So, should i waste my time, gas and money(racing at the track for $20). Or should i just ignore his constent dares and slander?

Factory the car is listed at 15.17 for the 1/4, the M is listed at 14.2. Since the M is not a stick there isnt much chance for messing up so your time should be close to the listed time.

It sounds like he has a trick, Id check for nitrous. I saw a 04 maxima with a zex kit online with a 12.8 1/4.

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There is no way to avoid this if you want to sleep at night, but it sounds like this kid has something up his sleeve for you on track day. You may have to pull some tricks out of you sleeve in order to ensure a win. VDC off, 1/4 tank full, BG44k it before, disconnecting abs,traction ctrl, or something like that.
What ever you do... Don't embarrass us! lol

Modified by CakeDaddy at 10:38 AM 7/24/2008

Also if you do race him go ahead and make sure you remove all excess weight. Take out the spare, remove anything you have in the trunk and go with 1/4 tank of gas. You can also lower the air pressure in the rear tires about 5 or 6 pounds.

If this guy knows anything about cars he would have done his research about your car at least and stock for stock he doesn't have a chance. Sounds fishy.

Stock for stock go for it. When that tree hits the last last yellow light... FLOOR IT. Don't wait for the green. You should get a good reaction time with the slight delay on throttle response.

Altitude will also depend on your 1/4 miles times. If he has been lurking and seeing posted times such as mine which where 15.3 best, thats cause I'm at 5600 ft. Big difference. If your closer to sea level you will hit mid 14's maybe low.

Throw a little 101 unleaded octane in with your 91 to make a mixture. Should make it 94 octane. It makes a difference I don't care what the naysayers say. I shaved off 3 tenths.

Definetly take out your spare.

If he's manual and front wheel drive, unless he can drive he isn't going to hook.

"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day,
teach him to use the Net and he won't bother you for weeks."

if you never practice lounching the car you can loose.
practice make perfect.

You should demolish a stock 6th gen. They're heavy and underpowered.

Fun: 96 Deep Evergreen Maxima, 5spd swap, Quaife LSD, cammed-VQ35, black leather interior swap, lots of other stuff

Cruiser: 04 Obsidian Black M45, black leather interior, 35% tint up front, 5% rear

First gen was RWD but it was a short-lived, early 80s model.

Z

Unless you mess up or unless he is a pro racer it should be GG.

Wasn't actually that short-lived...4 years. But yes, it was an early 80s model. From 1981 to 1984. And they were indeed Datsuns. Actually wore both the Nissan AND Datsun badges for one year. There was even a diesel option for that generation.

Stock 5at Max SE 1/4 was 15.4 if I recall correctly. I imagine the M can beat that by half a second. Maxima's at a disadvantage on launch with FWD, too...it's hard to launch a 6th gen Maxima without spinning the tires.

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However, your stupidity requires a response." -Leto Atreides II

I have a 2003 M45 ~ 70,000 km and my bro has a 2003 Maxima SE, Standard no mods.

Let me tell you, he beats me constantly, the worst is on the highway, and from moving.

I seem to beat him from the stoplight, but not always.

I know you might say that my car is brocken and some **** like that, but I can tell you, the Maximas, if the are in good condition, beat our cars....

here come the tomatoes...

5.5 gen is faster than a 6th gen. And I find it hard to believe that you can't take one from a roll since the VK45 makes more power up top than the VQ35.

But, I have deleted/edited/modified all personal flames and unnecessarily harsh words, or language that tries to get by our filters, or quick-to-jump posts. It simply is not needed.

Let's keep it on-topic and civil! Thanks!

Z

The biggest mistake from people racing these cars from a roll is that people just leave them in gear then gun it. That will lose you at least a half second of time while your tranny downshifts to the proper gear and start going. For the love of god if you are racing your M from a roll put it in manual mode and find the proper gear for the speed you are going. No reason this car should lose to any stock maxima ever made.

Also if you are racing our cars at the track, stick her in Manual mode, pop it down into 1st, then don't touch it. The ECU in our cars will auto shift the car at the peak of the gear right before your power curve starts to go south. It is actually the perfect shift everytime, at least in mine it is.

Modified by Boon at 9:22 AM 7/26/2008

I used to have a Honda Prelude ( forgive me) and it would not down shift unless it was about to stall, and it would let you bounce off the rev limiter if you wanted. Much closer to a real "manual" than what we have.

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Yep, it's a blessing and a curse. The car will downshift and upshift even in manual mode, so it's more like semi-manual mode. I used to have a Honda Prelude ( forgive me) and it would not down shift unless it was about to stall, and it would let you bounce off the rev limiter if you wanted. Much closer to a real "manual" than what we have.

well the 06+ ones are a little better you can hold the gears all day long. I do remember with a 03 Acura 3.2TL and if you put it into manual mode it just shift it for you, pretty lame whats the point of it.

What was your time? Trap?

Y34 Spottings: 6

Z

Good work!

I forgot to mention the "keep the gas tank low" ... save every unnecessary weight item! But I think you thought of that anyway.

Z