The TC only locks in 3rd and 4th also, I really couldn't see why you would ever want it locked in 2nd.

 

ya it is, and when you get your 2k2 6-spd, which you better. it's gonna be even worse.

 

My 6spd max came in today!! I just got back from a little ride, it was soooo nice... So either tomarrow or the next day I will be picking it up!

 

OooOOOO.... congrats

 

Congrats Ethan!!! by the way where did you purchase it from? and for how much if you dont mind me asking?

 

Thanks guys's.

I got $15,000 trade in for my 98 I30 and I paid MSRP on the new car. All in all it's like I got the new car for about $500-600 over MSRP, not bad! Plus I save a grand on tax's with my trade in.

 

Ohh yeah, I bought it at Knights Garage in Warwick R.I. . If you want the # or address I have it.

 

Hey Ethan now that you'll have your 2k2 are you going to show up at some of the meets? Last time I saw you was at Natick.

 

Ya, next meet in MA I will probably come too, I missed the last one for a bunch of reasons.

 

Hey all, never posted here before but this thread peaked my interest. I don't know much about Nissans, but a 25% parasitic loss of power from the crank to the FW's seems way high to me. FWD cars are the most efficient at putting power to the wheels, followed by RWD then AWD. Everything I've ever read and seen indicates that FWD cars lose no more than 15% of crank power at the wheels (and that is pretty conservative). 25% sounds more like an AWD correction factor. Although the car in question is an automatic, 25% is still too high IMHO. Is there something I'm missing here? Are Nissans an exception or something? 189HP is corrected for altitude and everthing right? Sounds to me like something is not right, either with your car or the dyno run.

 

go ethan, go ethan, it's your birthday. when we gonna race?

 

, maybe I will meet you guys up at the Pike some time. No racing for a while though, I have to break this baby in real gently first .

 

i'll be waiting, even though you will prolly win until i learn to shift, unless you pull another 3-2 debacle.

 

The runs were not SAE corrected and it was hot out (read back a page or so )

15% loss is about what you would have on a manual tranny. Auto tranny's are less efficient and usually have losses of around 20-25% or slightly more.

 

Muahahaha! "Debacle". Good one, I retired from doing 3-2 shifts . Have you figured out how to launch your car yet?

 

I talked to someone in Florida who dyno'd slightly over 200 HP with his automagic. This seems spot on, since he ran a 15.2 in the 1/4.

 

 

Yeah, but it doesn't make that stock . . . does it?

 

My 5'th gen with just a crappy flowmaster muffler, a custom intake, and a y-pipe made in 3'rd gear runs of:

1. 202/187.4
2. 203.9/190.4
3. 208.0/? a/f was on the graph

thats not much done to my car. I do have my AIT sensor rewired in front of my radiator, so my PCM is thinking its always colder than it is, needed to do this since i freed up some air going in and out so this would most likely lean out the car, so if it thinks its colder it will add fuel. So, hearing those dyno plots on an auto may be about right, but on a stick those sound bad. Where's all that HP going? tourque sounds good though!