RiverCityRaceway
in san antonio tx

my first time was during the summer in stock form, 80 degree weather and best time was 15.346. today i have i/h/e/springs/sways/struts/shocks in mid 50 degree weather

ill post my times later

sidemarker

 

Givem HELL!!!

 

Shock the worlD...

 

Ya, same here

35 degrees though

I couldnt break a 14.9 NA when the temp was high and humidity was 80% or above.

 

Dude I will be there too!

210-639-5216 is my personal cell! Look for me in my Rental 2002 Maxima SE (Dark RED) I will be running it!


IM = SpeedyCLS

 

bro, is the max they lent u an automnatic?

 

thats great!

i should get be there by 6 and im only going to be there for an hour-hour and half max

sidemarker

 

YEP!

 

Why only that long? I won't get there tilll 7.

 

they get pretty busy so i just want to make my runs and get out.

usually ill stay and watch but its going to be cold and dark

but ill try to stick around long enough for u

sidemarker

 

SWT is coming as well from Houston. He won't be there till 8 or so he said.

 

please update!

 

UPDATE:

well i ran 3 times and my best time was 14.996 @ 94 mph

its ok i have plenty of excuses

1.drove about 70 miles from austin and didnt let the car cool down
2. had about 70-80 pounds of stuff in the trunk (clothes laptop books)
3. half a tank of gas
4. stock tires


SilverBullet and his rental (2k2 max auto) did pretty good for a stock car

i think its safe to say that the maximas would kill us from 0-60 but we own them from 0-100

the 2nd race between me and silverbullet was pretty good. he got a good car length jump on me but i crept and crept and pulled. he won the race but my times were better in the 1/4 mile

i am some what satisfied and somewhat dissapointed. the first time i ran at the track my best was 15.2 tonight was 14.9 so i guess all the mods did improve my times. The next time i go i will have sticky tires and an empty trunk with less than a quarter tank of gas


sidemarker

 

Hey, not to be mean, but with exhaust intake and headers shouldnt you be running close to a 14.4 or 14.5?

 

yeah i know

when i ran a 15.2 stock everyone kept bashing me and saying i should have ran a 14.9

sidemarker

 

Maximas are not all that guys. I was very disappointed in seeing this 255hp Max only running 15.0 for the best I could pull. 90 mph was the highest trap speed as well. I had a friend drive it later that night after it cooled down, he decided to leave it in drive, but he got a 2.2 60 ft, but only 15.2 at 88 mph.

The car feels faster than the CL-S, but it really isn't. Sidemarkers car was pulling quick. His 95 trap to my 90 trap.

I can't wait to get my car back!

 

sidemarker.. I've always learned that each car is like an individual. It took me two mods to run what at least 1 other jeep ran stock.. Pisses me off, but thats the breaks..

 

weird sidemarker, I ran a 14.7 with headers only, on 19s.

what was your 60'?

 

What was your 60', 300ft, 1/8 mile and 1/4 mile E.T and trap speeds? I would be able to tell you where you need to improve.... if it is the car or if it is something else.

 

all_motor,

How about my times, any advise:
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As you know tonight I was at the New England Drag Way..

The Weather: Partially cloudy. Temp 47-37, Humidity: 75-89% B.P 30.13

My CLS: Injen CAI, NGK Iridium Plugs, OBX Headers, UR Ultra SS Kit, and 18" 235/40/18 555 Nittos (Near Bald, greasey, and feel like burned platstic!!!), Wheel wheight 23 Lbs. No Spare Tire, No Jack. 3/4 Tank of Gas

I could not improve my personal record of 14.613 @ 95.81 MPH

I learned a lesson, a Lot of Torque and NO traction, you go nowhere, time to save for stickier tires for next summer

I had 4 runs for the whole night. I started at Front PSI of 38, then 32, 29.5 and finally 28.. Rear were at 37.5 PSI. All runs were 1-2-D4... and I missed 1-2 few times (hit rev-limiter) and had tons of wheel spin and wheel hops... In short, I could not have good launchs.

On the other hand, I had fun, ... On the second, I beated an old V8 domestic car (14.63s@92.73MPH) by hole shot of 0.1523s....In addtion, on my third run I beated a Prelude SH (15.58s@89.42MPH) by 1.2532s... but I red-lighted

Due to very bad traction, my times are so so... so here we go:

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Track Date Time R/T 60' 330' 1/8 1/8 MPH 1000' 1/4 1/4 MPH C&D Weight T.P. Fr/RR Shift Temp. BT </b>
New England Dragway 18/OCT/02 7:01 PM .551 2.370 6.357 09.576 75.93 12.388 14.750 95.71 N/A Lb 37.5/37.5 PSI D123/R.L. 45 1800
New England Dragway 18/OCT/02 8:29 PM .573 2.383 6.411 09.671 75.29 12.501 14.874 95.30 N/A Lb 32.0/37.5 PSI D123/R.L. 39 2000
New England Dragway 18/OCT/02 9:21 PM .264 2.364 6.352 09.563 76.49 12.360 14.718 95.84 N/A Lb 29.5/37.5 PSI D123/R.L. 40 2000
New England Dragway 18/OCT/02 9:56 PM .841 2.343 6.341 09.554 76.43 12.351 14.707 95.91 N/A Lb 28.0/37.5 PSI D123/R.L. 38 2000




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</pre>

 

Nashua.

The biggest problem you have is traction. You are losing about 2/10th's at the 60' mark and this weighs on you throughout the 1/4. Your 1/8 mph and 1/4-mile mph needs 1-2 mph extra... this can be achieved by weight loss and/or more power. Since you are an auto... try launching lower, but with a shallow stage. By this I mean edge forward after the first stage-light comes on, but stop IMMEDIATELEY after the 2nd stage-light comes on. This gives you about 6 inches of 'free' movement before tripping the light. It's kind of a rolling start in other words (for a traction-limited car). Your mph should improve somewhat.

I don't recomment deep-staging for your setup.

 

how does a maxima beat our cars off the line???

 

DarrinB,

torque I guess.

 

ok here was the stats for my best run

Reaction 1.2040
60 ft 2.3770
330 ft 6.4540
1/8th ET 9.7482
1/8th MPH 74.85
1000 ET 12.5947
1/4th ET 14.9960
1/4th MPH 95.25

sidemarker

 

YES. those maximas have a shit load of low end torque. Silverbullet always got a huge jump off the line but i kept creeping, thank God for VTEC

sidemarker

 

Now that i think about it another problem i had was the tranny

i gate shifted all my runs but for some reason the 2nd-3rd shift had a slight hesitation. thought it was a fluke but it was like that for all my runs

i didnt have this slight hesitation the last time i went to the track though??? when i mean slight i mean real real real small just enough to notice it...

sidemarker

 

Of course the Max guys are denying it..

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....15#post1512515

Now they are saying I never floored it, the rental is screwed up, etc.

I give them that the car may have had 87 octane, but give me a break. lol

 

SilverBullet=Russ=FUCKING HYPOCRITE

 

i hope this is just a joke

sidemarker

 

Doubt it, there is a good handful of Max owners that act like this all the time.