ok well i notice our cars have excellent take offs but on the higway if you punch the gas the car jsut revs high as hell but the car doesnt really get up and go you know, my freind has a fully STOCK 93 lexus sc300 with 240,000 on the clock, its a v6 and only came with like 200hp and if we line up on the high way at 50mph and both punch it , he will take me by like 5 cars, but on take off ill kill him by 5 cars so it goes to show you our 03 auto maximas on the higway are CRAP ! im sorry i loved my maxima but im starting to hate it becuase it sooooo slow on the highway........

sounds like its time for headers for you.

That's the same thing I've seen with my 5.5 gen auto. From a dead stop, I will smoke my friend's 92 bmw 325i with chip. But with a rolling start, he'll roast me with no problem.

i know what the hell is wrong with our cars ???? a 93 lex with 240k on the clock can kick my behind STOCK and i got a cai too, i mean c'mon i got 255hp stock he has 200hp and is SOOO old..... im so heated ! thats it im ganna proberly get headers and im ganna roll with him again and if he passes me im selling the max !

well i dont know bout yall.. but 3.0 will Fly if you punch it when your going 60. back end will drop wheels will somtimes even sqheel if im really lucky. ( just playing bout the wheels spinning) but it seems to really get up and go at higher speeds. i have beaten my friends 5spd Bmw 325I from roll.. and its a 98 ! so you all should be killing em both ways, do the drop resistor mod thatll help

Can you please fill me in on the drop resistor mod? I'm not really on the up and up with the .org lingo.

BTW, when I did the rolling start with my friend, I had a full car while he only had one passenger in his car. According to that friend, he said the amount of passengers doesn't matter during a rolling start.

I would suggest a few things for the auto 3.5 guy.

I would definatly look into a TS ecu, it will increase your rev limit, as well as remove the governor. It will also come with fuel remapping better tuned to the way you want to drive, as well as advance your timing a bit.

Don't think your friends sc300 has anything on you. It is an NA supra pretty much(motor), but you should not be losing to the guy. I would have to wonder about what's going on here.

It could also be that your friend is a better driver then you (no offense).

well we are both auto and basiclly all we we do it jsut punch it on the highway we dont do it when other ppl are around or none of that its not about skills or anythign jsut bacilly punching it to the floor and thats it , we dont go in and out of lanes jsut str8 aways and he eats me up !

You sure your tranny's not slipping?

how would i know if my tranny was slipping ? i dont feel any abnormal shifting or anything.

you know what... i have the same feeling. I can kick *** from start, but when i want a push from 50-80 i dont feel the pull i used to have with my 180hp Camry V6.

I was driving my friend's 2002 3.2TL (not type s) and i felt her pick up was actually better than mine.... weird.

Make sure the intake manifold opens up, maybe try reseting the ECU. You should have no problem beatting an older SC300, I just had a match up with some Nissan salesman driving a G35 auto sedan. we went from the light cause he was aggravaging me really bad. I pulled EZ 3 cars onhim to 85MPH with a really crappy launch. And I have a really slow 3.0 5spd.

Very interesting... never knew this was a problem for the AT guys... I'm not a street racer, but I'm pretty sure I get good pull from 60 to 100+, def more than a WRX with a turbo-back exhaust .... then again, might just be because I have more control over the shifting....

yeah when i installed my intake, i never resetted my ECU..... hm..

can i just use the thread on the FAQS to reset ECU... when i read that thing, all i see is STEP ON GAS FOR 10 seconds, then step on it more... lol

I've noticed the same thing on my Max. I think it has to do with what speed your rollin when you hit it. I've noticed if I'm rolling too fast it won't kick down to 2nd for instance and the revs are too low for any real excitement. Try a 40 roll,50 roll,60 roll. I think when I puch it from like 55-60 it's a dog but if hit it from 40 or 70 it's much better cause you're in the powerband. Learn the speeds your car stays in the powerband when you punch it and go for a re-match

Just leave the negative terminal unplugged for 24 hours...

But seriously... and people correct me if I'm wrong... after installing something like an intake or y-pipe, don't ya leave the negative terminal disconnected for some hours (somewhere between 6-24 hours, I've heard) and then after you've reconnected it, drive normally a couple hundred miles, then "drive like you stole" for a bit so that the ECU can re-learn?

never notice that until now. I was just messing around on highway and I slammed it to the floor going 80...the car downshifted into 3rd gear and it took 19 sec to reach 120. It was reving somewhat slow. I got a video of that if anyone can host for me.

Heh I love my 6-speed. I work nights and I come across a 4 mile 4 lane bridge on my way home everynight. Some time I get to have fun with a someone. I ran into a fellow maxima owner the other night with a 2k3 and had a little fun with him no matter what speed I pulled away from him, he was an auto. I didn't realize how much the auto hurt the top end till that night and I was so glad I went with the 6-speed. Sidenote: I haven't lost yet on that bridge.

I was checking out my car on the way home from work and 50-80 feels nice and strong cause it kicks down to 2nd and the rpm's are right at the begining of the sweet spot. 60-80 feels okay but hitting from 50 feels better and 70-80 feels slow the rpms are too low in 3rd. Didn't try any others cause I don't need another ticket

i have yet to feel any issues with my 2k 5-spd, she pull nice and hard all the way up too 140, and i especially love the 1st and 2nd gear rolls.

ok i tryed the 40 roll , 50 roll,and 60 roll, he even gave me 1 car head and still went right past me , on every roll the the gears droper and the cr felt like it was ganna jsut go from 60 to 140 in 2 sec but it jsut revs high as hell but theres not really any go you know , but from a start ill have em by lke 3 cars, wow our maximas are .....sh*t on the highway compared to those cars, i mean he leaves me like im standing still !

I believe your Maxima has major issues so how about getting it checked out. My 02 Auto is back to stock now, and a lot slower than it was before and I still would have no problem walking away from an sc300 especially considering its an Automatic. I still have no problem beating sc400's and manuals at that. Something is definately wrong with your car so instead of calling it **** try and figure out what the problem is.

I think something must be wrong with your car.

theres other maximas that claim the same thing!.... that at highway speeds our cars dont have much over other cars Yes it is tru fron a low speed start we can getand go on most cars but at highspeeds we cant, but yes i am going to the dealer on thursday and tellign him that the car has been feeling sluggish 4 a while, ill seee wat they do.

my 03 auto is fine for me on the highway. Put it in "3" and tell me the car doesn't pull like hell from 50 to 80

even in regular drive, the car goes just fine. if you're not exagerating, and he is "passing you like you're standing still" then I think something is definitly wrong.

I rented a 2k3 and took it to the track, it ran a 15.0 best. It was the 5 spd auto not the 4 speed and I think it was 4th gear that is super long and seems like there is no power at all. So, if you have the 5 spd that could be it, I was very dissapointed, I thought it would be better than the 4 spd.

It performed well in the 1st 3 gears but 4th was very noticable in the lack of acceleration.

^ i think you meant 2k4 with the 5spd auto....the 2k2-2k3 have a 4 spd auto.

for the 2k2-2k3 guys.....if your shift lever is in D and you're going faster than 50mph and step on it then most likely your car isn't kicking down to 3rd gear. your rpms might jump to around 3000-3500, but that's not 3rd.

try tapping the shift lever over to 3rd and you should definitely feel a difference in accel. the rpms will go up to about 4k and the car should pull pretty steadily. there is a huge difference btw 3rd and 4th for hwy accel.

i've had the GAB for a while and when i shift over to 3rd at around 50mph and step on it the car pulls pretty hard. if you have no intake mods your car will feel slower and less responsive at hwy speeds, i've switched back and forth between stock and GAB and there is definitely a diff at hwy speeds. low end responsiveness is slightly less with an intake. if you have an intake and haven't reset the ecu then you're not getting the full potential of the mod.

i'm pretty sure i'd smash a lexus sc300 at any speed.

Here is the link for the ECU reset for 2k2-2k3. I think by removing the - terminal is for the 2k1 down. I could be wrong, sorry.

link;

http://maxima.theowensfamily.com/ecu.asp

I agree with this man. .

The 4spd in the 02-03 is also more agressively geared than the 4th gen auto, (same ratios, different final drive) and in my 3.0 w/ MEVI/JWT feels real strong from 5.5-7k, and the 3.5 feels definately stronger to 6.5k. Even though looking at the speedo seems the as if the needle is moving the same, I have to realize that the 3.5 marks 160, not 140 like my 4th gen.


Jsut some .02 from a 4th and 5.5 gen owner.

but why is it that our cars rev up alot more and dont pick up speeds like most other cars, ive noticed in my other car v6 camry theres less reving and more go .

Gear ratios, or maybe something is wrong with your car. What mods do you have?

Once again... listen to what BLUBYU2k2 says... there might be something wrong with your car... figure that out before you start comparing it with Camrys and racing SC300s (which you should beat regularly)....

this really disturbs me and tells me something is majorly wrong with your Maxima, especially saying a Camry has more go lol.

And for all the ones talking about resetting your ECU after mods, thats just a dumb myth. I never once resetted my ECU after mods and noone has gotten close to my N/A times in my 02 Auto except Mr. Jime.

And when you compare the 180hp camry in the hi-end, that's just wrong because the V6 Camry has fantastic low-mid range, but is actually inferior to even the stock manifold 4th gen in the high end, meaning losing close to 30 hp from 5k-6.5k redline.

SteVETEC has dyno plots to prove this.

no no dont get me wrong im not saying my camry will beat my max .. hell no it cant even come close im saying those cars dont rev to high , they jsut go , unlike the maxima which has to rev very high to move. ... ay and yes, ive noticed 1 more thing it feels as if when i hit the pedal 1/2 way the cars seems to pick up more then at wot ? or maybe its just me.. but im pretty sure.... hmm.... might have to go to maximumtuning in LI if the dealer cant help me on thursday.

What mods do you have because I think the 02-03's are very very quiet and smooth, even more so than their predecessors ... in stock form of course.

Qmax, you def have something wrong with your Max. My 02 can rip the crap out of the SC300 and probably edge out an SC400 @ midrange. Pre-Y pipe. With the Cattman Y-Pipe, it even easier. I'd take the car to Nissan for servicing. Hey, seeing as you're in the city and I'm in Somerset (NJ), maybe I'll run your friend's SC. I'm certain that I'll still walk him 50-100mph.

Liquid, are you referring to the I295 bridge (ref. 4 mile 4 lane bridge)?? If so, I rode on that bridge for the first time last July. That's a nice piece of road to run hard on. Too bad I was in my 170hp minivan when I was on it.

Just to let you know 2000-2001 at 50 mph is still Prime Time 2nd gear!!!.. maybe thats why my car pulls like hell from 50-80.
1st gear goes to 40.
2nd to 78
3rd to about 110 ( not really sure dont usssualy go that fast.
I dont know about gear ratios for the 2k2 2k3, but i know 2k will spank the Sc300 at highway speeds!

Yup you are right it was a 2k4. Anyway don't get the 5 spd auto, not impressed. The only thing that impressed me was the shifter, would be great for the dyno because it won't kick down to a lower gear when in the manual position.

Thats because I just copied what you did.

A lot of people could learn from that method instead of trying to reinvent the wheel.