times rise at race track

fieromx3 · Post by **fieromx3** » September 4th, 2005, 1:00 am

when i was at the race track not to long ago my times each run kept gettin higher and higher. my first run was best of the night doin 17.5 at 80mph then i kept racing more and more and i was doin consistent 18.1+ e.t.'s. im thinkin this is cause by intense heat built up from very high revving. if this is the case is there any tips i can do to keep heat down without phenolics or changin stuff like rad and all that stuff? i was thinkin of taking out my thermostat to let it flow(i had this on my stanza and it was running cool until i put one in) i tried a manual fan switch but that didnt bring temperature down one bit! i was also thinkin of bag of ice on intake manifold

DavidOS · Post by **DavidOS** » September 4th, 2005, 1:02 am

buy a 6 cylinder

fieromx3 · Post by **fieromx3** » September 4th, 2005, 1:14 am

DavidOS wrote:buy a 6 cylinder

i do got the v6 but its automatic

lakersfan1 · Post by **lakersfan1** » September 4th, 2005, 10:20 am

fieromx3 wrote:i do got the v6 but its automatic

Then what are you doing at the track? Shouldn't you be driving Ms Daisy?

fieromx3 · Post by **fieromx3** » September 4th, 2005, 12:45 pm

haha very funny maybe cuz i find it fun its not like im gonna do it on the streets like a dumbass even if i am only doin 17.5 i just thought it would be fun to go down the track with a car thats fairly quick COMPARED to my stanza that would probly do 25 sec 1/4 mile! so rite now tips would be better than talkin like a jackass

Trevor · Post by **Trevor** » September 4th, 2005, 1:12 pm

lakersfan1 wrote:
fieromx3 wrote:i do got the v6 but its automatic
Then what are you doing at the track? Shouldn't you be driving Ms Daisy?

Take a look at any Dragster most or all of them are auto's.

hgallegos915 · Post by **hgallegos915** » September 4th, 2005, 2:40 pm

I have an automatic maxima running around 15.5 up to 16

3.0 v6... my friends vette stingray is automatic. he can smoke the crap out of me...of course my manual kfze mx3 can do better with some tunning I have been doing to it.

not better than the vette.. but maxima yea

Juans_93_MX3 · Post by **Juans_93_MX3** » September 4th, 2005, 2:45 pm

Trevor wrote:
lakersfan1 wrote:
fieromx3 wrote:i do got the v6 but its automatic
Then what are you doing at the track? Shouldn't you be driving Ms Daisy?
Take a look at any Dragster most or all of them are auto's.

Yeah and they only run on 2 gears and the dragsters have 800hp+.

How many miles do you have on your Auto MX3?
This may sound umb but maybe the tranny is getting weaker?
The bad ATX trannies are a known problem with the MX3...

Rick Johnson · Post by **Rick Johnson** » September 4th, 2005, 2:57 pm

It's the heat, it can make at least a .5+ sec difference on the v6. A few things to try, turn your car off in the staging lanes or even park for a bit between runs and leave your hood popped facing into the breeze if possible, I shaved .5 off my ET when I did this on the K8, I have yet to try the ICE on the IM but im sure it would work as well if not better.

fieromx3 · Post by **fieromx3** » September 4th, 2005, 3:05 pm

How many miles do you have on your Auto MX3?
This may sound umb but maybe the tranny is getting weaker?
The bad ATX trannies are a known problem with the MX3...

well my car has 180,000 kms on it and my tranny has about 4000 kms on it and ive been doin some searchin and it seems like my torque converter is goin. also would taking the thermostat out make it run cooler or would this do bad to my engine?

fieromx3 · Post by **fieromx3** » September 4th, 2005, 3:07 pm

also juan if ur talkin bout the sport compact dragsters they run on 3-4 gears supras with the atx have a 3speed and other like civics, ecotecs etc. have im pretty sure 4 speeds

lakersfan1 · Post by **lakersfan1** » September 4th, 2005, 6:39 pm

Trevor wrote: Take a look at any Dragster most or all of them are auto's.

And how many of those are running MAZDA slush boxes?

Nd4SpdSe · Post by **Nd4SpdSe** » September 5th, 2005, 8:52 am

Guys, guys, he's making due with what he has, no point to get all over his case.

papa roached · Post by **papa roached** » September 5th, 2005, 8:31 pm

and besides, there isnt a person here that can outshift a auto box

hgallegos915 · Post by **hgallegos915** » September 6th, 2005, 1:15 am

yeah thats true...auto mx3 :S not the best drag car..and trannies are not well built..