ok well i posted b4 about my car having trouble keeping up with a old sc300 lex so celica was nice enough to run me and see if anythign was really wrong with my car, we had a couple of good runs basically we were even through out the whole time but at top end he would easily pull 1/2 to 1 car on me, on take off and low speeds we would be even.. sometimes it would seem i could pull on him but as soon as 5k rpm came around his car would start passing me . leading me to the conclusion that my top end is no good, we both had 03 max autos, and we both had intakes, what could be my problem ?

 

hey did u ever get teh cam/crankshaft sensor recall does ....thats if it applies to your car or not?
-J

 

something is definitely wrong with your car.....i've driven a celica GT-S AUTO and those things are SLOW as hell compared to a 5.5 gen maxima (auto or 6spd)......

if your hanging right there with a Celica GT or GT-S auto....then something is definitely wrong with your car....and BIG TIME too....A 2k2 auto maxima should walk away EASILY from that car from STOP to whatever top speed your car has....

 

i think Celica is a person since he said that they both had 03 Max autos.

 

yea celica is a person on the org he drives a 03 maxima auto

 

how would i know if this sensor applys to my car ?

 

the recall has certain vin numbers
-J

 

Go in and ask your dealer about the "lack of power" TSB, the number is in the TSB section. That may be your problem, my max was sluggish as he!! before the TSB. After, it pulled HARD all the way up through the RPM's. Good luck.

 

Do you weigh significantly more than celica?

 

I would check to see if your VIAS is operating properly. Also how many miles are on your car?

 

Your car is fux0red. A Celica GTS should lose to a 5.5 handidly on the highway. Goodluck with it, but it's nice to know there is a problem, and that it's not "normal"

EDIT: Ah he's a person. Oops

 

did you lost from auto gt-s celica???

 

I DID NOT LOSE TO A CELICA !!! the person's name on the org is CELICA ! he DRIVES A 03 MAXIMA !

 

i do weigh a little more i have 18' chromes all around and a full stillen kit.

 

my bad then!!!

 

any weight differences would be seen at low end, also the added mass and inertia of the wheels would be felt/seen more in low end. Once you get up to speed, the biggest resistance to acceleration is wind. If he kept pullin on you up top only, would seem that your car isnt runnin right, rather than weight differences

 

yea like he said my top end is better . the one time that we both floored it and it both cars dropped into second at 5rpms at the same time i pulled right away to 1 car lead in. but his low end is type strong or a little stronger than mines in my opinion with even with the extra weight of his car. and he has 14k miles and i have 61k miles. right now we think its the trans since he jus changed the fluid and alot of metal shavin was found in the pan. he said the car runnin better then the other days. and i finally seen the differnce in a stock max with rsb takin corner vs a max with springs and struts. lets jus say i couldn't keep up in the corners at all. and also if anyone wants to know i have berk intake with apexi filter and he has injen cold air intake.

 

in my opinion if his vias wasn't operatin i should of pulled far harder since a couple races we were pretty even the whole time thats why i feel it is his trans slippin alot of the time.

 

Vias Vias Vias

 

yea , i really dont know whats up with the car and every dealer ive ever been to says my car is jsut fine, so i dont know what to do , or who to go to , i was thinkgin abotu going to jeff at maximum tuninmg but i think ill get charged alot jsut o check the car, lets see whats happpens.

 

oh yea , where can i look and see if my vias if fu' ed up ? is there anythign beside me jsut feeling the car isnt pulling hard that could make me 100% sure its the vias ? and yea i noticed you couldnt take those turns at all i think i was hitting easily 80-90 mph and still accelerating takign those turns on the jackie robinson pkwy , TRUST me those eibach and gr2 HOLD !

 

3.5's arent created equally from the factory as proven with 350's Altima's and Maxima's and G35's. Some are inheritingly stronger than others, take a glance at some of the times these cars produce in similiar situations and launches. Some are just quicker/faster than others.

 

Haha... sorry... just thought that was funny...

 

I used to have an injen w/ aem bypass valve on it and this setup has NO pull on the highway. I lost TONS of hi-end power. It somestime wont even downshift right. It will just growl but no go. This is a reason why I have frankencar w/ apexi now.

 

so my injen cai might be a probelem ? the frankencar is that a cai as well ?

 

frankencar is a different company but the same exact thing as what i have short ram.

 

and boy if u think your car is slow i beat my other boy 2k 5 speed on the highway with a 4 cylinder 97 camry auto . his car has serious problems right now.

 

serious problems ? as in runing on 4 cylinders with bad VIAS, and MAF ? Gotta be something wrong with that car. I have a 01 5spd and even with a bad VIAS I can still pull 2-3 cars on a G35 Auto from a stop. Not all 3.5s are created equall.

 

yea he was beat me by 4 plus cars from a stop but on the highway he couldn't pull on me. he beat my other cousin 98 with intake and bad leak in stock y-pipe from a stop by 2 cars by 70. but when i drove the car that **** felt slow all around compared to what i remember it bein ealier this summer and the top end was slow as hell. well he has a check engine light even though i think its for an 02 sensor since he had that code for the longest. his vias definitly ain't workin and i think maf is bad too. your car must be type fast pullin 2 plus cars even with a bad vias on a g35.

 

Well 3.5L only has the low end TQ advantage when racing auto vs auto. When racing 5spd 3.0 vs auto 3.5L I don't see a problem, as they are pretty much dead even stock for stock. And 6spds are not THAT much faster than autos. People tend to thing 3.5L Max is like the ungodly thing on this forum. Yet they don't realize that a good runing stock 3.0L 5th gen 5spd WILL run 14.7 in the 1/4 stock- just not a slow azz 17" wheel SE. Anyone wanna buy some airbags ? I am ditching mine off my Maxima, don't need them.

 

could be, but it'd have to be a VQ35 version of our VIAS problem... which I don't think anyone's identified yet?

also I believe the VIAS switchover point for the Maxima VQ35DE is much lower than the 5th gens... like somewhere in the 3k-4k range, not 5.2k like 2000-2001 models

 

I say its pinging and ECU pulls back timing on top end. Eighter way I think its timing and or fuel issue at top end. I am not so sure if ECU looks at knock sensor output under WOT over 4K RPM or not- I know it doesn't do it on the SR powered cars. 3.5Ls are so inconsistant with their CVTC system that each car puts down diff power. I saw a dyno chart of a fully moded with cams 6spd VQ35 and it put down 241WHP and 214TQ. I'm 2WHP shy of that power with stock crappy cams on my 3.0

 

this is why i don't think its his vias since anytime we start from 3800-4300 rpms since we left it in d and trans didn't want to downshift he usually pulls on me slowy but soon as 5 rpms reach i start to pull back slowy. next week me and him probably goin to have to test other stuff out after i change my tranny fluid since that **** dirty as hell.