i own a 99 maxima se, i put colsd air intake along with y-pipe rt cat and stillen cat back exhaust. the other day i raced a mitsubishia galant with a 4 cyl. with the mods i have done it still took a long time to get up to 130 mph. and at 130 that mitsubishi was right with me. i pulled a way alittle up till 135 mph then we started getting into traffic so we had to slow down. this is my wifes car i drive a new vette. to get to 135 mph is at the snap of a finger. i don`t see why evreyone try`s to trick out these maximas. thier still dog`s. they are a nice riding good looking sedan. i have never lost a race in my vette. the max i have lost 1 and won 3 (bairly) this is just my opinion i`m not ripping on anyone,maybe you can let me know what other mod`s besides NOS will get this thing up to 135 mph alot quicker...once you drive a vette you will understand

 

The mevi, sc or turbo will all do the trick... You're comparing two COMPLETELY DIFFERENT classes of cars. No **** you're going to get a better top end with a vette lol... The vette does what it's designed to do, as does the Maxima. The maxima was not designed to be a sports car, although it's not toooo slow for a 4 door grocery getter

P.S. Stock C5 Vette does the 1/4 in mid to low 13's, as i'm sure you know... That time is not THAT ridiculously fast when compared to several of the max's on the org...

 

For instance, I bet I get up to 130 no more than 4 car lengths behind your Vette.

 

Yeah, that's the ultimate salvation. The only car with gobs of torque is a vette.

About the Max and the Galant, I don't think something is right if you're running even with a galant, especially with light mods. You can spend days searching through the archives on here and read what/how much it'll take to get a maxima to perform at any given level possibly down to what your vette runs if it's stock.

I don't really understand the point you're trying to make. If you bought a maxima and thought it was a 100+mph torquey beast then I think you missed your market.

btw, I'd hardly call a 5-speed moderately priced, moderately styled sedan that can squeak just below the 15 sec mark without a single modification a "dog". But if you think so, maybe you shouldn't ever get out of your vette.

 

i bought the car for my wife, then i found this website and with everyone talking about all thier mods i figured i could get the max up to speed. but with the mods it`s still not quick so why put all the investment into it when the return isn`t that great. that`s all. no need to get all defensive. as for the 13 sec`s a vette runs it`s a little faster then that sweetheart..

 

I appreciate the fact that you are making a decent example and not just ripping on us for out choice of vehicles. At least you "tried it before you knocked it."

Like it has been said, you are comparing 2 different things. It is not so much that the max is a "dog" as it is the fact that it is a different type of vehicle. In its price class, not much else with 4 doors can hang with it, modified or stock. True, there is nto a huge tuner market. But you are comapring a relatively impressive 4 door sedan with an efficient 3.0L engine to what is argueably one of the best sports cars available for ITS price. It is kind of like guys with superbikes asking why one would mod a corvette for speed. Different animals. Totally different animals.

 

What kind of speed are you looking for? Like I said, you should be able to search and find what it takes to get to certain levels of speed, typically benchmarked by 1/4mile times.

But you should also keep in mind how your max is performing versus how other people's similar max's are, to determine if you have a problem. And if you were a vette guy I'd hope you'd have some intuition as to possibly when performance (and other) problems were present, and how to troubleshoot/fix them.

People have gotten automatic 4th gens at the least into the 13s. But that takes work and money, not just an exhaust system and an intake.
Take the max as far as you want to, but don't call it out as a dog solely based on what your max is able to do.

btw, I'm not really getting defensive for the maxima's sake - I'm one of the more anti-maxima guys on here probably (relatively...still a good car) I'm just trying to get you to think about what you're asking, and get in the mindset of understanding how you might be able to go about getting your max some more grunt.

 

 

Going from a Vette to a Maxima, of course it feel much slower...no duh!


Why do we mod our Max? I think a better question is why are you comparing a Maxima to a Corvette? And if you think it's a waste in fixing up the Max, please do us a favor, sell the car. Sell it to someone who will appreciate it more. Maybe get your wife a Vette too, or maybe a Viper since a Max isn't fast enough.

 

Back to the original message. Was the galant a VR-4? If not, I just don't understand how he was with you.

 

If it was a vr4, there's no way you could caught up with it. My cousin has one and ran a 14.9 stock. He recently ran a 13.2 with full exhaust, k&n filter, boost controller, 3"ic pipes, and a supra MKIV side mount ic.

 

Follow this link.
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?threadid=178085

Thats what happens when you spend $3500 to $4000 to get a turbo and 3" exhuast that will run side by side if not pass your vette.
Plus lets face it, and I'm not bashing you or vettes, but the general image is they are a ***** with wheels. People look at them and expect them to be fast and the owners to be asses. But, its a whole different feeling when you're driving a car people expect to be a "dog" and you hand them their ***, plus get better gas milage, and much lower insurance and payments.

 

What's the point?

What's the point of this thread? We all know a Vette is faster than a Max. Big deal, no one cares. If all we cared about was outright speed, then none of us would have gotten a Maxima.

 

Oh, wait, this is a street racing thread...

 

He didn't say anything about catching up to it. He just said that he raced and it was pretty much even. If it was a VR-4 then that would make perfect sense, provided the Mitsu was stock.

 

when i got my maxima it was the only car i was even thinking about getting. only car out there that i liked. modding is a hobbie we mod our car scause thats what we have to work with.

if i had a civic i would be modding that thing to but i don't i have a maxima. to you mister vette driver there would be no point. but to me anf alot of the members in this comunity its something we enjoy and take pride in.

besides me personnaly i love having the a mix of everything.

being able to pack a car load of friends and go to vegas. and getting there in about 2.5 hours. you tell me if that is not speed what is. la to vegas in 2.5 hours (traffic permitting) with 4 of my friends in the car.