Well today was a pretty good day for me, some of my friends decided to go to the racetrack here in oklahoma and i came along with them. They were giving me a whole lotta crap because i was racing a 97 pathfinder (auto) but whenever i beat a 01' Camaro SS, a 03' Protege' (heavily modified) and get this a 99' path 5spd, off the line and in the 60 ft time, the crap stopped. Of course in the end the camaro and the protege beat me bad, but i still beat the 5spd by 3/10's with my time on that run being 17.799 at 74.97mph and the other one at 18.003 at 75.31. Now my best run was vs. that 5 spd again with my time being 17.678 at 75.26 and his being 18.423 at 71.85 (he said his engine started making weird noises so he slowed down). All in all it was a fun day for me, i got to run 7 times all below 18 sec, here they are in order, #1 17.809 at 74.92, #2 17.791 at 75.00, #3 17.799 at 74.97, #4 17.678 at 75.26, #5 17.818 at 74.90, #6 17.692 at 75.49, and #7 17.963 at 75.45. I have no idea what a stock path runs but if anyone know would they please tell me, and also if any of you other path guys have gone to the track list your times so i can see how i stack up. I will definetly go out and do this again once i get some more mods done but for now i'm satisifed. Talk to you guys later.

Since nobody replied, I will take the first comments. Nice job man, first i have to give you some credit for having the ballz to go to the track in a pathfinder. There was a guy on one of the suv forums who has taken his 3.5 pathfinder to a track and was getting 16.2 time and lower. I think 16.2 was his average and he only had an intake which was stillen's crappy one. I was talking to a couple of buddies of mine, and they were telling me to take my truck to our local track which is Capitol Raceway. I am so :hiding: though, I don't want people to laugh at my truck. The goal was to put my stock rims and tires (performance tires) back on and reduce my load (system, jack, spare, back seats, lower tire pressure). If the guy in the pathfinder could get 16.2 I know i can get into the 15's with my mods and driver skill. Furthermore, with atleast a timeslip, I know I can prove to people that our trucks are not heavy pigs and are really decent trucks.

Anyway, I am planning on going to capitol raceway this saturday (if anyone wants to join me) if weather permits or if something doesn't come up. It will be interesting lining up with some other slow cars.

Oh, and slow3.3, how did you shift? Did you leave the truck in (D) or did you gate shift from 1<2<D? When i go, i am planning on gateshifting or full auto to see differences.

lee

The mods that i have on my path are just a homemade short-ram intake, Throttle body spacer( really just a $75 whistle, but once i get my track vid posted you'll be able to hear it) and a flowmaster muffler, you'll get to see oklahomas oh so great Thunder Valley Raceway, I plan here in a little while to do an engine swap with the SC 3.3 motor out of a totaled xterra or frontier, then i'll take it to the track again (blown path, can you imagine that!) when i was at the track i was torque stalling at about 1700-1800 rpm anything past that and my tires would start spinning, i left it in drive to whole time except for one time when i took overdrive off and that left me with my worst run at 17.9, leave overdrive on thats all i have to say about that. just so you know what to expect here are the stats from all my runs. These are listed by best 1/4 mile time. Good luck at the track and thanks for responding

#1(this run was my path vs. a 99 SE 5spd, mine/his)RT-.346/.53460'-2.533/2.469330'-7.259/7.4471/[email protected]/[email protected]'-14.692/15.2861/[email protected]/[email protected]

#2RT-.39360'-2.536330'-7.2761/[email protected]'-14.7151/[email protected]

#3( this was actually my first run ever)RT-.55760'-2.590330'-7.3331/[email protected]'-14.7951/[email protected]

#4(again this run was my path vs. a 99 SE 5spd, mine/his)RT-.533/.60860'-2.558/2.415330'-7.323/7.3101/[email protected]/[email protected]'-14.804/15.0081/[email protected]/[email protected]

#5RT-.41760'-2.568330'-7.3271/[email protected]'-14.8091/[email protected]

#6RT-.31460'-2.585330'-7.3471/[email protected]'-14.8171/[email protected]

#7 (with Overdrive off)RT-.38860'-2.799330'-7.5411/[email protected]'-14.9831/[email protected]

I guess I will be a bit objective in my reply, we didn't buy a Pathfinder to see if we can get in the 15's. If that was the case why didn't you by a Mustang or better yet a Porsche suv.

Well, to each there own have fun.

To each their own. You are right! Not to be defensive, I did have a faster car before owning a Qx4. My other car was triple times faster than my qx4, however, due to my transmission dying on me, tranny on back order for two months, a TSB that was ever so long and me driving a corrolla loaner for three weeks, I decided to switch, plus the winter of 2001-02 was ridiculous. That being said, I needed more room and I had a 97 pathfinder stick before that car so I always like the path/qx4. I never take my Qx4 off road, I will never tow anything, I rarely haul anything, I have no kids, so basically I got the Qx4 for it's looks and style. I had an option to buy an MDX or rx300 but those were girly trucks. People race all sorts of cars and my preferences will be different than other people. Besides there wouldn't be a billion dollar industry on aftermarket parts if people never modded their cars/trucks. Look at the american trucks/suvs. They have a $hit load of mods for them, and about every durango, jeep, f150 and tahoe owner i know wants more performance. That same question can apply to my Grandfather who has a z06 corvette and never takes it over 60 and rarely drives it. Anyway, I never keep a car stock no matter how fast it is. Alittle more horsepower, better gas mileage, better lane changing, braking, handling, stop light to stop light power, etc... doesn't hurt right? Not for me and for others that are like me. :ylsuper

Not to mention that same statement applies to my G20t. Why put 8-10 grand in that car make it a 400whp car when I can just buy a cobra mustang or something faster. To each his own. I LIKE DOING THE IMPOSSIBLE OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

lee

You have a point. Not a ? why you want more hp, just that if your going to the track I figured you have the need for speed which comes to my next ? If you want fast to race at the track then buy a car. Now I'm not being rude just thinking that when Im done my mustang that is where I will be headed. As it will be built for it.

Well have fun at the track anywayTalk to you later.

I have to agree with leeQx4, why should you go make a car fast that everyone else has, when you could put that money into already fast car( not applying to my path, it's slow) but if i had the time and money i could have a 1 of a kind SUV that i guarentee no one else would have, Being different thats what i like!

To be original!! something different , I am with you guys on that 100%

You crazy obsessive Pathfinder fanatics, Keep up the good worK! Loving my 96 Pathfinder, possibly the best value in a ride I ever got. With just the 2wd the 3.3 ain't to shabby but race track? Nah! Better keep it on the interstate and light trail. race on brethen!