Jeff91SE

On the way to work today, I was already 10 mins late. Stuck in traffic, of course. I look in the rear view, a G-Thug in his late model, non-Z24 Cavalier. I can see hes gettin anxious to get going, so I figure once we get into the open road, he's going to let loose. We finally get into the open and change lanes into the fast lane. I shift into 3rd when a Taurus cuts me off, I break then change back into the original lane. Whoops, cut off the Cavvy. Hes right on my tail. Instead of down shifting into 2nd, like i should have, I lay on it in 3rd. Im at about 1750RPMs and hes stayin on my bumper. Geez...the VG cant wind up any faster. RPMs rising slowly. I hit about 2500RPMs and Im gone. Whered Mr. G-Thug go? I think i see him in my rear view. I bet he didnt see that coming.

On the way home...a late model Probe jumping a green light on me. I let him accelerate away. He keeps on it. Then i decide to put him in his place. i downshift and catch up quickly. I get ahead and stay ahead for awhile. Im in the middle lane, hes in the right lane...which is closing. I see him start gaining on me fairly quickly. I dont even bother downshifting into 4th. I get on it in 5th and by the time he gets to my back bumper its too late.

I know these arent great kills, but i take what i can get. Every time i race, my maxima impresses me even more. Its so much quicker than my old Z26. Im also pretty impressed with the available power in 5th gear. I rarely downshift to pass anymore.

Jeff
'91 Maxima SE
VG30 5speed

Mike S.

What was the z26? Lumina? What year?

A 5sp vg should run low 8's. Get an intake, y, ecu and should be into the low 7's....I think. Or atleast 7.5.

Jeff91SE

1995 Chevrolet Beretta Z26 with the 3100 (155hp and 185tq) with a 4spd auto (4T60-E). I took it to the track, ran a 17.1 with a horrible start (first time i ever went there). I also ran again, i messed up the start, my time was all messed up, but i had a higher trap speed. I think it would run about 16.9 or 16.8. It had good highway power, but it wasnt that quick off the line.

The car was a 'looker'. Bright red, factory GFX, no ricer could turn down.

92ZexMaximaSE

Hey, I remember the Z26's.. What about the Beretta GTU's?? I knew a girl who had one and she thought it was the shi* ...Were the GTU's pretty fast?

Jeff91SE

Well...Ill give you a pecking order, so to speak of Berettas.

GTZ's were pretty much the faster of the berettas, assuming it has the Quad 4/5spd combo.
Z26s were next fastest with 3100/4spd auto.
The rest were simalirly fast.

GTU's were pretty rare cars. They were made only in '90, i think. They were a tribute to the GTU races (Gran Tourismo Under (3.0liters)) They came with the 2.8L with either 3spd auto or 5spd.

If you see a Beretta Indy...consider yourself lucky i guess. Those are the rarest of the rare. Especially a yellow one.

Ive got all kinds of this Beretta info floating around in my head.

nodoubt711

those newer model probes with a manuel are pretty peppy. i think the stock hp of their v6 engine is 165

Jeff91SE

No doubt theyre peppy. Haha.

They come with Mazda's 2.5L V6.

If you dont watch out, theyll get ya.

nodoubt711

what so funny? they are peppy, i mean they are nothing compared to ve or vq power but still, gives us vg people a good run for the money.

Jeff91SE

Just funny becaues your user name is nodoubt...and I said No doubt in my thread.

I have a dumb sense of humor sometimes.

I'll agree that theyre very comparable and good competion for the VG.

nodoubt711

sorry i didnt get the joke, i guess i did not read it good enough. i do that too sometimes, i say something and no one else gets it or what is worse is when you are the only one laughing, i hate when that happens, doh!

Jeff91SE

HaHa.

I hear ya.

Its like when you race someone and you slaughter them so bad its only funny to you...

JDwyer2821

On my way to work today I get behind this grand prix and next to it was a convertible cavvy and it tried racing it of the line and then when the pontiac took a right me and the cav were side to side at a red light and the two lanes turn it to one. I was not letting him in front of me. This was my first race so I started of pretty slow at 1800RPMs and thinking o **** hes going to beat me but he stay even intill 2500+ then then buy the time I hit second I got in front of him and in third he was way back and I looked down I was doing 80mph and was like oops hoping no cops were around.