Well I killed my tranny lastnight....
Myfriend called me and told me he bought a 2003 Sentra SE-R V-spec
and wanted to show me..
He came over and we talked yada yada.. car was nice man...

Well after awhile he started trying to bash the maxima....
Well he hit the nerve from being so cocky, I said let's go...
We went to my friends (private road) "NO TRAFFIC OR HIGHWAY"
Nice black tar turf/brand new

Anyway we lined up.. took off, he held with me to 1st, then the max left his @$$.... well, he couldnt believe it, and wanted to go again... I accepted,
we lined up, "Im an Auto" when I stoped to line up I hit the gear selector and moved it right between N & D "ON ACCIDENT" AND Floored it, car didtnt move and a bang followed by a constan grinding... she's gone even in P I can push the car foward like it would be in N ..

But just wanted to let everyone know my dumb@ss stuck up for the maxima name, beat the the sentra se-r v-spec... but lost the tranny...
Oh well you live and you learn!

 

Look at it on the bright side....its time for 5MT swap

 

Well, I had to get it fixed fast so, I looked into a 5 speed, but I coouldnt get one in time, didnt have the money for a lockable auto... so i got a non-locking auto with 102,000 miles for 300$ Oh well... I needed it fast... the tow truck just took it about 10 minutes ago to the shop!

 

Hey I just thought about something...
I never asked if the tranny I bought has Over Drive!!!

Do all maxima's have Over Drive?

 

yea.......

 

well, another neutral drop story

 

o snape............

 

so people do that often?

 

I thought people only did that to old Plymouth/Dodge K cars and stuff.....people do this to their Max?

 

i saw this happen to my friends max. he had it converted to rwd. NO IDEA WHY AND WHAT HIS MOTIVATION WAS. but he neutral dropped it at 6k and BAMM! the driveshaft shot off and punched a hole in the tranny.

 

um what max converted to rwd??????????? more infoz please...

 

it was a 93 third gen. my other 91 SE is being converted but not very motivated so its an on going project

 

got any pics or more general info

 

ill take pics tomorrow. we used the same basic layout as a 96 tbird. sadly enough

 

Yeah, not a good idea to neutral drop until you're up to a 5sp swap.

Good job showing the Sentra who's boss though. Owned by an auto Maxima... oh snap!

 

its never good to drop a tranny like that.

 

I would also like to see pictures of the converted rwd maxima. Seeing is believing.

 

a rwd maxima???? damn now thats a conversion i would love to do!!!!

 

That's a first. Post up more info.

 

wow i didnt think he neutral dropped it but after reading it looks like he did. my transmission is going out and from a stop it actaully feels like its kinda in neutral (when its in drive) and when i press the gas it starts moving forward slowly and then BANGS into gear as if i was neutral dropping it...i hope i dont get stranded somewhere, i've got a couple more runs to make

 

I'm calling Bravo Sierra on the RWD swap maxima until I see pics. I know a thing or two about cars (have done engine and tranny rebuild, plus one frame-up resto of a Brono) and I know for a fact that you'd spend much more money converting a max to RWD (converting = re-engineering) than you would spend on buying an equivalent speed rwd car.

Just think of the engineering problems you'd have to overcome... If you use the VQ engine and rotate it to be inline instead of transverse then your throttle body is goung to point at the firewall. What tranny do you use with it? Why would you go to all that trouble and use an auto? What rear axle/diff do you use and how do you mount it? The stock steering rack is attached to firewall - in the way of a RWD tans. You'd have to replace it with a steering rack that goes under the engine ahead of the front knuckles - meaning new knuckles that have the steering arms at the front not the back. The stock fuel tank would be in the way and have no 'tunnel' to allow a propshaft through. The floor of the car does not have a transmission tunnel.


SO, with all this said (and that's just what I could think off the top of my head in 30 seconds) there is no way on God's green earth that you can economically convert a maxima to RWD. Not gonna happen.

Of course, with enough $$$ anything is possible. But who's gonna spend that kind of money. I have to believe that you're going to be either spending enough money to buy a 350z, or enough man hours that you could have instead gotten a part time job and made enoguh $$ to buy a 350z.

Pics or BS.

 

Ok just wanted to let everyone know,

I "DID NOT" drop my car from N TO D...
I did not rev it up in N and trow it into D..

"Im an Auto" when I stoped to line up I hit the gear selector and moved it right between N & D , Floored it" Thinking it was in D but it was in the middle of D and N..

This was an "ACCIDENT"

 

It wasn't an 'accident' in terms of claiming on your insurance. It's just a mechanical failure, which is considered normal wear and tear. Especially if you race people.

I feel bad for ya man - I'm not getting on you, I drive 'with enthusiam' myself. Just saying that your insurance won't call it an "accident"...

 

yeah I know, I didnt call my insurance, just took it straight to the shop...
I just didnt want people thinking I REV'd up in N and threw in into D...
Anyway she'll be back soon... and yeah i wanna see this 3rd gen rwd also

 

heres a note to everyone wanting to convert to rwd, its not cheap, not reliable, and not fun doing. unless you find a conversion kit for maximas do not attempt.

 

Well I got the max back today!!! Ended up paying less and returning the tranny I bought... My tranny allready in the max was fine!
Come to find out, I broke the passenger side axel in half.
I also broke what the guy called "The Half Shaft"
So my total for a brand new axel and half shaft + install & tranny flush = $359


NOT BAD AT ALL

 

very nice dude, good to hear!!! All's well that ends well!

 

oh MAN u r a lucky guy, REALLY LUCKY, i say u celebrate by racing someone again---NOT!

let this be a lesson to paying attention to the shifter

 

RWD Maxima =

 

you blew out your CV joints sounds like

 

Are you hiding? Lets see pics of this RWD max.

 

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its our max'es so much power ! oh and if cars were meant to be nuetral dropped, they'de have they're own shift letter between nuetral and drive.

 

I neutral dropped an Audi GT4S many years ago. 4 hours later I finally got home after having had to walk 3 miles to a farmhouse to use their phone. (before cellphones were affordable) then waiting on a wrecker out to the boonies. It was the CV joint on the outboard end that was busted. $250 later I was back on the road.