my friend who has a GS400 came back from college for the break and he brought his 2000 Lexus GS400 with him, and since i recently put in nitrous in my car (60shot) i decided it would be interesting to race him. we found an open stretch of road and we got flagged and both hit it, he immediately took my off the line, but i was at his rear wheel, once i hit 3500rpm i hit the swtich, i cant say i pulled on him, i stayed exactly where i was relative to his car all the way through, but once we hit about 80 he slowly walked away.
i have an automatic, so thats probably why i lost, i could feel the tranny losing power between shifts, maybe with a VB Mod i woulda done better. i only have an intake and nitrous at the moment, ill wait till i get exhaust and vb mod and ill try him again.hehe

p.s. sorry for the long post.

 

that's not bad man. i raced one on the highway several times from like 65-125 and he pulled around 1 car on me. i'm all stock though.

 

You should be happpy you stayed with him.

 

That's pretty good. I know they run 5.9 0-60, which should be about mid to low 14s in the Quarter.

 

I raced one and put 3 cars on him

 

I would use your cookie pic, but I know you're going to change it on me.

 

before you got the 6-speed?

 

you are a smart man

 

Not as stupid as you look.

 

got that right

 

no with the 6-spd, but those cars SCREAM on the highway. around town i would take him but then he would prolly come back up top. those cars are fast!

 

GS400 1/4 time:14.4
4th gen auto time w/60 shot NOS:14.3

I would have expected you to keep up with him. Good showing.

 

Was the GS400 stock?

 

try a 100shot next time and you will beat him..and yeah, that's a promise

 

How can a 2k2 6sp which does around 14.3 1/4 looses to a 14.4 car?

 

Maybe the Max owner can't drive.

 

at high speeds Torque matters more than horsepower..

GS 400's can run with transams and lightnings at high speeds.. but off the line they are toast

 

i think u mean that horsepower matters more than torque at high speeds, but if what u said is right, then ive been thinking the wrong way the whole time.

 

with all the power/torque ratio being the same, the GS400 should have a slight edge over the Maxima. just because of the drive-train. A RWD will almost always launch better than a FWD.

 

around town the lighter maxima will beat the GS even though it has more HP, but once you get up to speed weight matters less and raw power numbers matter more. 300hp and 310tq is what matters to the GS and the air it's pushing through.

 

A GS430 put 1 car on me down the track., Im glad I could hang with a 4.3L V8 MONSTER though

 

ya but if you kept going to like 120 it would have widened a lot more.

 

i raced a GS400 from around 80mph. we were exactly the same until we hit about 115ish mph. he then started to walk away. i knew it was going to happen cause my car starts to die when it nears 120mph. i have a 2k auto SE w/ intake, y-pipe, muffler, but most importantly, my clear side markers.


kafene.

 

I WOULDNT DOUBT IT MAN, lol he'll put 3 cars on me! i top out at 138@5500 rpm with my 2k2.

 

I ran my buddy in his '98 GS400 and got smashed at anything over 40mph!!!!! Highway run? FORGET IT!!!!!!!! Now he has a intake with a chip much improved!

Mark

 

ya don't it could hold with my 6-spd but it was close. intake and exhaust and a little more practive and i shold hold or pull until like 130 then he might start creeping back.

 

I tried to play with one (actually he played with me), but yeah from 60 on he consistently pulled a car or two me.



2001 SE 5 speed

 

Umm, torque matters from a stop. HP is what determines top speed. What mods do you have sprintmax that you can beat a gs400 by 3 car lengths?

 

lots. including NOS.

 

sprint!??!?!

hes most definately stock.

- mattsy

 

yes i am stock

 

 

If I dropped that much cash on a GS 400 and could only pull one or two cars and mostly after 80...I would be ****ed.

Gotta luv the Max.

 

i was wondering if a supercharged max can beat a GS400... if not, what's the point of getting a SC?!?!

i lost to one a while back, but not by much... i was hoping that a SC would change that...

so how about it? would a SC change the results of the race against a GS400?


kafene

 

ya a modded 4th gen auto with a s/c shold be able to hang with one if not at stock pulley size.

 

Auto SC Max is going to get walked by a GS 400 at high speeds.. remember.. the original poster has a 60 shot Auto max.. and a 60 shot Auto Max will cream all over an SC Max.. you may have to touch 9 PSI or higher to start walking GS 400's

 

Right. So what do you really have?