you can tell with a couple more mods 1st gear will become usless at WOT.

you religiously check and ADD oil every 1K miles, but the torque is so nice you don't mind.

 

Yup, 190 HP in a ±3000 lb 5MT Maxima with a fat torque curve feels (and is) quicker than 240 HP in a ±3300 lb 5AT Accord with most of its power way up in the tach (ie 5000 rpm torque peak!).

Just goes to show that HP isn't the end-all. No one believes that my Max "only" has 190 HP!

 

Total area under the curve divided by curb weight =

 

you know you're driving a VQ when you've smiled for at least 5 of these posts in here because u can relate

 

lol

 

oh yea

 

Your know your driving a VQ when you can put 20" chrome rims on your car and still beat most cars on the road.

 

You've never had to replace these
yes I own a VG30e as well


As someone said, you have turned the radio off to listen to the engine.

Have near 300k miles and still *****ing and making newer cars in the same class look slow

 

You know you are driving a VQ when others say, "let me drive it!"

 

did anyone watch my video? you know u want too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cHxBBwwfiY

 

you know you're driving a vq when your friend who drives a 600+ hp T/A says damn, this thing has some power

 

yea!! lol i just slapped on 20s and it still rolls like no tomorrow

 

5MT 4th gen (based on 190 hp and what it says under your user name) ought to be within a car or two of a V6 Accord but if you had an automatic, no way. Driven my Dad's '04 V6 Accord and my 5.5 gen (4AT) is only a bit quicker despite weighing 120 pounds less and having more hp and torque). Mine has way more bottom end but the top end charge his has plus the extra gear keeps his car reasonably close. His car gets much better freeway mileage too but I'd still rather have mine. Seriously Honda, get with the program. Still no factory HIDs in the Accord? What is wrong with you? /rant

 

Looks like all you guys w/ VQ35(03' and up), don't know what a time-bomb you're actually driving
p.s. no offense to people from Mexico

 

GM replacement engines have been coming out of Mexico since the early 80s. Ran one in my Chevelle. 8:2:1 compression, 4 bolt mains, mild cam. Put in a bigger cam, better heads (made the compression 9.5:1) and the usual bolt-ons. Ran brackets with it running a best on 2.56 gears (that is like us starting in 2nd gear) of 14.68 @ 100 mph and 14.32 @ 98 on 3.08s. I traded it (block and heads) for a stouter short block (more cam, 11:1 pistons) when the engine had 96,000 miles on it. When the person I traded it to tore it down, all it needed was a clean-up hone. Held up to twice monthly brackets for a year and a half, plus I drove that car everywhere during that time. Not sure how Mexican quality is now but back then it was pretty damn good.

Just thought I'd throw that out.

 

Its ok buddy, I'm only Mexican on the weekends

 

Great story. LOL

As for the quality of the VQ engine, i think it went down with the 5.5 and 6th GEN even that is way more fun to drive the VQ35 over the VQ30 That's my own opinion!


I know it's not a weekend today , but can you please tell me, if HECHO means made or assembled...?

 

Hecho(a)= Made

Ensamblado(a)= Assembled

Armado(a) = Put together/ another form of assembled

 

Amen to that lol.

 

You know your're driving a VQ when you treat a traffic light like a drag tree.

You know your're driving a VQ when you smash on the gas for no apparent reason lol

 

You know you drive a vq when you just pull your boys honda home because his motor blew..and he had nothing to say!
Priceless

 

You know you are driving a VQ when my son (who drives an '07 Corolla) says "no wonder you only get 19 mpg city when you leave lights that quickly" and I was at maybe 1/3rd throttle.

But yeah, I'd love to get the 38 mpg freeway he gets but only if I had the same power as my engine has now.

 

i threw up of laughter looking at this, especially the part when you said "You know you drive a VE when the guy at the parts counter tells you your engine doesn't exist "

You know youre driving a VQ when you command, and it obeys.

 

You also know youre driving a VQ(my father) when you have the money to purchase a fully loaded BMW but want to drive a maxima because you like the "maxima feel"

 

You know you are driving a VQ when you are driving a 1995+ Maxima.

DUH!!!

 

You know you are driving a VQ stuffed into a 5.5 gen when your Dad drives your car and says "your car has a lot of torque but that turning radius is awful!"

 

What are those(can't you just smell the sarcasm)?

 

when the guy says "ohh, thats why! i didnt know it was a v6, i thought it was a v4"

 

 

you know you drive a vq when you spend more time on the org reading about it than you do actually driving it.

 

true....i wanna go drive it, but dont know where to go actually. i wish it either snowed here or we had some hills or mountains with twistys nearby

 

+1. Have a friend with a 500+WHP (650+ with juice) LS2 GTO that I let run the car down the track. "Dang this thing just goes.." was his responce.

 

....when you pay 95 bucks for an oil change!

 

You know your driving a VQ when your muffler falls off from too much back pressure.

 

you race every coupe/ricer/non maxima you see. And win.

 

When you can be stopped next to a corvette or mustang and smile to yourself because you know you have a chance with a stock engine.

 

When you have full exhaust and you punch it under every bridge/overpass.

When your 1st gear is useless N/A from a stop or a roll.

When you punch it and it surprises YOU with how quick it is.

When you're dead tired after work or early in the morning but you start your car up and you're awake.

When you don't mind the crappy Nissan paint chips on your front bumper cuz it's not like anyone can see them while you're moving.

When you take more pictures of your car randomly than you do your girlfriend.

When you drool over it in your driveway.

And even when you have a nice sound system, you turn it down because...you have a VQ.

 

i do this all the time, love it

 

this me right here all off the above.

 

you got that right lol