Off the line
08-20-2005, 06:26 PM
#86
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Originally Posted by Loe max
no one is saying that a Y-pipe doesn't do anything, it just doesn't help off the line just the original question was asking. You'd think someone who had a 4th gen for 8 years would know that 
08-21-2005, 01:54 PM
#87
Originally Posted by Stuntin' 101
you a a prime example of advice that makes people waste money..
08-21-2005, 03:39 PM
#90
Off the line would be grippy tires. And about the STI, I have a similar actual story, I went against some mustang in my 89 jetta 16v, he revved at me so I couldn't say no. So as we took off he was like 2 car lengths ahead of me in first gear already, but like a dumbass i didn't quit, and he horribly missed 2nd and I flew passed him, apparently he couldn't find 2nd for quite some time because I was a good 1/8 mile a head of him when he started to catch up, and he was catching fast! But then there was another light and we had to stop, he gave me a dirty look and I smiled and shrugged my shoulders. His car was obviously alot faster then I was, but he couldn't drive, so my pos jetta made him look like an idiot lol. Ok now that I have posted this thread should die, all threads seem to once i post.
08-23-2005, 08:52 AM
#91
OMG! This thread is packed full of verbal butt mudd!!
A high stall performance torque converter will shave over a tenth off your 60 foot. That amounts to 3 tenths in the 1/4 mile. A Ypipe WILL help your 60 foot also IF you know how to drive and know how to launch your car properly at the track. Most people can't launch their car and don't know what it's like with a 60' under 2.30. Also, an aftermarket intake (longer piping) WILL help your 60', but it's such a small amount. UDP WILLLLLL help your 60 foot. No question about that. I shaved 1 tenth in my 60 foot just by adding an ASP USP on my VE. A straight thru muffler and a testpipe will only hurt your low end power. But it should help your top end by a small amount.
For extra "off the line" grunt, I say, start with a cone filter and Ypipe. Then get UDP. Get an ECU upgrade. Then you can remove your tranny and put in a high stall TC, which I think is the best mod you can do to an automatic Maxima. If you want to be cheap, then lose a lot of weight! Gut your car and that helps your 60' also. Any mod that you do, should be better than before. Just continue to do research on this forum and try to weed out all the poo water spewing out of teenagers' mouths.
A high stall performance torque converter will shave over a tenth off your 60 foot. That amounts to 3 tenths in the 1/4 mile. A Ypipe WILL help your 60 foot also IF you know how to drive and know how to launch your car properly at the track. Most people can't launch their car and don't know what it's like with a 60' under 2.30. Also, an aftermarket intake (longer piping) WILL help your 60', but it's such a small amount. UDP WILLLLLL help your 60 foot. No question about that. I shaved 1 tenth in my 60 foot just by adding an ASP USP on my VE. A straight thru muffler and a testpipe will only hurt your low end power. But it should help your top end by a small amount.
For extra "off the line" grunt, I say, start with a cone filter and Ypipe. Then get UDP. Get an ECU upgrade. Then you can remove your tranny and put in a high stall TC, which I think is the best mod you can do to an automatic Maxima. If you want to be cheap, then lose a lot of weight! Gut your car and that helps your 60' also. Any mod that you do, should be better than before. Just continue to do research on this forum and try to weed out all the poo water spewing out of teenagers' mouths.
08-23-2005, 10:30 AM
#93
Originally Posted by NmexMAX
You're an idiot .. sorry.
Months or miles? More relative to this forum.. Mine is 10 years old and has 230k ...
Months or miles? More relative to this forum.. Mine is 10 years old and has 230k ...
08-27-2005, 02:08 PM
#98
hmmm not to brag but i never had a problem launching a car, once i get used to how it acts i can get jumps 90% of the time on any cars, even fast cars up to like 20 or 30 mph than its w/e the car can do and mine is auto
08-27-2005, 07:23 PM
#100
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Originally Posted by Garrick
What is the secret to launching a car? I know you're not supposed to floor it. Is there even a secret? I only heard my tires squeak like twice.
Auto: power brake....and thats about it...and good sticky tires like before
08-28-2005, 12:36 AM
#104
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Isn't that when you hold down the brake and the gas, and then eventually let go of the brakes? If so, aren't you reving your car and then eventually telling it to go like a neutral drop?
08-28-2005, 04:45 AM
#105
Originally Posted by Garrick
Isn't that when you hold down the brake and the gas, and then eventually let go of the brakes? If so, aren't you reving your car and then eventually telling it to go like a neutral drop?
The difference is that when you power brake, you're already in gear, unlike n-drops which shock your transmission into a gear while you're reved up high.
08-28-2005, 06:24 PM
#107
Originally Posted by Garrick
So does it still really bad to do? I thought it slowly rapes your transmission Michael Jackson style.
Read the post above yours.
08-28-2005, 08:20 PM
#109
Originally Posted by Garrick
My 95 stock Maxima (like all of yours) has a demon engine. Whenever I pull up to the line and some crappy Honda wants to go, there's nothing better than humbling his sorry a$$. But when it comes to other vehicles, at the line I get my a$$ kicked, but I usually catch up will sheer power. What can I put on my car to take off at the line?
First, if you have an auto, shift it manually into Low. YES...it does make a difference.
Next, put the right edge of your left foot on the left side of the brake pedal and hold it down far enough to keep the car from creeping forward as you rev it up to 1,500. Here's a little trick I learned:
Keep your eye on the red light...not the green. As soon as you see it start to fade to black, forcefully slide your left foot diagonally to the left and down to the floor board while you slam on the gas.
This technique will catch anyone at the line flatfooted.
08-28-2005, 09:34 PM
#110
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Originally Posted by Garrick
Power braking is just as bad as a neutral drop. So that's out of the question.
08-29-2005, 06:23 AM
#112
Originally Posted by Aaron92SE
OMG! This thread is packed full of verbal butt mudd!!
A high stall performance torque converter will shave over a tenth off your 60 foot. That amounts to 3 tenths in the 1/4 mile. A Ypipe WILL help your 60 foot also IF you know how to drive and know how to launch your car properly at the track. Most people can't launch their car and don't know what it's like with a 60' under 2.30. Also, an aftermarket intake (longer piping) WILL help your 60', but it's such a small amount. UDP WILLLLLL help your 60 foot. No question about that. I shaved 1 tenth in my 60 foot just by adding an ASP USP on my VE. A straight thru muffler and a testpipe will only hurt your low end power. But it should help your top end by a small amount.
For extra "off the line" grunt, I say, start with a cone filter and Ypipe. Then get UDP. Get an ECU upgrade. Then you can remove your tranny and put in a high stall TC, which I think is the best mod you can do to an automatic Maxima. If you want to be cheap, then lose a lot of weight! Gut your car and that helps your 60' also. Any mod that you do, should be better than before. Just continue to do research on this forum and try to weed out all the poo water spewing out of teenagers' mouths.
A high stall performance torque converter will shave over a tenth off your 60 foot. That amounts to 3 tenths in the 1/4 mile. A Ypipe WILL help your 60 foot also IF you know how to drive and know how to launch your car properly at the track. Most people can't launch their car and don't know what it's like with a 60' under 2.30. Also, an aftermarket intake (longer piping) WILL help your 60', but it's such a small amount. UDP WILLLLLL help your 60 foot. No question about that. I shaved 1 tenth in my 60 foot just by adding an ASP USP on my VE. A straight thru muffler and a testpipe will only hurt your low end power. But it should help your top end by a small amount.
For extra "off the line" grunt, I say, start with a cone filter and Ypipe. Then get UDP. Get an ECU upgrade. Then you can remove your tranny and put in a high stall TC, which I think is the best mod you can do to an automatic Maxima. If you want to be cheap, then lose a lot of weight! Gut your car and that helps your 60' also. Any mod that you do, should be better than before. Just continue to do research on this forum and try to weed out all the poo water spewing out of teenagers' mouths.
08-29-2005, 06:30 AM
#114
Originally Posted by Garrick
Isn't that when you hold down the brake and the gas, and then eventually let go of the brakes? If so, aren't you reving your car and then eventually telling it to go like a neutral drop?
No revving involved. Technically, you're simply raising your idle speed. Your car is already idling at 650-750RPM, so raising it slowing to an idle of 1,500 RPM for two or three seconds before the light changes is as different from a neutral drop as a Yugo is from a Lexus.
08-29-2005, 06:33 AM
#115
Originally Posted by Garrick
Thanks. My friend told me that he broke the transmission on his Trans-Am doing that.
Well..it's a Trans-Am, so what do you expect? I have two friends who both drove them and they would tell you what pieces of garbage they really are.
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08-29-2005, 12:13 PM
#119
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get better at reaction times. your auto trans will do all the work by its self. power braking is a waste of good power before you race. my suggestin is to hold the brakes just hard enough to keep the car there, then when the light changes mash the gas pedal to the floor and hold on. put trans in drive and leave it there, you cant shift the trans better than it [transmission] can
08-29-2005, 12:40 PM
#120
Originally Posted by LOST
get better at reaction times.
Originally Posted by LOST
put trans in drive and leave it there, you cant shift the trans better than it [transmission] can