kevin007

Last night I went to the track after work I didn't have time to put the drags on so I was a little heated about that but that all changed very soon my first pass I ran a 14.14@97MPH on street tires I was going bananas! and my last pass I ran a14.12@97MPH! I ran four passes two 14.1's and two 14.2's it was a good night. The difference in my times where this, my best times prior on street tires was a 14.45 and on drag radials 14.24 w/F5CAI. On Saturday I put the Greddy SP-2 back on the CVT and the factory exhaust onto the 04Max. I have to say that difference in 3 tenghts came from the greddy exhaust pulling me thru the second half of the quarter. With drag radials I think I can definitely pull off a high 13 second pass. I'm very impressed with how the CVT responds to mods. Here's the Timeslips:

wyche89

nice man.. very nice indeed... amazing 60ft.... i cant get out of the 2.4s well i got 2.3 once, but consistently, it's been 2.4s with that gotdamn waterbox in atco.. i gotta get down to cecil county!!

big dave

WTG Kevin. That's really impressive considering the simple mods you have. I told ya', 13s are not far away.

ajcool2

iTrader: (43)

Almost 13's with 2 mods damn. I guess the cvt isnt that bad afterall.

nismology

iTrader: (8)

It's not the CVT so much as the latest FWD VQ's are just plain stronger than ours.

VQrebuild96

iTrader: (1)

I thought they had the vq35de? Or is it the vq35hr? I thought the 6 gen maximas had always had the same hp.

VQrebuild96

iTrader: (1)

hmmm thats as quick as some b16 swaped hondas...nice times they just keep improving. I think headers would make the car fly if it responded so nice to just the catback. Nice times keep it up!

ajcool2

iTrader: (43)

Yeah I just heard so many negative things about them I would have thought they would run crappy times.

PulsarGTS

iTrader: (6)

Impressive!

The Russian

iTrader: (4)

must have some good street tires lol!

96blkonblkse

iTrader: (18)

Proves us nay sayers wrong. The 07-08 Max doesnt use the HR. AFAIK it uses the same engine as the 6th gen, the power on paper went down because of the SAE changes. I dont think ive ever seen a 6th gen with intake and catback cut a 14.1. I think a lot of the difference is how the cvt has the ability to keep the engine in its powerband pretty much all the time and from what ive noticed, gets less wheel spin then previous 6gens.

Honestly, after driving a 09 CVT, there pretty damn quick. Same with the 07+ altima 3.5 with the cvt, there pretty damn quick too..

nismology

iTrader: (8)

They are not HR's, but they are different from previous maxima engines just the same. Different heads, more aggressive camshafts, better intake manifolds (upper and lower), etc. These engine are more powerful, period.

PlanoSER

Excellent times, rivalling many of the 5.5gen 6spd times i've seen posted up here.
And as for the guy claiming he ran close to a b16swapped honda... what, with spray??? honda's b16 motor is pretty weaknuts, 160hp (at the flywheel!)

96blkonblkse

iTrader: (18)

Ahh i see what you meant. I thought you were implying that they were HR compared to the 1st gen VQ35.

Question, if you dont mind me asking. Is there any difference between the 07-08 VQ35 compared to the 04-06 VQ35? I didnt think there is, but perhaps you can englighten me.

VQrebuild96

iTrader: (1)

LOL i dont have a honda. But i go to the track often and i know a guy with a built b16 running low 14's so i was just saying wow slap two mods on this maxima and its beating some peoples projects that they spent months on.

PlanoSER

Ahh, gotcha -- all good. Last time I went to the track, I caught a severe beating from a little stripped-out red honda hatchback. Dude had a motorswap w/ a turbo - ran a low 12 @ 111mph -- dude didnt even have a helmet on, lmao! The ppl that hand-out the timeslips at the end were chewing him a new one. But you are right, low 14's with 2 easy boltons, is definitely nice for the CVT and mad props to kevin007, before u know it he will be swapping all the parts off his '05 lmao!

niceguy

That is a testament to the later VQ35s and some very good driving......so how does the last 1/8 mile trap speed compare to traditional 4ATs w/the 3.5? I was thinking the 4spd gained over 20mph but maybe I was wrong....

Great job!

kevin007

Thanks for all the kind words. When I first bought the CVT I thought it was slow because every time I launched it I would only get a wheel chirp and no tire spin and most of all no torque steer. So it really felt like it was slow but the car is so much smoother off the line with the CVT I dont feel weight transfer or Torque steer like I do on the 04Max. If I had the same mods on my 07 that I have on the 04 Max I would be running high 13's easy, minus the juice of course.

I also figured out how to get better times from the car on the upper end because the TPS starts to close after 75MPH causing it to lose HP on the top end thank's to Big Dave who ran a 14.5 in his CVT Max bone stock by launching in drive all the way up to 75MPH and then slapping it into manual mode increased the MPH thru the traps.

big dave

Hey Kevin, what's your best bolt-on time with the '04 on motor?

kevin007

My best time with the 04Max 2.17 60' 14.12E.T 97MPH w/F5CAI, SP-2 Catback exhaust, Cattman Y-Pipe, Cat deletes, Kinetex upper intake manifold, Drag Radials and ECU reflash. Those times were in march with cooler air the temperture was 58 .

big dave

I wonder what those mods would gain you with the '07. It really is hard to imagine that the cvt would be better than the auto at the dragstrip.

PlanoSER

Judging from kevin's times that appears to be the case though. The 07 must be making more power in stock form vs the 04

kevin007

I think with the same mods I have on the 04 Max I could run 13.8 in the 07Max on motor.

Fastmax05

iTrader: (17)

great times kevin...

I remember when i ran a 14.1 w/ my mizzy ... fun day... slap on a few more things 13's for sure...

big dave

I don't think the '07 makes any more power...judging by the much lower mph when stock when conpared to the other non-cvt cars. I just think the cvt shows it's efficiency when launching and on up to around 80 mph when the normal tranny seems to be more effective.

wyche89

yo howd you do yesterday?

kevin007

the best I could do was a 14.1@98MPH I was on street tires I couldn't hook that well all my passes had some wheel spin as the temps get cooler I'm gonna need to the put my drags on because of the better air that extra torque down low will probally make the difference in running a 13.9 or 14.0. with my current setup.

vq35demaxima dan

i run at atco and i run a consistant 14.2-14.3 and im 100% stock i want to start upgrading and i want to hit low 13's but no nitrous what should i look to buy

kevin007

Those are awesome times for a stock Max. If your not under warranty anymore Headers is all you need to run high 13's if you are still warranty I would start with F5 CAI, Cattman Y-pipe. With the times your running now you would break high 13's with just the F5CAI and Cattman Y-pipe.

wyche89

damn good times... you would be in the 13s with just an intake and catback.. i'm still in the high 14s in my 6 speed 03 max with stillen intake.. i cant seem to get my 60 ft. any lower than 2.3.. best 1/4 time so far was 14.6

vq35demaxima dan

thanks for the response guys i just ran tonight and i ran a 14.5@97 the day i ran that 14.19 was perfect and i had no wheelspin

kevin007

Update to this post I didn't want to start a new post I went to the track on Saturday I ran my best time P/B with the CVT Max 14.09@98 MPH with the same mods the only difference was cooler air temps. and good track prep I was on street tires.

ajcool2

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Damn Kev your 6th gen is almost as fast as my Z. I need to hit the track again.

kevin007

Thanks AJ. I'm gonna try to wait until the World Cup Finals before I run again.

secondtonone317

iTrader: (12)

nice run........any plans of nitrous on the CVT?

vqaltima

What are your next mods for the CVT? Nice run.

rkyat

iTrader: (3)

sounds like a dam good run, and i might as well be the first to say, who ran a 24sec pass and with what?

Polished2002

Damn, great runs Kevin; you're one of hell of a driver! I am just waiting on my AEM CAI filter to come in time this week. Is Capitol Raceway still open on Fridays? If it is, I'll be there next week, Tony (vqaltima) just changed out my spark plugs, installed NWP spacers and gave me his SSIM.

Hopefully I can finally break into the 13s...

OFFTOPIC: Tony I'll have that computer ready for you next week. I found some hard drives I had lying around.