Okay, I feel good about my car right now. I have a 1992 SE Auto with 143,000 miles and not one modification that would make it go faster than stock. No intake, ypipe, exhaust, nothing.

This is my timeslip

R/T 1.451
60' 2.540
330 7.024
1/8 10.717
MPH 66.60
1000 13.485
1/4 16.485
MPH 86.09

I feel really good about this. I have lowered my car with InTrax springs and Tok struts, and I have the 98 SE wheels, but that is it, besides the requisite superwhites everywhere.

I can't wait to start modding now! 15's here I come! 14's? soon enough!

 

hey do you have pics of you car? i love maximas with 97-99se rims and intrax springs!

 

I will have em' soon. I went to the IMPORT CHALLENGE at Seattle Raceway this weekend and got them on yesterday. The car looks F-in tight!

I will post soon.

 

I think a CAI and full exhaust should have you running 16 flat, maybe a 15.9(??) and get that VB mod done and youre garunteed to run mid-high 15's all day long!!

 

I honestly think that I could have done a bit better, I have been practicing my launches for a while and could safely, and quickly, do a power brake launch at 2000 rpm, but the launch I did for the 16.4 was only at 1000rpm, and I had it in drive, with the comfort setting on for the Auto, with overdrive engaged. I think that I could have gotten as low as 16.3 (16.2?) with a 2000 grand launch, power setting, overdrive off, and manual shifting of the auto.

what do you think?

 

Damn, you really want those low 16's don't you! for one thing launching at 2000rpms is kinda "risky", I think our stall speed is about 1800rpms+/-(I think), so you'd be heating up that tranny pretty much if you go that high depending on how long you hold it for. as for manual shifting, I'm not sold on it, I just haven't seen it as a sure way to get better times in our autos! some might disagree, but thats just my opinoin....I say put it in "P" mode and just stomp that SOB off the line. Prsonally I'd lay off the brake torquing unless you want to spend money after you blow the tranny especially with a launch at 2K, I learned the hard way(trans rebuild #2 )!
BUT, if you really want to go all out and get those low 15's a high stall torque converter(which would move stall speed up to 2300-2500rpms) and VB mod is definently the way to go. with those and some minor bolt-ons, you should have no prob hitting mid-low 15's!! but about getting 16.2 on stock equipment I highly doubt that, but 16.48 none the less is great for starters, the norm is around 16.5+/- to 16.7(so I've heard)! but keep modding that auto, don't let those VE 5spd guys scare you!!

 

Wow....thats pretty damn impressive. When I saw the topic for 16.48 or whatever, I figured someone ran their VG 5speed at the track stock.

But low and behold....an auto VE.

 

okay, what the heck is the VB mod?

 

Valve body (its a part of your tranny).

 

thanks dog!

 

the VB mod will make your car shift quicker and lengthen the life of your trans too. it has been said to take off as much as .5 seconds of your ET!

 

is there a right up on the VB mod? if not, how what and where do I do it?

 

One thing I notice is your short time (60ft) is in the 2.5 range. If you were able to drop that to say 2.1-2.2 without anyother mods you'd run around 16.0-16.3's all day long. Also your 1/8 mile trap speed is lower than my 87 auto maxima's was. My 87 maxima had CAI, 60mm TB, UR UDP, exhaust. If I remember correctly my best timeslip was like this 2.34 60ft, 10.393 @ 68.46 1/8 mile, 16.312 @ 80.80 (I lost 2mph becuase I shifted 2-3 at 6400rpm doh!). My previous run was 16.357 @ 82.25 with a 2.35 60ft.

 

I have got to beat an 87' auto. I will do better!

 

Don Cooper(aka Don In Texas on these forums) was doing it for $450, but he's taken a break from that while he builds up his new engine for his fourth gen. so until then the only other alternative is Level 10, but they want $698 for it, but in the long run it is a very worthwhole modification. the Transgo kit is also available, but I don't think it will yeild the same gains as the Level 10 kit or Don's kit since it is geared more towards preserving transmission and it is a very difficult DIY job for the untrained/inexperienced eye.

 

i knew a ve auto could do better than 16.7 or whatever its been "tested" at. hehe. wait till i get my vb mod, protorque tc, cai, and exhaust. 15 flat? maybe? i want to eventually get into the 14's but that may be pushin it.

 

Here it goes for me:
R/T 1.242
60' 2.603
330 6.996
1/8 10.606
mph 68.42
1000 13.675
1/4 16.299
mph 86.13

92 VE auto PR CAI, Magnaflow DTM,stock piping
gutted trunk. 26 lbs in tires

Hey Mike you forgot to tell them you took your back seat out
I should've took mine out may i woulda got a 16.1 or 16 flat.
I'll do better next time for sure!!

 

Yeah, I admit that i took out the whole back seat and everything in the trunk, anything in the name of speed I guess.

Hey Blu Max, What CAI did you get? I want to be at the low 16's soon!

 

Oh i have a Place Racing CAI like JohnnyMax, but you should get the Warpspeed it's cheaper, unless you want to start another Group deal(people are still emailing me)
ok now next time we have to get our timing bumped to like 20 degrees and i'll try to get new 2.5 inch piping for my muffler next time. we'll see, my next mod will be the Warpspeed Y pipe! can't wait see what i can do, Oh and Mikey, some advice for you: get a tranny cooler.ASAP.
It won't make you faster, but it'll help the tranny when torque braking.


you guys see that ad for the Ronal wheels: hmmm!
Maybe the y pipe can wait!

 

the tranny cooler will not be sufficient enough to sustain HIGH torque brakes!! My advice to you "torque brakers" is don't do it unless you have a High Stall TC or stay under 1800(when transfer of power occurs)....just a suggestion

 

shouldnt the high stall tc already give you that torque brake type launch just because of the fact that its higher stall? i would think that with the higher stall tc, there would be no need to torque brake at all.

 

 

thats what the guys at Protorque told me a while ago, when I asked if I will get better results by torque braking with their high stall TC...they said no. but as for the trans cooler, it won't help against high torque brakes.

 

In my 93 VE auto w/ filter and 18" rims...
reaction .600
60 ft 2.459
330 ft 6.697
1/8th 10.168@ 71.01 mph

There's just not too much that could be done with the launch in the auto...it seriously lags between 0- 40mph. That was my best time ever on any run. I had about 87k on my car then...few months ago, now I have 91k....I change my oil every 3k....and that's a little over every 4 months.

 

I have the ultimate go fast mod for VE autos... TRADE THEM IN ON A VE 5SP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BWWAAHAAHAAA!!!!

AUTOS

 

let one of them get low 15's and they think they own the world!