The maximas and the org were well represented at Atlanta Dragway in Commerce GA tonight. We had 3 max's there; 2 with N2O and 1 with S/C. Ramius 83 ended up running a 13.9 @ 100.45mph on N2O, Bosco500 had terrible mechanical problems and was really handcuffed by his car acting up with the S/C. He would of put up some good numbers too I'm sure of it. I ran a 13.7 @102mph on N2O and ended up in 2nd place in the "battle of the imports" when I lost to a very fast and very heavily modded 280ZX turbo that was hauled in on a flatbed from NC. He beat the pants off me when he ran a 12.5 (maybe a 12.7 can't remember) @115mph. I didn't have enough nads for him. He was tough. I was happy overall with my improvements after a week of tweaking on the N2O. Ramius83 is really a 13.5 sec car right now, just needs a little more practice and more traction on his side. Bosco500 is probably a 13 sec car already, just got bit by the mechanical jinx bug tonight. I hated it for him.

Imagine that, we almost had 3 13 sec cars representing. We will next time I'm sure.

 

Good job. I've been wanting to go to the track for the longest time with you guys.

 

Great stuff guys, glad to hear it. Gotta get those folks out there to know the Max is a force to me reckoned with. I know what its like sitting on the line in eliminations, gets the adrenalin going and certainly makes it harder to get good reaction times.

Jim

 

way to go guys ... good job

 

Vids!? I really like to hear this news of fastest maximas all in one area. Thats some good stuff. Keep up the good work, hope Bosco's car gets its medicine and comes alive again.

 

Good job jaime and erik.. bosco hope you get it running right.



Man 13.7 WOW

and a 13.9


erik can't wait to see that thing tuned.


DYNO!!!! DYNO!!!!! DYNO!!!!

How was the trip home????

 

I would of loved to have some video, but I don't think anyone brought a camera last night. We definetly represented the max's.

 

Believe it or not, I was still running rich. I'm going to try and go to the dyno in the next couple of weeks before I go and run again. I think I may up the main jet a little . It was a lot of fun, except I was told to wear a helmet next time .

 

JAIMECBR900 Hey thats awsome, congrats on great times.... but i had some questions...are u auto or 5 speed? what mods do you have and how much nitrous did u use, thats fricken crzy man , i have to give you props...oh yeah one more question, what size rims do u have, or were u not on street tires, but had slicks?

-ChRi§

 

Jaime is running a 70 shot dry setup, with an auto that has the VB mod. I am running a 100 shot dry setup, wuth an auto, but I do not have a VB mod. I think that is why mine is slower than his... BTW, he is on his regular rims/tires.

 

thats sweet, autos repazenting, besides the nitrous, what els do u have, exhuast, ypipe, intake? the reason im asking so many questions is becuase many autos have ran nitrous and just couldent brake 13s like 6 mouths later, there are liek over a hand full of autos, breakes 13s and im just wounder how, and why the diffrence?

 

Is a 2.1 60' time fast? I'm used to sportbikes which run 1.45-1.75 60' times... So I dunno. A max in the 13s is VERY impressive! Bet you suprise lost of Mustangs and the like (not that you ever street race though, right? )

 

Good job...

 

VERY simple.....TRACTION


if you really want to know how quick a car is when traction is not a factor...look at trap speed...it will tell you more than E.T. EVER will

 

Yeah i know but these guys are on street tires... people before that were running on street tires, were hitting low 14s and just couldent brake 13s, were saying it was becuase of no traction, well the two auto maximas that ran 13s, one of the guys told me they both were on street tires, well ....what are they doing diffrent? why can they hit 13s on street tires, and people before like Synki, or like the guy that posted two up, matri ( dont remember his org name ) the one with the blue maxima, he had nitrous, and was running 14.2 ....and whats all im woundering, is what there doing diffrent to hit 13s, that people before couldent do

-ChRi§

 

Gotta get some of that hippie crack.

 

2.1 is a very good 60' time. most people run between 2.3 and 2.5 depending on experience. i've never ran anything under a 2.3 but will with more track time...

good job again guys! i wish my car wasn't under warranty!

 

Ok who does have the fastest 60' time? I have a 2.100 but I am sure there are a few faster. The 60' time is the one that I work on the most though and I have come from a 2.6 down to 2.1 and hope to break it but don't expect to go under the 2.0. Suspension is key to a fast 60', I have tried a whole raft of stuff to stiffen the rear, hold down the front etc but need more track time to really nail it down a little better. Anyone got any ideas on setups that would make for a better 60'? Traction is also paramount but don't want to get too carried away and break a whole bunch of stuff. Let get some dialogue going.
Jim

PS I am also at somewhat of a disadvantage having an auto, the manual trans is better at 60'

 

Place Racing engine mounts from Cattman???

 

Nice runs guys. Hopefully I'll join you in the auto 13 second club soon. I'm just waiting for them to finish my prototype LSD, then I hook the nitrous back up, dyno and tune the car some, and away we go.

 

i'm not really sure what we can do for our suspension to improve traction...maybe one of u guys should think about doing a rwd conversion! better yet, just buy a skyline and put a maxima body over it!

 

Thanks Ramius.

To the gentleman who wanted to know the mods. Additionally, both of us have Y pipes, CAI's, and definetly running on street tires. The only difference between our cars is essentially mine has a VB mod and Ramius doesn't. Everything else is almost the same. As a matter of fact we are running almost the same gauges and the same fuel pump setup. Our cars are very close to the same, as shown by our trap speeds and E.T's.

 

That's funny, my best 60' was 2.100 too! I had a best reaction time of .538, best 60' of 2.100, best E.T. @12.7, and best trap @102mph on the next to the last run of the night when running that 12 sec 280Z. I was very happy with that run, except for the gauges still telling me I was running rich. As someone else already mentioned, traction was the key and it was much better this time than the time before.

 

Every track is different, and most of the guys that couldn't break into the 13s (ME) ran at night when the track was COLD....

little differences in launching technique can also make the difference between a high 13 second run and a low 14 second run.

 

This is very true. Track and conditions differ very wildly across the board. Some tracks, people post, that N/A cars run 14's all day long. Other tracks it takes serious HP to overcome traction and track conditions to make the same numbers.

When we both ran our numbers was a much better night for traction and the ambient temp did not change as much as previous outings (temp went from 80 deg at start to 70 something by the end at midnight; time before went from 80 deg at start to low 60 something at end of the night).