[Integraman14]

How many automatic GSR's have they made? My friend said he was buying a fixed up gsr and i looked at it on autotrader.com and it said it was a automatic and i was wondering did they even made automatic gsr's? This may be a stupid question but i need to know. Thanks

Later,
Garin

 

[NeoSilverTeg]

nope, never produced.

the only way an auto GSR would exist would be either a) a tranny swap on the GSR (why the hell, I don't think anyone is this stupid), or if someone dropped the GSR engine into their RS/LS/GS.

other than that, Acura has never produced the VTEC series cars with autos. correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't even think that the CL/TL Type S, RSX Type S... those only come with 6 speeds right? I don't think the auto version (base) of those cars come equipped with vtec do they?

 

[timpac167]

Honda has made 0 automatic Acura Integra GSR's.

I guess you can't spell performance with an automated tranny. And to make it work properly, the auto tranny would have to shifts way beyond vtec engagement, just to squeeze the performance out of it, and let it rip to somewhere near redline before shifting. My guess is Honda would have eventually made an automatic GSR if it introduced a sport shift option in the car.

 

[NeoSilverTeg]

My guess is Honda would have eventually made an automatic GSR if it introduced a sport shift option in the car.

Is that what the 97+ auto Preludes have? Same thing as the new generation Eclipses... that thing where you can push the shift knob over and it has a "+" or "-" or something like that?

Dad's Lexus GS400 has that on the steering wheel. Upshift button on the front, downshift button on the back of the wheel. It's nice if you were wanting to reline each time, or stay in a certain gear, but doesn't perform near as well as an actual stick... in fact I think it's more trouble than just driving a manual.

 

[timpac167]

The CL and TL type S do have automatic transmission. In fact, when these cars came out, that was the only option.

Acura eventually gave into customer demand for a gearbox.

And doing a GSR engine swap into a non vtec transmission is nonsense to me since the gear ratios would be to tall for the engine.

So basically Integraman, your friend is buying a piece of fixed up crap. Don't let him get conned.

 

[JiggyKooAndy]

other than that, Acura has never produced the VTEC series cars with autos. correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't even think that the CL/TL Type S, RSX Type S... those only come with 6 speeds right? I don't think the auto version (base) of those cars come equipped with vtec do they?

CL/TL Type S came with an optional 5 speed tiptronic/manumatic.

 

[NeoSilverTeg]

oh... I didn't know that. huh. but I'm right about the GSR right? Those are stick-only everywhere and every domestic market correct? US, Japanese, Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zeland, etc.

 

[dakrump]

they never made an auto gs-r that i've heard of

but they do make ex civics with sohc-vtec with automatic trannys

 

[95teg_ls]

I could be wrong, but I thought I read a post a long long time ago about how they made an auto GSR in Japan.

 

[BlackIntegraGS]

Correct me if im wrong, but ive heard of GSR's that were made automatic only in Japan.

 

[JustinKlemgold]

Yes, they make GSR's (called sir-g) in Japan in both auto and manual. No they don't have an auto gsr in the usa....

 

[TheGSRGuy]

Accords have VTEC and are automatic.

I can't beleive someone else is asking this, I see a new thread about this almost every day. Read the articles!

 

[tony4311]

Yes, they make GSR's (called sir-g) in Japan in both auto and manual. No they don't have an auto gsr in the usa....

yep. they had auto gsr's in japan

 

[NeoSilverTeg]

that's cool to know... just for trivial knowledge's sake. but why would you want an auto GS-R?? I mean... really. Doesn't that kind of defeat the purpose. Like an automatic S2000 or auto Porsche 911 turbo (I know the porsche and teg are on two different ends of the spectrum but you know what I mean...!!)

 

[Cjanik]

is it the GSR thats in las vegas? someplace called Fletcher Jones Lexus? or something like that? i live in vegas and i saw that on that site too, i went to check it out, but the company was closed, (labor day and sunday) so i'll check it out sometime

 

[JustTegIt]

i know tihs is an old thread, but to comment on the uselessness of an automatic GSR, the fact that the tranny is auto has nothing to do wiht it. the gear ratios are the important factor. Hell the new R32 Volkswagon Golf has the fastest shifting production tranny ever made, (.08 seconds about ten times faster than normal trannys) and it is based around the principle of an automatic even though it has clutchless manual paddle shift mode. the human will never be faster than the machines we can make, so as long as we keep designing things like the R32, i will say as i have said in other posts...Long Live the Auto Tranny!

 

[SBhatia]

i know tihs is an old thread, but to comment on the uselessness of an automatic GSR, the fact that the tranny is auto has nothing to do wiht it. the gear ratios are the important factor. Hell the new R32 Volkswagon Golf has the fastest shifting production tranny ever made, (.08 seconds about ten times faster than normal trannys) and it is based around the principle of an automatic even though it has clutchless manual paddle shift mode. the human will never be faster than the machines we can make, so as long as we keep designing things like the R32, i will say as i have said in other posts...Long Live the Auto Tranny!

automatic trannys are inherently less efficient than manual ones because manuals have a direct plate-to-plate power transfer system whereas autos have a fluid transfer system (ever heard of the term "slushbox"?). the fluid tranfer system is less efficient and, consequesntly, less power is delivered to the wheels. it doesnt matter how fast you can shift gears, it wont help how much power is lost from the crank to the wheels. thats why all the sports cars use manuals. plus, with all those paddle shifting transmissions, you cant launch from a dead start like you can in a true manual where you have a clutch to play with, wheres the fun in that?

 

[A_U_Tai_Mai_Shu]

no auto GSR but they did have auto SI-R

 

[MrNiceGuy]

SiR and SiR-G in Japan come with automatic transmitions as well but with 170 PS instead of 180.

 

[JustTegIt]

"you cant launch from a dead start like you can in a true manual where you have a clutch to play with"

actually you CAN. for instance in the R32 the ECU is so advanced that when placed under hard acceleration, the engine will ALWAYS be in it's powerband...above 5000 RPM's, so what if you start a little lower than manual, you will lose much less time in the long run...