Well here it is.. I talked Sh** to my boy telling him his moms 04 Max couldn't beat my 02 Max, so to make a long story short and not talk about anything illegal we found out that his moms max was faster. here are the mods for each car.

04 Max is stock and runs 87 octane, AUTO TRANNY

02 Max - OBX R headers, Timing advance, throttle body spacers, Stillen Intake, and runs 93 Octane Exxon * ALSO just changed plugs and no SES light AUTO TRANNY

WHY WAS I A BUS BEHIND HIM??

HELP IM GETTING DISCOURAGED

 

Do you have an auto or manual? From what I gather, the autos are somewhat slower then the manuals.

 

No way, Buddy of mine. 2002 Maxima 6sp. intake and exhaust. vs bone stock auto 04 Maxima. 02 max Walked the 04...was that 04 6sp?

 

An 02 will beat an 04 stock for stock..Since yours is somewhat modded you should've gotten him relatively easily...

Either you can't drive a manual to save your life or something is wrong with your max....either a very bad vacuum leak or....could be a lot of things...

 

or Most commonly Maf is dirty. does it hesitate or idle low?

 

How is your obx headed n how long u had them have ever had any problem?

 

driver error on the 02

 

There's no way that should have happened. But regardless the outcome, your friend had to drive Mommy's car.

Clever bus photo, though.

 

those 20" rims probably didnt help

 

well both autos as highlighted in red .lol

 

ok heres the deal..... im the one that was driving "mommys" o4 max.....i have a max of my own.... its a 4th gen... and if you read correctly, both cars wer auto... but theres a difference in the tranny's dat we noticed.... the o4 has a 5 spd auto where the 03 doesnt... so we also noticed that wen the 04 is shifting the RPMS dont drop below 5000 that could be could be explanation..... the 04 clearly has a better auto tranny... i have also raced one stock for stock auto and it still lost.... i jus think that ther is a general under estimation

 

and both cars have 18" by 245 wheels

 

I have 350Z touring with Nitto 555 with 245/45r18 and he has the 04 Max wheels with 245/45r18 idk what tires though

 

the factory tires... the 04 car only has 40k miles

 

Wasnt there when he first posted it!.

 

Doesn't the VQ35 in the 04s have slightly more horsepower?

 

If I remember my advertising correctly, it was 265 hp in the 6th gen, and 255 hp stock in the 5.5 gen.

You see, I'm just jealous. When I was a kid, my mom drove an AMC Ambassador station wagon. Of course, that had a 390 4bbl...

 

Thats pimp!

 

THAT WAS IT! Even down to the fake wood paneling. Now if Dad only kept with the program, and drove an AMX. Alas, he commuted with a freakin' Pinto.

Yeah... good times.

Too funny, Ogre.

 

LMAO, My dad had one of those!

 

This got way off topic. Sorry for that. (I blame the Ford Pinto.)

KingJames, you know that your modded 5.5 gen should have easily handled a stock 6 gen. You've got that 10 extra HP covered easily. So obviously you've got something wrong going on.

Sometimes performance drains creep up on you and you forget what normal is. Like when your air or fuel filters get clogged.

This was a good wake-up call. Good luck finding the problem(s).

 

Appreciate the help please keep posting ill keep you updated on the situation and what i have done to help figure this out..
so far i have: cleaned my MAF today

 

Remind me again how this is not a street racing thread