I am looking at buying a maxima and i can get a 99 for a good price. On a 5 speed what is the diff in 0-60 time between a 99 and 2000. I read a 2000 is sub 7 seconds 0-60. Just wondering if the 99 is also?

 

I think most people have found the 99s to actually be faster than the 00's due to the extra weight the 5th gens have. 2k2+ however will be a decent bit faster than all the previous generations (stock)

 

Both will do 0-60 in the mid 7's and both will do the 1/4mile in the mid 15's. Its a drivers race

 

umm, no

should be about 6.5-6.7 sec 0-60, and 15 sec or lower quarter mile, if driven really well

 

Which model are you talking about?
I ran low 15 seconds repeatedly in my 99 (with JWT intake). irvine78 (2k 5-speed) had nearly identical 60' times, quarter mile times and trap speeds, on the same day, at the same track. And he had and intake AND Y-pipe at the time.

The 3 liter 5th gens aren't really any faster than the 99's. Go look at SteVTEC's dyno charts. The numbers don't lie. Between these two cars it truly is a driver's race.

 

I run a 15.26 with stillen intake in my 99 sel 5spd. That equates using that 0-60 calculater to like 7.2 0-60. with my 2.29 60 foot.. Hope this helps in some way.

 

a FIVE-speed 99 vs 00 stock Max run sub 7 secs (about 6.5-6.7) and the quarter low 15s, the extra 32hp is cancelled by 200pounds of fat the Max accumulated.


eric

 

The 0-60 and 1/4 mile times seem to vary between different cars from 6.5 to 7.5 seconds from the replies here. I take it 0-60 would be more on the 6.5 end for a 5 speed and more on the 7.5 end for the auto.

 

yes, you are correct...


eric

 

The 95-99's have the edge because they're 200 lb lighter and have less unsprung weight. The extra power in the 5th Gen isn't quite enoug to offset that. But both will still put down similar 1/4 mile and 0-60 times (high-6's). The 5th Gen just requires a little more aggressive launches to get it there than the 4th Gen.


4th Gen's also have more modding potential


Get the 4th Gen

 

Get a 99. Add an MEVI, bye bye 5th gen 3.0 for sure.

DW

 

What is MEVI?

 

no clue

http://forums.maxima.org/search.php?...der=descending

 

Middle East Varaibale Intake. The 2000+ maximas already have them. In fact, that's a major part of the reason that the 2000s have more power than the 95-99s. Nissan made MEVIs for 95-99 Maximas, but not the US market. Do a seacrch on this site in the 4th gen forum. There's ALOT of talk about it. Look for posts by Mr Cranman, Iansw, Keven97SE, DaveB, Nealoc, etc.

DW

 

Magazines say:
95/96 - 0-60 in 6.6 seconds, 15.2 quarter
97/98 - 0-60 in 7.1 seconds, 15.5 quarter
I haven't seen any magazine that ever tested a 99, but they were supposedly slower then 97/98. I ran a 15.8 stock and a 15.3 with a Stillen Intake.

00/01 - 0-60 in 7.0 seconds
02/03 - 0-60 in 6.0 seconds(?), 14.3 Quarter
These are all magazine times, 5/6speed manual.

 

wow, my 2k1 auto ran a 15.5 @ 91.5 with only an intake, imagine if i had a 5spd...

 

In other words, both are capable of doing mid 7's 0-60 and mid 15's 1/4mile

 

2k-2k1's Variable Intake isn't called MEVI per the window sticker I still have. Its called NVIS (Nissan Variable Induction System). Its a two stage induction, one featuring long intake runners while the other one is shorter in length. NVIS engages at 5,200rpms and can be felt with a more forceful push that doesn't let up until it shifts.

 

Yeah, I Know. the 2000+ Maximas have a true dual runner design, whereas the 95-99 Maxima MEVI is a compromise design: one runner with a flap that opens up a pouch, resulting in the net effect of a short runner.

DW

 

i have raced two 4th gen in the past 2 weeks and destroyed them both. They have both been autos, one had a intake, and the other stock. I beat them pretty badly too.

 

cool. your a pi kapp i see? I am a SigEp at UNCG and have a couple pi kapp friends here.

 

You have a GXE with the 16" cheese-graters

The SE's with the 17's are slower by a measureable amount.

 

Says who? I've had both, and they ran pratically IDENTICAL times with the same mods.

 

Well your Max isn't from the Middle East either, is it? j/k

The other thing about these 0-60 time differences, is that testing methods and driving style vary from magazine to magazine. If you're going to compare, make sure you at least use the same magazine. That will take out the variables of testing methods, but there could still be different drivers at one magazine, and different testing conditions, depending on what the day was like. Your absolute best bet is using a comparison test.

 

Yup, this is the only thing that ensures that all cars were tested under the same conditions and at the same time. This is as good as it gets when using mag numbers to compare Car A to Car B.


CarTest does a pretty good job, too, as long as your models are accurate enough (and for most of them, they are)

 

Remember those are dyno charts, they test HP not speed, The added weight of the sk1's and the sk's will slow them down enouph to mkae the 4th gen faster, 500+ pounds does make a differnce that 22 hp will not break

 

i thinks stevtec's charts do take weight into consideration.
also, the 5th gens are like 200lbs more, not 500

from my experience, vq30de's are faster than vq30de-k's.
i saw 2 auto 2001's go down to a 99 auto with intake.

i also got the same time at the track as a 2001 with intake, ypipe, highflow cat, bpipe, sts (if that counts for anything)....while i had a 99 with intake.

 

Its hard to compare with autos because personally i think my dad's auto 5th gen feels better than my 4th gen did when it was auto. Plus to see the real difference we would have to have a good driver run both years in stick and see what the difference was.

 

actually autos is much easier to compare....at least time wise, they are very very very very consistent. However, 5sps is where the comparing is hard, their are so many possiblilties and outcomes, its almost limitless..

to name a few
-launch rpm
-shift points
-possible missed shifts
-quick shifts

many variables...


eric

 

Yes, they do. And there are some more charts coming also

 

I'm not certain that you can compare the autos because of the way that the 2k/2k1 auto transmissions shift. They don't shift at redline so don't take advantage of the variable intake.

I agree that it is probably a drivers race between stock 5spd in the 1/4 mile.

However, on a highway roll at high speeds 70+, a 2k/2k1 will pull away from the 99.

 

Yeah, that's where the difference between the 4th and 5th gen really shows, a lack of a VI on the 4th gen. Like I said earlier, add an MEVI to a 99, and it'll take care of everything

DW

 

manually shifting takes car of that bud. 4th gens dont shift at redline either i dont think.


eric

 

Just pointing out that stomping the pedal in a 2k/2k1 auto won't give the best results because it does not shift at the optimum point.

As for the 4th gens, it would be of no benefit for them to shift at redline - they don't have a variable intake.

 

you missed what i just said, you can MANUALLY shift the 2k-up auto to get to the optimal shift point!!! And yes, taking the car to the redline (at least 1/4 racing) does yeild higher traps...


eric

 

.. what exactly do you mean by the sts mod? the mod that shortens the throw? or what.. it doesnt work on the 5th gens.. works on the 5.5 tho. anything you know about it on 5th gens tell me, im really eager to know if theres a loophole or something to make it work on 5th gen thanks

 

http://forums.maxima.org/5th-generat...arts-list.html heres a write up

 

I have NO IDEA what this "sts mod" you speak of is (how do you even pronounce that?), but instead of searching for it to find out you should definitely bump a 6 year old thread.

 

1. He made no mention of a free STS mod (which is only available 5.5 gens)
2. There are STS's available for 5th gens, just not for free (which he mentioned)
3. Search noob