How can I disable the three finger drag delay on the Magic Trackpad

I love three finger drag...it means the end of clicking completely for me and I do a lot of editing (audio)
I don't like how there is a .5 second delay between when you lift your fingers and when the drag is actually completed in OSX.
It makes my editing slower, thus making a great feature pointless in the end
I know you can do the drag and then tap to stop the .5 second delay but that also defeats the purpose of using something to save time and effort.
In creative fields like audio speed is everything and this is a GREAT feature gone bad.
If anyone knows how to fix it please, let me know.

"Auto Save" is Apple's term, I guess. Its controls are so well-hidden I'm flying blind here.
But as I put it in a note to a magazine dedicated to Apple:
I think Auto Save is one of the dumbest things Apple has ever come up with -- oh so typical of what Bill Gates used to give people: lots of extra stuff no one ever asked for, and no one at his company ever thought through.
Say there's a conflict with a program or two I'm trying to use. Machine locks up. I force quit and shut down -- probably without ever seeing the option of stopping Auto Save.
When I open up again, what am I faced with? Yup, exactly the same mess I just tried to get away from.
Boo, Apple!

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