high 14s is very respectable for a maxima auto.. either 03 or 04..

 

Is your specv stock or what? 15.4 is a nice ¼ mile time for stock.

 

hi, it has injen cold air intake, but it ran the exact same times stock.. so yeah it ran that stock, i actually think i could do alittle better like a 15.3 or 15.2 on a good day with a great launch, those 15.4s are with a very crappy 2.3 to a 2.5 60ft... o cant launch for crap.. i trap 90 91 mph... my 1/8 mile speed is from 72 to a best 73 mph...

 

I seen a guy at the track run a spec v his best time was 17 flat all night long, boy I guess he really sux at driving.

 

my times are always from 15.4 to a 15.6... the intake helped maybe a 10th of a second.. the spec v is actually very hard to launch the right way.. if u launch the car to hard WHEEL HOP.. if u launch to light u bog, the car is capable of a 2.2 60 ft.. but its hard to do.. i always launch like a champ when im just practicing and by myself and knowone around.. an avg driver will run mid 15s witha stock specv. good driver low 15s...

 

Boy lots of fuss about the 5th gen being faster. For what its worth not only is my 2004 faster in all accpects than my 2002, but it is alot more fun to drive. Like any racing though, so many conditions will affect the outcome. Being that I have owned a 2002 and now own I 2004 I can tell you that the 2004 is a better car, enough said.

 

Hopefully very soon some 04 maxima owner will take their car to the track. No more mag racing, gtech and it feels faster then my 5th gen. maxima. TIMESLIPS

 

I would, but what good would it do to give you a timeslip when it is 115F degrees out? Comparing that to a car that is running in 70F temps.

 

115 degrees... oh my, I understand now

 

Far too many variables for the 'race' in the initial post to have any meaning whatsoever.

Do we even know if both cars were using the same brand/octane gas? Did both drivers weigh approximately the same? How do we know both cars left the starting line at exactly the same instant? A tiny fraction of a second difference in floorboarding the pedal would easily make a carlength or two difference at the end of the race.

Totally meaningless. These cars were not intended to be race cars, anyhow.

I am more concerned with the dearth of cars on the dealer lots, the flaky fuel gauge, the shimmy at certain speeds, misaligned muffler/tailpipe assemblies, etc, etc.

 

We're at 115 degrees as well. Thanks, Grant, for sending us your weather.

 

But it's a dry heat right?

 

hmm so you say that your 04 feels stronger than the 02? this is very interesting. Im hoping that they can pull the same times because im looking to play with some Gts N' such. peace guys!

 

It is a dry heat, and I would take this over mid 90's and 80%+ humidity any day. I park in a garage at home, under covered parking at work, and everything is air conditioned here, so it isn't all that bad. Just not going to get a lot of use out of a cold air intake...

BTW, it was 100 degrees on my way to work at 6AM this morning...

 

try mid 90's and 90%+ humidity

 

You are so ****ing right i would take your heat over the heat and humidity in Dallas any day. 110 dry is better than 97 with 90% humidity. I need to move back to my hometown of San Diego where 75-80 is hot to us their.

 

haha I grew up in New England and we had weather like that as well, and boy did I hate that!!! It is hot here, but as soon as you get in your car and drive for 10 seconds, it is fine... the humidity kicks your a$$ for a lot longer than that. blah...

On the flip side, it cools off in New England at night, we had a low of 93 last night

 

93 huh simply hoott!, dang so do you roll with your windows down at night?

 

I only put my window down at the drive through

Yeah, we broke a record last night with the highest low temperature ever in Phoenix. I read one that said the low was 96, the other story said 99, so I am not sure which it is, but that was the low last night... lol

It is currently 115F and cloudy. It isn't that bad actually, I just dont spend any time out side, no different than people who don't spend time outside when it is snowing in the winter.

 

way to hot

 

it is all worth it when you go out for a round of golf, in your shorts, after opening presents on Christmas morning

 

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Keeping this strictly on climate, that is the most significant difference between Tucson & Phoenix. Tucson cools off so nicely in the evening but Phoenix just stays hot. It's all the asphalt, housing, A/C units humming all night, pools and man-made water features. I remember leaving Rockin' Rodeo a few years ago and when we headed back up north on I-17 to my buddy's house, it was 102 on that Shamrock sign at about 01:30 AM!

I totally agree with you on the staying indoors deal being like winter in other places. The heat really isn't that hard to beat. Air conditioned home, car, office, stores, bars and so on. You have no hazzards on the road, save the Monsoon, and golf is readily available all year.
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Carry on...

 

I don't know about how true it is about him taking the 04 by what he said he did. I own a 2000 Max and the 04 Max and believe me I raced my husband and beat him from 0 to 125 mph 2 times in a row. Also we were on a road trip comming from Louisianna to Texas and my husband took a surprise s curve that was supposed to be 45mph at 90mph with the car trunk fully loaded and 3 passengers, the car stayed flat I could'nt believe we survived, no way could my 2000 have taken that curve, thank God for the Skyline rear suspention on my 04. Raced with an 03 G35 from Houston To Austin in the rain at 95 to 105 all the way except for slow down at small towns. These cars handled great in the rain at high speed. I could never do the manuvers in the 02 compared to the 04. For the non believers go ahead and take them to the slalooms....

 

I believe the guy was racing a 02-03 maxima against the 04 maxima. The 2000 maxima is slower then both of them.

 

You guys should just go to the track anyways. Who cares if it's hot out. Even if it's hot out and your time isn't the greatest, it'd still be better than what this forum has now which is nothing.

If you run in 90F/90% humidity weather, so be it. There are calculations out there that can fairly accurately guess what your time would have been under more standard conditions. And there have been 02/03 owners here that have also run in very poor conditions on which you can compare as well.

Just go to the track or dyno and get some data!

 

thats pretty dumb thing to say!
they started @ 60 and went to 130!
if the freaking guy was doing 130 beside another car he knew he was racing.....03 is definatly faster than the 04...the hp rating is 10 hp more for the 04 but it isnt there...the 04 is bigger heavier and les aerodynamic......only advantage the 04 has is the rear end....but it didnt do much to help cornering since they made it a taller car...i drive them both daily and know both of em inside out....but i wouldnt have said it would destroy an 04 though....but its definatly faster

 

i still say the 03 vs 04 they are about evan... within a car of eachother... 200 pnds isnt that big of a difference

 

guys can we give it a rest until we have some real time slips......I mean we can chatter all day...saying I think this or I think that....by the way I cant believe nobody on this forum hasnt had their 04 at the track yet...car has been out for 6 months.....and before you respond about it being too hot in pheonix gmc....I already know you said that, and I agree with you.

 

I dont see how the 10 hp cant be there? I dunno. My girlfriend has an auto 02 se. i have an 04 see 6 speed. ive driven her car and it doesnt pull as hard as mine, but I have a 6 speed so i guess it doesnt count.

 

You dont understand how possibly the 10hp isnt there? I guess your new around here? Nissan is notorious for over-stating hp figures.......the 02/03 maxima is rated at 255hp..but dynos have shown it is more likely closer to 240/245 just like the 02/03 altima.....so it would not be a big surprise to see the 04 overrated as well.

 

It is hot in... err nevermind

I can't wait for it to get cooler, and I can't wait for a nice CAI.

 

Well actually i have read about how nissan tends to overrate there cars but im sure they are aware of this problem since So many people talk about it. it wouldnt suprise me if they decided to actually rate them right for there sake.

 

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I will have to wait on some PROOF that nissan has changed their ways regarding this issue....starting with some DYNOS from 6th gen owners........anyone LISTENING.......

 

I would have to assume, that at the least it is pumping out 10 HP more than the 02/03, since the 02/03 numbers are low. If the 04 are right, then it is 20HP if they aren't, then it is 10 HP.

We won't know for sure until we see the dyno. Hopefully we will get a before and after dyno with the frankencar

 

Be careful you know what they say about people who assume.....5th gen owners (02/03) "assumed" we had 10-15 more hp than (02/03) Altimas since Nissan said we did........however it seems we do not...so I wouldnt be quick to automatically think just because 6th gen are rated 10 more hp than 5th gen..it is true.....like I said dynos...dynos....dynos are needed.

 

as u wrote this a song was playing in your head "if I could turn back time... "

Its so hard to believe for the 6th gen people that their maxes are
underachievers with the extra HP- watch out for those GTP's they are your problem not mine

 

ok anybody with a 02 or an 03 max has to relax... i personly love the 02 03 and 04 max.. there the same car people.. THERE MAXIMAS.. why does everything on these type of forums turn into who has the better car.. noone knows if the new max has 265 hp yet it might it might not... but its no less than the 02 and 03 max.. 200 pnd difference is not that big... its a drivers race bottem line

 

Oh come on... The GTP's aren't anyones problem... unless one hits your back bumper after you start slowing...

 

faster does not mean better. TIMESLIPS

 

Ive noticed that the 5th gen people are so stuck on there cars. I have never once heard a 6th gen person go into the 5th gen forum and compain about how much they dont like em and argue that there car is faster. I do agree that the maxima is a performance sedan but some people just take speed to far into,"whos the fastest". Im not *****in, Just tired.