I agree. After you get some experience working on these cars, it just becomes second nature. You can pick up another pretty cheap depending on where you look, and this car isn't hard to take down and put back togther. Just have a 10mm 12mm 14mm and 17mm you can strip a lot of the car down with just that.

 

It depends on if you can drive a stick good, or not. And by good I don't mean getting it up into the High RPM's to listen to the big VQ and burning your clutch while doing so. If thats you. Please don't get a Manual, Spendy in that case. I had a manual - Let my mom drive it, She managed to run into a parked motorcycle trailer on the side of the road. - Totalled, Sittin in the junkyard. I got an automatic and it's Quite boring to drive. Unless you enjoy eating while driving Like Ice-cream.

 

I happen to have an auto but I am going to get a 5MT swap in the summer. The reason is I wouldnt be able to swap all the parts from my current maxima to a 5MT. I have to sell the current one to get another one.
The price for the swap can range anywhere from 1000 (with all used parts and all the work done by you) to 2000+ if a shop does it with some new parts. All depends on what you want.

 

hey for who ever said the auto is a waste to modd go check out the race section ive destroyed plenty of cars in my modded auto max,even other modded stick maxes so dont be so quick to judge an auto because autos can be just as fast if not faster then a stick and you never have to worry about ****** up a shift...always a perfect chrisp shift....thats my 2 cents

 

in my opinion, its mostly about convenience... in an auto u can eat and drive no problem... in a 5spd its a bit more difficult to do so... either one can be fast.... but if u were really looking for fast drag times... an a32 isnt the way to go, 5spd or not. but if u want to stand out from the sea of civics and integras... stick with your maxima auto or 5spd... i myself started with auto cuz it was given to me by my uncle plus i didnt kno how to drive stick at the time. just do wat u want, its ur car... dont let anyone change the way u think just cuz its not wat everyone else is doing.

 

i agree with icedout... i drive the touge (mountain roads) and not having to worry about shifting allows me to concentrate on learning the course as well as finding the best lines to take in certain situations.

 

In general I'd say yes it can be worth it mod an auto but it sounds like you are going for pure preformance and simply moving to a 5 speed car will likley give you a performance improvment so I'll agree with most here. Sell the auto find a 5 spd and start off from there.

 

This is kinda off topic but still in here.For the guys who talk about eating while driving.its easy way to have an accident and why would you eat in your car.i hate it when someone wants to eat or opens food or anything in my maxima to eat.that cars not for that and i wanna keep it well maintained and possible.

 

5-spd swap FTMFW!

 

Because We are fat Or just on the brink of starving to death. Besides it's proven physically impossible to eat a mcflurry while driving manual. My friend can prove it - He decided he was going to try it. And what happened? He hit a snow bank. Now the front end of his 2002 LS1 Camaro is all hanging on with some bungie cords. Now that looks Mean I don't know about you but I clean my car out (REALLY CLEAN) About 3-4 times a month. If not more depending on the situation. So thats not a worry. 5-speeds are fun. and make you feal like a man. Automatic is, meh... you know. Fun? at times? I don't know how reliable a 5 speed is going to be when you're trashed and trying to drive home one friday night.


If you have an auto you might as well throw a bunch of suspension mods on it. and race your friends v8 domestic around the block a few times. Until he gets mad cause your wippin his butt and wants to drag . then you go home and say you're out of gas

 

Pssh. Hold mcflurry + spoon with left hand, drive with left wrist on wheel and elbow on door for stability. Get up to speed, shift into 4th and eat.

 

Lol, or just put a knee in the stearing wheel and left foot on the gas and go baby.

 

Yes it's worth it to mod an auto.
I think theres less then 5 guys here with manual 3.0 n/a cars that are faster in the 1/4 mile then my auto 3.0 n/a car.
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=475558

 

Dude i just check out your times and your car....HOLY **** that is a fast auto. ive seen ceasars chariot smoke fast cars with 5spd modded n/a and run a 13.8 at 98mph and if your doing it in 13.8 at 101mph...thats pretty sicky

 

It's like a win win, His car is fast and gets the ladies. Although having 1 seat is bad. cause then all them ladies have no wheres to sit..

 

That ok they can sit on his lap.And even tho the car is auto,the girl can learn to drive stick lol

 

That car got less then 100 miles on it after i built it before i tore it down.So it hardly got driven. You can't have a fast car and expect it to be a daily driver. I have other maximas to drive and only one ladie anyway.

 

lol for real or something like the scarymovie 1 or 2

 

Not too fun when the cop pulls up next to you

 

I'm sure glad you labled this statement IMO because this sure aint fact!
Where do you guys come up with these ideas?

 

This post actually makes allot of sense, i agree on it

 

Super or turbocharge it, Thats a good way to make your auto hit faster than 14.5's :-\
there is a 4th gen AT supercharged about 50 miles where I live. I see him up in some of the 1/4 tracks every now and then. he's got a pretty fast car.

 

Hey if i had a choice i would of got a 5spd max. I was lucky to find a 96 maxima around here let alone a 5 spd.I got it used from a dodge/chrysler dealership, the thing was was in the back,rotten away i had to get my hands on it. I sware around my town im the only 18 yr old(was 17 when i got it) crusin a sexy car like a maxima.I busted my *** while going to school for the car and payed 4k for it.Been puttin money into it every since.So i didnt have a choice but i knew it was a diamond in the rough so i got it and im one of a kind driving around.(except for the new maximas)Iam the only one modding a 4th gen,a fast 4th gen too.The only thing im missing is leather,i got all the other extras. So for 18 auto or 5spd i got an amazing car. Later in the future ill be making a 5spd out of it

 

hahahaha im sorry if i offended anyone about the whole eating while driving in an auto is easier than in a 5spd. and i wasnt saying that eating in a 5spd is impossible either just a bit harder... sheeesh guys haha im just saying y i like having an auto rather than stick... any way u look at it, just get wat u want, do wat u want with it, and drive how u like. dont let anyone else tell u its not how u should do it, thats their opinion...

 

I used to have a stick and now I have an auto.
Now I can wait to sell the auto and get a stick again.
It just makes driving soooo fun.

 

Lol, I know what you mean about that. I had been (or forced to) save up for a car since I was 10. I had to put all my xmas / bday / any other money into a savings acc. And when I was 14 I had about 3/4 enough so get a 97 maxima SE with about 80k miles on it. My dad helped pay for the rest I felt really cool driving to school in a Maxima when I was 14 (with a school permit) It was cool. Everybody that sees my car says its SUPER gay. Until they ride inside it. or drive one (cause they sure as hell arn't driving mine) Then they say OMG I want one. I hate people that say its a Chick car -_-...

Also about a few months ago I ****ed up my car pretty bad by blowing bottom bolt bearing, and pretty much Destroying the transmission. It had been at a junkyard "storage lot" for about 2 months, by that time I saved up enough money to eaither do 1 of about 2 things. Get a new engine & tranny. Or just a new maxima. I looked into alot and there were a few 5 speeds that were within about 500 miles of me. all of which had 100k miles or more. I didn't really want that. And my junkyard man found me a 9,000 mile motor out of 98 maxima that had been completely rear ended. and the tranny too. he also found me a 5 speed tranny. and a VQ35, I had already been w/o the car for such a long time i was just in a hurry to get it back. SO I told him go with the 9k and auto tranny. (since he said this wouldn't take him as long as the other stupid).. so I kinda had him rush it so I could get it back. (missed her for 6 months ) Now that I have it I kinda which I threw in that 3.5 or the manual. The cars fun to drive. But. 5 speed makes you look cooler.

Oh and at that. before I blew my engine I had bought new CV shafts for it. then when I got the new tranny apparently it was LSD so, and You have to get new CV shafts for that or else, as I found out. You leak tranny fluid like a ----- and the car tends to .. suck alot. so I ended up paying ALOT on this car. :"( but for a 9k motor and tranny and brand new CV shafts. Eh, I think it was somewhat worth it.

 

I have an auto and Its modded for performance. I will be one day doing the 5speed swap and engine swap but Im lovin it. I wanted a 5speed but I couldnt pass this deal up on this one. Its hard to find a 95 max in prestine condition with only 67k miles on it.

 

What mods you have on it? Is it pretty quick?

I'm currently saving up for full cattman exhaust. I should have it before Maxus. And a little OT but you can't buy Cattman headers from a site can you? Because I don't want to buy full cattman exhaust. then find out I can buy the headers. and have to take out the y pipe and cat.. -_- and then try and sell it on ebay as a used item

 

Manuals are for driving purists who drive for pleasure. Autos are for lazy commuters who want to multitask and pay as little attention to the road as possible.

If there were no autos we'd have less bumper to bumper traffic because people wouldn't be so happy to sit there and modulate the clutch every 2 seconds. There would be less traffic, less wasteful driving, people would be more focused on their driving, fewer collisions, and the world would be a better place.

 

Is it more so that auto's accumalate to more of the crashes or there are just less manual drivers out there? I think it doesn't really matter if it's auto or manual. Everyone will loose focus for a second or two. There is no way you can say that if a Ferrari passed you on the road, you would maintain focus. You know you would take your eyes off the wheel for a bit... just my .02

 

Yeah ferrais are nice but personally if i had a ferrari in my hands, id sell it and buy something worth modding, R34 Nissan Skyline GT-R....can you say 900HP of fun.That would turn my head a ferrai..ok there nice and WAY over priced and they are more for guys who **** theirself if rain touches the paint.lol IMO

 

As much as I hate that post...I gotta say it's partially true. A lot of accidents are autos since people don't pay attention when they drive. I drive an auto and I'm fine with it. It's fast enough for me and I don't really want to deal with shifting. I do pay attention but like not having to pay attention to shifting. One day I might do a 3.5 and 5spd swap or a de-k and 5spd for a little more whp, but for now I'm fine with having an auto. My family doesnt drive stick a lot and I know my father is the only one in the family that can drive one. So if I do a stick, I could be getting into trouble if only my father can drive it in an emergency. So I would say yeah it's worth modding the auto cause it's still you're daily driver, you're not modding just to run at the track, and you can always swap in the 5spd later.

 

Lol, good luck with that. As I remember R34's and 32's are illegal, and can't be registered with the DOT. only the, *I belive* 93-99 R33's can be registered.. Good luck getting one -_-

 

What are you talking about?

 

Not sure. I read somewhere that eaither the R32, or R33 (pretty sure it was the 32. and the R34 cannot be registered through the DOT in the US. Or imported to the US.

I know there is a thread on it. ---> search it x_x

 

I just don't know what you mean with the r34? I didn't mention anything with r34 or r33. That's what I don't understand. What are you actually refering to that can not be registered?

 

He quoted the wrong guy, he meant to quote post #71, not #72.

 

Thanks VQuick. I ignored the other post so I didn't realize that. Thought he was talking crazy to me lol. And yeah, I thought one of them was illegal in the states as well.

 

Uh.. yeah sorry for the confusion

 

No problem, its saturday...I'm brain dead.