went to Atco Dragstrip tonight-curious had too

andre12031948

Tues night I bought & brought home my 2012 base with 1,100 miles on it. Wed. I drove the car. Thurs. I took it to a dealer for Synth. oil change & some work.
Friday/tonight I went drag racing.

Got there early. My first run was a no run. I stepped on the gas at 1,500 rpm & the car spun out & went sideways. After that I slowly went down the strip, came back right to the starters. WTF? Oh the guy before you spilled fluid all over they said. They decided to clean that lane after that. Seems like T & T on a Friday night the track doesn't get much prep/care.

I drove my car right through the center between the two lanes & water burn out puddles & into the other lane. That lane was dry. I held the brake, reved it to only 1,500 rpm, then pushed the peddle down at medium speed.

2.010 60' & 13.137 @ 106.12 mph. Not bad. Next run I pressed the gas peddle a bit quicker, plus the guy before me went through the puddles/water & dragged/brought water right up to the starting line. My tires chirped a bit & I ended up with 2.234 60' and a 13.360 @106.07 mph. Cooled the car a bit & in the next run I forgot to turn the vdc off. ='d NO RUN. Next and last run, same wet areas that forced me to press the peddle at low rpm & with care. 2.185 60' 13.292 @ 107.76. Mid to finish line, the car was flying.

I got the feel of the car/got my answers & went home cause 3 hour ride

Now I will post my times tomorrow, but because I asked the dealer to do something to my car. I now regard as not fair for me to go on the ALL stock list. Next spring, drag radials, test pipes & a tune will put me in the 12.6 @ 110 mph to 12.8 time range. At that time I would be glad to get on the bolt on list. I'm NOT replacing the stock intakes & staying with (except for test pipes) stock exhaust, Nissan stock muffler and all.

Went tonight cause raining Sunday.