A lot of people around here say that, 95/96 maxima (auto, stock) vs. 2003 Altima 2.5 (5-speed, stock, driver is good with stick) is a pretty close race... those 2.5 Altimas are quick, my co-worker has one, and we want to test it on the track of 1/4 mile.

So my question is: is there any other way to drive an AUTO, except just flooring it?

I know that a lot of you will say that, maxima will smoke the 4 banger heh, but this altima pickes it up pretty quick, so please no discussion of who will take whom, until i will race this guy... only tips on the auto trany

Thanks

Oh, by the way it will be filmed

 

many people leave overdrive off until 80. some also manually shift it. others use the drop resistor mod. i believe some of those are covered in the faq's so check those out if you haven't.

 

let it shift from 1-2 then you manually shift from 2-3 and 3-4

 

Thanks guys!

how do you manually shift? 1-2-D??

when i floor it on DRIVE, my rpm goes to a red line 6500rpm then shifts and then again goes up to 6500rpm then shifts, by that time i am at 80mph...

 

some people say you should manualy shift and some say you should let the car shift. when i went to the track there was no difference between the two.

make sure you brake torque your car, that is hold the brake to the floor and gas the car to about 1500 to 2k rpms(each car is different).

hit the gas when the last yellow light lights up, dont wait for the green.

thats all i can think of

this is going to be moved to the 1/4 mile forum

 

Start in 2 instead of D and then when you get to teh top of second gear, move the shifter into D. And make sure the O/D is off through all of this...unless you plan on going up to 130+

 

if your auto shifts at 6500 then you dont need to do anything, but im pretty sure it doesn't

 

Thanks Again!

i also thought that it was strange... but it does go all the way to 6500


and sorry for posting in the wrong place ...

 

hmm the maxima will win for shure hell prob take u out on take off but mid way u should pass him up like nothing in 2nd grear...

 

your auto SHOULD be shifting right around 6100 rpm when at wot and in D.

but then again our trannies suck, so i wouldnt be too suprised if it was doing something it isnt supposed to.

 

Yeah, mine shifts at 6200ish, but no way is it near Redline.