He ran 14.3@96almost 97mph, with just intake and y-pipe in his 2k 5-speed. Man I am done racing my slushbox auto, I need 40shot of NOS to beet that. Good job Larry.

 

just intake and y-pipe? 14.3? wow, that's very fast, impressive. on street tires?

 

Thats what I said. And his stock tires usunlly suck bigtime at the track. His 60; time was 2.13

 

It's all in the 60 foots. Lower 14s were always possible with his car seeing his trap speeds were in the 94-95mph range. A 2.1 60 foot is flat out incredible for a fwd car in street tires. I wish my track hooked like that. Congrates Mad Max.

Dave

 

Looks like i know what my next mod will be...
It's Y-pipe time!
Damn...14.3 w/ just intake & y-pipe...HMMmmmm...maybe i will just go the N/A route.
Naaaaaah!

Congrats Larry!!

PS: I gotta get my lazy *** to the track while its still cold as shiet outside...hopefully I can get a personal best too.

 

Wow. That 60' is ridiculous for a max. Great job madmax!!

Chris

 

Thanks.

Believe me, this track NEVER hooks like this. There is a reason DeSoto is known to the locals as DUMPSOTO!

But, I should give them some credit now as the track has just been bought by someone else and they seem to be cleaning their act up. They actually used VHT there yesterday!

I posted in the 5th gen forum (kinda hidden) the details of the run:

https://maxima.org/forums/showthread...threadid=16325

 

Thanks Kevin! You can send that NOS my way if you like

 

Yeah...those Bridgestone Potenza RE92's are terrible for the track. But, I think I finally figured em out as best as I can. 20 psi in em and a delicate touch on the clutch and the throttle was netting consistent 60 foots of 2.20, with a few dips into the lower 2.1's (the best was 2.13) when I hit it just right.

 

whoa... another level, the 5th gen is the fastest

 

Whoa another level....that chick in your sig is the hottest.

 

Actually, isnt a 4th gen currently the quickest N/A Maxima?

 

thanks, see above. 95s are about equal to 60... 5th finishes quicker beyond that

 

<<passed out>> 14.3??? where you live??? i wanna shake ur hand...

 

Tampa Bay area in Florida.

Im sure that this time will be duplicated and/or passed by Spring when all the nothern guys get back to the tracks.

 

I believe Jeff K ran a 14.32@95.XX mph in his 95 on drag radials with a 2.1 60 foot. You're the fastest, he's the quickest. He did have a few runs in the 96.XX range, but his ets weren't near as good. My best trap speed was 96.5mph with a 15.00 run. I'm still trying to figure out that run.

Did you notice other cars running pretty good ets?

How do you stage? Shallow or deep? I never knew anything about staging until I read a write up in Mustang and Fast Ford. By simply shallow staging, you can actually get a 6"-7" roll before the timing device is tripped and drop .1 from your 60 foot. I'm gonna try that in the spring. There is so much that I've done and learned since my last time out in September. AND you're not helping things either by getting some awesom ets.


Dave

 

Ahh...shoot...another 0.06 sec and I coulda been "a contenda"! Ah well, Ill take 2nd place.

Yes...on that day many cars were running great ET's. You see, down here in Tampa, were dont get many days that are 50 some degrees in the middle of a sunny day. The sun keeps the track warm and relatively sticky, while the cool air obviously helps times/trap speeds. So, its the norm here to have the biggest crowd of the year on the coldest days. That way we can all get our good slips that we can brag about, but we can only run once a year We go back in July and run 0.5 second slower But, Ill take lousy track weather in exchange for no snow!

As far as staging, I usually just stage normally. Meaning, I fully light the second lamp. Ive tried deep staging (youre that much closer to the finish line...buts its hard not to red light) as well as shallow staging. All in all, I prefer to be a bit on the shallow side, rather than deep. My timing just seems better that way.

 

Hey ken where did you get that pic of the girl, she is unreal!

 

hehe... off-topic.net bro

 

The studded dog collar has to go, but other than that......

 

MMMM... Cameron Diaz. :P

 

Congratulations Larry! that is Great!!! 2.13 on stock tires??????

 

Yep Caroline...stock Potenzas.

 

Larry was kicking ***. I'm a witness to that. I sure wish I had run that day. My friend and I will be going back to DeSoto in a couple of weeks, I hope we can get the same conditions.

 

Larry, did that jetta set his chip to the 200hp that he said it could do?

 

yah i agree... kinda says who let the dogs out?.. to cameron her own, though

 

Larry-

I stand corrected about Jeff Ks runs. His best is a 14.36@95.6mph with a 2.16 60 foot with a drag radials. His run was made in July 2000. His best trap speed ever was a almost 97mph.

These VQ motors are really strange sometimes. Between runs, with similar 60 foots, my VQ's trap speeds could vary from 94mph to over 96mph. It looks like Jeff experienced the same trap speed differences. What's your car's best trap speed?


Dave

 

Ah...second place by only 0.02 sec then

I have noticed a sometimes similar variation in trap speeds. But, 90% of the time, they are pretty close.

My best trap speed is 96.81 mph, with a bunch of 96.6-96.7 runs. Strangely enough, my best ET run only dropped the trap speed to 96.62. Usually, big ET improvements are found to lower the trap speed acordingly.

 

Yep Everett. He ran a 14.94@92.6 mph. (actually, his car is a Passat 1.8T) But, he didnt make the "spread". I told him (before we went to the track) that if he could get within 0.5 sec of Mad Max, we'd consider him the winner. He just missed hehehehehehe.

 

I doubt it Larry. Most of us Northern guys have Cali Spec emissions. and most of us don't drive like mad men. I think your 14.3 NA time is safe for a long while.

 

Good job on the run Madmax2k. I would love to run that fast in my auto. Hopefully I'll be in the 14's this season. Hey Adam, when does the track open up?

 

Well, Im not totally mad. Only partially

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Synki

Quote:

Hey Adam, when does the track open up?

Etown opens up in like late March i beleive.
But Atco is open all year round...
they only take off 3 weeks in like February.
I'll be at Atco as soon as i get a day off.