First time at the track lol (na sentra)
Just got back from Commerce. It was my first time ever to step foot on a track. I brought my sentra which is na, to see what it would do. I knew I was not gonna do good, as it was my first time, so I joked about running a 16, which was actually better then my first run lol. I ran on 185/60/14’s touring tires that held no power and actually about broke my car though I’ll get into that latter. I only got to run two times, so I didnt have the seat time to get a hang of everything
First run, I sat in line and asked people nearby how the tree worked which was help full lol. Running those turd tires, I knew launching from 3k was too much, so I pulled up and launched from 2500 which was too much. It spun instantly and wheel hopped so bad, it popped 1st gear back out to neutral. I put it back in first and took off again, and it wheel hopped like crazy again, so I pushed in the clutch and tried once more with the same results so I threw it in 2nd and went down the track. That was the 17.07 @ 98.9mph. The wheel hop was so bad it bent the shift linkage, and I could no longer go in reverse or 5th, and now 1st was where 3rd used to be lol.
Second run, I decided RT did not matter, and I was going to launched from 1800rpm which is not a launch lol, as well as let the clutch slip then ease on the gas while easing off the clutch. That worked better than I thought. It started to spin and wheel hop a little, but nothing like the first time. I smacked the revlimiter before I knew it, threw it in 2nd spun and wheel hopped a little, and smacked and sat at the rev limiter again before shifting to 3rd for the rest of the run. That one was much better with a 14.09 @ 101.2mph.
Im sure if I got 10 or so runs it would have been better by not bouncing off the revlimiter and perfecting the launch, but I pretty sure I would of broke something with the spinning and wheel hop of those little donuts of mine. Either way it was fun, I never witnessed the track before, so it defiantly was a great experience. Now I got some 205/55/14 drag radials on order, so I’ll have them for next weekend which should not give me nowhere near the traction problems I had tonight. But before then, I got to fix what the wheel hop broke lol. I also have a lot of learning to do. Tonight I was out and had no clue what was going on or what or the procedures were lol.
PS: It’s a 92 Sentra with sr20ve with 195-200whp @ 2170-2200lbs.
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Originally Posted by srt4bangin
Same track, my first pass, my first time:
It would also help keep the weight on the front wheels ,when your launching the car
92 mx3
it will help me with the wheel hop problem Im having as well as aerodynamics from a roll. Also it will weigh a hair over 100lbs less than the last time we ran without going all out stripped, plus a few extra ponies. The runs should be close though.
