I've been a 00 5-speed Maxima owner for about 5 days now and I must say I'm extremly pleased with the car's performance: Today I was able to chirp tires shifting into 3rd - and that's with the ac on and a passanger in the car in humid, hot weather with heavy steel wheels! I credit Nissan engineers for squeezing out this much performance from a relatively small motor in a relatively large car. I was close to buying a Lincoln ls, but got a better deal on the Max. I know now that I made the right choice. GO NISSAN!!!

 

Congrats on your purchase and welcome to the org.

 

welcome....here's my first advice: if the car currently has Potenza RE92 tires on it, get the tires changed asap.....they are dangerous in the rain, yet they are our OEM tires

the VQ series engine is one of the greatest mass-produced engine ever....no doubt...

 

irish44j, i'll take your advice on the tires - i don't normally drive at rediculous speeds, but better safe than sorry

 

You don't need to be driving fast to see how terrible those tires are. Replace before winter definately.

Welcome to the .org.

 

The tires suck *** big time.

 

Yep I loved my 00 so much that I went and bought a 97 to replace my old sentra

 

Damn, I've never chirped my tires going into 3rd, much less with the A/C on... of course my clutch is probably a little worn, and I got Michelin Pilot Sport A/S tires

 

I have and so has my friend. But it's a little easier to do with a 3.5.

 

ok that explains it. You have a GXE with steel wheel, read 15" with covers, and these things are not heavy at all, they are 15lb each vs. 27lb for stock 17 SE rims. The stock 15"s are equipped with a POS Dunlop tires what have bad traction. These tires change tend to chirp once you get into 3rd lol. I put on all season Kumhos and now don't think my car can really do that anymore.

 

Yeah, either bald tires or must turning IMO.

I power shift and can barely chirp second in a straight line.

 

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That's strange... I took one of the wheels off and weighed it (w/tire on) - 42lbs. Are you suggesting the tire weighs 27lbs?

I talked the dealer in getting me brand new tires and chirping was achieved in a straight line shifting ~6200 rpm. I must admit it was much less noticable than 1-2 shift.

 

Do you lift before you shift?

Honestly, I can't always chirp 2nd power shifting, so 3rd aint going to happen in my car.

Those smaller/lighter wheels must by why then.

 

I do lift before I shift, although those new tires don't look super high quality

 

what are they?

 

What does that mean "lift before you shift"?

 

same here i power shift with kumhos and only once in grenn purple moon on lsd can i chirp 2nd.

 

They are Potenza RE92 - standard on maximas w/15" rims???

 

get rid if those asap.....if you value your life

 

ahahahaahahaha....thats funny.

 

I can....with great ease. AND I have Pilot A/S? You sure you aint granny shiftin?

 

WTF?

 

I get a 3rd gear Chirp out of Azenis Sport 245-45-17s on Enkei RPO1s with my full bolt on 3.0L. 2nd gear is more like a big patch than anything. I too had 15" RE92s on steel wheels and 5 feet of wheel gap in the front. I remember with 200 miles on the car trying to see if the car has a speed limiter..... damn did it feel floaty at anything over 80MPH. I have 90K miles on my car and I'm on my 8 set of tires in the front. I have lots of diff oppinion on tires.... Azenis Sport are awesome tires if U don't mind the little extra noise and little wet traction they provide. Don't try these in the snow ! I drifted around corners crazy style with Azenis on the back this winter, anything over 5MPH on packed snow would result in a D1 S15 Silvia looking drift. Damn 130MPH speed limter really sucks when racing some non ricer..... it takes very little time... like last nite smoking a 04 Max haha

 

I can more than chirp into 2nd, and I have an auto tranny

 

i'm pretty convinced it's all about the clutch. The 3.5 has massive amounts of torque and even so, i hardly chirp 3rd anymore. I think my clutch has worn down to the point that it just doesn't engage as hard anymore. On my brother's 350z though, believe it or not, i can chirp 1st, 2nd, 3rd, AND 4th. This is on a consisten basis believe it or not. When the clutch grabs in that car there's an audible 'thump' and the tires just hang on for dear life.