3.0 Or 3.5 Maxima

[USMC850T]

The guy yelled me his literage while we were driving but all i could here was 3 something. We went from 60, not a bad race, I have about 2-3 lengths by 90. I told him to slow down so we could go from 40. He obliged and I tore him up with with an instand 2 lengths, I slowed down after I'd put a greyhound between us. He decided a ricer flyby would be cool, and I thought otherwise. I caught him around 85 and had like 2 bus lengths at 115. The guy had his window down the whole time, then asked if I had a turbo

Boost gauge stored a maximum boost of 18.5

Can't figure out what his displacement was, one of my buddies brought his 3.5 to the track last year and I was about 1.1 seconds faster and 3 MPH faster. That was before I tuned up my cams though, so I think it's possible it was a 3.5.

[JDELUNA]

1995-1999 had the old 3.0 which made 190hp

2001 had newer 3.0 which made 222hp

2002-2003 had the 3.5 which made 255hp

2004+ had the 3.5 which made 265hp

Hope this helps. God Bless :)

[JDELUNA]

By the way those VQ engines are smooth and respond pretty good to light mods. They sound great too. God Bless :)

[HtownTurboBrick]

i actually have a currently pending challenge by a 95 maxima with an 02 motor swap...im pretty sure it won't be an issue, but his cockyness has me questioning whats up. as far as i kno the altima with the 3.5 have been known to pull a 14.2 passes. and the 95 maxima is quite a bit lighter. so i'm not sure what to expect. im sure ill destroy it on a roll, im questioning its dig capabilites.

[JDELUNA]

i actually have a currently pending challenge by a 95 maxima with an 02 motor swap...im pretty sure it won't be an issue, but his cockyness has me questioning whats up. as far as i kno the altima with the 3.5 have been known to pull a 14.2 passes. and the 95 maxima is quite a bit lighter. so i'm not sure what to expect. im sure ill destroy it on a roll, im questioning its dig capabilites.

Yes the 95 Maxima is probably the lightest especially if it is the 5 speed. I had a 1995 Maxima SE with automatic and with a full tank of gas it weighed 3150 pounds or about 100 pounds lighter than my current S70 T5 5 speed, again if he has a 5 speed he would be even lighter.Are you sure he did a 02 swap and not an 01 swap ?? I know with the 2001 and below they have a Stillen Supercharger that properly tuned, etc. they have run low 13's I think some in the 12's. God Bless :)

[hawks25]

FWIW, my automatic 02 Maxima ran a 14.49 @ 96 with just a filter on a stick. IIRC, my 60' times were low 2.2's. From the butt dyno though, the Volvo (when stock) would have easily taken the Max from a highway roll, but then the Max would take the advantage back at speeds over 110-115.

[HtownTurboBrick]

no im sure its the 02 cuz he said 3.5l. im well aware of maxima potential cuz i knew a 95 with every bolt on and a 150 shot that did low 12's. this kid's car was automatic stock, but im pretty he's gone 5spd now with the new swap. my only fear is a dig run, cuz since my cam tuning i have wheel spin galore. i get spins at 55 punches n this is with the automatic so im not stressed on a freeway run. i haven't lost yet n i've been picking on much faster, and newer cars, vettes, cobras, camaro ss, trans am ws6...all of which desimate me off the line. so yea im not too worried about this kid, but his cockiness does make me wonder...i told him i'd only do it for a money run n he didn't hesitate.

[hawks25]

no im sure its the 02 cuz he said 3.5l. im well aware of maxima potential cuz i knew a 95 with every bolt on and a 150 shot that did low 12's. this kid's car was automatic stock, but im pretty he's gone 5spd now with the new swap. my only fear is a dig run, cuz since my cam tuning i have wheel spin galore. i get spins at 55 punches n this is with the automatic so im not stressed on a freeway run. i haven't lost yet n i've been picking on much faster, and newer cars, vettes, cobras, camaro ss, trans am ws6...all of which desimate me off the line. so yea im not too worried about this kid, but his cockiness does make me wonder...i told him i'd only do it for a money run n he didn't hesitate.

Well, if you pick on Vettes and Cobras, then you have no reason to be worried about a Max with a 3.5 swap. They are no where near the capability of a Vette or Cobra. Unless you're talking about not losing to a 1980 Corvette or a 1976 Mustang Cobra II, both being stock.

[HtownTurboBrick]

Well, if you pick on Vettes and Cobras, then you have no reason to be worried about a Max with a 3.5 swap. They are no where near the capability of a Vette or Cobra. Unless you're talking about not losing to a 1980 Corvette or a 1976 Mustang Cobra II, both being stock.

im talking about a freeway run...i lose all day long to them off the line...where i have nothing...

he's calling me out to the track...im thinking he's on spray so i may have to pull a 50 shot myself...

[hawks25]

Not to be a jag or anything, but if you can take Vettes and Cobras, even from a roll, you shouldn't have much of a problem with him. You've got to figure that in order to do that, you've got to be making some sort of good HP - power that most on here cannot or do not make. A good majority of those cars run in the 12's easily, trapping 110 and over. Hell, even a C5 with 350hp (not to make light of those) runs high 12's. And you also have to figure that most Cobra's will already have mods on them. And let's not even talk about the 03-04 Cobras, which will make light work of anything short of modded C6 Z06's very easily/cheaply with just a pulley, basic mods and some tuning.

In my previous experiences with Maxima's, the most modded out one I ever witnessed ran low 13's, but that was the 3.0 with a centrifigual supercharger on it. I wish I remembered the trap speed. A quick look over at maxima.org comes up with a quickest of 12.63@119, a 95 with a T3/T4 turbo kit and spray.

So, if you beat a Vette with the 350hp engine, even on a roll, I would think you should be making enough power to run in the neighborhood of 112 mph through the 1/4 mile traps. Which puts you around a 12.7-ish run, depending on how consistent you are at launching. That also puts you right at their boards' quickest time.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to break balls, I'm just trying to figure out why you're worried about a car that may have the potential to run 12's if he's lucky, when you beat cars that will best that pretty easily.

[HtownTurboBrick]

Not to be a jag or anything, but if you can take Vettes and Cobras, even from a roll, you shouldn't have much of a problem with him. You've got to figure that in order to do that, you've got to be making some sort of good HP - power that most on here cannot or do not make. A good majority of those cars run in the 12's easily, trapping 110 and over. Hell, even a C5 with 350hp (not to make light of those) runs high 12's. And you also have to figure that most Cobra's will already have mods on them. And let's not even talk about the 03-04 Cobras, which will make light work of anything short of modded C6 Z06's very easily/cheaply with just a pulley, basic mods and some tuning.

In my previous experiences with Maxima's, the most modded out one I ever witnessed ran low 13's, but that was the 3.0 with a centrifigual supercharger on it. I wish I remembered the trap speed. A quick look over at maxima.org comes up with a quickest of 12.63@119, a 95 with a T3/T4 turbo kit and spray.

So, if you beat a Vette with the 350hp engine, even on a roll, I would think you should be making enough power to run in the neighborhood of 112 mph through the 1/4 mile traps. Which puts you around a 12.7-ish run, depending on how consistent you are at launching. That also puts you right at their boards' quickest time.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to break balls, I'm just trying to figure out why you're worried about a car that may have the potential to run 12's if he's lucky, when you beat cars that will best that pretty easily.

no i get what u guys are saying, but heres how i look at it. i only play with the high ends around 75 n up...generally speaking those cars don't have the best gearing to play up top. even with a 5psi brake boost, i've only luanched within a car of a cobra...vettes , ss's get bus length jumps on me n we're talking stock here maybe exhuast. the thing about the maxima i knew a 95 with bolt ons running 150 shot that did 12.6 on street tires. nah if this kid were to take me up on a freeway run i'd do circles around him just because i could. but alas he only wants a track run n nothing else...i told him if he wanted me to go all the way to the track it was gonna cost him $600 n he took the offer...thats what makes me worry. the particular motor he supposedly swapped in is the one out of an altima se-r which pull 14.2 stock. the 95 clocks in right around 2900-3000lbs with bolts ons n spray would put him in 12's no problem...i know for a fact, with my 60' n good for nothing automatic 1st gear i will not break 12's, mid 13's at best. its his unwillingness to do a freeway run and his acceptance of such a high wager that makes me suspect he's looking for his advantage on a drag set up (drag radials/slicks...jacked up rear suspension for better luanch n spray). my only way to make sure i walk away with his money is to go spray...which is probably what im going to do.

i don't know about u guys, but i've run my car past the speedo many times for sustained periods of time. that was back when it was stock n the car had all the power in the world it wanted when i was still sitting at 130...as the car stands right now i can bury the needle from 80 in a matter of seconds, i have no offical numbers as of yet to back this up...i just know vettes n cobras have only stayed next to me for so long before all the could do was see me getting smaller. i've had a vette do a ricer flyby when my car decided that it had enuff accelerating. so i know he was doing over 160. mind u this was on a toll road at 3 in the morning.

[maximase86]

In my previous experiences with Maxima's, the most modded out one I ever witnessed ran low 13's, but that was the 3.0 with a centrifigual supercharger on it. I wish I remembered the trap speed. A quick look over at maxima.org comes up with a quickest of 12.63@119, a 95 with a T3/T4 turbo kit and spray.

Actually, that number is old, he hit 11.9 @ 124.9 putting down 538whp, and 603wtq. Larger turbo, and stock internals as well.

http://www.dynomagic.com/thefast_hlh.htm

The fastest guy known runs 11.4 @126. I believe he has a 3.5 bottom end, built, with 3.0 heads and up to a 75 shot of nitrous...he has run 12.0 @ 118 without the juice.

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=...ht=Mardigrasmax

VQ are very versatile motors and you can extract quite a bit of power out of them and can find them in many different flavors, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 3.7, and 4.0. Reason they have been a top 10 motor since 1995.

It's pretty easy to get into the mid to low 13's with a 3.5 swap into a 95 Maxima....but typically they run low 14's to high 13's from what I see.

S

[maximase86]

Here is another guy, 3.5 swap + turbo:

http://videos.streetfire.net/search/maxima...4dc74319bdc.htm

[hawks25]

Wow, the fast guys are getting really quick over there now. I was rid of my Max in '05, so it's been a while since I've been over there.

Jon, just get some drag radials and take the wheel spin out of the equation. And you have a PM.

[blown_volvo850r]

Even on a boost leak, completely toasted O2s, and untuned ST 17psi chip, I rolled one of the '02 6-spds from a 55 roll like it was nothing. I've seen some run fast, some not so fast. I wouldn't worry about it, just dust him.