4th Generation Maxima (1995-1999) Visit the 4th Generation forum to ask specific questions or find out more about the 4th Generation Maxima.

OK, so how much will I be spendin...

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 04-14-2007, 10:07 PM
  #1  
Cookin' with Gas!
Thread Starter
 
goobergo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Grand Junction, CO
Posts: 179
OK, so how much will I be spendin...

Please forgive me in advance for this silly question... I just bought my Max from a buddy of mine and I want it to go REALLY FAST. How much would I be in the hole for a turbo versus a supercharger... Not too sure about either one, but I am not filthy rich either. I sorry if I sound too much like a New-B, 'cause I am. By the way, I drive an automatic. Thanx, y'all!
goobergo is offline  
Old 04-14-2007, 10:59 PM
  #2  
Senior Member
iTrader: (7)
 
Cdg2125's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: CT
Posts: 4,640
SC/Turbo forum....looking at a lot of money either way. SC 3.5 would be my idle setup. If you don't have a lot of money then this thread is over since SC will cost $2000 used. Plus it's hard to find everything you need.
Cdg2125 is offline  
Old 04-15-2007, 01:30 AM
  #3  
Senior Member
iTrader: (6)
 
abomb1987's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Maple Shade NJ, 08052
Posts: 388
Originally Posted by Cdg2125
SC/Turbo forum....looking at a lot of money either way. SC 3.5 would be my idle setup. If you don't have a lot of money then this thread is over since SC will cost $2000 used. Plus it's hard to find everything you need.
exactly
abomb1987 is offline  
Old 04-15-2007, 06:39 AM
  #4  
Supporting Maxima.org Member
iTrader: (14)
 
JwaxMax99's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: SE Wisconsin
Posts: 836
Really, if you wanted to "go really fast" you should have started with a different car.
JwaxMax99 is offline  
Old 04-15-2007, 07:12 AM
  #5  
Senior Member
iTrader: (85)
 
99BlackMaxMS's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Wrentham,MA/Smithfield,RI
Posts: 4,517
I would drop a 3.5 in if you are looking to gain some speed. Put it on a diet and add some nitrous and youre about as fast as you would be with a turbo/supercharger with better and easier parts to work with. Save some money start by dropping a 3.5 in.
99BlackMaxMS is offline  
Old 04-15-2007, 07:59 AM
  #6  
Senior Member
iTrader: (1)
 
willard00's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 1,238
Originally Posted by JwaxMax99
Really, if you wanted to "go really fast" you should have started with a different car.


Originally Posted by 99BlackMaxMS
I would drop a 3.5 in if you are looking to gain some speed. Put it on a diet and add some nitrous and youre about as fast as you would be with a turbo/supercharger with better and easier parts to work with. Save some money start by dropping a 3.5 in.
3.5 (depending on year) is only about 30hp faster than our 3.0s. it would cost probably $500 for the engine and maybe like, $1000? for somone to install it(throwing a number out..not exactly sure. i know someone on this site had extra 3.5s and sold them and installed them for $3000). and ide be careful with adding nos without building up the engine. i know these vq's are strong but personally i would not add nos to any engine that was stock. just to make sure it didnt get blow to hell and leave me with no car and no money to fix it.
willard00 is offline  
Old 04-15-2007, 08:08 AM
  #7  
Senior Member
iTrader: (85)
 
99BlackMaxMS's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Wrentham,MA/Smithfield,RI
Posts: 4,517
All 3.5s are 255-270 hp, depending how they are tuned. That is a 65-80 HP increase...I think you are thinking of the VQ30DE-K, (2000,2001) with the 00VI making about 30 more hp than the VQ30DE.
99BlackMaxMS is offline  
Old 04-15-2007, 08:18 AM
  #8  
Senior Member
 
Bobo's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 6,190
You are trying to make a silk purse out a sow's ear, given you are starting off with an autotragic.

That was your first mistake. Don't compound them.
Bobo is offline  
Old 04-15-2007, 09:12 AM
  #9  
Senior Member
iTrader: (7)
 
Cdg2125's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: CT
Posts: 4,640
the fact he has an automatic doesn't matter. There are a few guys running automatic on here that are faster than the majority of the org. Jime being one. He's auto and runs one of the fastest times on here. Actually I think a few of the top guys are auto. Auto doesn't prohibit being fast IMO.
Cdg2125 is offline  
Old 04-15-2007, 09:24 AM
  #10  
Senior Member
iTrader: (85)
 
99BlackMaxMS's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Wrentham,MA/Smithfield,RI
Posts: 4,517
I wouldn't want an auto with a fast car...only because you have a harder time controlling wheelspin. I feel much more comfortable driving a manual rather than an auto....mainly because you have complete control of the car.
99BlackMaxMS is offline  
Old 04-15-2007, 09:28 AM
  #11  
Wild for Width
iTrader: (23)
 
Fr33way™'s Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Atlanta
Posts: 6,520
For starters 5-8K.

When boosting a car that was N/A from the factory there is alot of know-how that needs to be learned or you will have petty problems all the time.
Fr33way™ is offline  
Old 04-15-2007, 06:02 PM
  #12  
Senior Member
iTrader: (1)
 
willard00's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 1,238
Originally Posted by 99BlackMaxMS
All 3.5s are 255-270 hp, depending how they are tuned. That is a 65-80 HP increase...I think you are thinking of the VQ30DE-K, (2000,2001) with the 00VI making about 30 more hp than the VQ30DE.
yea youre right, i was thinking 01's. my mistake
willard00 is offline  
Old 04-15-2007, 06:21 PM
  #13  
Senior Member
iTrader: (3)
 
wuzzy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: RI
Posts: 532
Maxima's arent race cars
wuzzy is offline  
Old 04-15-2007, 06:39 PM
  #14  
Wild for Width
iTrader: (23)
 
Fr33way™'s Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Atlanta
Posts: 6,520
What does that have to do with anything? I don't recall what type of racing the thread starter was interested in doing, can you point that out for me?
Fr33way™ is offline  
Old 04-15-2007, 07:02 PM
  #15  
dot dot dot ...
iTrader: (22)
 
NmexMAX's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Santa Fe, NM
Posts: 34,588
Originally Posted by willard00


3.5 (depending on year) is only about 30hp faster than our 3.0s.
Torque pwn3s you.


This thread has the potential to make baby Jesus
NmexMAX is offline  
Old 04-15-2007, 07:05 PM
  #16  
i has college
iTrader: (11)
 
EnervinE's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: KCMO-ish
Posts: 1,367
Okay, you can't even do the research to figure out how much you'll be spending. Do you really think you're going to do the research on a 3.5 swap and SC install?
EnervinE is offline  
Old 04-15-2007, 07:09 PM
  #17  
Senior Member
iTrader: (1)
 
willard00's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 1,238
Originally Posted by NmexMAX
Torque pwn3s you.


This thread has the potential to make baby Jesus
...what?

10char
willard00 is offline  
Old 04-15-2007, 07:16 PM
  #18  
dot dot dot ...
iTrader: (22)
 
NmexMAX's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Santa Fe, NM
Posts: 34,588
I don't feel like explaining because no one cares about the shape of the curve. And everyone likes to point out peak advertised #'s. Useless I tell you.
NmexMAX is offline  
Old 04-15-2007, 07:24 PM
  #19  
Senior Member
iTrader: (1)
 
willard00's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 1,238
haha gotcha. i was just tryin to point out that he'd only gain about 30 HP for over $1000. but i was thinking of the wrong engine anyway. so nevermind i guess. lol
willard00 is offline  
Old 04-15-2007, 08:21 PM
  #20  
Senior Member
iTrader: (10)
 
maxima_kenny96's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 1,450
3.5 w/ turbo....that would be fun, I would like to see a 4th gen with that.
maxima_kenny96 is offline  
Old 04-15-2007, 08:40 PM
  #21  
Senior Member
iTrader: (7)
 
ImmaSquashYou's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Alexandria, VA, & Central Jersey
Posts: 2,647
Originally Posted by wuzzy
Maxima's arent race cars
and neither was a school bus that ran a 6-7 sec quarter mile.
ImmaSquashYou is offline  
Old 04-27-2007, 04:24 PM
  #22  
Junior Member
 
Doriftomodachi's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 18
Originally Posted by wuzzy
Maxima's arent race cars
Yeah they are. Didn't you see the one in the fast and the furious? haha j/k.

Yeah plan on spending 5-8k like posted earlier. Turbo or supercharger, intercooler and plumbing, internals and/or bigger block, injectors, fuel management, gauges, exhaust and dyno tuning add up really quick.
Doriftomodachi is offline  
Old 04-27-2007, 10:44 PM
  #23  
Senior Member
iTrader: (7)
 
Cdg2125's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: CT
Posts: 4,640
Originally Posted by Doriftomodachi
Yeah they are. Didn't you see the one in the fast and the furious? haha j/k.

Yeah plan on spending 5-8k like posted earlier. Turbo or supercharger, intercooler and plumbing, internals and/or bigger block, injectors, fuel management, gauges, exhaust and dyno tuning add up really quick.
not sure about the big block idea....
Cdg2125 is offline  
Old 04-27-2007, 11:02 PM
  #24  
Senior Member
 
andrei3333's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 2,391
waste of money, this whole thread is waste of money -- invest in a v8
andrei3333 is offline  
Old 04-28-2007, 12:52 AM
  #25  
Senior Member
 
Nissan 6's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Bartlett, IL
Posts: 3,595
o snape..................let him do what he wants do to, foe sho
Nissan 6 is offline  
Old 04-28-2007, 05:39 AM
  #26  
faster than you think
iTrader: (6)
 
tedo007's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Eufaula, AL
Posts: 1,766
10 Gs to make it go fast
tedo007 is offline  




All times are GMT -7. The time now is 02:55 AM.