how's that? It was my best run of 3, the other two were 15.7's



VE auto,PR cai, Magnaflow muffler,timing advance.
That's it!

 

I'm not really sure, but 15.6 sounds too fast for the mods you have. got any timeslips? I'm not doubting you just curious is all.....

 

so i went to bed after but:


here it goes, my best run was my last one. (Dirksmooth was there too,his best was 16.1 w/ a pop charger!)

R/T .501 my best ever.
60' 2.451
330 6.682
1/8 10.146
mph 71.30
1000 13.116
1/4 15.654
mph 88.45

 

and this was my run against Dirksmooth

him me
r/t .904 r/t 1.181
60' 2.508 60' 6.745
330 6.897 330 6.745
1/8 10.472 1/8 10.227
mph 69.35 mph 71.01
1000 13.529 1000 13.211
1/4 16.134 1/4 15.764
mph 85.95 mph 87.99

 

do you have a VE or VG? i run 15.4's bone stock with my VE. if you have a VE i believe it, if you got a VG, i dunno man. that'd be really good.

 

It says in my 1st post.
VE, A/T.

 

sounds totally believable to me then. i would be doubting a VE, but i run 15.4's all day long with my spare in and everything, but i have a 5spd.

 

Sweeeeeeet! Who was it that said VE auto's were slow? Yeah boyeeeee...

 

swwweeet!!! automagics rule

 

That is a very good time. I figured advanced timing would definitly help our cars, I dropped 2 tenths in my SE-R wiht advanced timing and better shifting. Also if you were able to bring that 60ft down to like 2.2x-2.3 you would run 15.4's all day long. Did you do the shifting or let the tranny do it itself?

 

15.7's were tranny by itself, and the last one 15.6 was me shifting and a torque brake on the line.

I can't wait for the y pipe and underdrive pulley, my next mods.

 

Yeah, well, that is my next move as well Bri!

 

The advanced timing issue: well my very first run last month was a 16.2 w/out advanced timing so that was the only thing i did this time and i luv it. even though my first time it was raining and the track was all wet. i really belive the advance timing got me into the 15's easily!

 

can someone explain to me how to do the advanced timing? i know its been talked about before, i'm too lazy to look.

 

oh yeah, brian, what tranny cooler did you get? and how much? and from where? If we keep doing those torque starts like we were yesterday, me thinks that a tranny cooler is a must.

 

ok to advance the timing. you can just bump it a little or youu can do it with a timing light. on the right side of your motor, aligned with the front camshaft, there's a black box looking thing. it's got two bolts that take a screwdriver, or a regular socket. you'll see the slots. you loosen those two bolts, and to advance, you rotate clockwise in relation to you looking directly at the box. they said the timing marks are on the main pulley, but i couldn't find em. hope this helps.

 

yeah, but the difference between blumax's and mine is 15 degrees to 20 degrees. do you suggest that we try it without the timing light?

 

BTW Blumax great times.. Maybe you can get an auto fast after all.

 

Yeah,Sam i'm pretty surprised!
Mike i got a B&M tranny cooler, not put on yet,check out the sticky posts on tranny coolers, and also check out the group deal section, Don is having his VB mod group buy right now! I'm defenitely getting in on it, but i'm kinda lazy about doin all that work but, ***** it! Gotta do what i Gotta do!

 

to advance the timing on a VG is it done the smae way?

 

I have a stock 93 SE auto, I've never been to the track but I want to try it a few times.. This gives me an idea of how well my car should run, I suppose with my stock (performance wise) car I should get around 16.2 or so.. But knowing my piece of **** car I can expect a 17.XX .

nice time anyways!

Are there any adverse affects of advancing timing? thanks

 

no, i'd say defenitely use a timing light, but i couldn't find the stupid marks on teh main pulley, so i just bumped mine a little bit, drove it, bumped it, drove it. did a little tweaking at the track too. but that IS the ghetto way to do it, but i think i found the sweet spot.

 

That is pretty impressive.I have yet to run mine at the track I was thinking I would pull like mid 16's.I need to advance my timing.Does it make your car run any different when it comes to everyday driving? Like Gas mileage?

 

dude, with the mods that you have, you should be in the 15's, solid. I have a 92 auto se and with just a removed back interior and the JWT pop charger, I have made it to 16.1! you have mad mods!

 

Thanks dude,You are probably the only one that thinks I have mad mods.To me I dont have hardly any I am just getting started.Within 1 year I plan on getting ECU,CAI,UDP,and Dons VB mod.Then I am going to take it to the track and see what she will do.

 

yeah, well, you should be squarely in the 15's.

 

I hope so. it would be a big dissappointment to run anything higher.

 

Well, I have the same car, with many less mods, and I am already at 16.1. You should have trouble being there. just power brake up to about 1500rpm, launch at the right time, and keep the AT contoller at power mode, you shouldn't have a problem.

Keep your heater going full blast as well. the heater is drawing the heat away from the engine, thus, cooler engine!

 

how much cooler could this make the engine...doesn't combustion occur INSIDE the engine, thus thats where all the heat is?? and won't running the heat draw/rob power?

 

That is just what I have been told. And I did it, and a 16.1 happenned. but hey, if I am wrong, at least we all love Maximas?

 

yeah i'm not so sure about the heater thing. thats some kind of race myth....lol.

 

Race gas creates more heat when it burns as well..

 

I just never heard if it before! weird stuff though, but if it gets results, then more power to 'ya!!
but I agree with James, it sounds like another "race myth" something like, MOTH ***** in the gas tank is as good as a low shot of NITROUS!!!.....WTF????

 

When your heater is on at normal temp. it will draw heat from the motor into the cabin area.

Think about when you start your car in the morning, and you turn your heater on you don't get warm air until your engine heats up.

 

I dont know someone needs to try it.With the heater on and then off.I know when the heater is on the RPM's are reving faster.Who know's?

 

personally i would think running the blower for the heater would hurt you. You're pulling electricity which makes the alternator harder to turn. if you don't blelive me, try hooking up accessories to one and trying to turn it! my buddy had some sorta demonstration thing at votech when i was in HS. anyway, running the heater CAN help cool the engine. your heater core is like another radiator, it can help cool the engine if you have your heat on FULL BLAST, but it's really not that much. i had to do it in my jeep cause it would overheat. You could see it made a difference, but i don't think it's worth it. 1. you sweat like crazy, 2. it draws from your alternator. when i'm runnin i have NOTHING on. at night i have to keep my parking lights on so i can see my tach, but that's it. and i don't usually do my start with them on. anyway, just my $.02