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permalink · Oct 26th, 2002, 11:20 AM

Hi all,

im a new member over here. I just bought my Maxima last September 2002. The maxima we have here in Saudi arabia is different, cuz the 2002 models still comes with the 3.0 engine 5spd manual. Hope we can find a lot of intresting subject to share togethere and see you then

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MGBRaceman · Nov 22nd, 2002, 12:11 PM

Welcome to the boards man, I used to drive a J30 maxima, I still want one. I'm goingto buy one here soon. we can have some good discussions on tuning.

OPIUM · Nov 22nd, 2002, 09:02 PM

I'll bring the tea and cookies!

permalink · Nov 23rd, 2002, 07:10 AM

Thanks guys for your reply. I did have a race last thursday with a Renault Clio its 177Hp car with a weight of 980kg.(2156pound). and we were together at the 1st and second gear and on the third i start taking off. what do you think?

permalink · Nov 30th, 2002, 12:30 AM

Hey. I think you could smoke a better car than that...Maxima's are the BEST!

permalink · Nov 30th, 2002, 01:24 AM

you are right bro, but the Renault is much faster on the take off. If we just had on a higher speed, he wount hold with me.

permalink · Dec 4th, 2002, 08:03 AM

if you haven't done any mods yet, I would go ahead and do a strut tower brace and a pop filter at the minimum dude. You will not be sorry.

permalink · Dec 8th, 2002, 02:49 PM

Ok here's where all of your nissan expertice comes into action... Im looking for a 3rd generation Maxima (89-94), I heard that the SOHC VG30E had a better hp to weight ratio, but the DOHC has 30 HP more... what do you think is a better decision(all opinions are welcome)?

maxedout97maxima · Dec 8th, 2002, 04:41 PM

welcome......cool another Maxima driver woohooo!

maxedout97maxima · Dec 8th, 2002, 04:44 PM

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Originally posted by cneary812
if you haven't done any mods yet, I would go ahead and do a strut tower brace and a pop filter at the minimum dude. You will not be sorry.

this was true about the ratio but there is more aftermarket support for the 4th and 5th gen Maximas than the 3rd gen's...
as far as performance stuff...

permalink · Dec 10th, 2002, 03:03 AM

thx for the advice, but i heard that the Y pipe is the most modification part that do a real different in your car!!!!!

maxedout97maxima · Dec 10th, 2002, 06:03 AM

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Originally posted by one_bad_max
thx for the advice, but i heard that the Y pipe is the most modification part that do a real different in your car!!!!!

here................

http://warpspeedperformance.com/

the y-pipe is the biggest and best HP mod for the Maxima

next of course is S/C,Turbo or Nitrous...but for the bolt on mods the y-pipe is the best HP mod....

permalink · Dec 10th, 2002, 07:30 AM

cool I was thinking about doing the y-pipe mod myself. I replace old warn out parts with their performance upgrades.

As for the difference between the VE and VG engines, the 92-94 SE with the DOHC VE engine has a few problems ie Crank angle sensor, VCT, but shares some other problems with its counter part the VG. You can actually get more parts for the VG than the VE, but, I like my VE (do have the VCT problem currently) but it is a fast car. The timing chains are a nice + over the VG's belt that needs replacing every 60K.

permalink · Dec 13th, 2002, 05:24 PM

Im not sure what the VCT is, but my timing belt blew (with only 40k mi. on it!) , and screwed my whole engine up, and bent quite a few things in it. Im just gonna get a replacement VG. So im deffinetly gonna do the timing chain as apposed to the belt on my next engine.

Evolution-Autodesign · Dec 17th, 2002, 02:55 PM

But without the intake, you won't realize the full benenfits of the Y-Pipe.

Quote:

Originally posted by one_bad_max
thx for the advice, but i heard that the Y pipe is the most modification part that do a real different in your car!!!!!