A little bird told me this. The tach redline is 6500, but mine goes to 7000. Steve... is your's the same?

 

Ah... It sounds like your enjoying your car.

Now about those track times?

 

(chanting) DYNO .. . DYNO . . . DYNO . . . DYNO

 

i think mine is around the same, whenever my little bird was telling me a was so nervous i didn't get an exact number, i was too busy swearing at him.

 

I've hit my rev limiter quite a few times and I thought it was around 6800-6900 rpm on my 2k 5-spd. If its 7000 rpm on the 6-spd 2k2, then that kicks a**. The 2k2 keeps sounding better & better.
Paul have you tried to get a 1/4 time on your car yet?

Tim

 

 

Ok, i know i have an auto but hey at least it'll give y'all some ideas. I'm scheduled for my dyno run this P.M.

I'll try to get the stats up tonight or early tomorrow

 

takin' it to the max, already now!!

 

 

Out playing last night, eh? hehe, you shoulda called me

 

Is that a bad thing? I guess for family people one would want the limiter before redline but for crazy folks like us it can be after readline but before 10000 rpm?

 

That is awesome to say the least! As yo said once you get a CAI on there it is going to sound wicked!

 

I bet fuel cut is really 6500-6600rpm like the VQ30DEs are. Your tach is just off, however a shift light would give you the real deal though .

 

Paul,

want to meet up and hook your car up to my scan tool? That will tell us what redline really is

 

I highly doubt his tach is off by 400-500rpm. Tachs are very accurate. How is a shift light going to tell where the cut off is since the it is tied into the tach anyways?

 

Yeah... let's do it really soon. I doubt my tach is off that much.

 

Yep. I did run it this past Friday. 14.7 @ 97. I think I can improve upon that though. Since I haven't driven a stick in a long time, I couldn't get my launch down. My 60 ft times were awful. 2.3-2.6. I was doing better with my older automagic in that regard. Also, I was shifting too early. Coming home from the track I discovered that my fuel cutoff is much higher than the advertised 6500. Also... I had more gas than I wanted (1/2 tank). I went to the track at the last minute. Usually I plan it a week in advance and show up with my fuel light on. LOL. My 280 lb body doesn't help either, but there's no quick solution for that. That will be a long term project. I plan to go back soon and shift higher. I also plan to slip the clutch a little. I couldn't bring myself to do it at this last outing.
I have no doubt I can achieve 14.5. If I can improve my 60 ft times and shift higher, low 14's are possible.

 

Whoa!!! Sounds like u'r having fun already!

 

sweet man, you gonna go to Island dragway on December 2nd.

 

Sweet.. but i think you should only shift at 7000rpms for the first two gears.. after that, redline.. i wouldnt want to waste time when the power starts going downhill fast. remember, max hp at 5900rpms

 

Hey if you're interested the 2k2 Max dyno (auto) is up

click here

 

YUP! 7000rpm family car

 

We have a flatter power band or not

 

Actually they are not very accurate. They are way off. Trust me, on most Nissan's they are off. 2 reasons why shift lights are bought, 1st so you don't have to look at the tach to shift, and for accuracy.

The SE-Rs are known for this, and the Maximas as well for 3rd gens, I am sure 4th and 5th as well.

 

Paul, I weigh 140 and can run your car for you LOLOL. How many miles on your car? Isn't that a little too early to be taking it to the track? Go 14.3!

 

Hmm, it look's like shifting at 6500 RPM in each gear would be ideal. If you look at the dyno chart {above} the power peaks at about 5400 RPM and holds strong until 6000, then it dips a little bit and bounces back up tp peak power at 6500 rpm. This is good, I would love to see a chart with a intake and a Y-Pipe, I bet the peak power would easaly go all the way up to redline{what ever RPM that is?}. The 2K2's power band does not drop off like a 4th gens..

 

I remember my previous automagic having a different dyno plot than the 5 speeds. Same basic shape, but all at lower levels. I wonder if the same applies to the 3.5 VQ. We shall see. Also, I'll see if shifing at 7000 RPM will affect my ET. If running it to 7K doesn't lower my ET, than it will become obvious about the shift points.

 

Maybe one of his gears are better?

 

Take him out

 

Paul now that you know you're baseline performance, what do you think it will take to break into the 13's? What mods and tricks will you employ?
I'm finding you're day to day reporting on the life and times of the 6-Speed very informative.