Hi, I just got a 2006 Civic coupe with an automatic and am considering getting more power out of it with a turbo. What I'm wondering is if the extra power will spit out the transmission and/or if there are shift improver kits available that can beef it up to take a lot more power?

 

you should try posting this in the turbo section, if you knew u wanted power why didnt u buy an si?

 

^ +1 i agree u should of just gotten the Si becasue the Si cost about 2-3 thousand dollar more (i think) and a turbo kit is goin to run u about the same price.

 

Thanks for the answers, but I didn't want an SI because you can't get one with an automatic, they only come with stick shift and that is not an option for me. I can drive a stick better than the next guy but I'm sick of stick =) I live in a hilly city (Seattle) and I no longer find rowing with the shift lever to be entertaining. Maybe if I had a Ferrari I would reconsider.

Also, when I had the old American muscle cars the automatic would beat any comparable stick in drag racing every time. I realize Hondas may be different, and I was wondering about posting in the turbo thread, but anyway, this is actually about the automatic. Can a Honda automatic transmission handle a lot more power? If it is beefed up? Can they be beefed up?

 

honda trans rnt like the old th-350 or th-400s in the old muscle cars, i have looked but i havent even found a shift kit for ems, as for reliability i have a 94 teg auto with 135,xxx and it slips a lil and that car is bone stock, so at first id imagine the trans would hold up but as it aged it would probably begin to fail. somebody on this forum has a turboed auto. but i guess in my opinion an auto isnt a good platform for a hi-po car

 

Thanks, Jeff. It will be awhile till I get around to it if I do decide to hot rod it, maybe a turbo won't be the way. There must be a spring somewhere in the tranny that can be replaced with a stronger one in order to boost the clutch pressure, we just need to figure out which spring it is, of course that might make it pop a blood vessel =)

 

I've had BOTH in many vehicles( all American Muscle cars )over the years. While it is way more "fun" to shift gears , power is ALWAYS there on turbocharged automatics, which I currently drive. While you're clutching and shifting , an AUTO/TURBO combo is HUMPING!!!




SMOKEM

 

im not knockin factory turbo auto cars (my buddy had a turbo sundance auto that wasa pretty damn good sleeper)nice g.national, there is one forsale near my house for 8g and everytime i drive by i want it,
mine comment was more directed at turboing a na car with an auto

 

I know, I was just teasing. Rarely have anything constructive to say and share my opinions probably even less than that. Most setups are pretty much a personal preference significantly weighted by the amount of $$$ you have or are willing to pour into a given project. Then, factor in the anonymity of this media, and all kinds of unverifiable baloney gets hashed around. Take most posts with a grain of salt and do your own thing with no excuses owed to anyone. It's all good.

SMOKEM


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That car looks nice! I had a Barracuda 340 and a Duster 340 (without turbos) with automatics. The automatics are also faster off the line in a drag race. When I took my cars to the drags I would go up against a lot of kids with the real loud exhausts, the big tires in back and the rear ends jacked up. When the light turned green they would sit around on the starting line making lots of noise and tire smoke while my car would feel like a locomotive going 50mph had just crashed into the back of it. I would be way down the track before they started going, and only one of them ever caught up to me, sweating away, rowing with the shift lever =)