How to drop 2 seconds off your Sentra's 1/4 mile... for free!!

[KillerWabbit]

This is awesome. Sport Compact Car took a stock Sentra (with big wheels and body kit thing) and hacked it up to see just how fast they could go without spending a dollar. There are a bunch of pics and stuff on the link below. The thread was started a year ago, but I just found it last week. It's interesting, funny and worth a look.

"How to get your econobox into the 14's - A must read."


The car: 2001 Sentra SE

Before
Curb Weight: 2,762 lbs
1/4 Mile:16.3 @ 84.0 mph
60-foot:2.9 sec.
0-60 mph:8.6 sec.

After
Curb Weight:1,674 lbs
1/4 Mile:14.3 @ 93.2 mph
60-foot:2.6 sec.
0-60 mph:5.8 sec.

14.3 is pretty quick considering the best 60 foot they got was a 2.6... that's horrible.

 

[El Pirata]

Yeah, I guess that would do it.

 

[GilBeQuick]

Yeah it's amazing what over 1000 pounds of stuff will do to a vehicles speed! That's crazy they hacked that thing up like that. I hope no one ever loses control while testing it.

 

[bkunar5356]

but they left the b pillar on the drivers side and they left it taller than the driver, just in case it flipped or rolled

 

[GilBeQuick]

Do you really think if that thing rolled that one pillar would do much of anything? How about you go roll it a few times and let us know....

 

[KillerWabbit]

Ha, by leaving the B pillar there his head would only hit the concrete at 50 mph as opposed to 55 mph. It might help a little bit since the car doesn't weigh anything though. The effect it has on the drivers sense of safety is probably the only thing it's really good for.

 

[nitroking]

i senn that in in the mag last year is is pretty sweet exspecially if you had the mag and they took you through step by step

 

[savagesquirrel]

therir copying hot rod magazine
hr didi that with a big as cadallac and they made it lieke 3 seconds faster ran a 15.30 i think

 

[wdavidhicks]

I would think the car would buckle under itself if you hit any bumps. Convertibles need a beefier chassis. Part of the structural integrity of a unibody chassis is the roof and the pillars.

 

[Waste Land]

I saw that awhile back. It's crazy sweet. I think they should put the wing back on and maybe a a few NOS stickers because both at alot of HP ya know.....