Ran at the local track last night and was pleasently surprised. I was thinking of a low 16 second car. I have a 96 SE auto with 189,000 miles with a Ebay Cold Air Intake.


First run: Did everything normal, no brake torque, no manually shifting. 15.735 @ 87.39

Second run: Brake toqued to maybe 1800? And I also manually shifted so that it would go to redline. BEST run... 15.631 @ 87.53

Third run: I diconnected my drop resistor to see if the quicker shifts would help me out. It didn't do anything for me. I brake toqued but let it shift on its on. Ran a 15.711 @ 86.47. It was funny barking the tires into second though.

 

good job!!!

 

I think its time I brought my slowmagic to the track and see what it can do.

 

they make SE in automatic?...nice times dood...i gotta 97 maxima...automatic...couldnt get into the 15z...only flat 16z...hahah u got any mods?

 

yep, i have 96 SE w/ auto. he mentioned in his first post that he has an ebay intake.

 

yea i was just wondering if he might have some other mods...thanks for answering a question that wasnt adressed to you...thanks dood...just seems like a fast time for just an auto max with only a cold air...anyways...thanks again ...ahha late

 

weird, I have a 96 auto SE also and stock it did 16.2@85mph, although it must be the difference in temperures over here or something like that

 

i want to take my 5 speed to the track i want to check my times with my y pipe

 

that would be fun!!!!!

 

Yea i gotta 97 auto and i could only get 16 sec flat...it was werid cuz one of my friends got a time of 15.7 but on the streets i always beat him by at least half a car...also its hot as hell here in TX so maybe it is the temp...

 

it was a cooler night.... maybe in the upper 40's to lower 50's? The trick is brake torqueing and MANUALLY shifting the auto's. The track wasn't prepared worth crap... 60 ft times were in the 2.4's and the run where i just hit it normally off the line i got a 2.5 ... ouch. I'll keep you guys updated once i get my y pipe! I can't wait! Thanks for the comments

 

I also took out my driver side bumper light... so that cold air would reach the filter.

 

max pr your car should be trapping higher than 85 unless something is wrong. 87-88 is good for an auto, i think.

 

yeah I guess, dont know what was wrong, but right now I should be in the 15's with my mods, I'll test the max in the track soon. I'll let ya know

 

I remeber having an auto! Boy those were the slow days. 96 SE auto 15.7@87 with an HAI..woo. Now that I'm a 5 spd I just can't wait to go to the track. Good time btw, 15.6 is quite qwick.

 

Brake torqueing(bad for tranny) and manually shifting(proven to be pointless) aren't necessary.

 

I ran a 15.9 at 83mph at my first time at the track. But it will be better as sooner as I launch better. I hope to get 15.4

 

Brake torquing won't hurt the car if you dont' do it much. ANd manually shifting helps.... so the tenth i gained off of my 1/4 time wasn't from manually shifting? It was.. point proven. Its all in the time slips... thats all the proving i need

 

Can you prove it was from manually shifting? I can bet you that if I go to the track(1st time) and run many times, the first will be the worst of all of them.

 

Cani prove it? Sure.... automatics are VERY consistant. I could run all day at 15.7.... but the one time i did manually shifting... i beat that by a tenth. Thats roughly 10 hp or 100 lbs.

 

Brake torqueing is only harmful if you go above 2200rpm. Under that and it puts on minimal or no wear on the tranny. The torque converter can handle that load, it does around 800rpm everyday when you're sitting at a light. Manually shifting is pointless, i agree, better to leave it in drive, you wont need to hit redline, not enough power there anyways.

 

Have a 98 Nissan Maxima with a Generic Cone Filter and APEXi WS Cat back Exhaust, always wanted to see what i would run, thinking about heading to the track next saturday. My goal is 15.99 heh I've timed my 0-60 times manually shifting the auto, and leaving it in drive...same conditions, same stretch of road. Had a faster time with shifting it manually, maybe i'm just imagining things? Doh

 

hey went to the track first time wednesday with my 99 cali AUTO with injen and pulled off a 15.88 and 15.87 very sonsistant times and that was keeing it in D.

 

Hey LudeAEM, now that you got your Y-Piper, you will have to take your High Mileage POS to the track and see what you can do, but you just got leather too, so you added a lil weight as well...scan in your timeslips next time and go to the other track where they "prep" it better. ;-)

 

Maybe i should run while thier is NO humidity