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M5 vs modded Maxima?
So this happened yesterday. I was cruising home from the office, and this older dude in a newer (2019+) Nissan Maxima came screaming up behind me. I'm not sure what all he had done to the car, but it def wasn't stock. If I had to put a sound to it, I'd say it sounded like a GTR. Well, he got beside me and kept lunging forward (around 50 MPH). After the 3rd time of this I let him get about a half car length on me, and dropped the hammer. Well, as I expected I pulled away from him with ease, but what surprised me was that I didn't pull away from him as fast as I thought I should. This went on for about another 5 times until I guess he got tired of losing, and pulled off. However, this got me wondering, what could he have done to a Maxima to hang with an M5 like he did? ¯\_(O_o)_/¯ I have been google'ing all morning trying to find anything on these cars being modded, but couldn't find anything.
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05-27-2020, 01:28 PM | #3 |
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I believe it's the same engine as in the 350Z (at least as a base), which is very tunable via forced induction additions. Not sure how this guy should feel about the whole situation. Probably pretty pumped that he's hanging with the M5, but also a bit frustrated given that he's likely spent a bunch of time and money (and definitely voided any warranty) to really only get a good look at your taillights hahaha.
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I am not privy to all the details but there are so many more chances on a regular road due to conditions, mods, driver, first jump, right gear, etc for a lesser car to hold its own. Plus Im sure the speeds werent enough to truly allow for bus lengths to occur.
Or maybe it was that new MaxGTR?
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I find this very funny because I used to be a maxima guy and I can tell you that they are pretty quick for such a heavy front wheel drive vehicle. I don't know much about the new generations but the 02-03 was and still is my favorite maxima ever... a lot of Z's and Infiniti's as well as other vehicles got caught off guard.
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Sidebar: Funny thing the last guy that sounded like you got dismantled buy my 03 maxima FBO on the hit (75 shot) and he was driving a hemi 06 charger that needed god himself to come down and help the poor thing 🤣.. Back when I thought Maximas was the fastest thing ever lol...*sighs* good times
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Pretty sure the "last guy like me" and his 340 horses is apples and oranges compared to the M5.
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My car in college was a 1998 Maxima SE. Maxima's used to be awesome before Nissan completely fukked it up starting with the 2000 redesign. Off topic but that car still evokes good memories.
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A friend of mine still has his till this day.. all these years later and it still looks pretty dope.
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I had a 350z back in the day that ran the 3.5 engine. Like many have said, it is extremely tunable and installing your own single turbo isn't hard. I put a single turbo from Momentum Engineering (out of business) and got it to 480 at the wheels without much effort. Rolling races were great, getting traction from a dig wasn't.
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