My friend has a 01' 540 Stock-Steptronic and we planning to run tomorrow.

Any experience/tips you can share? I have seen him smoking 02' Maxima -Stickshift....


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Above 600 and now VTECing....

 

From a stop, the obvious "know how to launch."

From a roll, you should pull away from him. Just shift fast and start in the high rpms.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by asangamnerkar
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Any experience/tips?

 

tip: don't lose

 

here is a tip for a win its what i did. Take $5500 plus $750 for instulation and get a comptech supercharger. It will help you out with alot of cars out there

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by RedDevil2000
[B]here is a tip for a win its what i did. Take $5500 plus $750 for instulation and get a comptech supercharger.

 

1. the 540 has 282HP vs. 240 for the S2000.
2. the 540 probably weighs 1000 pounds more.
3. the 540 in "sport" trim has bigger/heavier wheels and some other options adding more weight to it.
4. even from a "moderate" launch, you should not lose....once you hit triple didigts, you will/should walk it.

coincidently, i "raced" a 4.4 X5 friday evening....he came ever so close to my back bumper (tailgating) as i was in the left lane (going 120, but obviously not fast enough for him)........i was in sixth and i downshift to 4th, and floor it......he was getting left back pretty quickly....

i know it's not a 540, but the 4.4 X5 has the same motor and is pretty close to the weight of a 540.....it's the only recent encounter that came to mind.......

 

The 540 6 speeds would run low 14's...

-Steve (who now and then has one as a loaner and can attest to their ability to lay 20 feet of rubber on both sides shifting from first to second).

 

I ran a 540i when my RX-7 was a tt...and the 540 did not fade as quickly as I would have liked...
Don't look back and be SAFE!!

 

My tip would be don't run him at a roll with highway speeds... those things are mean up top.