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Old 05-08-2009, 06:31 PM
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I bought this car at an awesome price of 8500. 72k miles on it. Its currently sitting right now due to the fact of a blown engine and trans. My mods are.

I have this stuff already.

Performabuilt Stage 2 4l60
Yank PT4400

Patriot Stage 2 heads
Fast 90/90
SLP Underdrive pulley
Magnaflow catback, y-pipe, e-cutout

I have a torquer v2 now but probably selling it to go with an MS3 cam


IDK..just sucks that M6's put down more. I know its going to be aggravating and it is aggravating sometimes when people give you **** about owning an A4 SS because its "not a stick so it cant win races and sucks for a street car" kind of car. **** has been really pissing me off lately. That and there are no good videos of A4 LS1 Camaros on the internet anywhere.
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I love my a4... it runs just as fast if not faster than some of the m6's around with the same mods... its all about preference the cars will do the same things with the exeception of higher trap speeds....
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Automatics win races, not manuals. An auto will NEVER miss a gear, you have the chance with a manual everytime you speed shift. Idc who you are, no one can shift faster than a computer!!!!!
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lol A4 sucks so bad i did the m6 swap. never buying another auto sports car again.ive driven the same exact car as an auto and m6.m6>a4. of course some a4's are faster than some m6 and vice versa but m6 is soooo much more fun.
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i had a 4000 stalled auto and did the swap to a m6 yea a4 will win at the track but if you take two of the same cars same mods ect one with a m6 one with a4 the m6 will rape it top end and o yea autos are so boring i agree with the guy above i will never even think about buying another auto sports car
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Dont know where you are hearing this stuff , AUTOS WIN RACES they dont make numbers on dynos all things equal I would take and auto with a stall any day.
As for VIDEOS well hmm .







http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9heeydXGNhs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nltUWbzeEQ8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbNHnE_m0Vo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQtNf...layer_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWF8r...layer_embedded

And there are many many more . If these dont make you feel good about and automatic then I dont know what will .
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Man I don't know. I've had two M6 cars and I wish I went with A4 since day one. Even though I've never had some of the clutch issues that many have had I still just find it a pain in the ***. Need a rear end if I want to launch the **** out of it, but there's A4 guys running 10s on 10 bolts. You've got a nice stall, a nice tranny and what looks to be a nice h/c setup there, I'd put it together and give it a shot. Betcha it RAPES at the track.
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The only people who "give you **** about an automatic" are the last people you should be worried about anyway. Low dyno #s?
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I've had both, and I'd go with the auto any day. I liked the M6, but I love my stalled auto. And with that PT4400 and the mods you have lined up, you're not going to have to worry too much about the 6-speed guys. You'll give them a run at the least. The PT4400 pulls crazy hard up top! Get it all together and see what you think....you'll be impressed IMO.
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Yes I think he will be impressed and the naysayers hes talking to will well have foot in mouth disorder lol
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Ive had both too and yes the 6 speed is way more fun! I do get bored sometimes but I just luv getting up to 60 and punching it!!!
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even god cant out shift and automatic.
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even CHUCK NORRIS cant outshift an automatic lol

were converting our 97 LT1 T56 to a built 6.0/4L80E because autos win races....
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stickshifts= fun autos=wins

I have had both and the stalled LS1 auto is a killer haven't lost one race to a M6 yet at the track or from a roll with my Yank 4000 stall and stock auto tranny(knock on wood,LOL)

oh and stickshifts=great excuse for missing shifts and the loss
autos=drinking big gulps while still getting the wins,LMAO!!!

stickshifts=great dyno numbers and bragging right's
auto's=low,low dyno numbers but alot faster ET's


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Originally Posted by 99Hawk262
I've had both, and I'd go with the auto any day. I liked the M6, but I love my stalled auto. And with that PT4400 and the mods you have lined up, you're not going to have to worry too much about the 6-speed guys. You'll give them a run at the least. The PT4400 pulls crazy hard up top! Get it all together and see what you think....you'll be impressed IMO.
Is THIS your car by any chance??!

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Originally Posted by performabuilt
Dont know where you are hearing this stuff , AUTOS WIN RACES they dont make numbers on dynos all things equal I would take and auto with a stall any day.
As for VIDEOS well hmm .







http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9heeydXGNhs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nltUWbzeEQ8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbNHnE_m0Vo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQtNf...layer_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWF8r...layer_embedded

And there are many many more . If these dont make you feel good about and automatic then I dont know what will .
i own a a4 with a 3800 stall, i agree on what he said!!^^^
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well i enjoy have 2 hands on the wheel (for safety) also i raced a viper who was pulling on me until he missed a shift so guess who won! i didnt want to race but he gave me sh*t and got what he deserved. i later caught up with him and he showed me his 95 camaro with twin turbos YIKES.
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M6 is for highschool kids, autos are for ET times. I got my M6 when I was way too young, now I am preping to swap to a built auto.
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When a M6 gets a good run, u know its the driver....Auto's not so much. Cannot Be Denied.
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Originally Posted by ZMONSTER!
M6 is for highschool kids, autos are for ET times. I got my M6 when I was way too young, now I am preping to swap to a built auto.
Why does someone always have to make an ignorant comment like this??

High school kids?? Yea, I suppose thats why many of the worlds best sports cars aren't even available in an automatic. Autos can be fast, sure, but that doesn't discredit the manual transmission in any way.

Take your stalled automatic on a road course and see how well you do against an M6, it would be a joke. Manuals do everything well - they put down the most power, run the fastest traps, and still get the best fuel economy. Discrediting that only proves ignorance.

If you enjoy your auto thats fine. But don't call out M6's as being "for high school kids", thats ridiculous.



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