Auto vs Manual(racing wise)?

Well i'm not into imports but i did get a 1994 honda civic coupe a while back(its automatic) its all stock but it looks all sporty and stuff (it was repainted all white with tinted windows and blacked out wheels). I always have other "tuners" on the street wanting to race me…

now heres my question… Does it really Really matter if you have a manual or not? I know with a manual you can start a race a high rpms to start off quicker rather than with and auto and start off with 0…

I mean when it comes to racing it all comes down to the drive train right? Like engine, suspension, trans, etc…

If two stock cars.(same year, same make and model, same engine, same everything) with the only exception that one is an auto and the other is a manual… Which one would win? Lets say towards the middle of the race and amost to the finish line… Who has a greatter chance of winning? Considering that they are excatly the same beside the trans

I'm not a ricer or anything like that… It just annoys me that people think just because they have a manual they are the big shots…

Manual is better. You have more control over your entire car. And can shift about as fast if not quicker than a cheap automatic transmission. And it's cheaper/easier to work on.
Plus people who drive, not just to drive, but for fun, get more out of a manual. It's that simple. Driving an automatic car practically isn't driving, you're just a steering wheel attendant who occasionally presses a peddle or two.

"If two stock cars.(same year, same make and model, same engine, same everything) with the only exception that one is an auto and the other is a manual… Which one would win?"

Depends on the car. Most all older cars, I'd say pre 2000, have faster 0-60's for their stick shift counterparts. But it all depends on the driver. If you shift too slow, you lose that extra benefit of being able to use all the power instead of it being eaten up by a torque converter.

I DD an old GT, stickshift. I wouldn't trade it for an automatic, ever. I bought the car because I love driving, not because I wanted driving to be easy.

That being said, I can shift nearly as quick as most any car. Maybe even faster than most cars on the road. Obviously you can't shift faster than a brand new Lamborghini, lol.

"Modern automatics also give you good manual control of the gears if you want, via paddle shifters or a sequential +/- on the gear lever. So the old "I like to have control of of the car" argument isn't so strong any more. "

You literally can't compare stick shift to pressing 2 buttons on your steering wheel. You might as well compare it to those cars where you can put it in "sport mode," and move your shifter side to side to shift up and down. There are things you can do in a stick shift you literally can't do in a modern automatic. Personally, I think automatics are for benchracers who won't ever use 3/10 of their cars' potential, except maybe in a straight line. People who don't really care for driving, see it as more of a chore, and of course the disabled

With an older car like that the manual will be slightly faster, as long as the driver is good.

Reason is the auto has a certain amount of "slippage" and power loss, and has less gear ratios. The difference isn't huge, maybe 1/2 or 1 second over a 1/4 mile.

But with more modern automatics the gap has closed, and dual clutch automatic gearboxes are often faster than a regular manual because they have more gears, and the computer can operate the clutch and gearshift faster than a mere meatsack. So the Nissan GT-R is considered an automatic, but is one of the faster road cars over a 1/4 mile. They don't make a manual version, because no one could shift gears as well as the computer can.

Modern automatics also give you good manual control of the gears if you want, via paddle shifters or a sequential +/- on the gear lever. So the old "I like to have control of of the car" argument isn't so strong any more.