I'm planning on buying a 91 or 92 240sx to race down on the track. Now can my max tow the car?

 

How much does the 240SX weigh? Its not heavy enough for it not to tow, but reliably? IIRC max tow is 2,000lbs, can someone verify this in the owners manual?

 

yes, i think the max will be able to do it, but mad power loss.

 

The owner's manual states the maximum towing capacity for our cars is 1,000lbs.

I was bored so I did the quick research.

 

depending on how it is towed... if its on a trailer, probably not. a tow dolly or by tow bar yeah as you are not towing the entire weight of the car... but i am not 100% sure

 

buy a beater truck for 50 bucks...

 

if you want i am selling an s10 blazer for 2k that would tow it nicely

 

even though you are talking about 1,000lbs towing capacity, all you need to do is get it rolling, and im sure you are not towing the whole weight of the car like 99automagic said. i mean cmon, when the car is on neutral, i can push my car with one hand on it.

 

i wouldnt tow anything with my max but if you are going to id pick a good flat route too

 

if you wanna tow, get a compact pickup or something

 

The engine and tranny can handle it, but the brakes cannot. Since you will hopefully be using the brakes on the 240 as you tow, I dont really see a problem. I am pretty sure the frame is strong enough to do it.

 

I hope to buy a 240 aslo, but there are some places where you can rent a trunk with unlimited milage, better to use a rented truck and tow, than you car. If anything happens during transport atleast its not you car.

Planning on SR-ing the 240? or RB? I've seen some vid of people with the RB26, and WOW

 

VQ32DETT is the combo you want.

 

i have towed an 89 Isuzu Amigo,89 max,pathfinder with my max like they said get it rolling

 

I used mine to unstik my truck once, I dont recommend it. But if you insist on trying, I suggest a Reese shadowmount hitch, it's low profile and barely seen.

 

i seen a max towing a trailer wit 2 jet skis and it seemed fine!!

 

I used to regularly tow a 500lb trailer, with 1 90lb and 2 130lb dirtbikes with my tool box, a cooler, and my sons racing gear in the trunk. I have also hauled a 600lb street bike on that trailer. It pulled just fine. But I never had more than 1200lbs opn the hitch. A 2500-3000 lb car would be an entirely different story. With MT, the clutch would suffer severely. With AT, you stand a better chance but the fliud in the tranny will eventually overheat. The damage will not be immediately evident, but they add a transmission cooler with the towing packages for a reason.

 

rent a uhaul pickup?? like 25 bucks a day or something

 

If I change my brakes, should it do it? I just don't wanna buy a truck or something. I guess I could rent a truck but I would be racing quite often. Here is a picture of a trailer that I'm thinking of getting.
http://www.candcindustries.com/nss-f...%20Trailer.jpg

 

i wouldnt recomend it with that trailer, you are going to be pulling the entire weight of the car with that trailer easily over 2k of weight.. it would kill your max in a few trips.. overheat the tranny, kill your breaks... really not with it

Get a cheep truck if you will be racing alot.. you do not want to kill the maxima that quick

 

Just to tow it ONCE for a short distance? Yeah. Just becareful about the brakes or you WILL rearend someone when you find out it takes 2x-3x the distance to stop.

To tow on a regular basis to the track? Forget it. You are bucking the odds and you WILL get into a wreck. Buy an used truck that has the proper towing capacity for duty like this.

I towed a 3-gen maxima with a trailer (1,000lb trailer) and our Ford F150 was barely up to the braking tasks.

 

i checked that the 240sx has curb weight of 2700 lbs. Damn thats a lot. I think the 4g maxes are 3200 lbs.

 

i wouldnt do it.. i mean the towing capacity is 1000 lbs.. that includes you in the car plus the 2800 lbs for the 240... i dont think the trans will like that at all

 

Not only will you put a lot of unnessesary strain on your maxima which wasn't built to tow anything, you will have to have a tow package

 

Does he just want to use the Max to get the 240 home? or want to toe the 240 to and from the track?

If its towing home, still rent a

 

Does he just want to use the Max to get the 240 home? or want to toe the 240 to and from the track?

If its towing home, still rent a cheap truck and tow the 240 home. To take to and from the track, check www.ebaymotors.com and get a cheap and decent beater to take to and from the track.

 

I have a minivan, 1999 nissan quest. That should do right?

 

Don't even THINK about it.

If you were using a dolly to tow it 5 miles home from where you bought it, that's one thing.. but to tow it more than across town- especially on a trailer like that is just baaad news.

the maxima's UNIBODY FRAME isn't up to the task. they have a 1000lb tow capacity for a reason.
1. suspension
2. brakes
3. frame strength
4. engine wear
5. transmission

sure the engine has the power to pull it, but that doesn't mean that the rest of the car is capable of doing it.

when you go to the track, you're always going to have another 100lb of tools and accessories with you, let alone a spare set of tires and other stuff like extra gas tanks, spare parts, jacks/stands, EZ up tent, etc etc etc.

count that on top of the 2800lb car, and another 1000lb for a trailer, and you're looking at over 4000lb total.
it takes a medium-size truck to tow that much reliably. I wouldnt' even think about doing it with an S-10 unless it was only for very short trips.


you can pick up a used full size truck for about $3000 if you look around. that's the only vehicle I would put up to the task of towing a car more than a few miles.

 

with that trailer, the front axle will be in front of the trailers axle. if the 240 is, in fact, 2700 lbs, and assuming a 50/50 weight distribution, i know it's probably closer to 55/45 majority up front. that puts 1350 between the trailer axle and hitch. If the car is placed with the tires centered between the points, that puts 675 on the tongue. This is all before adding the 1000 pounds that the trailer probably weighs. draw-tite says its toughest hitch for the max has a gross trailer weight limit of 2500 lbs and a tongue weight limit of 200. I don't think I would even pretend to try it.