My opinion is that the Auto will cope with the current power (just) but when the Turbo cars are modified for more power the Autos will start failing. Ford are building stronger Autos for the V8s (that's why Auto V8 are not avail at the moment) and hopefully these stronger autos will find their way into the Turbos. This is one reason why I am delaying my purchase. I feel the manual T5 is a weak point and would have thought the Tremec used in the V8 would have been a better option. When modified properly this new engine is capable of an relatively easy 550-600 RWHP. Just wait and see. There are already a couple of guys with Turbo 4L 12 valve heads getting this horsepower. Of course not everyone wants to go this far but 300kw at the engine is dead simple just raising the boost and adjusting the fueling/ignition appropriately. A good porting of the manifolds/turbo/dumppipe is easy to do and would yield a few more KW quite easily for low bucks.
