went to the track with the altima

Post by **nlzmo400r** » Sun Aug 31, 2003 9:44 pm

well i finally made it out to the track with the altima, and my fried also brought his 93 24osx 5spd, the track is over an hour away, and we had planned this day out perfect: we leave my house at about 6:3o, we arrive at No Problem Raceway here in louisiana at about 7:4o or so, well we were so excited to run the cars, i must admit,i felt like i was about to become a dad. Then, i notice, we're the only ones at the damn track, apparently it rained earlier that day and they cancelled the track day, needless to say i was rather pissed, so we drove 75 miles one way for nothing, freggin figures, i just wanted one damn run, IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK???!!, we turn around and head home (me leading in the altima) and cruised the entire way at about 1oomph (not safe, i know, but we made great time, besides, we were in BFE) we made it home in under 45 minutes and now here i am sharing my huge dissappointment, hopfully soon i will make it back out there and actually get to run my car

Post by **PalmerWMD** » Sun Aug 31, 2003 9:44 pm

100 mph is fun.

There is currently a measure in front of the austrian assembly to setra national speedlimit of 160 kph which is 100 mph.

Fred..

Post by **nlzmo400r** » Sun Aug 31, 2003 9:44 pm

it just sucked so badly, i was so curious and excited to see what the altima would run, and get my first timeslip, but nooooo, the dman place was closed, so there goes 16omiles and 1.5hours of driving for nothing

Post by **Cold_Zero** » Sun Aug 31, 2003 9:44 pm

I remember driving from College Park MD to South Carolina last summer. We did about 100mph (average) in North Carolina. The Altima had no problem keeping up with traffic going this fast.

Rob,Sorry to hear about your rain out. What type of track is it?Bud

Post by **nlzmo400r** » Sun Aug 31, 2003 9:44 pm

actually theres 3 'tracks' there, one 1/4 drag strip, one 1.8mile road course, and one .5mile road course, have u taken your sooby to the track since the last meet? (or the altima for that matter, i havent seen any 3rd gen stock 4cy times)

Post by **Rev_D21** » Sun Aug 31, 2003 9:44 pm

Going down to a closed track sucks. P

Post by **nlzmo400r** » Sun Aug 31, 2003 9:44 pm

yea, it was a big negative, but its cool, ill go sometime this winter, hopefully the rain will give by then, and the nice cool air will help my times

Post by **Altiman94** » Sun Aug 31, 2003 9:44 pm

auto 2.5's generally run mid 16's.

Post by **nlzmo400r** » Sun Aug 31, 2003 9:44 pm

yea, you had mentioned to me in the past yo've seen miltiple runs of 16.6s, i have crappy tires, so id like to go once i get my rims/tires, but honestly, i dont know if my 18's will slow me down or by how much, i have steel rims now, so i know they're not light, and i have ****ty all seasons (2o5/65/R16) and im going to get 225/4o/R18 or 17, not too sure yet, but wold they slow me down that much?

Post by **Altiman94** » Sun Aug 31, 2003 9:44 pm

I don't know, if they are substantially heavier they would, but since your tires are bad on your stock wheels, probably not.

Post by **nlzmo400r** » Sun Aug 31, 2003 9:44 pm

well i think some average 18 inch aluminum rims won't be any heaver than my 16 inch 'steel' rims, it may add a couple poiunds, but nothing noticavle i suspect, and also, my tires are pretty ****ty, so the newre 'performance' tires would help

Post by **Altiman94** » Sun Aug 31, 2003 9:44 pm

yeah. My steel wheels are very very heavy. The aftermarket 15's I had on my altima were feather-light compared to my steelies on the 240.

Post by **nlzmo400r** » Sun Aug 31, 2003 9:44 pm

are u going to buy new wheels for the 24o?

Post by **Altiman94** » Sun Aug 31, 2003 9:44 pm

probably not for a while, if i do ill just go with stock s13 wheels or stock u13 alloys

Post by **nlzmo400r** » Sun Aug 31, 2003 9:44 pm

i like hte look of the stock 15's on the 91-93 SE's

Post by **Altiman94** » Sun Aug 31, 2003 9:44 pm

i have a guy who's gonna sell me his 93 se alloys.

Post by **nlzmo400r** » Sun Aug 31, 2003 9:44 pm

really? not bad, theres a 24o base model im lookin at with 15 inch steel rims (black ones under hubcaps) but they have brand new bridgestones on em, so if i got the car id keep em and i just recently got a hookup for wholesale rims (so im gonna try to get volks) whenever i get rid of em

Post by **Altiman94** » Sun Aug 31, 2003 9:44 pm

yep i also have the base model.

Post by **nlzmo400r** » Sun Aug 31, 2003 9:44 pm

well the only difference here is this one is white, and has the DE motor ('91)

Post by **Altiman94** » Sun Aug 31, 2003 9:44 pm

I much like the DE motor better than the E. Just my personal opinion though.

Post by **nlzmo400r** » Sun Aug 31, 2003 9:44 pm

well the only one i have owned was the E (a 9o) and my friends 93 DE seems quicker substantially, another friend of mine has an 89 E, and it too seems pokier than the DE

Post by **Altiman94** » Sun Aug 31, 2003 9:44 pm

they are slower (sohc). You are not mistaken.

Post by **nlzmo400r** » Sun Aug 31, 2003 9:44 pm

but i didnt think id feel THAT much difference

Post by **Nism0240SE** » Sun Aug 31, 2003 9:44 pm

Yeah that road trip sucked the nuts I was so ready to get a time slip for the 240. But it was fin running on rivet, anyways I still have Nick to race we should get him out to No Problem he should be pretty quick since he seems to shift like a mad man. I still think I'd take him though more torgue and rwd and well he drive an eclipse.

Post by **nlzmo400r** » Sun Aug 31, 2003 9:44 pm

glad to see you found your bway back here, from what i understand nick's car should be up and going again for sunday evening, or so he says

Post by **Altiman94** » Sun Aug 31, 2003 9:44 pm

is this eclipse turbo?

Post by **Nism0240SE** » Sun Aug 31, 2003 9:44 pm

Nope its a 99 Rs with almost ad many miles on it as my car it has a can and a drop and new headlights other than that its stock ... the stiffere springs should help him out though it should be close cause Nick shifts like a mad man.

Post by **nlzmo400r** » Sun Aug 31, 2003 9:44 pm

yea, nick does shift really well, and i dont think his springs would help him THAT much in a straight line, but his body roll was def cut in half, so he should be able to tear up our lil autocross if he knows how to drive wel

Post by **Altiman94** » Sun Aug 31, 2003 9:44 pm

must be a small autox if an eclipse rs woudl own all. At our autox's your eclipse better be turboed and modded majorly to even keep up with a stock s13.

Post by **nlzmo400r** » Sun Aug 31, 2003 9:44 pm

Altiman94 wrote:must be a small autox if an eclipse rs woudl own all. At our autox's your eclipse better be turboed and modded majorly to even keep up with a stock s13.

the eclipse and the s13 are very close in a straight line race, and the eclipse can handle fairly well, not quite as well as the s13, and the eclipse also has a stiffer suspension now than the s13, trust me, they're not THAT far off

went to the track with the altima

went to the track with the altima

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