I did an auto to manual swap on my car and I love it. Im not a hradcore racer or anything though. If you wanna get into racing a lot at the track then keep the auto. Its better in the long un and you will be able to run more consistent times if your an inexperienced driver. I swapped mine out purely for the fun of it. I did the whole swap myself for about $2000 for a new TR3650, King cobra clutch, and all the right wiring harnesses. But again I did all the work myself so I didnt have any labor costs. It took me about 50+ hours to do in my garage with the car up on blocks (no lift)
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The auto is rated from the factory for considerably more horsepower than most people realize. The 4R70W is inherently a very strong transmission unlike the later 5 speed autos. Doing a "Jerry Mod" to the valve body and putting an oil cooler on it will result in the performance and durability you are looking for.
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A high stall converter and a valve body with a set a gears will wake your car up alot. I had the same car as you and did these mods. Stock the car ran high 14's, with those mods and stickeys the car ran 13.6's all day. You can drop 1-2 second off your 1/4 with those mods. Dont go Cheap route either. It will hurt you in the long run.
valve body and a new converter as said above should be all you need to do to the tranny if you want to super charge it.
little things you can do that add up are exhaust, intake(those 2 are the absolute 1st things as it needs to breathe better before it can make more power) chip or tune the ecu, underdrive pullys, eliminate the ac, etc.
you have to ask yourself what are you willing to sacrifice (i.e. drivability, comfort, gas mileage) to achieve more power. traditionally the more you mess with the more issues you have as well. personally i have a cat-back exhaust a cdc shaker intake, and i plan to tune it and possibly put underdrive pullys on it. i don't want to sacrifice overall drivability for more power that i will almost never get to use other then to cause trouble.
little things you can do that add up are exhaust, intake(those 2 are the absolute 1st things as it needs to breathe better before it can make more power) chip or tune the ecu, underdrive pullys, eliminate the ac, etc.
you have to ask yourself what are you willing to sacrifice (i.e. drivability, comfort, gas mileage) to achieve more power. traditionally the more you mess with the more issues you have as well. personally i have a cat-back exhaust a cdc shaker intake, and i plan to tune it and possibly put underdrive pullys on it. i don't want to sacrifice overall drivability for more power that i will almost never get to use other then to cause trouble.