So, is anybody gonna tell me how to make a decent stop-light to-stoplight showing against my buddies Acura tl-s with his 300 flywheel horspower? I mean, he's got fwd and can't launch That hard, right? I figure vdc off, build revs with power braking and then squeeze the thottle in manual auto., and shift about 5800. Whaja think?

 

launch at about 4000rpms and feather the throttle to minimize wheel spin and flatten er out and shift abit early .... yeah..around 6000 to 6200 ... before the power starts to drop off.
try er out man...
later g

 

<p style="margin-top: 1; margin-bottom: 1">Here's how <a href="http://edmunds.com/new/2003/infiniti/g35/100183768/roadtestarticle.html?articleId=83174&editorialpage =page001"> Edmunds.com</a> got their best acceleration times:</p>
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<td colSpan="2"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">The G35 Coupe's engine is one of the smoothest I've experienced. It also offers an amazingly flat power band with plenty of low-end grunt. As a result we got our best acceleration times by simply stomping on the throttle with VDC off and then manually up shifting the automatic transmission. This launch technique produced minimal wheel spin but, again, the engine's strong low-end torque meant that it didn't require wheel spin to get the best times. Up shifts were very crisp, but when manually shifting the automatic it was necessary to bump the shifter forward slightly early to keep the engine from hitting the rev limiter.</font></td>
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outstanding!
thx!

 

239rwhp / .85 = 281hp at the flywheel

not bad at all.

 

[censored] all of that american muscle bullshit you drive like you stole it this is your car don't let anyone tell you how to ride in your own [censored]!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small"><EM>Edited by gumpdriver on 05/09/03 10:36 AM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

Several threads here on break-in. So a search. Lots of opinions both ways. My advice is to follow the Infiniti guidelines in the manual just to be safe.

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