when i was getting my max i decided to go wit auto
1. i dont know how to drive stick
2. it's a lot easier wit all the traffic down here in miami

but now i dno sometimes i wish i would have gotten a manual i know they are fast but is it that much significantly faster?
my friend has a 2k3 ser spec v dropped n injen intake n we r both pretty even when we race sometimes. his is manual n he takes off a lot quicker dan me.
what you guys think.

 

big difference, especially in the 3.0 vq. my buddy has an auto 2k, and i have a 5spd 2k. we've raced from just about every roll, and from a dig. it's a joke.

i'll take it a step further. a 5 spd 3.0, give an AWESOME driver, has a 1/4 mile CHANCE against an auto 3.5.

 

[QUOTE=a 5 spd 3.0, give an AWESOME driver, has a 1/4 mile CHANCE against an auto 3.5.[/QUOTE]

I really don't think so I've raced one and the guy who raced me is very good but we both don't have any mod's and I got him by like two cars. If you know how to take off in a auto the stick won't get that much advantage on you at first

 

[QUOTE=imxelite]whats the proper way to take off in an automatic?

 

brake-torque it (or powerbrake, whichever way you call it) to about 2k rpms, let go of the brake and get on the gas at the same time, and off you go.

 

Don't the tires spin?

 

Best of Both world:

CVT(Lots of car company start to use this)
SMG II (BMW M3)
DSG (3.2 Audi TT)
F1 peddle shift (Ferrari)

But until they become more affortable (More common), I still prefer stickshift.

But some of you may notice the speed of technology in Automatic transmission has surpass manual interms of gears.

For example, BMW (think Mercedes too) already start to use 7 speed and 6 speed automatics.

It would be so weird to have 7 speed manual transmission on a stickshift. I mean I don't want to shift like a semi truck where they have like 12 gears to shift.

 

yeah, mercedes is using the 7 speed in their bigger cars

 

a 3.5 altima would take any maxima here

 

unfortunately the altimas would take any max here. i mean think about it its lighter with a kick butt motor.

 

Yes, a little bit, but the best starts always have a LITTLE BIT of wheelspin.

 

WTF, you heretic, this is a maxima forum . Oh and BTW, I drove my friend's mom 3.5 SE auto. I couldn't tell much difference between it and my car performance-wise.

 

wanna trade cars?

 

[QUOTE=imxelite][QUOTE=a 5 spd 3.0, give an AWESOME driver, has a 1/4 mile CHANCE against an auto 3.5.[/QUOTE]

i have to agree with this statement i raced my friend with an auto 2k2 with no performance mods and my 5-speed 2k1 with an intake i stayed with him from 10-90mph.

 

You mean any 3.0 Max, right? 02 and 03 Maxs 6sp are dead even with the 5sp altima.

 

I have beaten a few 00/01's well driven manuals by about 2-2.5 cars through the 1/4 and beyond, our torque just over comes are tranny disadvantage in the beginning. We lose more power to the ground being auto but our torque.

 

 

ahh.....I'm driving the first available generation Maxima with a 6speed....I'd say its a collectors...

...as well as being the first 14 sec Maxima stock out of the box....

 

the altima is a bad a$$ car it looks nice and kicks but its nissan its my bro nissan to me has da best line from da spec v, altima, maxima, and 350z dats crazy da whole line kicks

 

Thats a pretty bold statement there, chief. How do you purport to back that up?

 

I was unaware that any 3.5 Altima could run mid-high 11's

 

You are sure about that?

2003 Maxima, 3239 lbs.

2004 Altima SE, 3246 lbs.

Its a drivers race for all practical purposes, and not worthy of some unfounded blanket statement.

 

wow..my head hurts from reading that.........

BTW SPEC V is GAY nissan RUINED the name when they put it on a 4 door RICEBOX. REAL SE-R fans know what its all about...SR20

 

the SR-20 isn't that great a motor, stock. You gotta put a turbo or two on it to realize its potential.

just look at the numbers

old school SE-R; 2 liters, 140 hp.

newer spec V; 2.5 liters, 175 hp.

 

shouldn't talk when they dont know what they are talkin about..sr20 can boost and put down over 400+ WHP(WITHOUT INTERNAL WORK) where the QR dies at 250 WHP....

BTW, sr20deforum.com is your friend...we got a 200+WHP SR20 all NA.....

and....one turbo is enough on the SR....no one makes a twin turbo SR..its just not needed....