In the December '00 issue of sport compact car they test a JWT Turbocharged 2000 Maxima. On their dyno chart it shows that the JWT Maxima put out 232 horsepower and that the stock 2000 Maxima put out 190 horsepower. I thought that the 5th Generation Maxima's came with 222 horsepower stock, that's a pretty big difference. What gives?

 

i think the 190hp is horse power to the ground not at the crank...222hp at crank is about 190 to the ground
and 232 to the ground is around 270-280 at the crank

 

Essentially correct.

HP at the crank (or flywheel) is different than HP to the ground... HP at the wheels has to deal with the drivetrain being somewhat inefficient. 190 front wheel hp (fwhp) stock is about what most 5th gen 5-spds have been putting down.

 

oh i get it. i drive a 4th generation maxima. so if i have 190 at the crank what's that about on the ground?

 

163 more or less.

 

What happened to the beautiful pictures in your sig?

 

Seemed like UCD's servers were down, so it caused posts to load really slow. Miss my pics?