What's up guys, just had a quick question is flooring your car once in a while a bad thing. I mean I say I do it atleast 5-7 times a day sometimes less. I worry about the transmission and motor, but the sound of the Y pipe, and Injen is so addicting . Is racing once in a while thus pushing your car hard a bad thing too? When I'm driving say 30-40MPH and I floor my car it kind of like jumps up a little downshifts and then moves like a bat out of hell. But when I'm going 50-60+ floor my car it redlines the gear I'm in for a second or two and then downshifts and takes off like a bat out of hell. Going 30-40 doesn't redline the current gear, only sometimes, but it's more of like a jumping feeling, it's hard to describe. Sort of like a burp that's the best way I could describe. I have no power loss, I can chrip second if I'm shifting from 1-2-D, so is that normal? I got about 96K miles.

 

well...several ideas you brought up. Flooring it isnt too bad. Its not the act of flooring it, more of holding gears, high rpms, etc. Flooring it is fine in my book, especially when u only do it 5-7 times a day (man...you have some self control) Yea autos are kinda funny with the insane down shifts...gets all the way up to 3rd (or O/D) and then you step on it, can go down to 1st sometimes and catch you off guard. a VB would help with that lag btw Chirp 1-2 is normal...but u chirp 2-D? wowza, ur car is sounding preeetty healthy.

 

Well it's worse than not flooring it at all. Kills your gas mileage and is pointless. Why do you floor it when there is no point to it, just to hear the car? How about you get a camcorder and record someone driving your car for a few minutes. Whenever you feel like you want to get on it turn on the VCR and problem solved. I floor it maybe 1-2 times a day, and that's only when I see a kid trying to cut me off at the light, if it's an adult I let them go...

 

some people actually like to hear and feel the money they put into there cars....

 

your car redlines when you're going 50-60 MPH? That's strange... my car will only downshift into first if I am at 40 or under. Are you sure? Because to be redlining at like 60, it would have to be going into first, wouldn't it? (since 2nd doesn't redline if you're flooring it till a little after 60, maybe even closer to 70, I *think*) And if you were going into first your car would be like dropping the transmission or something heheh... Maybe I'm wrong though.

Maybe I'm wrong again, but I would think if your engine is in good running condition, the only thing you're hurting by flooring it now and then is your gas mileage...

 

Flooring can influence a lot of used up gas and in a long run the life of transmission and engine. That's why when teenagers drive cars, there are problems and when adults drive cars live forever.

 

Most of the time when I get to a red light, the guy next to me usually floors his/her car. I try not to, but it's so hard. I haven't shaved the rear so they know it's a Maxima, but after I shave it, they'll be like WTF?

The other day I was like 30 minutes from home, but I had to make it near my home in 15 minutes (needed something from friend before he left) so I was driving fast. There was this 02/03 Max next to me who wanted to race or something (I was just in a hurry). The light turned green and he starts going fast so I punch the gas and all you hear is a growl (hacked stock air box) and the guy backed off, but I think he was beeping his horn at me after I got in front of him

It probably does shorten your tranny and engine life, but these engines are built to last Just consider it as a severe driving condition and do your maintainance ahead of time. If you use regular oil, instead of changing it at every 3k, change it at every 2k-2.5k. Have your tranny flushed every 20k-30k. Keep it maintained and you'll be fine. Buy an external tranny cooler

Since you're at 96k, your tranny will probably need a rebuilding if you've driven it like that ever since the car was new, but your engine should be fine.

 

I Churped when I had my Big Heavy A$$ 17" ADR Stage II Rims on from 1-2. They have kuhmo Exta supra Z tires on them

 

I've been driving my car since I was 17 (I'm 25 now).

It's doing fine

 

Personally, I get on it everytime I drive. Course, the clutch is sticky, so I'm doing that no justice, but in regards to tranny wear, I can't imagine how you popping an automatic is good for your tranny. That factory gearbox isn't really made to be shifted like that. I don't know of anyone that has damaged their box that way, and I've never owned an automatic, but just thinking about it seems like it would be unhealthy.

 

I drive my max hard every single day, drove the car i had before hard just like the max. . . it is made to be driven. . . i floor it numerous times a day and i'm at 114K right now. . . had to rebuild the tranny but otherwise, no problems. . . drive the way you like. . . be prepared to put some $$$ into the car if you drive it hard. . . you could always take it easy on your max, but what's the fun in that

 

WHY DO MODERATORS EDIT MY POST WHEN I DIDNT SAY ANYTHING BAD.

 

so did you floor it or what?

 

My 95 gets a complete workout every day. It gets full throttle 0-40 starts around a dozen times a day. I always get 400 miles per 16 gallons (25mpg). Engine and tranny are original and still strong. I think it's silly not to have your car perform because you're worried about repairs because my expierences with maximas has been the opposite.

 

flooring the car once in a while is good for the engine, burns some of that carbon out thats what my professor told us in class for auto technology

 

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this is true... by not going WOT every once and a while, your engine will build up nasty carbon deposits... blocking air/fuel... clogging you IAC... ect.... at my dealership, i've seen so many minivans with clogged ports, injectors, vac. lines, ect.... so in order to fix this, they spend $120 for a TBI... while the v6 mustangs owned by HS kids with the same engines almost never have this problem... b/c they are blowing everything out before it can built up. so, flooring your car is good and bad... it keeps it clean, ... but can cause some premature wear over a long time. but there is always a happy medium...

 

heres some food for thought. my mom drives a camry and i'd say for the past 4 or 5 years, it hasn't seen anything more than 3k rpms. she never floors it, and its never pushed hard at all. so i took the car one day, and i gave it some gas, nothing, nada, didnt go anywhere, finally it downshifted and moved a lil bit, not good. so now im like wtf, so i give it some more gas, then a huge pile of smoke comes out. im thinking MAYBE the deposits in the fuel were never pushed out of the engine since the car was never floored or pushed in the past few years, and when i did it it got the deposits out and they burned, after a few more sessions of hard driving, the car drives alot better now