I wanna run the 1/4 mile in my car now, lol. I wanna be a part of the 13s club! They also say that those gloves are actually his skin, and that he thinks Japan is a mythical place! lol.

 

Nice times!! Wishing had a 1/4mile near hear thought I was going to hit it in Vegas in Dec. but the last one is on the 4th or something at the Las Vegas Speedway and for 10 bucks out here 30 bucks for a 1/8th!!!!

 

Get some miles on that car of yours and find a track!

 

Thanks dude! Being out in Vegas, might want to wait until a night Test & Tune is available. Find a night where your air temps are in the 40's and you'll rip it up.

The private track day I was at cost $100, but you can run as many times as your car can handle!

 

I'm suprised but pleased to hear 13's are possible given the cars somewhat lazy start. I'll hit the track next spring and try some of these techniques. Thanks

 

Can you imagine the full potential in stock form of what this car can pull off with just the limiters removed?If the 0-30 mph torque manegment was removed from the cvt and the 88mph+ timing pull back this thing should run 13.5 in a ideal situation.Not bad for a slush box N/A car.

 

I agree. Even with a normal 6AT, this car would run high 13's easily with a good launch.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but did you mention that your Borla system shaved 3 tenths off your times? If that's the case, I could hit 13.6's!

 

Impressive! Man I love the way your car looks btw!

 

Not sure if this was directed at my car

 

Thats cool stuff, but I really didn't buy the max personally for HP although I know people love to know they have a powerful car, I just didnt even consider it coming from muscle cars all my life its a differnt thing...I enjoy the quiet ride and the smooth power vs the loud thunderous power, got tired of that

 

Nice time! I would love to see this car against a new Challenger R/T (coming from a guy who sold his R/T last year). I'll have to search the forum and see if anyone has hit the track against an R/T. Cheers and congrats again!

 

Why do you want to see it against a Challenger R/T? What do you expect to happen??

 

I owned a couple 300+ HP V8 muscle cars before the Max...and on the way to the Max I test drove Corvette, GTO, Trailblazer SS.....Its a different thing. Our V6's are stronger than V6 used to be, but it's not a blazing V8 and I don't pretend it is. Different feel.

 

I completely agree with you. I sold my Challenger R/T when we found out my wife was pregnant (already have one kid and hauling two in the Challenger would be horrific). We currently have an '09 Armada LE and love it, so I decided to trade in my '08 Chevy 2500HD Z71 for the Maxima. V6 engines have definitely impreoved over the past 10 years!

 

Just curious is all. I sold my '09 Challenger when my wife got pregnant with our second child. I had a blast driving the Chally and it certainly feels good driving this car. A 5.7-liter automatic R/T motor makes a paltry 372 hp and 401 lb-ft rated at 0-60 in 5.9 seconds. You tell me what would happen. Correct me if I am wrong, but the average "specs" have the Maxima rated at 0-60 in 5.9 seconds as well. I believe the Maxima would have a solid chance depending on the driver's ability. Cheers!

 

Funny you mention the Challenger because the day I ran mine at the track, there was a bright blue 2010 Challeger R/T with an aftermarket CBE. If I ran him heads-up, he would have gotten smoked every time. He had big problems with wheelspin and couldn't shift to save his life. Ran anything from 14.3-14.8 all day long.

Really wish I could have ran against him and see the look on his face that a 4-door V6 beat him Not hating on American muscle at all... grew up with big block V8's and still love 'em!

 

I've seen original MotorTrend articles that stated the Max as low as 5.8 to 60 but to be fair to the Challenger, I did see a vid on youtube where it smoked a Max, not saying that would be the case everytime out but it does have potential.

You'd think with 372HP and 401lbft of TQ that it would flat out destroy a Max, just imagine if we had stock 372HP and 401lbft TQ, our cars would flat out fly and destroy just about any stock 4 door in our class.

 

That sucks you weren't able to run against him. Yep, that sounds like a Chally....wonder if he had the traction control on or off.

 

I hear you man....keep the same weight ratio and our cars would be sick!

 

Wow congrats 1sik4dsc that is an awsome run out of a beautiful maxima.


372 hp in a maxima, that would be amazing. And I would love to drive/own one. How does the new maxima's compare to the new sh awd tl's? They have 300 hp I think but a lot more weight right? Does the awd give them the edge?

 

The Challenger's biggest issue is weight. At 4,055 lbs (curb weight), it's definitely on the heavy side. 372hp is a great number, but the power to weight ratio isn't the greatest.

Trouble is, most Challengers, Mustangs, Camaros with a V8 aren't usually stock... so pick your battles wisely!

 

What does an automatic 370z get? high 13s as well?

 

Low 13's and some have even gotten 12.9* ish. But low 13's is the norm.

 

I see... now I didn't really look into it, but the dealer told me that our maxima has the same engine as the 370z? is that true?

anyone know the curb weight of our cars vs the curb weight of the 370z?

and if it is the same engine as the guy said, what makes it more hp? bigger intake, more efficient exhaust etc etc?

I wonder what my maxima will get at the track... I would love to see a 13. In about a month we'll be getting real cool weather here (30-40 at night in south FL) with near 0 sea level altitude, so it makes for great track nights...

 

Maxima has 3.5L

370Z has 3.7L hence the "37 "in 370

Maybe he meant 350Z has a 3.5L engine as well as the Maxima

I assume the guy meant 350Z which is lighter then the Max. 350Z is around 3,200 and Maxima is around 3,600.

I live in Las Vegas where elevation is about 2,200. I ran a 15.005@94mph in September around 100 degrees. Sucks!

I guess I just missed the last Midnight Mayhem of the season last night with lows in the 40's.

 

That's what I figured. I know the 37 was relevant to 3.7L. I know some companies like to make the number sound a bit bigger though (or smaller) like the older BMW 323s being 325 (2.5/2.3) or the 65AMGs actually be 6.2 liter

 

The displacement on the 370Z isn't the only change. They also added electronic lift on the valves for a wider powerband and better fuel efficiency. Those VQ37VHR engines also have a higher redline (i.e. the HR in the engine code means "high-rev"). It's a good motor, but gets a bit coarse in the upper rev range.

Mid to low 13's is about the usual for a stock 370Z. Their problem is that once you throw on any forced induction, the trans will frag it self, the axles won't hold up, and the carbon composite driveshaft will shatter. Seen it happen firsthand

 

I wish they would've dropped this engine in the Max but something tells me that Nissan was smart enough not to use the same engine in the Max as in the Z these last few times around (i guess since like the 5.5 gen 02/03 models) because they knew that our car would be as fast as the Z.

I think it was the 4th Gen Max that was (in some cases) faster than the Z of its' time. My guess though regarding the speed issues in the new Max is that if Nissan can come up with a way to shave some weight off these cars then we wouldn't necessarily need to add anymore power than we already have.

Why is it that the more power they add to the Maximas the heavier they get??

 

Honestly I'm glad they didn't. An extra 40hp would make the torque steer even worse than it is. Now if they made an AWD version, I'm all for it!

The weight gain of cars over the past years seems to be commonplace. More electronic equipment, more airbags, better crash protection, more sound deadening materials all add weight. Now, given the size of the 7th gen, 3,600lb curb weight aint too shabby at all. The latest gen Caddy CTS weighs in over 2 tons... and it's a smaller car.

I'm sure its only a matter of time before the VQ37 motor is bolted in the Maxima. Nissan, just please try to keep the curb weight the same and/or less than what it currently is!

 

See that's what I'm saying right there!! They can make the car more powerful all they want but adding more weight would kill it or not make enough of a difference to overcome that extra weight penalty.

I really hope Nissan is learning something from our website because I believe all of the Maxima faithful are here representing every Gen.

 

I would love to see a Maxima with a V8 and RWD...or AWD.....400hp Maxima and I'd be ALL over it.

 

I guess you havent seen the new M56X then? Its a animal!!! Just 72k for one is nuts.

 

72K i could buy a fully loaded BMW M3 sedan...or a Z06 fully loaded....forget infinity at that price level.

This car is smooth powerful, it's not "fast" regardless of what people say. Its FWD, V6, I love it...but I've owned and driven "fast" cars, and they are two different things.

 

yo...wat mods do u have...im from ny also...im puttin a bunch of upgrades on mine and i wanted to kno...did u tune yours ...cuz i dont kno if i should on mine even though somethings tellin me to go get it dynod

 

Nice run! Thats pretty quick!