I might be trading in my 03 echo for a 95 firebird formula. I wanted to know how slow are the autos compared to the manuals?

 

The A4 is a good car, but it's no M6, with a few mod's you can hold your own against any car!




You feel me?.....................................

 

An A4 car will always be more consistent at the dragstrip.

It'll be WAY faster than your Echo

 

You will be driving a car with 160+ more HP then what you had does that even really matter?..lol

 

Back in high school, my friend got a '95 Formula A4. It ran a 13.9 spinning through 1st gear. It was the fastest car I had been in at the time and it was so fun to ride in

 

a4's are no slouch

my car with original plugs and wires and **** managed a 14.4@96mph

i bet now it could run low 14s or even high 13s
and an A4 firebird formula is lighter than an A4 trans am

 

Your Echo makes about 120hp if that even and you are jumping into a 285hp and you want to call it slow?

 

the m6 is faster with a good driver, most of us are not as good shifting as the auto is, so go auto and have fun

 

dont hesitate. Get the Formula

 

Before I bought my 96 Formula A4 I had a 94 Mustang GT 5-speed that had a cam, 4.10 gears and a X-pipe. Lets just say the Formula being bone stock would wax my old Mustang.

Get The Formula!

 

i'm calling a negative here.

 

The difference is minimal. The M6 will be better from a roll obviously but the A4 tends to be better from a dig because its a perfect shift everytime and its more consistent at the drag strip. The A4 is no slouch by any means and you will love the Formula if you buy it.

 

dont let the m6 boys talk u down, u will lose a little more power through that a4 but with a good stall ull beat most m6 guys off any line

 

I agree, those are heavy mods on the stang

 

https://ls1tech.com/forums/drag-racing-results/444688-quickest-stock-internals-list-11-80-bump.html

Check the top 15 fastest N/A cars. Even assuming you'll never go Nitro or F/I you'll still be looking at some pretty good times at the strip if you go full out H/C, Headers, blah blah blah...

I have my mods in my sig, and my A4 is plenty fast for me. I have no clue how to launch the bitch yet because I've only had it for a week, but I'll get the hang of it. My next mods are for sure though going to be a Stall and Transgo Shift Kit. Anyhow, take these things with a grain of salt. Me personally, after driving my T/A for a week, then sitting back in my old car (87 T-bird), everything in that car felt wrong, and I loved the hell outta that car.
As for the Stang comment, keep in mind, this was on a 94... which was before the 4.6 was actually a decent power making engine. So I'll believe him.

 

Look up what a stall converter is(suggest vigalante or yank). Then buy one, 3200 is good on the street decent on the strip.

 

What's negative about what I said?

 

They're not believing what you said.

 

Between the two, taking weight into consdieration, I believe you ... think it would be close, though.

 

shoot my v6 can handle stock mustang gts til like 75.. id sure hope his could.. even with gears and xpipe...