My friends said he can burn me with his 1990 Infiniti Q45 with my 2002 Nissan Maxima SE on the highway. Here are his specification and mine..

1990 Infiniti Q45
Engine Size 4.5L
Number of Cylinders 8
Horsepower 278 @6000rpm
Torque (lbs/ft) 292 @4000rpm
Curb Weight 3,960 lbs.
Mileage: 180,000 miles

2002 Nissan Maxima SE
Engine Size 3.5L
Number of Cylinders 6
Horsepower 255 @5800rpm
Torque (lbs/ft) 246 @4400rpm
Curb Weight 3,248 lbs.
Mileage: 325 miles (will race him when my car breaks in; at 600 miles)

 

I made a mistake. The curb weight for my Maxima SE is 3,274 lbs. The other curb weight was for the GXE.

 

hmmm...i never knew that a 90 q45 had so much hp and tq, the 97-01 had less, anyways, are you a stick or auto? i think a stick should take it out, but it might be close if you have an auto. its also 700lbs heavier that you, so he's at a disadvantage there. is the q a front wheel or rear wheel drive? i have faith in the max though, you should beat him, but you might want to break your car in more, maybe a 1000 miles at least, thats just my opinion. good luck.

 

i think it may be a good race. there probably is a lot of torque in that car, but you are a lil lighter.

 

hes got one horsepower for every 14.2 pounds, whereas you have one horsepower for every 12.8 pounds.....youve got him, especially if your a stick, i think all Q45s were autos.....hes got hella torque but the lighter will prevail.....GET EM

 

Q's are all rear drive, and with that much torque, I think he'll take you off the line. Will be close though.

 

granted traction is a beautiful thing....tire smoke is neat too though

 

thanx for your replies... my car is auto by the way

 

i raced one of those Q's in my 6-spd and i won. it was kinda close buty i definelty had him.

 

He was talking about highway racing, not the same as 1/4 mile racing. The 1st gen Q45s are highway demons, their top speed is greater than the top speed of a 2k2 maxima. Similar WHP, max has closer gearing, Q has RWD(Front wheels begin to drag after ~70mph). I dont have a single doubt that the 2k2 Maxima would own the Q on a drag strip, but on the highway id have to put my money on the Q.

Ive had 1 experience racing a Q on the highway, i saw a Q get on the highway, and i was going about 90, and so was he, he was far ahead of me, and the distance between us wasnt growing so i assume he was at similar speed, well i used teh distance between us to floor it and try to top off, i have a 2k auto so top off is 131mph. Well i when i passed him im going about 125, and by the time i reach 130, the Q flew by me. That thing went from 90 to like 140-150 in the time i went from 125-130.

 

i raced an older 745i on the highway, mattc was in the car. best race i ever had,. we raced like 5 times from 70-140 and i have one car everytime. damn good race.

 

745 didn't come out yet

 

notice the word before 745, older.

 

Race him from different speeds. Take notes. Then post up.

 

LOL

 

hmmm...my brother used to drive a 94 Q45 and he used to burn some civics and maximas on the highway. Not too sure about 2002 Maxima SE. But from what I remember, those guys that my brother burned were bad drivers. I think you also need to be a good driver even with a Maxima SE to outperform. Same goes for the Q45.

 

Mr. Turb0mikey, you must have had some fun posting on a thread that's been last posted on February 11 2002 by tomcat(look at the thread before you, the date is on the bottom left corner) which is almost a month ago (you posted on March 7, 2002, again the date is on the bottom left corner). Since its such an old thread, I would assume you used search. Yea I agree that search is a fun tool... which is why I decided to use it myself on Superhonda.com. I'm just wondering why you would respond to a thread that is approximately a month old... any reasons??? Although I agree with you that it's funny that the q45 MIGHT be able to beat me, I find this even more amusing

http://www.superhonda.com/forum/show...5&pagenumber=2

Never attack someone unless you know who you attacking against. It seems like you really don't know who you attacking.

 

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL...probably because the Q driver is so much of a better driver....

 

More useful Applications of "Search"

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....threadid=92523
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....hreadid=101739
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....threadid=93054

I guess it's safe to assume you DONT use search...unlike me