What Times Could I Run?

consideringtitan · 03-09-2005, 05:10 PM

Hey everyone just wondering what my truck is capable of running in the 1/8th mile and 1/4 mile. I have an 04 Titan XE KC 4x4 with 17s steelies on it.

drags1998 · 03-09-2005, 05:37 PM

Low to mid 15's on a good day, But WHY?????????? Just go buy a BUICK and run the same thing!!!!!!!!!!

fellowx · 03-09-2005, 05:44 PM

Hopefully high 14's, you've got the same truck as I do. So i'd love to see how you run. When are you going to the track?? Go with gas tank almost empty, and take off spare tire.

goosemst · 03-09-2005, 05:59 PM

In Car and Driver a 2004 SE CC 2WD ran 6.9 seconds 0-60 and I think 15.2 @ 93MPH in the quarter. You are proboly in that neighborhood.

smokespeedtitan · 03-09-2005, 06:45 PM

my titan has a few mods and i run 1 6.6 0-60 and a high 13 on the 1/4 mile

GETSOMZ28 · 03-09-2005, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by smokespeedtitan

my titan has a few mods and i run 1 6.6 0-60 and a high 13 on the 1/4 mile

Not with the mods you have listed. The only one I know to runs 13's is the head and he is using some juice to get there (on top of the standard CAI and exhaust mods).

smokespeedtitan · 03-09-2005, 07:18 PM

i dont know may be we clocked it wrong i ran a 14.12,then a 14.22, and finally i ran a 13.97 on a 1/4 mile track
i also have a custom computer upgrade i have a friend at the same dealership that i bought it at and he said he could make my truck faster so he said he "screwed with the computer" his exact words i dont know what he did.

HOU-TITAN · 03-09-2005, 07:58 PM

what track did you run at

*Mike Up* · 03-09-2005, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by goosemst

In Car and Driver a 2004 SE CC 2WD ran 6.9 seconds 0-60 and I think 15.2 @ 93MPH in the quarter. You are proboly in that neighborhood.

Truck Trend has a 2004 SE CC 4X4 clocked at 6.7 seconds 0 - 60 mph. Unfortunately they don't do 1/4 mile times.

Motor Trend (Truck Trends automobile sibling) has a 2004 SE CC 2WD clocked at 7.2 seconds 0 - 60 mph and 15.3 seconds in the 1/4 mile.

Motor Trend has a 2004 Armada 4X4 clocked at 7.1 seconds 0 - 60 mph and 15.3 seconds in the 1/4 mile.

Motor Trend has a 2004 QX56 4X4 (Infinity's Armada clone) clocked at 7.0 seconds 0 - 60 mph and 15.2 seconds in the 1/4 mile.

The Armada and QX56 are heavier vehicles with slightly better times. This leads me to believe that these trucks have a hard time controlling wheel spin. It looks like Truck Trend may have got the wheel spin controlled to get the best time.

Have a good one.

the head · 03-09-2005, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by smokespeedtitan

i dont know may be we clocked it wrong

Sounds like you didn't take it to the dragstrip. Based on the fact you're posting 0-60 times as well it sounds like you're using a g-tech.

the head · 03-09-2005, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by smokespeedtitan

i also have a custom computer upgrade i have a friend at the same dealership that i bought it at and he said he could make my truck faster so he said he "screwed with the computer" his exact words i dont know what he did.

I'm in Houston also. Would you either post or PM me the dealer and name of the person who did that - I'd pay decent $$ to have mine done as well. So would a lot of the Houston folks here.

If it's possible, I'd also like to meet you in person (actually your truck) and check out the custom headers on it. I'll be at the dragstrip in Baytown this Friday if you feel like banging some gears. Or I'd make time to check it out.

Optimist · 03-09-2005, 09:00 PM

I wonder how much the times would change w/ a few thousand miles added on? Basically your blue haired driver here, but now with 20,000 miles it sure feels quicker.
Id like to see the mags, do follow up times a year later on the same truck.

fellowx · 03-09-2005, 09:38 PM

Our Truck really does feel faster than it really is. It's all that torque.. Anyone ever driven a VR6 Golf and a Mazdaspeed Protege (turbo). I drove a buddies VR6 golf, and man.. that thing flew. It felt so fast, felt faster than a GSR. He felt the same way too, took it to the track and got a 15.5 for his best time. THe Mazdaspeed didn't feel fast at all after driving the GTI, but at the track it ran 15.4.

I doubt the titan can do a high 13 with just a couple of those mods.. but, hey anything's possible.

ChadEberly · 03-09-2005, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by smokespeedtitan

i dont know may be we clocked it wrong i ran a 14.12,then a 14.22, and finally i ran a 13.97 on a 1/4 mile track
i also have a custom computer upgrade i have a friend at the same dealership that i bought it at and he said he could make my truck faster so he said he "screwed with the computer" his exact words i dont know what he did.

BULLSHI* sorry to flame

happy titaning
chad

miketan · 03-10-2005, 01:18 AM

There seems to be alot of skepticism toward the people that claim to run 14's in the 1/4 in their Titans. Why is this? The Chevy and Dodge guys come on here and everybody agrees with them about what their engines can do and nobody has a problem with that. Yeah, the Chevy 5.3 might be more capable due to the huge aftermarket support they have for that particular engine, but what if the 5.6 DOHC 4-valve Endurance engine had the same kind of aftermarket support? You know what....we'd still be faster mod for mod as we are stock to stock.

What about the Hemi you say? Yeah, they might be rated at 345hp(?) compared to our measly 305hp. However, you have to remember that the 5.6 Endurance engine is "underrated" by Nissan. Very similar to what Chevy did on the LS1 when it first came out in '98 on the 4th gen F-bodies. I think we're alot closer to the Hemi hp#'s than Nissan would like us to believe. Just look at some of the RWHP numbers people here are getting with just a simple catback and CAI. Close to 300RWHP in some cases.

With a good catback exhaust, CAI, 17" steelies (or smaller) with a good tune, I don't see why 14's would be that hard with a Titan. Slap a free flow mandrel-bent Y-pipe, custom long-tube headers, a few "unknown" ECU tweaks and low to mid 14's shouldn't be all that impossible or hard to believe. Of course, all of this depends on the trim level. A fully loaded 4X4 LE CC with Off Road and Big Tow would be the heaviest.

I do realize I'm doing alot of bench racing here and it's real word experience that counts. However, a 300RWHP/400+RWTQ XE Titan should be able to get the job done don't you think?

fellowx,

There's an old saying and it goes like this: Horsepower SELLS cars, but torque WINS races.