I decided to head out to the local Ci-Ci's Pizza parking lot where all the modified imports and domestics hangout every Friday and Sat. night. Saw a lot of cool cars and heard a BUNCH of smack talk. I ran against three cars: Toyota MR2 Turbo, a Conquest with upgraded turbo, full exhaust, and fuel mapping, and last but certainly not least a Nissan 240SX with a Silvia motor(all cars were 5-speeds). First race was with the MR2 and I easily spanked him by 3 car lengths to 70 mph. He wanted to race again from a roll and I ended up spanking him just as bad. Second race was with the Conquest (Man this guy was talking some serious smack!!). I asked him what he dynoed and he simply said I don't need to waste my money on a dyno run because I put down plenty of hp and I know I'm fast. I asked if he cared to run and he replied "Are you sure you want to run against me?" I said what the heck let me have a shot against you. We race from a stop sign with him honking off the start and by 80 mph he was way in my rearview mirror (even worse than with the MR2). When we went back to the parking lot I went up to him and asked, "Hey I thought you said you were fast?" He replied well my car's not running too good right now and I'm only running 10 lbs of boost. Oh ok whatever!! Third race was with the 240SX and he had done the Silvia motor swap, custom intercooler, & Greddy exhaust. His car looked totally stock like mine "Sleeper" but I knew this guy from my shop so we both knew what we had under our hoods. We went out to the frontage road and he honked off the start. I jumped him off the line and we were just about even till 40 mph and then he started pulling on me. At 60 mph his rear bumper was even with my front bumper (He had exactly one car length on me) and by 80 mph he had extended it to 2 car lengths. He slowed down and I congratulated him on a nice race and then we raced from a 60 mph roll and once again he pulled on me by about 1 1/2 car lengths to 85 mph. All I have to say is those cars with the Silvia SR20DET engine are FREAK'N FAST. I told him I wanted a rematch once I get my intake cooler and he just smiled. He was surprised that I hung with him relatively well and we parted and went home. Any of yall raced a 240SX with a Silvia engine swap?

 

Good run! My friend with a Turbo MR2 would be disappointed, but congrats on spankin the smack-talkin conquest. Also, I'm surprised you couldn't take the 240sx with your SC. Oh well, sounds like you all had fun.

 

nice runs! how much boost was the guy with the 240SX running?

 

Good job

 

He was running 14 lbs of boost and had a custom fabricated intercooler (it was huge). I've also heard and read that the stock Silvia engine can easily run 0-60 in mid 5's on a 240SX. That's FAST.

 

Good run.. I hate to imagine the outcome would have been if he would have ran against a stock Maxima. Yeah, those cars can be wicked.. Too bad Nissan wont market them here in the U.S.. Wouldn't mind owning a 180sx..

 

Hey DMan_2KMax, I believe the only thing that missing for you to beat that 240 was the stick, I am pretty shure from your explanation that with a stick and all your mods you would probably have beaten him baddly. Anyway congratulation for those run you just showed these guys that a much heavier Max can still be a good match with some sports car.

Cheers

Double A

 

Great kills DMan!!! Especially the Conquest guy!
Those Sylivia motors can put down some serious HP, especially good for top end. If you had a 5 speed, it would have been much closer... maybe with you showing him your rear-end
Keep it up bad boy!!!

 

Yeah I told the guy I wish I had a 5-speed and it probably would have been a lot closer. Him being intercooler also helped him out alot considering it was 92 degrees outside at 10:30 p.m. I was fun anyways and my hat goes off to the guy and his ride.

 

are you running in your max?

 

It is not installed yet... but I'm going to run 100 shot with upgraded fuel pump and fuel map via the Unichip. After this, it will be a Level 10 tranny and TQ for sure... and maybe SC like you

 

If you're squeezing and the race is over 1/4 mi (say 1/2mi or better), how long would/could you juice?
Jay

 

You said the intercooler was HUGE. Running stock turbo, and mostly stock everything else with a gargantuan intercooler generates massive turbo lag.

 

One can probably get 5-6 runs from 0-130mph on a full 10 lbs. bottle.

 

Are you running the 10-psi pulley?

Nice runs! I thought with the tweaked valve-body your auto shifts pretty much as fast as a 5-speed? I doubt the extra drivetrain loss accounted for the couple car lengths, so I wouldn't worry too much about if you had a 5-speed.

What's next? Intercooler than MORE boost?

 

I have the 3.60 pulley and am running around 6lbs of boost plus or minus 0.5 lbs depending on the outside temp. Next mod is the Aquamist system in about 2 weeks, hopefully sooner but I'm just waiting on my shop to get the units in. Then eventually probably a smaller pulley like the 3.48 or 3.33 pulley. I'll probably get the Greddy catback before the end of the year.