I have had the UD Pulley on for 30,000 miles now...just had the belt tightened up yesterday as a matter of fact! I actually drove an auto 05 or REV UP or whatever the hell it's called , and my wife and I both agreed that it seemed to have less grunt then mine did.

Hey if by Princess you mean daughter congrats! We have a son due in 3 weeks!!! Woohoo!

Hey so what is all of this I see in Sport Z about Plenum spacers, etc??? Do they really work as well as they say? I have a phenolic one on my Mustang GT and it's been good to me....Let me know what you think b/c that looks like something I may try in the spring...right b/f my 3.33 yr lease is up in the fall...lol

 

The spacer looks great but if you already have a Crawford Plenum I would stick with that. I forget but maybe you've kicked all that butt without changing the intake manifold so far. If that's the case then you'll be clocking 102 traps this spring after getting a spacer! I would get a spacer over a plenum if I had nothing right now as it's cheaper and the gains seem quite nice and similar to the plenum upgrade.

Congrats on the Son. We are expecting our girl Feb 26!

As for the rev up, it's probably a better motor stock but you can run with it unless the 6sp launches like a mother.

 

Thanks man, and good luck in Feb!

I thought the intake spacers could work in conjunction wiht the plenums...like with my mustang? Is that not the case?

I do have the Crawford Plenum...V5.0 I believe.

 

Wow! Blast from the past. Boss, where have you been? I wish you'd post up more. Like SixFive said, no one with a bolt-on 5AT has come close to your 14.0@101mph. There's a guy that has a coupe (I believe) with a TC, head work, gears, and basically all the bolt-ons and he claims high 12s, but I've never seen a slip, video, dyno, etc. so I don't know how legitiment it is.



Congrats. Is this your first child? If so, it's a blast and it's amazing how things change. Things like modifying cars, racing, etc won't seem as remotely important mostly because you neither have the time and often times the money unless you're well off. It's all for the better though.

That game was sweet and gave us what we wanted in terms of a bowl game. I seriously doubted Texas had it in them towards the end with them being down like they were. I'm not a huge Texas fan, but I have to cheer for them since they're Big 12 and I went to KU

I think Boss did have an UDP.

 

Thanks Dave, yep this is the first one and it's a son too!

I have all the bolt ons minus any exhuast work...oh, except for the coupe mid pipe, and the TS reflash too. If I got a stall converter that allowed for harder launches with drag radials 13.8 at 100 would happen all night long on cool nights, but with the way Nissan has these things spool up slowly it just doesn't seem to be in the cards for the N.A. 5ATs, but I will take a 14 even at almost 101 all day too.

I have so many hobbies I am on here less and less...plus the crowd has changed now that the car is mainstreem ya know. In the winter I am snowmobiling for 4 months. Dude, my sled is an Arctic Cat ZR 900 with a Hooper 1035 CC Predator kit that with twin pipes pumps out 190 HP...that's what the older Maximas had, except my sled is lightened up to about 490lbs....Can you say 0-100 mph in 500 ft hahahahaha So that is where I am all winter and after getting this car to run 14 I kinda peaked with it.

But I still pay attention and come on every so often. Glad to see you and Sixfive are still here...familiarity is nice!!!

Take care!

 

No gains with having both according to the consensus resulting from testing. Even Hydrazine, the spacer creator, has said (I believe) that gains or not there combining the concepts.


It is our first child and thanks.

Yeah the G is taking a back seat to other things now. No more mods unless Pasta comes up with some new cheap ideas for me! I was actually looking to sell but with my little highway incident and some rear quarter body work, no one will touch the car and give me anywhere near what I want. The thing sits all day after driving 1 mile to a train station near my house and my wife's car sits as she's temporarily retired so I was looking for a Civic. Civic Si would actually rock but it's stupid when my G will be paid off soon enough even if the payment sucks for a while. I'll have 50k on it when it's paid off. Then I'll drive it for 5-7 more years. At some point I'll give it to my daugher possibly and get the current version of the SRT-8 jeep that caught my eye recently. No need to pay 90 k for the Cayenne anymore!

 

Dam Boss your Sled probably goes faster than my ZX-11 ninja!

 

The sleds are sick...even with a big track we have to watch out with chisel picks that cut into the ice or we will flip right over backwards...lol They only go 120-130 b/c the two strokes run out of it on top, plus aerodynamics and drag vs. a bike with wheels means the bikes go alot faster, but in the first 2000 feet it's bubye bike then you'd pass me like I was towing a G35 behind me.

Sorry to hear your G had some accidental work done to it, but you are 100% correct to keep the car! Again, good luck with the daughter and I hope she's as healthy as an OX!

I am looking to replace the wife's 02 Maxima SE with a Trailblazer SS maybe...I read up on the Armada and the QX56 and the QX56 has a track record that's hideous so that's out...the SRT8 isn't out yet and I think the gas mileage is awful which is a turn off...but damn...that thing moves out!!!

Alright, back to work for me!

 

Look at the Touareg if you want a tank filled with nice gadgets and and A-8 like interior, just don't own it as it's not a toyota reliability wise. My wife got one after a head on at combined 110 mph and she drives it like Mario Andretti on the highway. It's safer than any SUV out there IMO and with a unibody structure designed by Porsche...It takes on-ramps at 70 and then is compliant enough to tool around with a baby - hopefully. And you can get 10k off an 05 since VW can't command the price it's competitors can for lesser trucks like the X-5. It's not fast off the line but it'll do 135 on the hiway with a v-6. Same v-6 as in the R-32 - wish is was in the G sometimes!

 

Yeah the G is taking a back seat to other things now. No more mods unless Pasta comes up with some new cheap ideas for me!
SixFive, Congrats on being a future daddy.
On January 21st I will out in Southern California at Church's dyno helping out testing on Tony's new 350Z some of his next mods. I know this stuff works but it has to be tested.
This stuff should work great on your car and IM positive you will make more power and ET better. This is not high cost Mod's. Your going to owe me a cigar. Pasta

 

Thanks Pasta

I'll buy you two cigars of his next round of mods work on the antiquated non-rev up motor!

 

We need something bigger than a Volkswagon b/c we need the back space for the two Golden Retrievers...Tell your wife to keep it under 120 mph...lol.

Keep me posted on the Cost Effective Mods huh...13s would be ssssweeeettt b/f I turn this thing in next fall.

 

Boss were you pulling the VDC fuse when you ran that 14?

 

Yes, but I ran two or 3 dead even 14s and I didn't have the fuse pulled at least once. Basically pulling the fuse allowed wheel spin, but not a harder launch.

That's what seperates the 5ATs and 6MTs IMHO...the Nissan Big Brothers hinder the engine's ability to spool up under a certain speed or in 1st gear or whatever by retarding timing or fuel or both or whatever and if you can launch a 6 Spd violently enough without too much slippage you will run 13.8 or so every time in cool weather and at or near sea level.

 

I think I'm almost more concernced with my ET's. Getting a 103 in the quarter with a rev-up 6MT seems to be pretty easy with the spacer mod. That's pretty hot and won't be seen without revup internals IMO.