Passengers?

[GTwolf]

Does having alot of passengers weigh the car down quite a bit? I almost got taken by a stock 99 altima tonight. I pulled on him eventually but not till like 70 and we went from about a 45 or 50. Those things made 155 at the crank...vs my topswap setup...I'm confused lol. I did have 5 passengers though, and an extra rim/tire in the trunk. I figured that's why but just making sure. He only had 1 person in the car.

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[Oreif]

Every 100 lbs is a tenth of a second off your time. So if you had 5 hooters girls in the car your car is now .5 seconds slower. If you had 5 average guys in the car at 150 lbs each, that would make the car .85 seconds slower. That is the difference between having a 14.0 second car and a 14.9 second car.

FYI ~ the reverse is also true. Remove the passenger seat, rear seat, spare tire, etc. and reduce the total weight before running down the strip makes the car faster.

 

[Dasfinc]

Or you could be like me and just not have anything to remove

 

[PANDA]

Passengers or not, if you almost got smoked by a Altima id say you need to improve your reaction time and fix issues with the car.

 

[Fish]

The way his car sits, it is low 14s at best. 5 people plus shit in the car = sounds about right. Plus he didnt go from a dig.

 

[Yaj Yak]

negative nancy aka panda. chill

 

[GTwolf]

It was one twig size chick in the passenger seat, a normal guy, a normal chick, and a semi-overweight guy in the back. Still kinda agree with panda though. It was pulling hard as fuck in the morning when I took it for a drive after switching to open cone, but last night it wasn't doin it. I'll look at it in a few. And yeah panda there is some major issue with my car but I didn't think it would affect performance.

 

[GTwolf]

Traction control! Just realized I left it on. Not sure if it engaged or not but if it did that could be the culprit. The tires did spin a bit when I hit it.

 

[Fish]

Double at the wheels? 310HP with a tuned topswap? Much to learn, you have.

Plus you were still racing in his sweet spot, and your weakest. A 40 roll.

 

[GTwolf]

Double at the wheels? 310HP with a tuned topswap? Much to learn, you have.

Plus you were still racing in his sweet spot, and your weakest. A 40 roll.

I was thinkin more like 280...I know I'm not makin 310. There were 2 altima engines one made 155 and one made 140, pretty sure his is the 140 it's the base model.

 

[Fish]

You arent making 280 either. 210-215 at best.

 

[GTwolf]

Ahhh and damn it I forgot about that, these things hate going from anything from 40-49

 

[GTwolf]

I thought stock gtps make like 240 stock? Wait...forget it...I was thinking crank

 

[Fish]

Thats crank. My 260 rated engine with a couple of mods and a stock pulley went 215 on a stang dyno.

 

[GTwolf]

Thats crank. My 260 rated engine with a couple of mods and a stock pulley went 215 on a stang dyno.

Yeah that makes sense, I was mixin up numbers.

 

[radioguy6]

I was thinkin more like 280...I know I'm not makin 310. There were 2 altima engines one made 155 and one made 140, pretty sure his is the 140 it's the base model.

The only engine offered in the altima was the KA24DE from 1993-2001. The second gens had 155HP/160TQ and are like high 16s cars. A better/more fair race I think would be a 3rd-4th gen altima with the VQ35.

 

[TransHed]

Thats crank. My 260 rated engine with a couple of mods and a stock pulley went 215 on a stang dyno.

My 305 rated engine puts down around 300+rwhp stock. If LS1s werent underrated, that would be some badass % loss to the wheels lol.