a LOT has to do with conditions. Now, a GXE is only 1-200lbs heavier.......................so it shouldn't make that much of a difference in times.............
Every hundred pounds is a tenth of a second or so they say... The conditions that day where around 70ish degress and the humidity is always unbareable... I had to drive the car because the girl who owned said she would be to embarrassed to run it at the track so I ran it for her.. "How sweet I know"... My 60ft's were 2.3's wheel spin was an issue with those little wheels get some 15's with 205/50 azenis and traction wouldn't be an issue.. like I said earlier her car is completely stock. Maybe with CAI and exhaust could get a 16.2 or 3 out of it with better 60ft's oh yeh AND A TACH!!!!!
yup....well, actually, torque does. Our hp maxes out at 6k..........but the torque craps out long before then.........that's what adds to the loss of grunt.
Spec Vs have the same problem. If you look at a Spec dyno, the torque is massive down low, but drops like a rock before redline...........which does no good for top end power.
SAFC is very good at working the mixture to do so........however, if there was a way, with a JWT ECU and cams (whenever they come out) to reconfigure and attempt to take torque from the bottom and move it up a tad, that would do wonders for top end power delivery.
Originally posted by chimmike yup....well, actually, torque does. Our hp maxes out at 6k..........but the torque craps out long before then.........that's what adds to the loss of grunt.
Spec Vs have the same problem. If you look at a Spec dyno, the torque is massive down low, but drops like a rock before redline...........which does no good for top end power.
SAFC is very good at working the mixture to do so........however, if there was a way, with a JWT ECU and cams (whenever they come out) to reconfigure and attempt to take torque from the bottom and move it up a tad, that would do wonders for top end power delivery.
I'll second that . My GSR hatch and my friends spec v is a good race everytime me and him are about the same till 3rd gear and then I begin to pull on him I run a 14.7 and he runs a 15.2 in his spec v always a fun race.
i ran a 17.6 at the track, stock except for rims (heavier, but help for traction). i think i can improve, but without a tach its really hard to tell when to shift
Originally posted by chimmike sounds pretty good man. Was that at moroso? Nice time on a stock XE. did you have those subsi n the trunk too?
hey thanks that was my first time at the track, and yeah it was moroso. i had the subs out for that run. a couple weeks later i went back and got a 17.9 with the subs in. i didn't know what these cars were supposed to run so i wasn't sure whether i did well or not
I just read a review on the 2004, don't remember the site, but they gave the manual sentra 0-60 a 9.9 sec and 11 sec for the auto, but they also said that the spec-v had an 8.0 sec 0-60, so maybe they were just driving conservatively. It seems weird to me that the 1.8l engine seems to be slower than the GA16DE even with 15hp more. The weights of the sentras all seem to be similar too so who knows.
Does the weight contribute to the b15's being slower, or is it the fact that the car makes power differently in the power band than the ga16de's? I've driven my dad's zx3 a few times and it doesn't seem to have any more oomph than my b12 with the ga16i but it must since it has 40 more horses and that car has been said to run better times than the b15's, but the 04 sentra I just test drove seemed to pull much harder than the zx3 down low, does the qg18de run out of steam quicker than the ga16de? If I remember correctly the qg18de makes max torque very low.
no, neither. the ga makes max torque down low too. and you can't really compare a b12 with a b15. b12s are small light cars. qg is a far better engine than the ga was, and provides a better curve throughout the band, but it is a heavier car. keep in mind the b15 is pretty much the same size as the 2001 and below altimas.
like I said earlier her car is completely stock. Maybe with CAI and exhaust could get a 16.2 or 3 out of it with better 60ft's oh yeh AND A TACH!!!!!
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