Wow, I have also sat on the cockpit of a top fuel car. And they do have transmissions they are driven by air and a shifter located on the right side of the driver., if you have seen a top fuel car up close you would notice the bottle holding the compressed air for it, looks like a NOS bottle.
Obviosly YOU do not know what turbo lag is.... How exactly would you a master "domestic mechanic" minimize lag..do tell....
Turbo lag is created do to the fact that the boost driven from he turbo to the manifold takes a while to run through the filter, through the turbo, through the lower IC pipe, throught the intercooler, through the uppper IC pipe through the throttle body. By making the path for the air to travel shorter, boost will be cretaed earlier in the RPM range. Obviosly the higher the RPM the more boost and faster air travel.
What were discussing is not limited to imports, its about effientcy nothing more nothing less. Making power in a honda and ford is the same.
Please get started with domestic cars, please. I have been restoring and building cars since i was like 3 years old so bring it smart guy, your so knowledgable:rolls eyes