Just cuz u got a civic don't mean its fast...

[matt_fulghum]

it keeps the transmission in gear longer so it doesn't shift up as fast... thereby keeping the engine in the powerband a bit better... it's still a slow ass car though.

[Enigmaz Powa]

Why would i drag race a 103 hp car? I was on the highway and the guy in a sunfire was next to me and den took off.. i was doin 90... And i'm thinking of a engine swap...but imconcerned about all the other shyz dat might run me some money.. u know like,installation, maybe some part changes i might not be aware of...better brakes to accomadate the extra horse power and etc.....but yo matt, what if i jus got the ecm upgrade, would the car be @least peppish?

[Enigmaz Powa]

And to be honest, i think the chrysler town & country lxi minivan is faster then my car...its my first(the protege), and i'll defend it.

[matt_fulghum]

you wouldn't need to upgrade the brakes, it's only an extra 24 hp... the main benefit of the swap would probably be the 5-speed

[Vash00es]

it keeps the transmission in gear longer so it doesn't shift up as fast... thereby keeping the engine in the powerband a bit better... it's still a slow ass car though.

My Auto dosent have a hold button

[Vash00es]

i think hes talking about the OD button

If he really is using the OD button as a "hold" button, then thats pretty weird... thats like using the 1 and 2 settings as manual shifts, instead of just putting it into D

[matt_fulghum]

I actually do that in my mom's Outback... it seriously helps, because I think it locks off the hydraulic paths for the other gears' clutches or something... all I know is that if I don't, I seriously can't get off the line as fast... go figure.

Manuals all the way!

[Vash00es]

its not exactly good for your tranny... What do you do.... 1 - 2 - D?

and its slower reaction times for gear shifts

[matt_fulghum]

1, 2, 3, D

it's fine for the transmission... just locks it in gear.

slower? faster than if I just stick it in D... that's for sure... whatever
I can't wait to get my car back on the road. I'm tired of driving my parents' cars.

[Vash00es]

Yours has a three? Mine only has 1 and 2

Its definately slower then a manual, specially having to look down and change the settings and ****.

[matt_fulghum]

well luckily rather than one of those straight line shifters, there's a very well defined shift gate for the automatic in my mom's car... I still wish they had bought a manual version though. The automatics in the Outback are pretty sluggish sometimes.

[D323]

Yours doesnt have a hold button??? thats odd. I thought that they did, but I guess not all automatics have a hold button.

I know my moms volvo, and my g/fs aveo both do.

[Scott D]

Mine's got a hold button. If I wanna go fast, I'll just downshift from D to 2, and hit the button... The Auto DX (or any car for that matter...) is nice and responsive up top. I can even burn the tires!!
Put car in neutral
press "HOLD"
Rev to 3500-4k rpms
Push in button
Shift into 1
and You'll burn out and do a launch. I use the "HOLD" thing alll the time. It's pretty quick if you do "1-2-D", while shifting at 5.5k.

[Vash00es]

Yeah i just have the OD button on the shifter, no mysterious hold button

[Enigmaz Powa]

Yeah i just have the OD button on the shifter, no mysterious hold button

Isn't od like the last gear in the car that saves gas?

On the "shifter" right under the big button, there should be a button that says "hold".....

manually shifting an auto tranny from 1 to 2 then to drive while the car is in motion would pretty much destroy the tranny right? Cause i know for a fact (according to my car manual) that it isn't setup to go in that driection, but is set up to go from N TO D TO 2 TO 1...not viser versa...

And i didn't mean to imply that i would need brakes for an LX swap...i was talking about an gtx/r swap.... as for an lx swap, theres a junk yard about 30 mins away, that has a lot of protege's in it, some wrecked and most of them have perfectly intact interior and what not...and they all have no less then 148 k on them....i could buy the engine (or any engine ) in this junk yard for less then 100 dollars...so should i even consider an lx swap or save up my pennies for the dream gtx/r swap?