Appreciate it man. I've accomplished a lot in just a few months and since joining the org I've learned a heck of a lot. Just a few months ago I didn't know what a BOP or spacers was and now I'm one of the fastest 6thgen all motor out there.

The engine had some age on her and for a 4DR car that still have heavy lambo door hinges, all the interior still in the car, and a rookie I did pretty well. It's a bitter sweet moment because I shocked a lot of people, shoot I shocked myself, but when I messed up the engine to a Audi S4 it sucked. But to be a racer you gotta break stuff, learn from it and see how you can prevent it from happening again.

I'll be back for sure. Gonna try and get that newer egine by today or tomorrow, install my 5pc spacer, spark plugs, and hopefully get a tune. Big thanks to GT Altima car club, and a special thanks to my haters, "he" know who he is.

 

Actually your 60ft times arnt that great an easy 13 second car with improved 60ft times.

 

Actually that 60ft time is irrelivant to me. Did I mention that the drag strip was at high elevation, it's a 4DR heavy car,had an egine with 220K,60lbs lambo hinges,only mods is an exhaust system,BOP,CAI,and a light weight crank pulley,4th time at the track and I improved from last year 15.5 by 1.3sec?

So accomplishing that is way more than I expected...

 

You 60ft are way better than mine, that's my problem is getting out the gate. My 60ft are always around 2.5ish.

A better 60ft means a better ET. In the end you rep the Maxima well that day, keep us posted on that new engine.

 

The 60ft time really isnt irrelevant, what hes trying to say is that with a better launch you could do even better. He wasnt saying anything about your times being bad. I know you're excited about the time and all, but you have repeated the same things at least 10 times now.

 

Yeah I'll master the lauches in time. I've had really good advice from the GT Altima guys and from krazy6 but hopefully I get better at it.

 

WOW!!! Great runs and good looking Maxima.

Just sucks that it took a toll on your engine. I hope you get it fixed.

 

You understood what he said even though he said "your 60' times is bad" now understand what I'm saying. Getting a better 60' time right now is irrelevant to "me" because i'm new to racing, and I'm more focusing on my reaction time and the perfect shift at the right rpm and whatever else comes after that.

He took a mini jab at me so I returned it no hard feeling. As you can see at the end of my response there was a "" so there's no need to get all emotional and choose sides on who's right or wrong.

Maybe you could offer some advice on how I can accomplish a better 60' time instead of just saying get a better 60' time. My intentions isn't to create a dispute over a thread or comment but to get as much knowledge as possible..

Appreciate it brutha. The engine is already in the work so by thursday she should have a low milege engine. Lil scared to race again but I'll get over that fear eventually and regain my confidence.

 

RT's have nothing to do with the ET, and 60's will help get your ET down.

Bad 60's = good MPH, but not so good ETs.

You could literally have a 50 second RT, but still have a 13.98 second 1/4 mile time.

Not sure if this ha been covered, haven;t read the entire thread, but oil light means low oil pressure, you may have killed your oil pump.

it might not be as bad as you think.

 

This I already know. When I messed up on my shift the oil light came on and when I checked the oil level it barely registered on the dipstick and the tensioners chain noise was by far the loudess thing I've ever heard coming out of a car.

I was keeping my fingers crossed that my car made it home because a tow truck from that far would of probably be half of what the engine is worth. If I still had the car I'd make a clip

 

Better tyres will help 60ft times. Launch control with holding the revs at perfect rpm and slowly ridding the clutch out. But no I wasn't having a little dig at u I was saying that with improved 60ft time u could of had an even better time. Your 60ft times weren't bad but they weren't excellent so there's room for improving your time witch I'm shore u would be happy with.

 

I have drag radials but my tire pressure was too high. They were about 25psi but I was spinning out when I launched higher than 3500rpm so I adjusted the pressure to 19psi and when I ran the audi it gripped the track real good. Perfecting my launch will take a little time because that was my first time since the bolt on's and 4th time overall on the drag strip.

I have a of time to improve so ya'll bare with my inexperience. Everything takes time.

 

I went into 2nd gear at 90mph once too, but it was in my neon not the maxima. Felt like I was going to get thrown through the windshield, tach went I don't know how far past 8,000 rpm, the a/c, p/s, alt belts flew off but amazing did no harm to the engine.

Also, the oil light means you have low or no oil pressure. Put some oil in the car and see if you got extremely lucky and didn't spin a bearing. If the light goes off after you add oil and it doesn't sound bad you may have got lucky. Also, wtf does your mechanic mean it's leaking oil internally? I'd get a better explaination on that or get another mechanic. And not to beat a dead horse but if your car is using oil, at the very least check the oil before you go to the track man.

 

The mechanic knows nissan engine inside out because he use to work for them.without checking or seeing the engine he "assumed" the oil pump is gone or the oil is where it's not suppose to be. But if you read the thread I mentioned that the tensioners are the loudest thing I've ever heard coming out of a car.

The engine had 219K on it and I'm certain the previous owner neglected the engine so it had a little tensioner noise,oil consumption and smoke before the mods. I would of eventually need an engine, I just speed up the process when I messed up on the shift. Trust me the engine got an oil change the day before the track so I knew the engine had oil, just no pressure. The engine is being swapped as we speak so I'll be back before you know it with a younger motor and the intake manifols spacers installed

Who knows I probably might hit the 14 flat or 13.9. Either way I'm happy with the results...

 

I love some of the sounds of the modded Maximas. If you guys really want a show...go to YouTube and check out the 1250 HP GTR doing the Texas mile at 233 mph! Next test will be the turbos boosted to 42 psi @ 1600 HP to break the all time record the shut up the boosted Lambo Gallardo owners (1500 HP). That GTR while redoing the Texas mile will also break the record held by the Veyron. Nissan Rules!

 

Next time you're at the track, I would start around 20psi and try a moderate launch and if you still get wheel spin, lower the psi by about 2 and try again and go from there until there's minimal wheel spin. What was your 60' on the race with the audi? There's def. room for improvement especially since you're running drag radials but like you said, practice makes perfect. Krazy6 is the guy to talk to about drag radials and racing in the 1/4 mile, he knows his stuff.

Glad you're having fun with it though

 

The tire pressure was at 19psi when I race the audi but I don't know which one of the time slips is for that race. I'll look for the worst time seeing that I rolled across the finish line. It hooked up real nice with minimal wheel spin and that's why I should of won that race because my nose was ahead of his.

Krazy6 runs are insane that's why I sent him a million pm asking him how to prepare. He helped me out big time so I have him personally to thank for my victory. Now I can pass on that knowledge to others...

 

Damn sucks to hear. Go out there with you new mods and then to have a problem but hey thats life of a drag racer LOL.

Hopefully everything doesn't cost as much as you think.

 

Did you locate a engine yet up there...

 

Yeah man the old engine is already out and the parts are being transfered as we speak. The mechanic called me and said I should change the clutch because there's like 30-40% left and with racing it will reduce.

Next couple of months that clutch would be slipping. So now added to the lond list is a Exedy clutch. When does it end. I need a night job now But I gotta do it because I don't want to have to pay a next couple of hundred of dollars to do something I could do now. So a younger engine,Exedy clutch,5pc spacer kit,spark plugs,pcv valve added to the list.

I hope I shave another point something seconds. LOL

 

you were goin 90+ on 3rd???? wow thats sick. and You down shifted to two??? I dont even think I can down shift from 5th to 4 goin 90+ on mine. But again I dont race my car for those reasons... Well I hope it was worth it.

 

Still trying to figure how I did it man. It's okay though. Younger engine and an Exedy clutch is being installed right now so I'll be back up and running soon.

 

Nice runs Jason, sorry to hear about the motor . @ Cory my car is starting to feel a little better after the valve body . I can't wait until I do my tensioners .

 

Damn your car is/was running good up top. Nice pickup after the 1/8. I ran the exact time through the 1/8th except 1 mph slower. How was the temp and DA? Also based 60 ft and mph through both 1/8 and 1/4 theres easily a 13 second car there. of course you would need to improve your sixty and your shifts could be a bit faster. good job man. sorry about your misshift. Does your head sound like ****? Your valves came in contact with the piston and they should all be severely bent.The block might be alright. On the bright side vq's are pretty damn cheap.

 

Sorry man not even close. Actually there are some stock 6 gens that have ran similar times to your best ET. im sure they had great DA and 60 fts... but hey man thats why all these factors are important in drag racing.

 

I am very new to this racing and i'm 100% sure the guys who run these crazy times spent a lot of time and ran dozens of races. That slip you see was the 1st race for the season after the few bolt on mods. I still gotta practice my launches, shifts and every other aspect of drag racing.

You gotta put into consideration that i'm inexperience and i'll need a few months or years to gain experience. My engine had 210K on the motor so she already lost a lot of hp, my clutch was still stock, and the track is at high elevation. I use to see drag races on tv all the time and thought you just floor it and go. Joke was on me.LOL. I tried it and spun through 1st and 2nd and a bit of 3rd.

I just got the car back lastnight with the younger engine, Exedy clutch( the car feels like a race car now.She grabs hard) and the spacer kit installed. I haven't even ran the super gas when racing so I have a lot to adjust to break that 14 sec mark.

I'll post a vid and pic with the install some time soon

 

Be careful if you are talking about running true racing fuel. Even Dues would only "splash" a little in the tank, it's pretty high octane. I think you can put some in but I'm not sure of the mixture ratios you want to use.

Which brings up another question, how much gas you have in the tank when you ran?

I make sure I have no more than a quarter tank, at the very most. I usually try to have a little less than that though. Wanna try something fun, reset your mpg meter right before you start racing, get like 8mpg.

 

LOL. No I meant I usually run 89 so i'm gonna up it to 94 when I go race. I use 89 when the gas prices are high so i'll run the engine out and use 94 octane and see if I get any gains. I had exactly 1/4 tank last time and the light came of before I left so i'll try a little more than 1/4 next time.

 

Whew just trying to protect your new engine!

 

Lol. Appreciate it bro. I might be asking for too much too soon but I'm hoping I get into that high 13's after I take off the lambo hinges...

 

Break in that clutch. And if the new engine runs like any other VQ35 then 13's should be no problem. Get that sixty to 2.1 and that should do it.

 

That's what i'm hoping for. Let's see if these spacers are as good as everyone says they are...

 

I thought this was and amazing run

That's until I seen this

 

LOL @ 2nd vid....Looks like Max got a little jump at start and Charger had 3 peeps so maybe a little skewed.

?? on the runs did you have Alti headers yet? If not I may have to get exhaust looks like it gives a few mph on top end. I'm jealous of that 22mph gain after the 1/8