Can someone tell me what is wrong. I have just installed stillen Y pipe and have a short intake. stock muffler, and rims. 97SE I have lost to 94 and 98 altimas as well as the 99 maxima <<<< STOCK CARS. If this continue I will have to sell my car. Its an automatic maybe someone could told me how to properly drive an auto. Please Help....................

 

If you are loosing to 4 cyl cars, there is something seriously wrong with your car.

 

losing to an altima........sumthing wrong

 

ditto, besides the 02 that is!! Take Care

 

that sucks, i have bet many 4 banger altimas, hiding from 02's though.....

 

Have you abided by your car's recommended service schedule? You have to TRY to lose to a 94 Altima, that's ridiculous.

 

Check for leaks in the y-pipe also.

Or stop racing in reverse.

 

get a tune up
stop putting the cheap gas in your car
take the donut off and replace that damn tire
lose 30 lbs

 

Hello:

Well; believe it or not, there is a proper way to drive an "automagic".

If you just stomp the accelerator pedal all the way to the floor right off the line, this will be slower as compared to gradually leaning into the throttle as the revs climb.


The more power you dump into the torque converter at lower revs, the greater and greater percentage that gets wasted -- once past 3000rpms, then you can floor it.


Make sure that you have the proper type of trasmission fluid --
If the viscosity is too low, then you will lose mechanical efficiency (which is already not very good with any automatic).
If the transmission fluid has more than a few thousand miles on it, it probably has already suffered viscosity breakdown.

 

HAHA!!

 

First of yall do you shift from 1, 2, then D. You should do that when racing! I also have auto. Its not good to race with an auto in D

 

That technique has been proven not to make a damn bit of difference.

 

WHAT I know u didn't say it doesn't make a difference it does make a big difference. You don't know what u are talking about!

Maybe not in your auto but in mines it does and a whole lot of other peoples.

 

you have less than i do and i stay crappin on the altimas...i even give them head starts. my main questions are

1. Are you putting your foot on the horizontal pedal?
2. Does the gear have an orange line next to the "P"?
and my final question is
3. Is that lever next to the gear shifter up or down..

If you answered yes to any of those questions you should go to your nearest bus stop and WAIT!!!!

 

Is the problem the car or the driver? just teasing....

 

Maybe all the 4 bangers he has been racing have engine swaps, turbo's, and motek exhaust's





If you keep losing burn your car and get a new max.

 

Have you thought of getting VB upgrade, I've heard that its the best thing you can get for autos. You can also get a torque converter. All great mods for automagics

 

... I'm gonna start shooting.

 

Actually when I start the race I put on 2 and release OD then I shift to D but no matter what I do it seems slow. Sometimes when I start the car my OD button blinks like 20 times. I have posted that before and someone told me that this could be a transmision problems. I still hanvent check that. On my next paycheck I will go to a Nissan dealer. I just did a transmission tune up changed the gusket and oil as well as oxigen sensors.

 

Do you have timeslips from the track to back up your claim?

I do.

I can summarize though. From one night:

First run, me shifting, 15.27
2nd, it shifting, 15.25
3rd run, me shifting, 15.29

That seems to be NO DIFFERENCE to me...