I cant find an manual 89-94 240sx in the Atlanta, GA thats in good enough shape to not have to rebuild the engine. I can find quite a bit of automatics though. I havent had lots of practice with a manual yet, but I can drive it with minimal skills as I was hoping to fully learn on the 240.

I dont plan to autox, drag, or drift (Not yet, cause Im not in the uprising "240 drift fad") and I really dont even plan on swapping a sr20 (just yet either). So for my current goals for the car, would a automatic really be that bad? Minus the usual "manual is better than automatic", or "manual is more fun". Plus if I do decide to drag, its my understanding that an auto is the best to do it with.

Dont get me wrong, I know I would possibly be loosing some hp to the wheels.

 

i'm sorry, but u lost me. what ARE ur current goals? do u wanna get better at driving a manual, or do u just want a daily driver? anyhow, an automatic 240 is much, much better than no 240 at all. plus, u can always swap trannies.

 

Try www.autotrader.com

good luck

 

I bought an auto as well because of the same problem. Driving an auto isn't as much fun, but it's still driving a 240sx, no one can argue that. You can always swap to a 5 speed like I am this spring, not too hard or expensive. So to answer your first question, it's not night and day like people make it out to be, but it's not near as fun driving an auto.

To answer your second question, auto's are slower at the track, in a 1/4 mile, if a manual 240sx ran a 16.0, then an automatic would run a 16.8-17.1, a big difference. But a stock 240sx isn't made for the track, it's made to go sideways!

Dr.