max vs celica gt-s

Hey i have a 98 maxima se. Yestersday me and some guy from school decided to run our cars. He has an 02 celica gts, and it was a stick. Mine is cmpletely stock and automatic. anyways we raced and my launch was terrible, so i was behind, and by the time i hit third my car was gaining on him, but it was too late, the race was over. We raced a second time, and the same damn thing happened to me! i got distracted and i lost. I hope to race him again.

Oh and a race is set on monday, for me against a sentra se-r spec v, a six pd. does anyone know what i can expect the result to be?

I'm thinking you will have a little bit easier time with the SE-R than the GTS. The GTS has more horsepower and less weight than the SE-R. The SE-R has more torque down low though, so you might want to work on those launches a little bit. Are you powerbraking when you are launching?

you lost to a celica?????
:confused: :confused: :confused:

My brother's 95 SE 5spd raped a GTS 6 spd. He has'nt raced a V-spec Sentra yet, but i'm sure it will just as ugly.

Hey don't know Celica's.....for the money they are very nice cars......Of course the TRD version is probably my favourite...:licker:

i'm not sure about that......
i've beat a maxima se 5spd with at least exhaust b4, it was a close race, i think it'll be a good race, but i think the spec v will take it

i am automatic and i beat a GTS just the other day ,and this guy had intake and exauhst..i didint beat him by much but i beat him. remember IT DOSENT MATTER WHETHER YOU WIN BY AN INCH OR A MILE... WINNINGS WINNING! LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

VIN'' TWISTEDMAXIMA ''DIESEL:bandit:

PS practice your launch dude! the maxima is a slug until it hits 3500 rpm then it shredz. but if your not carefull the other car will take advantage and get those extra feet it needs(and believe me they will) so practice practice practice......

with my exprience.....any car with over 120 hp with a stick WILL burn a maxima auto in launches.....cuz they simply just drop the clutch and way they go....i've tried power braking but doesnt work 4 me....and yes i turned the TCS off.....when u guys power brake how high does the RPM get to?.....cuz i cant get mine over 2000RPM.....maybe im being too easy on the car.......:D ....i wish my max is a FR and 6 spd manuel...:D

my friend has 2k1 celica that is stock auto. with my old maxima, (stock) i burned him. i was auto too. from the line, he stayed with me til like 50, then i pulled like mad. from a roll i would always get 1-2cars right away. try working on your launches, and your break torquing is fine, auto maxima's wont break torque past around 2300

I've ridden in and raced against my friend in his '00 gt-s auto, and it is extremely slow off the line. I was riding with him when he raced a jeep grand cherokee from a stop one time and he got beat, by a sport utility! with no mods. lol If had been a 30 mph roll on, it might have turned out a little different. The gt-s's thrive on higher rpms. You don't even feel any kind of power band until around 4000 rpm. (with the auto anyways) the 6 spd. is still a mid 15 second car if I remeber correctly, so you ought to be able to hang with that gt-s 6spd.

ok I raced the gts again, and this time my launches were perfect, so i took him and beat him by a car lenght. The se-r race was a good one too. my launch was delayed so he took a minor lead. (we both had two extra people in our cars) but i gained on him real quick and passed him with eased. I ended up beating him by half a car lenght. After our first run, he went to drop off a person. I guess the weight did really matter because, he had me the whole way by a car lenght and beat me. It was fun nonetheless. Oh both of these cars had a aem cai, which they failed to tell me about, while my maxima is completely stock and automagic. They both had the 6sp tranny. i guess my two extra cylinders make the diff.

Sweet.......maxima's rule!:sun:

dude how slow is your car?? you say from expieriance that any car w/stick and more than 120 horses can beat an automatic max..dude im sorry to hear that but NOPE!
STICK OR NO STICK IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE DRIVER!

ps dont go putting chris raddo in a pinto and expect him to do 9.45 on a 1/4 mile! but it does depend on the driver....its all about the skillz!;)

TWISTEDMAXIMA:bandit:

Yeah, I would say that Maximas from the early 90s were pretty slow, but the newer ones are pretty fast. I have raced 2002 Maxima and a GTS Celica and I smoked both so I can't tell you which would win but I am quite impressed with both.

Originally posted by dbartoschek
Hey don't know Celica's.....for the money they are very nice cars......Of course the TRD version is probably my favourite...:licker:

Last year right after I got my SS, I saw a GTS with the Action Package for exactly the same amount that I paid for my SS, $26K. Which do you think was the better value/choice???

The SS was three months old with 3K miles on it. I don't think I'd have as much fun in the Celica as I do in the SS. I've never driven a Celica though...

I'm not a real big fan of camaro's, but from a totally objective point of view, I would have to say you made the right choice. I mean, 26 large sounds REALLY steep for a celica. I mean my car new was 25 large and it came with 42 more horsepower, 2 more doors, room for 3 more chicks and so on. Considering your car would run circles around a celica GT-S action, I would say you made the right choice.

Also, the fact that I have no regrets and love my car to death is an added bonus :D

i beat a GTS with my volvo altho i have beaten all the maximas i raced with it too so that doesn't matter

no all i can say is what SER?

he said maxima SE didn't he? have i missed something ? Does he have an Altima aswell ? :confused:

They make an Altima SE-R? Damn you NSX, now I have another project to get started on... Turbo 240, to really rub it in!

Originally posted by NSX-R-SSJ20K
i beat a GTS with my volvo altho i have beaten all the maximas i raced with it too so that doesn't matter

no all i can say is what SER?

he said maxima SE didn't he? have i missed something ? Does he have an Altima aswell ? :confused:

ok the lesson of today.

Nissan makes many trims of their cars. for example,
the sentra comes in gxe=base model, se=sport edition (usually has spoiler and more option) and se-r= this has the skyline style body. the se-r comes in two models: their basic se-r and the se-r v spec. The v-spec has a lot of balls. It has a 170 hp engine with 180-190ft/lbs of torque. Thats the sentra.

the altima is the next car in nissan's line-up. base model is a 2.5 litre. then there is the 2.5s, which has more options. And finally there is the 3.5 SE (se means sports edition). this car has 240 hp, with 222ft/lbs of torque(I think).

and now the flagship......maxima. three basic models also, gxe=base,se=sports edtion, and gle=luxury edition. the 03' produces 255 hp out of its 3.5 VQ35DE engine. this is the same engine used for the 350Z.


but for me i have a 98, so im stuck with a 190hp,205ft/lbs engine. i dont mind though cuz pretty soon il be supercharged and putting 260 at my wheels:D . ill be classy yet fast.

Originally posted by BlkCamaroSS


Last year right after I got my SS, I saw a GTS with the Action Package for exactly the same amount that I paid for my SS, $26K. Which do you think was the better value/choice???




Holly cow the GTS with the action package costs 26K. That is a rip-off. The new 350z is suposed to start at that price and that would murder a GTS so bad it woud not even be funny.

i dunno if thats what markup was or what, but 26k is too goddamn much for a celica. Ive seen 2000 audi S4s for around that. you could get a used S2000 for that. all of these would rape a GTS

You could buy a lot of cars that would give it in the ass to a celica GTS. WRX, new maxima, new altima, fully equipped 'stang GT, bare bones new 350Z, a used mercedes C36 or C43......the list goes on.

You (used to be able to anyways) buy a new bone stock Z28 with the basics for 23-24 grand. and yes, my friends gt-s was 25 grand and some change, loaded. purty steep indeed for what it is....4cyl. FWD car that cant break out of the 15's stock. The autos actually run a 16.1 in the quarter by the way. My friends had the "auto-stick" (automatic with the push-button gear selection option) purty cool, but still not worth the $$$

bobo you sound stupid

I hardly ever have to rev my engine up off the line but I still can launch off at close to 3000rpm in first gear and I can red line going into second and/or third gear in an automatic. I to have a co worker at one of my jobs that wants to race and he has a 02 Celica. The last time we tried to race it was in a mall parking lot and it was a terrible place to race since the mall had just closed and we had to watch out for cars and pedestrians not along security, but I will say that during the short race the Celica did pretty good, but at the same time one of the other co-workers had a race between a Ford Mustang V-6, Ford Lightening, and a Celica the Celica was left way behind and the Lightening only won because he used his NOS and I know my Max can whoop a V-6 Mustang with a car load of people and a full sound system because I did it.