Originally posted by Icey Mike:
I doubt an SVT can beat a 99-00 Maxima too. They even have a Supercharger available through Jackson Racing that yields over 300 horses!
Umm, Stock-to-stock with the same driver, the 00 Max 5-spd loses. Sadly, the newer ones (a bit more porky at the scales, and, IMHO, with inflated power numbers) are slower than the 4th gen by all sources I've seen.
Sure, after driving both, the Max is a quicker car at 6/10ths effort--the smoothness and tractability of the VQ30DE-K is marvelous, and the car as a whole is more polished than the SVT (of course, bigger and more expensive, too). But when it comes time to wring them both out for all they're worth, it's SVT Contour by a pretty small margin that grows ever larger as the speedometer swings clockwise. With 2 shifts, SVT is even with the 1-shift Maxima to 60...1/2 sec. quicker by 100mph, and 14 seconds quicker to 130mph (47 sec w/3 shifts vs. 33 sec w/4 shifts). Top speeds are about even at 140mph & change.
Either modded, and all bets are off.
Of course, there's still part of me that wishes I'd gotten the Max instead of the SVT...but those feelings disappear when the windows roll down and the right foot gets twitchy...
