Day at the track!

[nmgoodthing]

So as some of you know, I had a friend who had challenged my 03 M45 to a 1/4 mile race. The track here in Albuquerque had opening day this past Saturday. Let me tell you I had an absolute blast. For 15 bucks you can't beat it. I was worried about being the slowest car out there. I'll have you know that our cars are not drag cars by any means. But I they are not sleds either.

So as a refresher, I'll remind you that BMW boy who challenged me has been chirping for months about his 545i and how he can beat me by 7 car lengths this and that. Now granted he should beat me, but not by 7 car lengths. So, we set a time this Saturday to run the cars a few times. Needless to say he was a no show. Yup, thats right, no show and no answering phone calls.

So I say screw it and I'm going to run the car a few times just out of curiosity. Now, before I post my best time and you guys start saying WTF, that is slow as hell, let me tell you about a little variable called altitude. The track here is at 5200ft. Unless your forced induction don't expect any eye popping results. I will say that stock Mustang GT's, G35 Coupes, 350'z, Camaros, and Charger Rt's where all running in 16's. Yes, low 16's!

I could not get the damn tree down either. I kept telling myself that when that last yellow light turns on punch it but my reaction times sucked so I always left a few tenth of a seconds after it was green It's not as easy as I thought. Anyway Between my reaction times and my Good Year RSA turds that I have on my best time was a 15.7 at 93 mph trap speed. My best 0-60 I think was 6 seconds. It was nice to know that other stock cars out there where performing worse, so at almost 3900lbs and my 230lb fat @$$ I think the times were decent. If I only knew how to launch I probably could have shaved a few 10ths off. The manager of the track owns a 545i and his best was 15.4. So Sorry to tell BMW boy that his 7 car lengths are about as much of a dream as the size of his member. Some how I think he knew this.

I ran 6 runs all day. 1st race was against some really souped up Camero, older 90's model with some crap sticking off the hood. I thought to myself, great, first race and I'm going to get smoked. We take off and I just leave him. Apparently he was just spinning back there and when he finally got his act together it was too late I had already crossed.

Second race was against a RSX turbo. I beat him off the line but at the 1/8 his boost kicked on and laterz to me. I think he ran a 14.3 or something.

Next race was against a big diesel turbo Chevy truck. He had some mods on it too for sure. Thank god I smoked him because the black smoke coming out of that thing was so thick I would have not been able to see where I was going. He ran a 17 something, that run was a 15.8 for me.

Next race was a Pontiac G6 GT. No competition! I ran a 15.7 and he ran a 17.4 and he beat me off the line.

Next race was a 350z. Beat um with a 15.8. He ran 16 flat.

Last race was a old 90's Camero. This guy was wearing a helmet and is required if your running under 14. I knew I had no chance. He beat me by about a car and half. I think he was shocked himself.

My wife took some video which I hope to post soon. I'm hoping it isn't to shaky. I have my time slip also for all the naysayers, but trust me I'm not bragging about a 15.7. But I will say be proud of your M's guys, it's no slug and I represented that this weekend. I shut the announcer up when racing the Z when he said "We have a 350z going up a grocery getter".

Thought I would share my story with everyone. It was so much fun and very humbling at the same time.

And remember... Altitude is a killer on naturally aspirated vehicles.

Oh yea, one more thing. Albuquerque has some really FAST cars. I was surprised.Don't mess with Subaru's either. There were hatchbacks 2.5Gt's running mid 14's and STI's running high 12's

Laterz...Jeff

[CakeDaddy]

damn! looks like the M got some respect out there. How were the winds?

edit:.. and what color was that 350Z (rims, exhaust, etc..)

[nmgoodthing]

Winds Saturday were maybe 15miles an hour. It was a nice day. 62 degrees.

Black 350z. Bone stock (At least it seemed to be) Young kid driving it.

[CakeDaddy]

Winds Saturday were maybe 15miles an hour. It was a nice day. 62 degrees.

Black 350z. Bone stock (At least it seemed to be) Young kid driving it.

I got a a chance to drive my friends pre-owned 350Z. He failed to tell me it was already equiped with injen exhaust, cai system,lowered, etc... so the work is done on that thing. Well, I drove it and was very impressed to say the least, so a nice kill for you against that car.

question: how did your visit@Infiniti with the throttle repsonse re-flash.

[nmgoodthing]

Frank was telling me it didn't apply to my car. I handed him the printed out TSB and pointed to where it clearly says 2003 M45. So, they didn't add it. They had a bunch of new people working there I never have seen before. I need to go talk to Billy directly next time.

[CakeDaddy]

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Frank was telling me it didn't apply to my car. I handed him the printed out TSB and pointed to where it clearly says 2003 M45. So, they didn't add it. They had a bunch of new people working there I never have seen before. I need to go talk to Billy directly next time.

alright. Billy would be the guy to talk to. I think I inquired(sp) about the same flash and they said it only applied to those Q cars, but please follow throught you may get a different response.

about a 3rd of the way down the software upgrade was mentioned by "Jesda" and ended by "thirty7th". lolhttp://forums.nicoclub.com/showthread.php?t=164988sorry but i guess i cant attach a post from f r e s h a l l oy.com
Modified by CakeDaddy at 3:00 PM 3/17/2008

[peter_rabbit]

Congrats on the beatdowns I too can't wait until opening day here in St.Louis. I need to see what i'm running. For some reason i keep beating cars i thought i couldn't. My lastest victim from last weekend was a '07 grandprix gtp v8. Beat em by half a car . I too will post times and video as soon as it opens at the end of the month.

[nmgoodthing]

The best part about going to the track is the true kills. It's both balls out and no stop lights.

[Mark Linkous]

Hello,That is very cool that you took your M to the track. Did you use the manumatic or leave it in drive? That grocery getter line is lame. Also I thought the TCM flash only applied to 02' and early 03' Q's. Good to know it applies to M's as well.M.L

[nmgoodthing]

I tried both. Manumatic is worthless since it has a rev limiter, so it shifts automatically before redline.

I had her serviced the day before with fluid changes, new filters etc, before I rode her hard. I'm pretty sure those carbon deposits are gone now.

[Bag302]

Sounds like a fun day!!

Here is your time corrected for sea level14.64 @ 99.66 mph

I hope I converted it right. Here's the link: http://www.nhraonline.com/tech_specs/altitude.html

[szh]

Good Stuff™!!

Z

[regtwelve]

A guy I work with has a grand prix GXP v8 and its balls fast. All posted times i've ever seen by the GXP are quicker than the M by several ticks. I drove it and it felt faster. I wonder how you beat him peter rabbit.

[auditech10]

I cant see a Pontiac being that quick in the quarter but its possible. The older supercharged gtp's were at best 15.2 sec cars, when I had my Caprice 9C1 I used to mess around with all my buddies that had the gtp's and I would always smoke them.Cheers

[peter_rabbit]

Maybe the guy driving didn't know what he was doing, i'm not sure. He did have some extra weight, with a passenger and some stereo equipment. Honestly i was shocked myself.

[regtwelve]

the new v8 gxp has a better HP to weight ratio than the M and he showed me a time slip @14.15 quarter mile stock engine

[peter_rabbit]

14.15 to a 14.60(guessing) is not a big difference,maybe a car length. You'll be surprise how big of a factor weight can be when drag racing. An extra 200-400 pounds can easily slow the car from 200 to 500hundreths of a second. Besides, i have mad drag racing skilss Been doing it since the days of Parachute pants, tie dying and breakdancing

[auditech10]

So you have been racing for a few weeks and say you have mad skillz!?Haha, just kidding~

[Boon]

Drive my buddies GXP all the time, I would have to say that the M is a bit faster myself. I think the fact that the M is a smoother ride is leading you to believe the GXP is faster. I have yet to race my buddys GXP, but I'm pretty sure I can take him.

[regtwelve]

My buddy is only 19 and loves his gxp and I think I'de break his heart if I beat him so I passed on his offer to race, but all things being equal his car is faster . I did however race a 04 mustang gt w/ intake exhaust and a shifter from 50 to 100 twice and it was a dead tie, he now secretly worships my M .

[peter_rabbit]

yes technically it is faster, but if you get someone behind the wheel that doesn't know what they're doing and anything can happen. If i were you, i would have to break his heart, but do it gently

[Fastlane]

Back in 1965, I was fortunate to have a Pontiac GTO (the goat), my buddy had a 64 and I had the 65 with tri-power and 4 speed. I always look back on that car as being an awsome performer, they started the muscle car era....... When I got my 96Q, it gave me some of that feeling back except it was quiet,comfortable, and luxurious. My 04M is another story, very impressive power and performance...I got that old feeling back... as well as quiet luxury.

Out of curiosity, I looked up the specs for a 65 GTO: Weight 3500 lbs. 360 HP.

Car Life Magazine... Tri-power, 4spd, 4.11 rear end. 0-60@ 5.8 sec., Quarter mile, 14.5 sec. @ 100mph.another one with ram air and slicks did 13.1 in the quarter mile.

It seems that this Japanese Musclecar is running around the same times as the original..... I think I'm really going to enjoy this car.

[szh]

It seems that this Japanese Musclecar is running around the same times as the original..... I think I'm really going to enjoy this car.

Yes, indeed!

Z

[MagicM]

Wow Glad to see you beating alot of those cars, and shutting the BMW guy up. at least you're beating them, as for me i've been beat by a Honda accord, and a few days ago beat by a BMW 328i , i was alone and he had his girl friend in it ~_~. i feel so ashamed of myself iam not driving my M anymore, just going slow in my range rover because i wont feel so bad when a Bmw blasts by me.

[saeedakobiakov]

reason #1. "X" reason #2. m "35"

[nmgoodthing]

If you were in an M45 that would not have happened.

[Mark Linkous]

Hello,On the plus side, there are a great deal more aftermarket choices for your engine.Cheers,M.L

[MagicM]

yeah you're all right, iam going to wait for the New 5.0 Liter V8 to be put into the M. Then ill find that damn 328I again ><.

[peter_rabbit]

Magic,

I have an exgirlfriend with an 06 330I. She's always talking smack. So if you like i can spank dat @ss for you.(and race her car)

[MagicM]

Please do, we all need to shut the BMW boys up. ( and girls in your case) XD