00/01 vs 02/03
07-12-2010, 01:43 PM
#85
Take a 7th gen for a test drive, Scott. Keep an open mind and you'll find it does what it does very efficiently. Almost deceptively so.
Here. It goes on for quite a bit of reading.
http://forums.maxima.org/7th-generat...on-thread.html
Here. It goes on for quite a bit of reading.
http://forums.maxima.org/7th-generat...on-thread.html
07-12-2010, 01:46 PM
#86
07-12-2010, 01:46 PM
#87
Take a 7th gen for a test drive, Scott. Keep an open mind and you'll find it does what it does very efficiently. Almost deceptively so.
Here. It goes on for quite a bit of reading.
http://forums.maxima.org/7th-generat...on-thread.html
Here. It goes on for quite a bit of reading.
http://forums.maxima.org/7th-generat...on-thread.html
07-12-2010, 01:49 PM
#89
07-12-2010, 01:58 PM
#90
07-12-2010, 02:12 PM
#91
Take a 7th gen for a test drive, Scott. Keep an open mind and you'll find it does what it does very efficiently. Almost deceptively so.
Here. It goes on for quite a bit of reading.
http://forums.maxima.org/7th-generat...on-thread.html
Here. It goes on for quite a bit of reading.
http://forums.maxima.org/7th-generat...on-thread.html
In the end, its probably the best cvt I have tried so far, but Im not praising it thats for sure.
I think the maxima has the best cvt in the industry but Dual clutch is the future not cvt.
The CVT is unconventional to say the least. But it delivers on torque, mpg, and quick shifts. The issue seems to be it's idiosyncratic driving experience. A normal manual starts low in the rpm band and revs higher. The CVT starts high in the band and goes lower. It sounds almost like a slipping automatic tranny. It's off-putting and you may think you're driving a ricer.
Just finished our first long trip in the Maxima (500 klics each way) and the CVT still leaves me scratching my head a bit. From launch it seems to take a second for the trans to decide what it wants to do. Sitting on cruise control at 110 to 120 kph and transitioning into a downhill, one gets the feeling that you've just driven off a cliff. I really thought perhaps the engine had stalled and had to check the tach. Road speed never varied though. It's a little unnerving. I've also noticed the sound, like the gyro winding down on a small plane, when you park.
the CVT though on the downside takes away from the Maxima in being a true sports sedan, plain and simple, the smooth, high whinny drone it makes under acceleration does nothing to make the car feel sporty in its driving compared to a regular automatic transmission or manual for that matter
Last edited by Scottwax; 07-12-2010 at 02:15 PM.
07-12-2010, 02:14 PM
#92
For instance, my friend's intake/y-piped 4th gen beat a B18 vtec hatchback civic which is considered "fast" by most locals, but I will walk my friends maxima.
07-12-2010, 02:52 PM
#94
Theoretically a stock 2k2 vs. modded 2k1 should ultimately be a driver's race w/ the obvious advantage tipped to the 3.5. However, pound for pound, the 3.5 is more likely to win. There are no guarantees in life 
note: from the info I collected........
note: from the info I collected........
Last edited by Nexus67; 07-12-2010 at 02:55 PM.
07-12-2010, 03:01 PM
#96
silliness, just silliness.
07-12-2010, 03:11 PM
#98
That's a fair summary, yes.
I rather agree with the quote that suggested dual-clutch automatics are the future over CVT. But that's guesswork which doesn't consider that most people don't give a rat's behind what kind of transmission is in their car, and almost no one drives a MT anymore.
The only thing that's certain is that transmissions are changing.
Remember driving MT cars that shifted on the column?
I rather agree with the quote that suggested dual-clutch automatics are the future over CVT. But that's guesswork which doesn't consider that most people don't give a rat's behind what kind of transmission is in their car, and almost no one drives a MT anymore.
The only thing that's certain is that transmissions are changing.
Remember driving MT cars that shifted on the column?
07-12-2010, 03:12 PM
#100
07-12-2010, 03:48 PM
#103
srsly... the car has a half liter more displacement. it doesn't take a rocket scientist to assume that the same practical car with a bored out motor and 6spd tranny is going to be much faster. i don't understand how there is even argument here lol. i have a 3.0 and would never say, "ill bet i could take down that 5.5" unless it were bonestock. then MAYBE.
silliness, just silliness.
silliness, just silliness.
Who can argue the 5.5 has got speed over a 5th gen? It's like disputing the Maxima being a sedan
But who cares let's take up some space lol
07-12-2010, 03:50 PM
#105
.. Darn it i knew. Thanks to Soonerfan.
... now I know that my car is a pig.....
07-12-2010, 04:03 PM
#112
07-12-2010, 10:11 PM
#117
07-13-2010, 06:05 AM
#118
07-13-2010, 06:06 AM
#119
I found out about the differences in VB's from old to newr 02/3's and posted pics, there is some HR talk in there regarding the intake manifold from the new altima .. etc.