this was my 00 SE 5 speed just b4 i crashed it in 2001.
[http://images.cardomain.com/installs...2_110_full.jpg[/img] nothing was stopping me from going to 160 i had more rpm's to go. compare this with the 03 SE auto !

 

I don't want to sound like an a-hole or anything, so when you read this, read it with a nice tone.

This thread is about 3.5 Automatic Maximas. That means, 02-03 Automatic Maximas. If you don't have one of these, then this thread doesn't really mean anything to you, and your input is not useful in this discussion.


Maximax2:

Has it occured to you that there are 3 auto 2k2's that have responded to the subject of this thread, and all 3 have said that their 3.5 auto Max's have stopped pulling at 130mph? There has been no evidence to support your claim that 3.5 auto Max's can go above this. You have cited a lot of different sources for why we are wrong, but there is one source that you haven't cited... experience. Why aren't those who have hit well over 130 in their 02-03 auto Max's spoken up in this thread?

I realize that this can be seen as an attack on you, but it is not intended to be such. I just don't want to take the time to find the right wording to skate around such an appearance. I would just rather be straight forward... everything is much easier that way.

 

what am saying people, doesn't matter if it's auto or stick or the year of your max (2000-2003), they all have max 160 mph on the dash. My point is, if you know how to drive your max, then you can push pass 140MPH and nothing should stop you from hitting 160.,so MR DLOVE how long have you been behind maximas? DON'T YOU KNOW THAT MAXIMAS DO NOT HAVE SPEED LIMITS, IS NOT THE CAR IS THE DRIVER MR DLOVE. GIVE ME YOUR AUTO AND I WILL SHOW YOU 160MPH. WHEN YOU MEET 135 OR SO YOU HAVE TO STEP OFF THE GAS PUMP IT AND GO BACK FOR AUTOS AND FOR STICK JUST STAY IN 4TH GEAR UNTIL U HIT RED THEN PUNCH 5TH....NIGGGAZ U NEED TO GO TO A DRIVING SCHOOL SO DON'T EVER TELL ME ABOUT TONE AGAIN....TAKE IT BACK DUMMY^

 

yea sure whatever this is about auto maximas and NO we cannot exceed 130 at least in an 02-03 AUTOS. So your tellin me I can't drive because my car won't exceed 130 WTF is that. Please sir make a video of you hitting 160 with just bolt ons. Also for the auto 02-03 that hit above 130 video please. ONCE AGAIN A 5SPD COMES IN HERE TALKIN OUT HIS *** WHEN THE TOPIC IS 02 AUTO TOP SPEED NOT STICK.

 

****** chill. nissan didn't put speed limits on maxima, otherwise the dash board would not have 160 MPH on them , unless am wrong show me some documentation PLEASE! ^ again you can't drive your CAR?

 

HAHAHAHA thats the funniest thing I ever heard. Since when just because the dash board says 160 we can hit 160 HAHAHAHA. I think I can drive my car just fine. After all I am one of the 3 13 sec all motor maximas. Please show me documentation of any non boosted maxima hitting 160 HAHAHAHA there isn't one. As for callin my a ***** HAHAHAHA

 

listen up chicken boy i seen auto that did past 140 and i did passed 145-150 all stock and i had more rpms to go prove you wrong...

 

OK your starting to favor phatguy whats next my mama so fat. BLAH you cannot exceed past 130 in a 02 auto no matter what you try and say nobody has proof. If your so confident then prove me wrong. You sir are a complete moron if you think a stock maxima can hit 160.

 

Man pass the crackpipe over *****, cause Ive yet to see a Max hit 160MPH with a auto tranny ! It needs a blower with a upgraded pulley or a turbo to get it that fast. Yet where ya live... I will run ya to 155MPH in my Max.

 

Correct. The 2000-2003 Auto Maximas SE and under will not go over 130 period. There is a speed limiter there that prevents you. I had a 2000 Auto it would hit 132 and that was it, speed limiter. 02s have hit 130 speed limiter. Some cars don't just have it and some don't, they will all have it or none.

 

Drive by wire systems don't have a actual limiter they hit. The ECU controls the accel to a point and stops. On cable ones there is a limiter since the ecu can't control the throttle.

 

According to this guy we can't drive bc we can't exceed 130

 

Um that was a real stupid comment! lol

No car will ever hit the indicated speed on the speedo unless some serious mods are done.

 

On a down hill with 50% speedo errorr. Possible. lol

 

this just keeps getting better and better. i bet youre one of those guys who deflates his tires once a year to keep stale air out. are you kidding, pump the gas?

 

That's not true, my '99 SE 5-speed will pull just barely beyond the indicated 140...all stock. Never done it, but Motor Trend got 142 on a '95 bone stock with an indicated max of 140.

 

****** shutz up. u in no nuttin but maximas.
i have a video, but the file is too big to put online. one day i wilL be able to show you all how a maxima can meet 160mph stock. anways to all you on this thread, am really sorry i commented and now i'm out, but one thing i have to say is TO ALL THE 3.5 AUTO MAX OWNER THAT CAN'T PASS 130MPH AND COMPLAINING BUT SPEED LIMITER ... TRADE YOU CAR IN AND BUY YOURSELF MAN'S CAR.

 

look everybody its phatguys brother. He also have a video doin 160 hahahaha sure you do

 

So you had a radar gun measuring it? I am dead sure youy did not hit 130 on a radar gun. Speedo at those speeds is VERY inaccurate.

 

Really? I got a picture of my car hitting 132 at the speed limiter.

Learn some grammer man, till then go away!

 

everyone here needs to learn grammer including yourself so you shutz up too cheese boy

 

yeah it hit the limit and can't go more cause you in know how to drive em.

 

 

I don't see anything wrong wtih mine. It seems you can't do anything right in any of your posts.

 

agreed back to the topic the 02 Auto will not exceed 130 b/c of the ecu. If you want to go faster get an apexi RSM. phatguys back

 

I'm not offended, but you haven't been paying attention. I've gone 130+ in both of my auto SE's, and others in previous threads have said the same thing. If I ever figure out how to hit full speed without getting shot on the spot if I'm pulled over, I'll post a video.

Anyway, listen I'm pretty much done with this thread (no offense). Short of proof one way or another (i.e. video of 2k3 SE auto either hitting the speed limiter or not...of course, now that I think about it everyone will just claim it's only proof for THAT car) this thread will go on forever with no conclusion. Everyone gets to have their opinion - this is an internet forum.

 

Well its not a opinion its a fact the auto SE,GXE,GLE will not go over 130 period.

You were dilusional at that speed.

Maybe there is another area we haven't thought about. Maybe the Speedo isn't calibrated the same on all the cars, and the ECU is. You might not be going 130, but 120 but the ecu thinks your going 130 and some people hit the limiter early. Possible.

 

I am fairly sure that Motor Trend had a radar on theirs. Otherwise how would they have known it was 142 when the speedo only goes up to 140 on the 4th gens? My point was just that you were wrong about "no car will do the indicated maximum without serious mods". Some cars' speedometers are more optomistic than others, such as the former gen Eclipse turbo (180 on the speedo!!!). However, there are a few that are a bit PESSIMISTIC. The 4th gen Max (those with 5-speed and no limiter) is such a car. The point being that just because a speedometer has a certain maximum, doesn't mean the car can (or CAN'T) do it necessarily. Depends on the car.

This thread has reduced my intelligence by simply reading the idiocy.

 

Like I said, if your speedo said you were doing 142, you are not doing 142. You are doing 130~.

No car will do the indicated speed that is actually on the cars speedo in real life to a radar gun. I will bet money on it.And we are talking about speedso that are much higher like now. 160, for most cars. Not like 95 on a truck.

 

Some things just aren't worth arguing about...I'm content to know that I'm right.

 

Yeah with 0 proof. lol

 

OK my ? is WTF are 4th gens and 00-01 replyin to the thread for...Do you own a 02 auto no so your 2 cents is not needed in this thread

 

ok, ill leave now.

 

shuddup

 

Lessons I have learned from this thread:

-5 and 6spd SE Maximas have a faster top speed than auto Maximas.
-5 and 6spd Maximas are faster on the highway than 2k2 3.5L autos because of the lousy auto gearing.
-Auto Maximas with "255 HP + mods" still can't break 130 and are not as fast at highway speeds even against 3.0 5psd are just straight up hating.

 

Why is it getting hotter in here?? And why am I here in this handbasket??

 

I remember posting something about this last year, i may be off by an MPH or two but when i tested my 2k2 Auto i had my GPS with me and i was able to take it up to +/-143mph before i shut off. The speedo was, IIRC, off by about 5 mph.

 

Everybody ignored that post of mine. Oh, well. Here is a foreign car magazine test of European version of Nissan Maxima. I must emphasize, that Maxima is very different from ours.

All numbers are in pairs, in kilometers per hour, real speed, first; speedometer reading, second.
real/reading: 56/60; 95/100; 133/140; 173/180

To get mph from kph just divide by 1.6. As you can see the READING AT TOP SPEED IS OFF BY 5 MPH.

 

I had a old Isuzu I-Mark Turbo with a speedo of 85MPH, the car would do 115MPH stock, my old conversion van would hit the speed limiter at 100MPH- yet the speedo is only up to 85. Motor Trend got 142 out of a 95 Max SE 5spd, and raved about it how it just won Car of the year and now it supprised them even more. Since I got mad hookups at Nissan- used to work there, I will test out a 03 Max on the highway and let ya all know what it does- I drove a 02 Auto SE- hated it compared to my 5spd 01... it was slooooow. I know for a fact that all Maximas with Auto Trannies stop at BUCK THIRTY. **** mine would shut off at 135 on the speedo- yet my scan tool- bling bling PalmPilot interferrance... would say 130MPH on the VSS. It lets off till 125MPH and goes full speed up to 135MPH. It feels like hitting a rev limiter in 1st gear in a 5spd or 6spd- its pretty voilent- but I dunno about yall... my Max makes more power at the wheels than some 3.5s... and way more than Autos. 14.1@101MPH verrrrry traction limited- on stock steel wheels and OE Pollowtenza tires.

 

THATS DAMN RIGHT!!!!!! ANY TOP END RACE FOR ME SUCKS!!!!!!!!! BUT 0-60 RUNS are ok