I was wondering how is it better to race with automatic,

A. Automatic
or
B. Triptronic

Because when i race with triptronic it always burns out too much, But when i race automatic it feels like it is a lot slower then triptronic.

 

your tiptronic burns out? wth... u have bald tires or something? I can't even get mine to chirp and i brakestand at 3000.

 

same i cant get it to burn out with MM at all not even close... The only time ive been able to screech is when i hold the brake for a second press the gas then release thats the absolute only time.

 

my burns out like crazy, but hold one its maybe becuase i have the vsc,slip,abs lights on thats probably why.

 

the shifts feel better in auto because the tcm changes the line pressure to a lower amount in manumatic. i found this out after i got my autoenginuity. with that said, my auto will shift at the indicated redline while in manual mode, it will go a few hunderd rpms higher. most nissan tachs are calibrated by 3rd graders but id rather have my rpms up for the next gear so i use manual in this situation.

 

I'm sure you mean on a track right?
But tiptronic is way faster out of the gates,no question.
My tires have about half tread and I can make them squeal like Paris Hilton going to jail.

 

I have an 03 which operates a bit differently than the later 5ATs. When I'm at a stop, I can put it into 2 which means it will shift the 1-2 by itself and then hold 2 till I choose to upshift. At the track, manual mode is the only way to go because when left in the auto, the 2-3 shift and 3-4 shifts come too early. This early shift kill the ET/MPH. In auto, the car will run 14.7s@96mph. In manumatic, letting the car shift the 1-2, and then me holding the 2-3 until an indicated 6400rpms (shift executed at 6800rpms) and then holding 3rd the rest of the way (3rd is good to 101mph in the 2WD 5AT cars), I'm consistently in the 14.3-14.4s@98-99mph. I let the car shift the 1-2 because it shifts at 6500rpms everytime which is ideal.

My launch is foot on brake, foot on gas to the floor, release the brake 1 second later. This stalls the converter to about 2400-2500rpms and keeps the heat build-up in the converter to a minimum. I get minimal spin on the track and consistently see mid to low 2.1 60 foots which is decent. On the street, the launch can result in anywhere from 5 feet of black stripes to 40 feet on black stripes depending on ambient conditions and street surface.

 

Thanks for the info

 

Damn thats good Esp for a RWD Car.
I cant get below a 2.7 60 foot. Witch is probly why my 1/4 mile time is at a sad 14.3.

 

I'm reading this at the track thanks!

 

I really get on it, my tires chirp from 2nd to 3rd...if I had LSD I'm sure it would be even more in mm

 

Yeah I get no traction off the line with tiptronic too but on auto the SLIP light comes on everytime I try to peel out

 

^ Turn off VDC

Brake Stand 2.3kish RPM in Manual mode and let er rip!

 

mm for mountain/track auto for straight line, in auto if you are already rolling double tap the gas and punch it, i chirp the tires from 20 mph when i do that but for actual drag racing on the track i would use mm and time it right about 200 rpm before redline upshift and it shifts at 6600~6700 rpm and away you go

 

Manual.