Went to the track today and got one good run in. All the others got progressively slower...But I have a new PB. Mods are in Sig. Remember this is at over a mile above sea level.

R/T--.238
60'--2.068
330--5.673
1/8--8.709
MPH--81.85
1000--11.341
1/4--13.553
MPH--101.94

Overall I need a tune and probably a new MAF, but then again, on these cars, whats new?

 

good job wish I would have been able to join you guys!

 

Very nice for running at bandimere. Nice work.

 

any weight reduction

 

Just the usual, seats, spare, stuff like that. race weight was like 34xx I think. or maybe it was 32xx? I dont remember.

 

Nice Run!!

 

Nice time!

 

Congrats on your run man!

 

Those are great times! Especially at that elevation...

If you could get to a lowland track, like Great Bend in Kansas, you might knock off 1 or 2 tenths off that ET. Or more...


http://www.srcadragstrip.com/

 

Nice run man. what are you doing about your transmission? I suggest you do drop resistor mod.

 

I'd say more than that. We lose roughly 20% power (depending on ambient conditions) @ mile high. Not sure what that meas for ET's, but I would think it would mean more than a couple tenths.

 

Thats what I was thinking.

 

Unless you have a turbo. Cant remember the exact reasoning, but they just dont lose as much power as a n/a

 

. . .

Turbo, not S/C, but turbo.

 

can you post a picture of the rims and slicks

 

but a turbo is a turbo-supercharger

 

I'm not the best at this so I hope I get it. I also suck as a photographer. Don't really have a straight angle on them.

 

I do have this done, I just forgot to list it.

 

personal opinion:

Or nitrous... Turbo provides its own atmosphere pressure - crank up the boost and you can maintain the same absolute intake pressure at 100ft and 7,000 ft altitudes. It will take a little longer to spool up at higher altitudes.

Nitrous provides the oxygen and nitrogen, so you just need to watch your A/F when at high altitudes. I suppose you could run a 200-shot on the top of Pike's Peak and dyno about 250 WHP.

/end of personal opinion.

GabWood, that is a nice Maxima.

 

Im not quite sure about nitrous, I have seen several cars run much slower with nitrous than they would at sea level. There was a mustang with 150 shot and drag radials, but was only turning 13.4's. Anothe being a k20 swapped hatch back running 14.2 with a 50 shot. Both cars had other mods to them as well. Everyone up here that wants to go fast either has a v8 or a turbo, or both.

 

Have you seen anyone run faster on nitrous at your altitudes? Just curious..

 

With spray, I'd say those slicks are wayyy too small. Those are more appropriate for all motor vehicles without a stall imho.

 

Both cars ran slower withouth nitrous than they did with nitrous, the mustang was a low 15/high 14 second car with out it. The hatch never ran at the track without nitrous, but he ran a buddy of mine who has an ion redline that runs 14.6 at 100mph and lost to him.

 

I wondered about that, but when he hooked, it launched good.. His headers gotta help a bunch...
60'--2.068
330--5.673
1/8--8.709
MPH--81.85


GabWood, what do you think of your launches? Too much spin or no spin???? Do you run 15s or 16s ??

I used these M&H slicks last season. They hook up OK.
From Jegs:

M&H Racemaster Drag Slicks
23.0'' x 8.5'' - 15''
HB-11 Compound

 

It is hard to say just how fast a car would be at lower altitudes. Maybe a Maxima race-car caravan going to Great Bend KS and running their cars there? That would be interesting.... Road trip!

I drove my 99 Max out to Denver last August - family reunion stuff - and yes, my car got a lot slower in that thin air.

 

Well, I plan to go with the 23" M&H tires next year. During launch I got a small chirp, but they hooked right after that. I plan on going dual stage next year also so I can (hopefully) break into the 12s. Also, I really need to get my car tuned, I installed my headers about a week before this event and havent had the time or money to get it tuned. Hopefully once I get it on the dyno I can see where I'm at, and where I need/want to go.

 

Your car has some serious potential - good luck with it.

 

Forgot to add--I also plan on getting an exhaust cut out. I remember running the car open header when I installed the hotshots....boy was that fun! I hope this will help me some since I dont plan on buying an aftermarket exhaust. I like having a quiet car, except when I'm racing.

 

I am the same way! I've had the McCord Power Plate electric exhaust cutout for several years now and I love it! It broke on me when I must have hit a rock or something. But the customer service of McCord was fantastic. They shipped me out a replacement motor assembly for next to nothing!

But, I definitely love being quiet on the street. All you hear is my intake roar. Every now and then, I open it up on the street when nobody is around just to have fun.

 

Wasn't jime cutting 1.7s and 1.8s on the spray without a stall? or was that with a stall. IMO I wouldn't settle for mid-high 2.0s on slicks.... that's DR territory. heck a few guys are cutting that on street tires if I recall correctly (auto w/ spray I mean).

 

Man, i think you guys are crazy! I can't stand the sound of the cutout. Drives me nuts. I'm scrapping it on my new setup.

 

Well, an open cutout does sound like absolute crap and it's LOUD. It doesn't sound like a V8 or a 4banger. Just sounds like a V6 without a muffler. lol No other way to put it. But to me, it's fun to open it up sometimes on the backroads for a few seconds.

 

2.04-60ft with mazda wheels and street tires @ 17psi

 

one migh above sea level ! man ur car is fast ! yip, time to get fanatical and make a road trip one of these days for you !! would be interesting to see how she would go. nice pics of the max !

dan whats up ?

 

Unless you have Cattman headers... they make things sound a lot better. It'll still never be a V8 though.

I'll post a video up once I get my car running (Cattman + cutout)

 

Posting up some pics I took that day for my man Gabwood


LINED UP AGAINST A HONDA


THE WEIGHT REDUCTION AND JUICE!


THE SLICK PIC




And one picS of some of the others Maximas represting that day.