretty much it i was just wondering cause a buddy asked if you could do it so i figured i would ask

 

I'm sure it could be done, but the amount of work to even try to figure something like that out...not worth it. Manuals have the potential to be a bit faster, but an auto will generally be more consistent. There's always pros and cons to each.

 

oh ok gotcha thanks bro

 

with the advent of linelocks and shift kits I'd say Autos have the potential to be faster

 

You don't think that shift kits simply [possibly] make-up for the bit of extra weight and parasitic drag? I'm calling linelocks an even, because there are now equivalants for manuals that allow you to "pre-load" them for a "perfect" launch; a similar effect of the linelocks.

 

I don't know if there is a high stall torque converter made for the Neons, but that's one of the things we would use back in the glory days of rear wheel drive. You could leave your car in drive, and it would just sit there. The made different torque converters with different rpm levels. Some for street use, but a lot for the strip. Made it run just like you would dump the clutch on a manual tranny. Then again, we were using Torqueflite 727 trannies back then. I don't know if the Neon ATX could handle the extra stress.

L8R,
Matt