NEWS and UPDATES

9/1/05 - I just moved from South Florida to Eastern NC.  I am still getting settled in.  I hope to resume racing my Maxima shortly.  Also, recently I had a little hesitation issue arise after driving my car from FL to NC.  I would be cruising along with very light throttle pressure and when I apply a little gas, my wideband O2 sensor immediately goes lean and the car stumbles.  After testing the fuel system, I thought MAFS.  Within 15 minutes, I popped a spare one in and the problem went away!  It's nice to have a bunch of spare parts laying around.

8/17/05 - I just added 3 new large photo galleries in the Pictures section. Enjoy!

8/16/05 - Also, I added more pictures in the Pictures section. They are of my exhaust stud replacement and exhaust manifold porting job.

8/16/05 - Yesterday, my Heater Core cracked and started leaking hot coolant all inside my cabin, on my feet and on all the wires around the ECU. Since I was out of town when this happened, I needed a ghetto repair so I could drive my car home. I simply unplugged both heater core hoses and rerouted the longest hose to completely bypass the heater core.  Then I blew out all the coolant that was left inside the heater core so that it wouldn't drip any more coolant inside my car.  I've decided to draw up a diagram to help everybody to understand how to quickly bypass your heater core if this happens to you in the future.  The entire job took me 10 minutes.  This might help:

8/5/05 - I added a contact form to the website.  Feel free to send me any questions or comments.

6/12/05 - I recently hit a rather large dead turtle on the highway recently.  He smacked my crank pulley pretty hard which stripped a rib off one of my belts, scratched my aluminum pulley and caused my front main oil seal to start leaking oil.  I was able to replace my crank seal and that fixed the leak.

Also, I added in some Javascript to the website which gives all the hyperlinks a hover over function.

5/31/05 - I put some racing stripes on my Stanza.  Check it out!

5/30/05 - I finally uploaded a copy of my 14.30 timeslip at Moroso.  You can view it by clicking on the 1/4 mile time above.

Also, I recently bought some Mickey Thompson ET slicks.  They are 22x8x15 and are mounted on the 11lb 15x6 Mazda Millenia wheels that use to have my BFG Drag Radials on.

  5/21/05 - I spruced up the Videos section a little bit by adding screen shots of most of the videos.

5/7/05 - Recently my front right Bose speaker got really quiet.  I did some research and found out that the Bose amps are prone to quit after 13 years.  I replaced 7 capacitors in the amp and it fixed my problem.  Now the speaker is working perfectly.  Here is a link that has more information about this procedure: http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=144898

4/17/05 - I finally made it to the track last Wednesday night and ran a 14.30! My previous record was a 14.57 set in Southern California last year.  I also set my personal best 60 foot time of a 2.08.  My previous best was 2.17.  Since my 14.57 time, I reduced my weight significantly, added intake spacers, bored my throttle body, installed a variable intake system, ported my exhaust manifolds, and put on rear skinny tires.  I am still working on getting the ZEMulator to work in my car.  Hopefully, it will be done in the next few months.  I also have plans on building my transmission so it will hold the extra power I am going to put through it once my turbo setup is install in the near future.  I am going to raise my stall from 2900 to around 3500 rpm, install a switch that will lock up my torque converter at wide open throttle, install a 4.10 final drive (3.64 is stock), and firm up the 3-4 shift into overdrive so it will hold the added power.  On top of that, it will be guaranteed to hold at least 480fwhp!  Once I get the ZEMulator working, the built transmission installed and full racing slicks, I will probably make another "all motor" 1/4 run (maybe 13s).  After that, I will completely concentrate in my turbo project.

3/7/05 - I went to the track last Wednesday.  But I didn't get a single run in b/c cars kept breaking all night.  I will have to attempt another 1/4 mile record run hopefully this week.  I still don't have the ECU tuned.  But I advanced the timing to 28 degrees and put in some 100 octane.  I added a nice velocity stack for my track intake and removed my air filter.  This should yield some nice gains.  I also added a Dynomax strap exhaust coupler to my muffler so it can easily be removed at the track in only a few seconds.  That's another 25lb weight reduction.

2/18/05 - I recently bought a 1990 Nissan Stanza AT with 218K miles for $100.  It runs but all 4 wheels were bent and the driver's axle needed replacing.  So I've fix all this and just got the new rims and tires balanced and it's smooth on the highway!  So far, I've spent only $180 in getting this car road worthy.  Now that I am driving this to work everyday, I am going to get my Maxima ready for the track.  My ZEMulator project isn't looking so great for this winter.  I am going to have to try to set records without proper tuning of the ECU.  14.2s might still be possible without it.  We'll see.  Below, is a shot of the Stanza.  Click HERE for more pics.

1/31/05 - I just added pics of my rear skinnies and my Summit Racing seat installed.  Click HERE!

1/28/05 - Check out my new FORUM!! Please post something, even if it's just to check in and say hey.  Also, I put new tires on the RX7 rims you see below.  Instead of the 18lb Dunlops you see below, I put on 9lb Metzelers!  I will try and take a pic in the near future.
 

1/23/05 - I just installed my 12lb Summit Racing seat.  When I put all the necessary brackets on, it ended up weighing 20lbs.  This will give me a 20lb weight reduction over the stock seat.  As for my VE ZEMulator, it is still in the works.  Ash hasn't gotten it working in my car 100%.  But we are getting there; we just need a little more time.

1/13/05 - I recently got rear tires for my car.  The wheels are 11lb 1994 RX7 spare wheels with 18lb Dunlop motorcycle tires.

1/3/05 - This past weekend, I replaced all my exhaust studs and ported my exhaust manifolds.  It took me all weekend, but I got it done.  Click HERE for all the pics to that weekend.

12/28/04 - I just got my car running again after a 2 day project this past weekend.  I repaired my VTC sprockets and got rid of my VTC tick.  I replaced one bad injector, installed 1/4" spacers, bored throttle body, and a variable intake system and got it all working.  Things are starting to come together for the track this Jan.

11/16/04 - I got new tires! Falken all season performance. They aren't too bad.  I got them because they would last longer than my previous tires, Yokohama AVS ES100.  If I want traction, I have track wheels for that.  Also, I added a Nismo thermostat and a 16psi radiator cap.

11/11/04 - I added 2 videos of me racing at my local drag strip.  I've also added navigation capabilities at the bottom of each page for browsers that do not support javascript.  I am currently making arrangements to get the Zemulator working in the VE30DE ECU.  This involves adding a daughterboard with 2 EPROMS on it.  This will allow me to have full tuning capabilities with my ECU.  It's even better than a $2000 full standalone ECU management system.  Hopefully, I will have this working before the end of the year.  I am also ordering parts to get a variable intake manifold working.

10/11/04 - 5 new videos have been added in the Videos section.  Enjoy!

10/7/04 - I recently moved from Las Vegas, NV to Palm Beach County, South Florida and I'm just now getting settled.  The 4 hurricanes that hit our state this year have been a real pain.  But, my car is fine.  I haven't gotten back into the racing scene quite yet.  The main priority right now is to find a job.  If anybody has any connections in South Florida for jobs in the Computer Programming and Web Development fields, please email me at adogg18@hotmail.com (Update 11/16/04: I found a job, so please disregard my plea for help). Other than that, I hope to resume my racing very soon.  I hope to see some low low 14s this winter. Thanks.

6/30/04 - I added a picture on how to wire in a manual cooling fan switch to your 3rd generation Maxima.  Click HERE to see.

I also have updated the navigation bar at the top of this page.  Hope you like it!

6/19/04 - There was another bracket race tonight.  But, I didn't attend since I decided to end my bracket racing season in Las Vegas.  I am moving out of town and I don't have a chance of winning in the points since I will be missing too many races this season because of my absence.  I wish I could continue, but I have to move.  I will probably continue bracket racing at my new location and/or try to beat the record of the fastest 1981-2001 all motor automatic Maxima in the world.  Feel free to sign my guestbook!

6/7/04 - I recently attended the #5 (out of 10) points bracket race of the 2004 season.  Unfortunately, I was eliminated in the 2nd round when I cut a .450 redlight.  I truly don't know what I was thinking.  Since I was eliminated so early, I lost my #1 spot in points for the season to the guy who won the event Saturday.  My next race will be Sat 6/19/04 when I hope to redeem myself and take back my #1 spot in points.