Well, my 1997 max was starting to have some bad tranny problems so I had to get rid of it. Kinda sucks after all the hard work and money that I put into it. I was going to stick with nissan but got a good deal on a 2003 VW Jetta 1.8T (5spd) It is a fun car to drive, should be able to make it fast pretty easily. Any of you 4th gen max's raced a stock 1.8T before? Just curious as to how close they are in terms of performance. Take Care

 

bye, good luck in the future

 

I had a run with one on the interstate a week or so ago. The new ones with 180HP standard are just as fast as a stock 4th Gen 5spd. I was able to pull on him a little bit, but never really got a good run due to traffic. If it was a new one, he probably wasn't even chipped. If it was the older one with only 150HP though, he was definitely chipped. That sucker was hauling some serious butt!

The only thing keeping me away from buying a VW are the reliability issues on them. Otherwise I like them

BTW, ignore any retarded "f a g" comments you get about buying a VW.

 

I raced one a couple months ago. I think it was stock but I'm not sure. The Blow-off valve was REALLY loud, maybe an upgrade. He kept hitting the bov after the race even though he lost. At 80mph I had about 2 cars on him.

 

Turbo Jettas are actually very nice, go to this site http://www.bahnbrenner.com/frameset_catalog.html

Chip upgrades are around $300-400 and it increases the HP from 150 to around 190 or so.

Take a look at the performance kits, for about $2400 you can increase the hp from 150 to 250!! Its mainly a Chip and Turbo upgrade, but seriously, jettas are very nice cars, good choice.

 

Thanks, I have the 03 1.8T model though so it is the 180hp engine. I have some big plans for it after I break it in. (only has 102 miles on it right now) Ill still hang around the .org because I love Maxima's and nissan in general. Ill just have a new car. Take Care

 

a kid i know has his dads 2k1 1.8T 5speed. its a pretty quick car. when i had my old stock 96' auto maxima he beat me by like 1 1/2 2 cars upto 80 and i re-raced him with my 97' auto w/ vb. mod, CAI, b-pipe, y-pipe and pulled a little over 2 cars on him.

good choice they are nice cars. good luck

anyone know how 95-97 vr6 GTI 5speeds are stock, compared to my 97' auto with the above mods??

 

when i was lookin into my first car, i ran into a vw gti 1.8t. it wasnt a super fast car but it was very quick. The handeling was very impressive with the suspension upgrade. I felt like i could really hit some high speed turns but my mom and the dealer was with me. Thats another thing, even with a full load of passengers the car felt very strong. Most 4cyl's i know feel week with a full load of passengers. The gti i think is a couple hundred pounds lighter than the jetta, but im sure the jetta has some good handeling.

 

APR makes some good toys for the 1.8T motor.

 

SO let me get this straight, instead of spending $1000-2000 on a new tranny you went ahead and bought a brand new car???????


Nice car though, I'll be looking at 1.8T GTIs when it comes time to buy a new car.


Dave

 

VWs are super, thanks for asking!

 

It wasnt the first time I had tranny problems, I already replaced my tranny once before. Plus the car had 120K miles on it, so just decided to get a new one. lol