2002 MAXIMA
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god I love smart people who bash cars and have no idea what they are talking about. It just seems a little odd that a 3.5 liter with 255hp 4 doors seating for five could keep up with a 02 pustang thats 2 doors 260hp AND its one of those mighty V8s. Not even to mention a 4 cyl with 195hp(ITR) runs a 14.7 its not faster but its on the rear bumper of a pustang. Sorry im venting just gets old that people with V8s think there cars are the stuff. My car is stock(96 maxima) with 190Hp and i have raced my friend with a 89 5.0 gt with h-pipe flowmasters and headers and i stick with him until about 90mph 
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5.0s were only rated at like 215hp to the flywheel. so theyre probably putting down maybe 185-190 to the wheels stock and they werent light or heavy kinda in between. theyre nothing special....til u mod em up and throw a little eaton on there.
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Actually 5.0 stangs put out 225 HP. Some of Fords own specs point to a 215 HP rating at lower RPMs for the later models. The reason why no one knows for sure could be to get under some insurance guidlines for high performance cars...of course Im speculating.
Nevertheless....having both driven a 5.0 stang and imports alike I can tell ya...nothing is better than the power of a big V8 engine. The available power under your right foot is the best. Horsepower-shmorshpower. Torque is where its at. Alot of good a high revving 4 banger is...you have to tach it up just to get some decent performance (a la Civic Si)
Dont get me wrong I drive two imports currently.....and the new Altima SE with a 240HP V6 5speed that I had the chance to rag on was a freakin fast sedan!!! The new Altima SE does 14.6 in the quarter!!! Thats amazing...but try to compete with it or the Maxima against a mustang on a race track and the mustang will school both the Max and the Alty in every way.
A few months ago Sport Compact Car road tested a new Mustang GT against a Integra Type R on a race track. If memory serves me correct to the shock of the Magazine staffers the plain Jane GT bested the Integra by 2 seconds a lap. Not bad for an outdated mustang. High revving small displacement engines have there place no doubt but big V8 performance is something that must be experienced to be appreciated. Afterall there is a reason AA fueler dragsters have 8 cylinders and not 4.
Nevertheless....having both driven a 5.0 stang and imports alike I can tell ya...nothing is better than the power of a big V8 engine. The available power under your right foot is the best. Horsepower-shmorshpower. Torque is where its at. Alot of good a high revving 4 banger is...you have to tach it up just to get some decent performance (a la Civic Si)
Dont get me wrong I drive two imports currently.....and the new Altima SE with a 240HP V6 5speed that I had the chance to rag on was a freakin fast sedan!!! The new Altima SE does 14.6 in the quarter!!! Thats amazing...but try to compete with it or the Maxima against a mustang on a race track and the mustang will school both the Max and the Alty in every way.
A few months ago Sport Compact Car road tested a new Mustang GT against a Integra Type R on a race track. If memory serves me correct to the shock of the Magazine staffers the plain Jane GT bested the Integra by 2 seconds a lap. Not bad for an outdated mustang. High revving small displacement engines have there place no doubt but big V8 performance is something that must be experienced to be appreciated. Afterall there is a reason AA fueler dragsters have 8 cylinders and not 4.
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Another TPA max here 2000 SE 5spd. Just as an FYI the 2K2 maxes actually get low to mid 14s stock. I know of a 2K2 6spd that gets 14.3s all stock consistently and an auto that gets 14.5s consistently (his best was 14.44 @ 94 - 2.1 60).
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Just the facts.....
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hey 2dmax do you have any thing done to the max and also where do u get your parts from here in the bay area im finding it hard to get parts here in the area trying to stay away from ordering things off the internet i would like to walk in a shop and be able to buy somethin right there. I will try to get off this sat or get my schedule changed so i can make it and time of the event would be nice 
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Done a couple of things:
See my homepage
http://maxima.cardomain.com/id/2k2demax
Ive gotten most of my stuff off the internet from companies that are known to the maxima guys on maxima.org. Ive also gotten stuff from RacingZone on Cypress. Their prices werent too bad (when compared to some online prices)for the stuff I got from them.
See my homepage
http://maxima.cardomain.com/id/2k2demax
Ive gotten most of my stuff off the internet from companies that are known to the maxima guys on maxima.org. Ive also gotten stuff from RacingZone on Cypress. Their prices werent too bad (when compared to some online prices)for the stuff I got from them.
