2003 Maxima vs 2003 GTP
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Originally Posted by 2000SilverBullet
Based on AD Bear’* info, the above numbers seem far from accurate. My 2000 SSEi did 15.069 seconds in the 1/4 mile. It seems outrageous to think that a lighter car with 20 more horsepower would not even beat me by a tenth of a second in the 1/4 mile.
That would explain why the 04'* are slower than the 03'*.
Possibly the only 03'* that Rice burning Maxima beat were Normally Aspirated.
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Originally Posted by Roadrash187
When I had a '03 Maxima as a rent a car, I got it up to 148 m.p.h. I think it still had some in it but the traffic ahead wouldnt allow it. I also raced against my friend TA ram air off of a 10/15m.p.h. roll and I pulled on him. Nissan underrates their ratings.
A 2002 Pontiac Trans Am WS6 (Ram Air) has 325 hp @ 5200 and 350 lb-ft. of tq @ 4000. It does 0-60 mph in 5 seconds flat and averages 13.45 seconds in the quarter mile. Stock, they easily outrun an old 300ZX twin-turbo. Even Nissan'* 350Z - with 287 horsepower vs. the Maxima'* 255 (both from the same 3.5L engine) - has no hope of catching a WS6. It won't even catch a base Trans Am.
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No my friend hits 13.5'* all day in his car, so I think he knows how to drive the car. We did this from a roll not from a dead stop. The game changes when its from a roll. I knew he would slaughter me if we took off at the light. Plus we only went up till 80 or so and quit.
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Originally Posted by Rogue
Where do you people find an empty stretch of safe road to do this? The fastest I ever drove a car was 120 and the hood started to ripple. The glovebox blew open and scared the crap out of me. Then the windows started to rattle and I slowed down in a hurry. Granted this was a 79 cutlass but still, thats some speed on a public road. A blow out at 148 on a highway is probably a sure death...
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Originally Posted by Rogue
Where do you people find an empty stretch of safe road to do this? The fastest I ever drove a car was 120 and the hood started to ripple. The glovebox blew open and scared the crap out of me. Then the windows started to rattle and I slowed down in a hurry. Granted this was a 79 cutlass but still, thats some speed on a public road. A blow out at 148 on a highway is probably a sure death...
(BTW, I haven't put my Bonnie over that yet...)
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Originally Posted by Roadrash187
No my friend hits 13.5'* all day in his car, so I think he knows how to drive the car. We did this from a roll not from a dead stop. The game changes when its from a roll. I knew he would slaughter me if we took off at the light. Plus we only went up till 80 or so and quit.
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Originally Posted by 89BonnieSE89
I wish that Toronto had a few stretches of unpoliced desert highway where those speeds were normal too!
Best I did was 230 kph on the QEW westbound in Mississauga at 3 am..other cars = pylons
) was 170km/h in a '89 Corolla GT-* coupe my family used to have. This happened on the 400 north, south of Finch. But dang, fast stretches of major highways in our area - 401 West before the 410, by the airport (many, many lanes... saw a G35 coupe pushing it there once, OHMAGAWD THE SOUND! *in love*). Oh, and I'm thinking that the Corolla had more oomph left in it (dad backed off), even at 170km/h, yes, a Corolla
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Originally Posted by 2000_GalaxySSEi
That’* the retort I was expecting. So, we can agree that your friend knows how to drive his Trans Am. I even agree with you that the game changes when the cars are rolling. (Typically cars do 0-60 mph significantly faster than they do 5-60 mph). I just have a hard time getting my mind around a stock Maxima pulling on a stock Trans AM WS6 - even at 10/15 mph. A stock Maxima does, at best, a 14.5 second 1/4 mile. I am, by no means, calling you a liar; I am just stating my confusion.
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I have a friend who has a brand new 2003 Maxima Sport Edtion with full racing suspension and about 350hp under the hood. His spedometer reads about a buck 60. His took a pretty nasty curve going about 70 mph and that is where the full racing suspension kicked in and he went around it fine as if he was going 35. The brand new GTP'* are really nice looking cars. Plus with the series 3.8 and supercharger option that u can get, I think that is awesome.