New PB on Drag Radials Auto 3.5

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Sep 18, 2010 | 09:34 AM
  #1  
Decided to go to the track again so my GF could get some runs in HER car and she ended up running a new personal best lol. Her first run was a 14.0@101 and she was pretty mad that she didnt break 13's. It was mostly her launch so I told her to try it again and her next run was 13.74@101 and she was super happy. We let the car cool off for a little while while my brother made some passes on his drag radials. Then we mounted them up on her car and I told her the first pass will be the worst until she gets a feel for them and I was right. She did a pretty bad burnout and floored it when she launched and smoked them halfway down the track lol. So I told her to launch like she was on street tires and she ended up running 13.58@103 2.19 60' . She was lined up with a modded 03 mustang GT that ran 13.7@103. She was pretty pumped to say the least. I took it down the track on the last run of the night and ran 13.66@102 2.23 '60. The car loves this cooler weather ALOT. I heard one guy yell out "A turbo maxima??" lol. I'll post the timeslip and pics of the car later today. I knew the car had it in it!

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Sep 18, 2010 | 10:02 AM
  #2  
Props, way to keep it 100
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Sep 18, 2010 | 10:24 AM
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damn.....props 2 her....she drive better thanu ...
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Sep 18, 2010 | 10:25 AM
  #4  
Nice. Its good that your other half enjoys and actually participates in this hobby too.
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Sep 18, 2010 | 12:56 PM
  #5  
Nice times!! The drag radials helped a lot
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Sep 18, 2010 | 03:07 PM
  #6  
Nice times.

I want to build a budget 3.5 auto 4th gen pretty badly.
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Sep 18, 2010 | 06:15 PM
  #7  
So the 13.74 was on street tires and the 13.58 was with the radials? Nice drop in time just from a tire change!
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Sep 18, 2010 | 06:17 PM
  #8  
P.S. Pics of the car?
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Sep 18, 2010 | 06:47 PM
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Quote: P.S. Pics of the car?
http://forums.maxima.org/members-rid...lgonoshow.html

Black one is his brother's that has the fastest N/A time in DMV. The gold one is his GF's that this thread is about.
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Sep 18, 2010 | 07:11 PM
  #10  
Congrats... I will make my mark down there soon .... lemme borrow the radials
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Sep 18, 2010 | 07:49 PM
  #11  
congrats
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Sep 18, 2010 | 07:57 PM
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Quote: http://forums.maxima.org/members-rid...lgonoshow.html

Black one is his brother's that has the fastest N/A time in DMV. The gold one is his GF's that this thread is about.
correction: he has the fastest n/a auto 3.0 in th DMV....
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Sep 18, 2010 | 09:14 PM
  #13  
Quote: Props, way to keep it 100


Quote: damn.....props 2 her....she drive better thanu ...
LOL I aint mad it just means I did a good job teaching her.

Quote: Nice. Its good that your other half enjoys and actually participates in this hobby too.
Yup its definatly nice. She has her moments though.

Quote: Nice times!! The drag radials helped a lot
Yeah I still need to get a 2.0 60' on them.

Quote: Nice times.

I want to build a budget 3.5 auto 4th gen pretty badly.
Thanks. The car is sooo much fun to drive.

Quote: So the 13.74 was on street tires and the 13.58 was with the radials? Nice drop in time just from a tire change!
Yeah next time were putting 15's in the back to see if it makes a difference.
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Sep 18, 2010 | 09:47 PM
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Quote: correction: he has the fastest n/a auto 3.0 in th DMV....
Whatever you know what I meant lol
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Sep 18, 2010 | 09:51 PM
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Quote: P.S. Pics of the car?




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Sep 18, 2010 | 10:40 PM
  #16  
You make me want to build a 4th gen so bad. I can find them for like $500-800 with a blown headgasket or something else wrong with it. Then swap in a 3.5 and have some fun.

I'm lazy, do you have a build thread on your gf's car?
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Sep 19, 2010 | 08:46 AM
  #17  
I need to run this car. I am will to bet meatballs and brownies. AJ set it up!
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Sep 19, 2010 | 09:13 AM
  #18  
great times considering the not so good 60's.
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Sep 19, 2010 | 10:38 AM
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Quote: great times considering the not so good 60's.
The converter is what's holding the auto cars back. If he could get a good converter in there, I bet 1.7-1.8 60fts would be possible.
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Sep 19, 2010 | 12:04 PM
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Quote: You make me want to build a 4th gen so bad. I can find them for like $500-800 with a blown headgasket or something else wrong with it. Then swap in a 3.5 and have some fun.

I'm lazy, do you have a build thread on your gf's car?
Thats actually exactly what we did lol. http://forums.maxima.org/all-motor/5...ss-thread.html
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Sep 19, 2010 | 12:05 PM
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Quote: I need to run this car. I am will to bet meatballs and brownies. AJ set it up!
LOL SEE ME.
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Sep 19, 2010 | 02:41 PM
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Quote: Thats actually exactly what we did lol. http://forums.maxima.org/all-motor/5...ss-thread.html
Cool, I'll read up on it. Thanks for the link!
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Sep 19, 2010 | 02:44 PM
  #23  
Congrats..
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Sep 19, 2010 | 05:03 PM
  #24  
DMV showing the world that our cars are to be respected... congrats to you and your GF once more AJ... keep it up, loooove the traps...
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Sep 19, 2010 | 05:07 PM
  #25  
hustle we need radials.
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Sep 19, 2010 | 05:25 PM
  #26  
Nice times
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Sep 19, 2010 | 05:32 PM
  #27  
Quote: hustle we need radials.
man dont we.... im trying to think of why our times would be greatly improved though... i mean, if im already doing a 2.0 60' on street tires im gonna probebly pull a 1.9 at best... not much an improvement there, i still want em though
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Sep 19, 2010 | 06:20 PM
  #28  
Those are my radials....lol
Quote: Congrats... I will make my mark down there soon .... lemme borrow the radials
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Sep 19, 2010 | 06:32 PM
  #29  
Quote: Those are my radials....lol
lemme borrow the radials then ... jk jk
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Sep 19, 2010 | 08:09 PM
  #30  
Quote: man dont we.... im trying to think of why our times would be greatly improved though... i mean, if im already doing a 2.0 60' on street tires im gonna probebly pull a 1.9 at best... not much an improvement there, i still want em though
If you want a bigger improvement, get a higher stall converter. Then you'll need some slicks. That will drop your times quite a bit.
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Sep 19, 2010 | 11:02 PM
  #31  
High stall FTW!!! my next major mod will be that ,a new trans and brand new axles
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Sep 20, 2010 | 12:12 AM
  #32  
Quote: Nice. Its good that your other half enjoys and actually participates in this hobby too.
Yeah that's awesome! I ask my wife too go with me all the time....She hasn't gone yet!.....We've been in Houston 13 yrs now! LOL! Guess I'll take a female friend.......
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Sep 20, 2010 | 01:44 PM
  #33  
Quote: DMV showing the world that our cars are to be respected... congrats to you and your GF once more AJ... keep it up, loooove the traps...
Thanks man. We have 2 mods in the works for the car you probably saw pics of one of them on FB. We'll see how much of a difference they will make once everything is on and we hit the track again. Truthfully Im happy with the 13.5 but I think we could get a 13.3 before the tracks close. If only I could pull a 2.0!
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Sep 20, 2010 | 01:45 PM
  #34  
Quote: man dont we.... im trying to think of why our times would be greatly improved though... i mean, if im already doing a 2.0 60' on street tires im gonna probebly pull a 1.9 at best... not much an improvement there, i still want em though
A 1.9 would get you a 13.5. I'd say its worth it.
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Sep 20, 2010 | 01:49 PM
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I really think we need more practice on the radials. Maybe Im crazy but I thought drag radials were supposed to hook no matter how you launch them. I tried launching at 2200 and spinned them off the line. A higher stall would just make the spinning worse. I guess if we were on slicks it would be different.
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Sep 20, 2010 | 01:52 PM
  #36  
This will be installed this week.



And we'll be testing this out probably next year.
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Sep 20, 2010 | 02:02 PM
  #37  
Wipe the grass out before you put it on
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Sep 20, 2010 | 02:39 PM
  #38  
Quote: If you want a bigger improvement, get a higher stall converter. Then you'll need some slicks. That will drop your times quite a bit.
i know...... dont really care to do that mod as yet...
Quote: Wipe the grass out before you put it on
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Sep 20, 2010 | 03:01 PM
  #39  
Quote: I really think we need more practice on the radials. Maybe Im crazy but I thought drag radials were supposed to hook no matter how you launch them. I tried launching at 2200 and spinned them off the line. A higher stall would just make the spinning worse. I guess if we were on slicks it would be different.
Drag radials suck for fwd cars. Get some 22 or 23" slicks for that bad boy.
Quote: i know...... dont really care to do that mod as yet...

Yeah, definitely won't be the easiest thing to do. lol
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Sep 20, 2010 | 03:05 PM
  #40  
Quote: Drag radials suck for fwd cars. Get some 22 or 23" slicks for that bad boy.


Yeah, definitely won't be the easiest thing to do. lol
not at all.. i just dont care for the mod moreso.. just not now at least... honestly i dont even care for radials or slicks right now either... maybe when and if i go the TC route, i wanna try out some radials though, just for fun
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