Tonite I raced a silver specV, and i beat him by half a car. I am all stock and automagic. Man that thing can launch and chirp gears easy. Is this a good kill?

 

not to ruin your kill buzz... but are you sure it was a spec v? i didn't read to see if you had mods or not, but you would have to have some work done to beat that car. i've heard of that car running 15.0-15.4 1/4's. well... if it really was a specV... for an auto that is a great kill. good job!!

 

specv will smoke stock auto max or mildly modified auto max

 

thats what i wanted to say... but i was trying to be nice about it

 

Thats not what Bags says..or does..

 

I ran two of them 2nite.... they're not THAT quick, consider my mods, by 70 i had 3 lengths on him and pulling QUICK; it didnt have a great top end. Off the line, they hung until my slow auto shifted 2 third and then it was over.

I honestly think they are a lot of hype, unless they got some heavy modding. Btw, one Ser had custom cai/ muffler/ suspension, other, full cai aem and no name exhaust. Both were stick and yes, both chirped 2nd easy.

 

I don't know, are we talking about Sentra SER SpecV's? I thought those manuals run like 15.7?

 

i've seen a 1/4 time for a stock sentra ser specV that was 15.1 over at freshalloy.com....pretty quick if u ask me...and alot quicker than most autos here

 

we went looking for races tonight, but didn't find any.

 

its a decent kill since you are an auto

 

I recently raced a brand new spec v with a hole in my ypipe flex section and smoked the dog doo out of it. This was a manual gearbox with at least exhaust and I am auto 96 with y and CAI, rsb, fstb... those things aren't that fast. Also, keep the driver in mind, this guy looked about 18 yrs old....it was funny b/c he was racing around cars acting like he had the stuff, I finally caught up with him throungh all the lights and smoked him bad bad bad to about 110. about 4 cars on his sorry ***. race those things with VQ pride.

 

I have seen those things tested at 15.7 in 1/4 in many magizines(give or take .2) The best run I had in 1/4 mile was 15.3(in hot a$$ wheather and humidity...waiting for cooler wheather). There is NO way a spec-v runs a 15.1 unless it is modded..and that is not out of pride my friend.

 

hehehhe..

 

I'll race my friend this weekend.
He's got a Sentra SpecV.

You can tell it's a SpecV from either the "SpecV" on the sides of the car, or the larger 17" 5-spoke wheels. The SE-R only comes with 16" wheels, and they're 6-spoke.

I'm guessing in straight line racing the maxima will win, but not by that much. But through turns, unless you're heavily modded I think the specV would most likely win - Those cars handle great!

 

i disagree, partly because im on sprints/ kyb's but the ser i ran was through a windy road, off campbell towards gb highway for u dallas guys, and that thing couldnt hold the curves, (sprints own). Even at the slightest turns, his car was fishtailing, I think a lot of it has 2 do with the tires too..

 

The Spec V isn't a godsend. I mean, this is like comparing your max to a civic technically, class-wise...and you guys knock the Spec-V because it can't keep up, like you're disappointed in it.

Bottom line is, what other 4-cylinder can you find thats/with:
a) naturally aspirated
b) produces 175hp and 180lb/ft (granted what actually makes it to the
pavement might not be eye-boggling, nor does the car have a very
juicy top-end, but what's the tradition of Nissan 4-bangers?)
c) enough low-end torque/pull to make the car more than driveable in
city traffic (this one especially....the only comparable n/a
opponents to meet this requirement are dogs on the high end, get
the low-end from gearing and not necessarily power, and run 16+s
d) come in at a $19k sticker price

Factor that in with the handling abilities of the car due to the stock suspension goodies and a vlsd, and it sounds like a fun to drive car thats a total value for $19k-$19,5. I'd like to test drive one, but the dealerships here only get them on special order. A guy here said his friend with a WRX claimed driving a Spec V in the twisties was just as fun as his WRX. Course, I've heard mags say that the handling was a bit uneasy too and that the front end did all the work, but....

Don't turn your shoulder on it as a bad nissan.

 

in a thread a couple weeks ago i posted that i test drove a spec V. the car drove very well, but is not a maxima by any means.

like blizz said, this car is in a different class than the maxima. its like when we say the camaro or mustang or a turbo car SHOULD beat us because they should...they are muscle/sports cars and we are a NA sedan. and we are greatful that our cars compete with cars in that class.

that being said the spec V is a great car for its class, it will dust any equally modded civic, neon or any of those other compact cars (exclude WRX ) and they are greatful to even be able to compete with a car like the maxima. give nissan some credit just my .02

 

That was me. I've driven one friend's WRX and another friend's SpecV. They are both fun cars to drive. My friend with the WRX said that the SpecV felt like it had a little less body roll when really pushed, and he liked how the car has usable power under 3k.

But other than that the WRX beats everything about the SpecV except the price tag. My friend got the SpecV for $17,800 but that doesn't include tax, tags, etc..

Also, the SpecV is not the same as the normal SE-R. The SpecV has more power, larger wheels, and a much better suspension.

 

i know maximas that have spun out there. particularly this one that thought he could take the first turn after jupiter at 140mph because he had nittos.

 

I wonder how the prices would compare between a loaded WRX vs. a FI Spec-V, with all FI-necessary mods taken into account...no AWD still though.

Regardless, it'd be cool to have an FI spec-V. Take off the Spec-V badges, and you'd surprise some people at the track who just thought some loser was bringing his Sentra with bolt-ons at most to run. Plus you could probably do all the necessary work for under $25k total

 

i'm trying to find the link where i read that a specV ran 15.1, but i think the forums are down over at freshalloy.com....i may have been wrong if it was stock or not, but i'm almost positive remember that it was stock.

 

Good kill, they put down times similiar to an auto Max with their 5spd. Since alot of us cannot drive a manaul to its full potential I would say auto Max has the advantage most of the time. I just love a silky smooth V6 over a loud buzzy 4, I am getting old.

 

Hope This will clear the thing up..

http://forums.freshalloy.com/ubbthre...rue#Post205884
go to middle page you will see the time slip.

 

for those who say a specv will smoke a stock auto. If it runs a 15.1 wont it do the same to a stock 5-speed

 

it'll be a closer race, but i think the 5spd maximas run like 14.9's

 

What is the "FI?"

 

Was the 15.1 stock? Just because one person run's that fast doesn't mean all SpecV's are that fast. I mean quite a few 5spd slightly modded maxima owners have run low/mid 14s, but it's not too common.

I'd like to see how the SC SpecV runs. There some info about it at freshalloy.com I'm curious though cause first gear is really short, so a SC would make the 1-2 shift even quicker. I can't even imagine??

 

i havent seen a stock 5-speed 4th gen run in the 14's....well by looking at the timeslips

 

specV's are cool but they only have 175 hp.
i think for an auto max it would be tough but a manuel max that would be cake.

 

Forced induction...ala turbo/supercharged.

That's kind of what I dont' get about when people dog the Spec V. How can you say "Only 175hp"? It's a 4-banger that has 175hp and 180lb/ft torque. Where's another NA 4-cylinder that has output numbers (at least on paper) equivalent to that? My first response to that question would be RSX-S, but the 200hp peaks at 7,400rpm, and it only has 142lb/ft torque (@ 6,000 rpm)...so really, power output wise with both hp and torque taken into account, the two are close (not to mention the Spec-V actually has some low-end to bust out of turns, and not make city driving annoying....and costs about $6500 less than an RSX-S).

The main thing people would have to be disappointed in would be a flat top-end, but I'd rather drive a 4-cyl with some low-end than a honda-ish top-end monster (from two years personal experience on the latter). Plus some basic mods could help out the top-end.

 

I'm sure there are a few members who ran high 14s stock in their 5spd Maximas.

 

hey guys...i think freshalloy.com changed something on their site cus these links dont work any more..but check out this guy's site..i found it on freshalloy.com a while back
http://members.***.net/spec-v/1320.html

 

i read this one too awhile back. 15.149@89.12 stock!!
but he probably had very good weather conditions.
http://forums.freshalloy.com/ubbthre...b=5&o=&fpart=1

good lord thats a long url

 

Spec V will kick your maxima a$$

 

blah blah blah, you must think that a fart cann'd civic with intake and pulleys will "own" maxes too eh? thats funny, if my auto can take the vspec (i wasnt really redlining either, and "launched" with my 24lb rims) then a 5spd can take it no prob. that 15.1 was with nearly optimal track conditions, and most likely a very good driver, those results arent exactly typical for a stock vspec.

 

blah, blah, blah, blah

 

Funny alot of guys here want waste their time with those types of cars, they would rather run an IS or Tl or something like that. I usually just let Sentra/Corolla owners do their thing not waisting my gas on them.

 

thats prob. becuase of the way he drove, not because his car couldnt handle it.....

 

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