Just got back from a nice day of racing. I had hoped to do much better but the track was rained on the day before, and most of the day, but had dryed off that night. Plus no vht or track prep. So I made a long 6 hour drive, did well in racing but again same old same old.

I also raced my first Nissan Skyline, which was a rb25det power machine. The video is a fat one so DSL/Cable users will make small work of it, if your 56k might want to pass on this one.

The Races
Max vs Honda Integra Type R ( 2 races )
Max vs Nissan Skyline GTS-T
Max vs Mitsubishi 3000 GT TT
Max vs 12.9 sec Honda Civic (Semi Final Round All Motor)



Video: Click Link Below
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhdvLOnF8wg

 

Nice runs!!And good video

 

sweet vid man. nice to see how the max stacks up against those cars.

 

dam, who max is that? Is that your car Ceasars, dam what yu got under there? Smoked that car was pretty amazing!!! ***Dun estimate families' car***

 

Pretty consistant, what are u launching at? It's always nice to see a 4-dr sedan put the boots to 2-dr coups.

 

nice kills

 

Great vid, but the best part is when the cam guy says fordeen oh five lol!!

 

mmm wooping them 2-dr good job

 

"I uhh...I don't even know what that car is"

Good runs, good video

 

^ lol ! yeah , that is funny ! frosty watched the video and started laughing so hard he fell out his chair and banged up his elbow, now no maxus for him ?

 

^ Hahahahhaha, ouch...

 

Okay, so I just watched the video.... you've gotta be the fastest shifter in the west man. But the 3KGT at least should have taken you. That idiot didn't launch.

 

Nice runs Caesar, it's fun to watch a Maxima take down a Skyline.

 

Nice vid ceasar always a pleasure to watch 'em! Cant say enough about the kit choices on your car BTW Only USDM A32 competing out there or what?

 

yea the maxima took that skyline like nothing that was funny... agreed, I almost cried laughing so hard when that guy said "I uhh...I don't even know what that car is" lmao. I too now have elbow sydrome no max for me.

later

 

very nice video....good job

 

Wow! Your car is ******* fast!!!!

 

ha ! hey morpheus, thats where the fun is had in racing a maxima ! If I beat a 3000GT that should beat me up real good I can say hey look what I did, now if you turn that around and someone says hey dude what was that car that just beat you ? uh ... im not sure (in whispery tone) a maxima ? and same holds true for a skyline as well. But yeah they are faster cars though, everyonce in awhile you can pull off a win. The skyline was basically stock and could run i dunno 13.7 easy with a nice launch. Same for the mitsu, these guys turn up the boost or hit a button and they are gone !

yeah launching was tough most of the day, no track prep, and plenty of rain before racing that day.

 

its ok ! you see all these cars running 12's and under and you feel slow !

 

thanks and hey nice max !

 

Only US spec but there was another maxima. Phat6 brought out his 96 Nissan Maxima SMX. I really like the front and sides but not to happy with the sarona rear but hey thanks !

 

the owner is a friend of mine, I have a feeling he will be ready to give me a rematch soon ! he certainly can beat the old max, just not that time

 

i dont know ? and that is sad

 

As always the videos are nicely put together and fun to watch. What kind of 60's were you pulling most of the day?

 

Man your car is amazing. Teach me how to launch!!

 

Ceasar, are you popping your clutch on every shift?

 

j i was running the hoosiers, never got below a 2.12, poor traction was the case for everyone, in the last video 2.15 60 foot, guessing around 3300rpm launch. i give up though, with drag racing there are to many variables for my small brain to figure out ? I went expecting some 13.8's and maybe a 13.7 but all the track locals up there said 60's were all high and track was horrible. I guess that explains it though, you knock a .2 off the 60 and i should have been in the high 13's.

The track I snagged the 1.97 60 foot has a NHRA correction factor of .18, fom experience I say -.2 and -2/-3 mph. Out of the 3 tracks I have raced here in NZ. I have trapped 99.5 on 2 tracks and the track i got the 1.9 60 foot I can never trap above 96 mph, which meant on that 1.9 60 foot with the new tires i was robbed again ! LOL ! got a 14.0@96mph.

60 foots: (5) 2.1's

edit: j on the videos, the scoreboard is showing the 60 foots if you look during practice. the night races were it has 10.9 is just a break out number for the all motor class. you run lower than 10.9 you get booted !

 

popping it ? i dont know, lol ! im not power shifting, just pushing it in real quick and shifting and release. that help ?

launching: dont know the term, i guess its called dumping !

 

as always, great max you have there. Nice way to bring up the credibility of max's as more than a family sedan

 

If you are simply pushing the clutch in and letting it out as quickly as possible you may be losing time on the gear changes. I noticed the car was bucking when you shifted, you are losing power that way. Ever notice that if you do the same thing but going slower that the car kinda jerks and loses its momentum and has to kind of get back into the groove? On smooth shifts you will notice that there isnt as big of a torque drop. Try working on smooth shifts I think it will help a little bit.

How high are you revving before you "dump" the clutch. Riding the clutch a little bit instead of just dumping it may help you in the start, too.

This is just some stuff I heard people mention to me before so if Im off dont start flaming.

I baby my car so not too much hands on experience on pushing her to the limit.

 

I don't think it was Ceaser just dumping it out as he mentioned the traction problem at the track. IIRC he launched around 3K.

Nice vid Ceaser, this one even had cool music

 

hey im always up on some driving technique, thanks !

 

nice runs!!

what do you have on your car to run that? Keep up the good work

 

Damn, I want my Maxima to sound like that! Nice vid.

 

Awesome kills Ceaser! Good launch took out those cars that would have beaten you otherwise.

Also, here's what I have read from a Subaru site:

The first rule of gear change is to learn to wait on the machinery.

The second rule is to let the synchros work, push, do not force into gear, See rule #1.

The third rule is to let the clutch get all the way home before gassing the throttle. See rule #1. This does not take all that long, but there are some tricks to smooth gear changes.

Rule number four: It is just like learning the piano, first get the technique right and then go for speed. See rule #1.

Rule five is that 1-2 gear changes are a bitch, 4-5 make you look like Walter Röhl every time.

This 1-2 shift always has the greatest percentage difference in the speeds of the moving parts. Brian's observation was spot on for this reason. First gear in a US model is 45% slower than second gear while 3-4 difference is usually only 27%. What is a lousy 17% greater initial shaft speed to a gear change? It is 40% more kinetic energy to absorb. This is the rule of squares from the k=mv2 of high school physics class, in action. The second gear synchro works much harder for its dinner than does its fourth gear cousin. It also simply takes longer for everything to slow down to the new 2nd gear speed from first than it does for the 4th gear from third. It is also why down shifting to first is tricky. See rule number one.

That 1st to 2nd gear comparison is for the Subaru. I'm not sure how it us for our Maximas.

 

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/341792/1

 

nice video ceasar. we need more vid's of racing in NZ

 

nice kills!! awesome max!!

 

Hey Ceasar, are you running the entire Frankencar kit or are you using the stock intake resonator?

 

Well put together video as usually. Music was driving me insane, but that's just a personal preference thing.