Maxima's

[bk2kmax]

Originally posted by DiS
bk2, regarding my post (hondike kill ) I got auto tranny, and I reved my baby on that phewl but didnt drop it in "D" at that RPM. I just waited till itll drop to idle, and then switched to "D". AND THEN 0WNij:monkeypis hondikes

Glad to hear that you'll still be riding and haven't tore up your tranny, way to burn those hondikes though.

[TheMax95]

Guys, maxs are pretty sweet cars but don't get over your head wit'em. Yes I do feel good beating on ol civics and junk like that but they don't even count for me. The day I put on my FrankenCar intake I took it for a spin and came across a 2gen Eclipse at a red light. He gave me the look and so we raced to like 60mph. I hit 60, he might have been around 80 when I slowed down. He had like 10 cars on me. Then I caught up next to him and he and his friend were just pointing and laughing at me like WTF is he thinking.

Anyways, I still love my max but I plan to get a dsm someday.

[97wvmax]

wtf, he have u beat when u got to 60? he prob had some more performance stuff on his car

[TheMax95]

yeah he probably did have more than me but he doesn't even need anything to beat me. Turbo eclipses run 15.1 stock but with a good driver, like my brother who ran 14.7 stock, anything is possible. He did have exhaust tho and probably some kind of intake mod. That puts him in the low 14s if he had a full exhaust with the downpipe. But who knows, he might've had an FP Red turbo with all the good fuel management systems.

[Pick]

I feel like a bad-A in my car until I pull up next to an old Granny in a Maxima exactly like mine. Stupid old person, get a Cadillac. At least she doesn't have mods.

[zaphanathpaneah]

:smoka: :sun:
Guys we all are big Bad Asses (in a good way of course) I only own my Max for 45 days now and it turns heads everywhere I go and among friends. It is black off course with leather interior. My plan mods are HID with harness upgrade, clear corners, intake, exhust, shifter and spoiler. I have an automatic so my take off time from dead stop is sluggest. What do you guys think? Should I upgrade to manual tranny? My last car was a stick and loved it, but the max has a sweet ass to look at, smooth ride. Gotta love a max.

[97wvmax]

if ur gonna get a manual tranny, dont do an upgrade with ur auto. jus go and look for another max with a manual tranny. if ya do it and like thats good for u, but easier and prob cheaper to jus get a max with manual tranny already in it

[MaximusGTR]

Thats true, I never really seen why people would switch tranny's, it sounds expensive, and think, it would have been cheaper to buy a 5 speed in the first place, unless you got a hand me down Max

[DiS]

Conversion of tranny is not expensive at all. there is a kid whos on this forum, (dont remember his nick) but he did the conversion, ordered parts from Canada. All parts came out to 1800 bucks and he had all the labor on his ass and his hands. He said it took him around 36-48 hours to do EVERYTHING.

[zaphanathpaneah]

:smoka:
Here are my reply to the comments.
I got the max at such a great deal it was hard to past up. I have been looking for a black 96 max 5 speed for at least 6 months but never found one with in my budget. So I gave up and got this max. Car and driver magazine said the 96 max se was the most nimble of the max and that is what I got. Even with the $1800 for the conversion my max would still cost me less that the prices I was seeing from dealers, ebay and news paper.
Hey guys I think I am gonna change it by June (after I finish with my standard mods) can someone tell me exactly what I need to get?

1) mannual tranny
2) clutch
3) short shifter and knob?
4) different flywheel?
5) what electronics?
6) what other mechanics?

What of my current overdrive?

[MaximusGTR]

Can't go wrong then

[bk2kmax]

Originally posted by zaphanathpaneah
:smoka:
Here are my reply to the comments.
I got the max at such a great deal it was hard to past up. I have been looking for a black 96 max 5 speed for at least 6 months but never found one with in my budget. So I gave up and got this max. Car and driver magazine said the 96 max se was the most nimble of the max and that is what I got. Even with the $1800 for the conversion my max would still cost me less that the prices I was seeing from dealers, ebay and news paper.
Hey guys I think I am gonna change it by June (after I finish with my standard mods) can someone tell me exactly what I need to get?

1) mannual tranny
2) clutch
3) short shifter and knob?
4) different flywheel?
5) what electronics?
6) what other mechanics?

Just wanted to inform you of the manual vs automagic conversion issue, my current question is, why?

Why bother to change from auto to manual anyway, you are not going to gain that much if any, this comment is based on research on maxima.org where dynos were done on both cars of the same model and there was very little gain in wheel hp (somewhere around 1-2 difference) in transmissions.
Contrary to what people think or say these dynos disprove the myth that manuals are so much faster than autos.
Like P (Paonessa) said, you may as well buy a Max with the 5spd already installed, (it's cheaper) and you can still add the same mods and be just as fast with the cash you'd have left over.

I know that I'll probably get flammed for the 5spd vs auto comments because of what those of you with 5spd have been lead to believe, but go ahead and flame on, you may also want to go look at the thread on the org (I want my 255hp) and check the posted dyno slips of both the 5spd and auto Max's of the same year before you flame, there you'll see all the so called difference in speed the 5spd is supposed to net you over the automagic.

Just my 02

What of my current overdrive?

[zaphanathpaneah]

:smoka:
hmmmm food for thought. During the time i made the previous post i did some research on the net and looked at the info on maximax.org, you are right it would be expensive to put in a new clutch peddal, clutch, cables etc. I am now rethinking the whole idea. I never really though there was a gain in HP between man and auto but you must conceede that shift time decreases with the manual shift. A manual shift gives the driver more control of the cars accelleration and stopping. A manual shift is also better in emergancy stopping situations, especially in rain or snow conditions. And it's more fun to drive. Anywho......guess I need to look for a 96 se manual in black with leather interior. What are my chances finding one of those.......a gazillion to one. :cry:

[Pick]

Actually, that's one of the more common Maxima SE 5 speeds, black with leather. I have seen more of those than ant other 5 speed.