I know that turboing and supercharging a car with an automatic is not a good thing because it puts too much stress on the gearbox. Well I was wondering, do you guys think that a short ram intake and an exhaust will have negative effects in the long run on an automatic gearbox?

 

I don't think that an intake and an exhaust will cause any problems.............

 

No it will not, your engine will just breath better. No harm there.

raptor

 

99&00 protege
Sure some factory cars come with turbo's or superchargers. But they were meant to have them. I'm sure that the gearbox was probably beefed up a bit. You can put a turbo or a supercharger in a car that has automatic transmission but you'll have to get additional parts to not fry your transmission (i.e. transmission cooler). I don't want to get anything additional if I get an I/E. I should've stated that in the original post.

 

Agreed, we have a guy who's got a big, big turbo on a Neon out in the midwest who runs 8's. Switched over from a stick to an auto this year for more stability.