Some kids (3 actually) in a new red Spec V decided they'd try to give the Max a run last night. Things didn't work out so well for them however hehe.

The first run was from about 35mph in 2nd gear. In 3 seconds time I'd put a car and a half on them. Like taking candy from a baby.

The 2nd run was from a roll at like 40, I was still in 3rd gear, they hit it and we were dead even, I was just messing around with them (the extra 2 passengers didn't help the guy either). That run was cut short by a cop up ahead...oops. We were even up to about 60mph.

Then later we caught a light, but it was in a downtown area late at night(25mph speed limit). I wasn't really looking for a race in this sort of area, but they took off and got a 1 car lead initially, so I decided what the heck, lets do it. I knew it would be over within 6 or 7 seconds anyways heh. By the top of 2nd gear their 1 car lead (with the passenger looking back and laughing at me even) had evaporated and I was 1.5-2 cars ahead of them. It was quite funny, I looked at the passenger the whole time as he looked at me, from me being 1 car back to when I passed them. His eyes got rather wide. I let off at the top of 2nd gear. They shifted to 3rd and went tearing off into the night, squealing their tires around a curve and such. I called Brian to tell him about it and went home.

Not sure if they thought their Spec V with and intake (heard it) was going to get an easy win or if they knew what was going to happen. But from their antics after the first race (they almost rearend the car in front of them as we were in traffic leaving a light) and their ricer flyby, I think they were surprised.

 

I must ask the obvious. WHY WERE YOU RACING ON THE STREET?

 

Nice race, sweet max, my dream..

 

it just happened..............

someone revs you and floors it. then we floor it and then boom we have a full fledged street race.

the random incounters are usually the most interesting ones....

heheheh nealoc nice little kill gotta put it down for the ingnorant people out there.

 

Spec V is very representative of the Nissan philosophy--all show, no go. They should call it Sentra Nova! (Spanish eh?)

The opposite would be RS-X Type S. Very very plain looking, but a real sports car. We look under it at the rear and wonder where the beam is?

 

Sentra SE-R Spec V versus RSX Type S
hmm
can we say in 2 very different classes.
and the best i've seen an RSX run at the track is 16.4
And i've also raced a Spec V at the track
and beat him by 3 car lengths
but it was his first time driving it at the track.

Civic Si is in the Sentra class, and the Sentra spanks it

 

rsx type s is 16.4 ??????

I hope you mean the regular one...the type s is pretty quick like 15.0 - 15.5 ..but they can take an a$$ whooping too.


nealoc..good kill..they are quick..but not that quick..and NOT with 300 extra lbs in there.

should be an interesting car after a few mods

 

Its not something I make a habit of, happens about once a week. He felt like racing so I raced him for a few seconds. Its dangerous, which is why I don't do it very often (more often than some, less often than others). I do 99.9% of my racing at the track its safer and more fun.

 

good deal. a sentra with 3 people in it, what the hell were they thinkin?

 

lol...they picked on the wrong guy to mess with. Should have pick on an automagic Maxima.

 

Arent the random encounters what we modify our cars for?

 

thats what I thought

 

i hope you are being sarcastic, god knows i love the rsx type-S.. especially in that blue colour.. a co-worker has one and it's very very nice..

i wouldn';t call it a "real sports car" though, a real sports car imo should be either AWD or RWD .. not FWD..

not only that a real sports car wouldnt be ONLY in the high 14's stock.. and it's almost impossible to find someone that has actually gotten high 14's on a stock typeS and has the time slip.

a REAL sports car would be something like the camaro.. RWD and enough torque to shred the rear tires. 100% made for dragging

 

Just curious, but do you all get the impression that most lay people don't know the max has and is available in manual? When I tell people I drive a 5-spd max, almost everyone is kind of surprised... Most people equate maxima's with a sportier LOOKING camry...

 

haha, you know whats up!

 

Yeah, this guy at work has been talking smack about how Maxima's are always trying to race his stock Auto Prelude and they can't keep up. I just tell him to try to race me, he'll get a little surprise.

 

Can't keep up with an auto Prelude? You got to be kidding me. Maybe they were stock autos. Still though, I say he's full of it.

 

still wont turn out too good 4 them, trust me ive been tested.

 

 

Did someone forget the video?

 

It's funny, I keep a kill list on my PC (MS Word) and there's not one NA 4 cylinder on it.

The fastest RSX-S I've seen ran a 15.6 sec ET or a few tenths slower than a Celica GTS or VTEC Tegs.

Just for the record, there are only a few cars still produced that are considered 'sports cars' in the historical sense. Believe or not, sports cars are cars like the MX5, S2000 and Z3. (The 300ZXTT, 3000GT VR4, Supra TT and RX7 are considered GT cars.)

Like it or not, the RSX and the Spec V are both economy cars. (For one thing, a sports car would NEVER be front wheel drive!!) Despite their impressive performance numbers, neither are true sports cars.

 

good kill!

specVs are good for low 15s. i think the best time so far is 15.1 stock over at freshalloy.com but nowhere near a modded 5spd.
but still very quick and very impressive, i'm sure a modded auto will have a pretty hard time with the specV

 

I am not goin to argue with any1, all im gonna say is that i was in my car and i know what happened, i never said i smoked him it was pretty damn close, but for all i know it could have been the driver of the sentra that wasnt too good. the driver does matter as u all know and if thats the case if some1 whos a expert stick driver was behind the wheel i probably would have lost.

 

hehe there's a diff between the real world and the world of George Castanza.

Life is good when you can consider a RS-X to be an economy car. Heavy paper. The Maxima is like getting the cashmere sweater with a red dot on it, ie below invoice!

 

I agree, a Mazda Miata is more of a true sports car than a "muscle-car" Camaro or Mustang. A sports car should be a RWD two-door convertible. It's not all about horsepower, it's handling and the driving experience.

 

wtf frank?

$19k, and a 4-banger that puts out 175hp and I believe 180ft/lbs torque. Show me an under $20k naturally-aspirated 4-banger with those output numbers alone (Granted, the output at the high end isn't quite what a Honda VTEC 4-banger is, but I'd rather have low-end than constantly having to downshift to hit a power range...and I used to be a honda fan). Add in the v-lsd and some decent stock suspension equipment, and you've got a fun-to-drive car. All looks? I don't see any style in that car at all, barely. It still looks like a Sentra for the most part, with a few minor cues.

Especially when you say the RSX-S is very plain looking. It has stock 5-spoke 17s I believe, just like the Spec V, not to mention a definitely noticable stock exhaust tip, and (trying to be) an aggressive front end. The only "plain" quality of the RSX-S look to me is how it appears somewhat narrow and tall in stance, not what you're used to seeing on a Honda. Give it some time, when all the kids have springs...

"Real sports cars" is REAL relative here. Personally I'm pretty disappointed with the RSX for the reason that it wandered outside of the integra/prelude spirit of "raw 4-cylinder sporty-but-cheap" car. I mean, leather seats, bose stereo, etc, standard? Not to mention the price tag, which around here comes out to $25-26k. Crap, even the base models sell above $20k here. Who wants to shovel out $26k for a car like that? With the Sentra at $19k, that's a supercharger with room to spare, etc.

I can see where I might kind of agree with you on some areas...but to say the Spec-V is flashy with no go, well...you get my point. But perhaps you prefer bose stereos, leather seats, better road dampening, auto-climate control, and good quality interior plastic in your "real sports cars"

 

You should race your modded Accord and make a video of it.

Then post it on SHO and see what happens. hehe

 

I cooked one today with exhaust & intake & I'm stock

 

if you do 99.9% of your racing at the track.. and you run on hte street 1 time every week.. hmm.. 1/7 * 99 .. you run at the track 14 times a week?

 

Even Accord V6's can meet or beat the performance of a stock Lude auto