Turbo on Automatic

[ugly duckling]

Hey guy's new to the site here i just recently bought a 93 Dodge Colt with the Misibushi 1.5 litre engine automatic.Question would you put a turbo on a automatic car? I can get a turbo and intercooler cheap nothing fancy what else can you do to squezze out a few ponies out of this 1.5 litre.

[turbovanman]

Why not? TD's came auto with turbo's. Easier to launch and brake torque for boost.

[Una]

Yeah, I drag raced an auto for the first time this season in my Horizon after I did the turbo swap into it. I liked it so much, I almost never want to drag a stick car again! Sucks for daily driving tho.. Less BOV action..

[turbovanman]

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Originally Posted by Una Yeah, I drag raced an auto for the first time this season in my Horizon after I did the turbo swap into it. I liked it so much, I almost never want to drag a stick car again! Sucks for daily driving tho.. Less BOV action..

No kidding, I have to get on it hard and then chop the gas if I want to scare pedestrians, heheheehhe!

[ugly duckling]

Cool i thought it would be a waste of time my plan for this car is a fun car Auto X car to be honest plan is to put a turbo and intercooler set of plugs and a few more odds and ends.How much more horsepower will a turbo add to an engine like this 1.5 litre?

[Una]

Almost doubles the horsepower for each 15psi you add.. So if you add 7psi of boost, figure 50% more horsepower, maybe more since you're not lowering compression.. Google "devilsown", you'll need their alcohol injection kit to turbo an N/A motor..

[IceMat]

the spirit r/t in mexico came in 2 different versions, one was 8 valve with a automatic trans. and a 16 valve with standar trans.

[Turbo88]

Automatic is much faster because you always have constant boost.
with a 5spd in the other hand everytime you switch gears you loose your boost and have to build up again. 5spd are fast on the high automatic is fast were it counts "drag strip"