Looks like I found a car !
The Magnificent Not-Quites - - Car and Driver - March 2003
where they got the v8 ls to a 14.9 1/4 and the m45 ran a 14.5
R&T ROADandTRACK.com -- Road Tests - Infiniti M45 (10/2002)
m45 ran a 14.6 @ 97mph
they're not bad looking cars; guy down the street from me had one.....don't see them often though...
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Thanks for the link, I also noted this from that article, seems like it might have a little left in it too.
"There's yet another testing parable with our M45, this one involving its Q45 sibling. The Q's day at the track was in early spring, with moderate temperature and humidity. Our M's initial testing came during a mid-summer extreme of dry heat, with track temperature at 100 degrees Fahrenheit and relative humidity around 23 percent.
Hotter air is less dense; hotter, drier air puts an engine's knock sensing on high alert; both, to the detriment of power.
How detrimental? Our Q got to 60 in 6.5 sec. By contrast, our lighter, shorter-geared but extreme-conditioned M45 took 6.7 sec. Then we retested the M45 early one morning under rather more normal conditions, at 68 degrees Fahrenheit and 65 percent humidity, and got 6.1 sec.
We've taught ourselves — and I hope you as well — not to quibble about a couple tenths of a second. But 0.6 sec. is certainly worthy of an early morning wakeup."
no problem, scott.
i have always like infiniti's. my dad had a '93 q45 and i borrowed it for a few days(to go to prom... lol). i was always impressed at how well it drove for such a big car. it was very nimble and had plenty of power.
i dont know what your plans are, but i could only find a few aftermarket parts for that year m45. you might check freshalloy.com and see what you can find for it.
i have always like infiniti's. my dad had a '93 q45 and i borrowed it for a few days(to go to prom... lol). i was always impressed at how well it drove for such a big car. it was very nimble and had plenty of power.
i dont know what your plans are, but i could only find a few aftermarket parts for that year m45. you might check freshalloy.com and see what you can find for it.



with a weird Infiniti emblem above it. I was screwing with it for 10 minutes until the salesman said it was nothing.