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2002 = 255 HP, 260 HP or 265 HP?

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Old 09-29-2001, 04:59 PM
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2002 = 255 HP, 260 HP or 265 HP?

after doing some reading about the 2002 max i thought that automatics would have 255 HP and so would the 6 speeds. i went to a nissan dealer yesterday and the salesman told me the 6 speeds will have 260 HP when they come out, 5 more than the automatics. THEN i went to a different dealer today and the salesman told me that the 6 speeds with have 265 HP, 10 more than the automatics. i wouldnt be surprised if the dealers told me that just to make me more interested. does anyone know what the actual specs are for the 2002? until last night i was almost sure it was 255 HP but now i feel like i could have been mistaken.
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The dealers are both dumbasses. One time a dealership told a guy the new max was gonna have 300HP at the wheels !!

All the new Max's,auto and stick, will have the exact same engine, with exactly 255HP.
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255 all around.
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Old 09-29-2001, 07:21 PM
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Its was 260hp at its release but Nissan decided to lower the hp to 255 to maybe give the Skyline and the G35 and advantage and a reason to get those.
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Originally posted by gtr_rider
Its was 260hp at its release but Nissan decided to lower the hp to 255 to maybe give the Skyline and the G35 and advantage and a reason to get those.
put a max.org sticker on it to bump it up to 260.
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better yet a NISMO sticker get that extra hiss, 265hp here I come!!
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hmmm...Why is it that the prelude has 195 hp as an auto but a stick has 200hp? I'm sure the salepeople were lying but maybe thats what they had in mine. 2k2 auto, 255hp. 2k2 6spd, 260hp.
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Originally posted by Craig Mack
The dealers are both dumbasses. One time a dealership told a guy the new max was gonna have 300HP at the wheels !!

All the new Max's,auto and stick, will have the exact same engine, with exactly 255HP.
heard that one too, I just looked at the guy and told him, I don't think so, Really I should have told him, don't give me your salesman BULLSH!T, I know more about these cars than you do.
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Originally posted by Menacer
hmmm...Why is it that the prelude has 195 hp as an auto but a stick has 200hp? I'm sure the salepeople were lying but maybe thats what they had in mine. 2k2 auto, 255hp. 2k2 6spd, 260hp.

A even better example of this is on the 3.5L VQ on the Pathfinder. There is a 5 HP increase on the 5spd but a loss of TQ.
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i saw it as 260 hp in the mail they sent me.
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yea about 6 months ago i heard 285 from my nissan dealer, he also said outta the 3.0 to.....survey says............NO!
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Originally posted by gtr_rider
Its was 260hp at its release but Nissan decided to lower the hp to 255 to maybe give the Skyline and the G35 and advantage and a reason to get those.

Actually the controversy with Nissan's HP ratings was first started when the new Q45 wasn't as fast as advertised. Nissan decided to stand by it's 340hp claim for the Q, but decided to lower advertised hp of the Altima and Maxima by 5hp to avert any criticism from the mags.
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