I (sort of) raced one of my friends last night on a local back-country road. Fairly straight, with little elevation chage. He just got a 02 Pathfinder (auto). He was behind me and all up in my $****, so I eased over to the right hand side of the road (no line) and he pulled up along side. We went from about 40MPH (3rd gear around 3,000 when we started). We were pretty damn even and I may have even pulled a little on him. We cut out at about 80 or 90. We'll have to race off the line sometime.

 

oh yea...

I've got a 99SE 5spd stock.

 

Nice story..watch out for the 02 5spd pfinders...10 extra horses also

 

i dont know much about the new pathfinders, but if your a 5speed 99' should you have wasted him?? im not to sure so someone please correct me if im wrong

 

5-speed or auto he should have taken him.

 

0-60 autos will do low 8's and the 5spd with 10 extra will do mid-high 7's

yes ur 5spd max should have left him.

 

You read that in a magazine?

 

The auto 2002 Pathfinder that I saw at the track last friday ran a 17.1@79mph last night. There was also a New escalade that ran a 16.5!

 

Nope..from experiance and guessing.

I raced a 5spd from a dead stop to about 75 or so, i had about a car lenth on him. im a 99 auto.

So I imagine that the pathfinders will be pretty close to those numbers, comparing to the max.

 

It also depends if he had 4wd or 2wd...2wd are somewhat lighter.

 

My parents have an 2002 loaded pathfinder and it is slow as hell in all gears. I really don't know how you didn't crush that thing? It is geared for torque, and weights 4000+ lbs. I have even raced my old man out of a toll booth and absolutely roasted him.

 

What do you consider close 4 cars

 

im talking about 0-60 is ~ the numbers i posted above considering the auto max goes 0-60 in what the low 7's?

 

I think he means the "mid 8s high 7s" numbers

 

Hmm...put it this way, picture two pathfinders racing. one is an auto 4wd with 240hp, the other is 5spd 2wd with 250hp. with comparable drivers, the 2wd will always be the faster one right? considering the 2wd is lighter and boasts an extra 10 horse. So if this race was a reality..it is very possible that there are 4 car lengths in between the two vehicles.

...Was that what u were talking about?

 

Hmm doesn't seem like too much of a surprise to me, don't those new Pathfinders have the same engine as the 2k2 3.5 Altima? If so then thats 240 HP vs.190 (but 5spd). I have no clue how much those weigh but I'm guessing they're pretty torquey. I'm not sure that they're as slow as everyone is making them out to be.

 

Yeah, that's what I was thinking... 3.5 V6 pushing 240hp... should be a little faster maybe?

 

EDMUNDS HAVE THEM AT 8.4 SEC TO 60 @83.6 MPH 16.4 IN THE 1/4 YOU SHOULD HAVE BEATEN IT QUITE EASILY. OHTER PUBS HAVE THEM SLOWER THAN THAT!

 

that kinda sucks... 8 seconds to 60MPH and after another 8 only 23 more

 

You should have taken out the pathfinder with ease! I think you need to learn how to drive better :P

 

when you step on the gas...

CRUSH that F**KING PEDAL! With ALL your TOES!

With The ALL MUSCLES IN YOUR FOOT! ALL the MUSCLES IN YOUR LEGS!!!!

ALL THE WAY UP>>THIGH ALL THE WAY UP TO YOU HIP!!!!!CRUSH THAT PEDAL

LIKE THERE WAS A F**KING NASTY ROACH ON THE PEDAL!!!!KILL IT! KILL IT!

If you are going to race..race hard. Enjoy the ride.

 

simply rediculous