^^ real world driving DE, real world driving. the MT fit does near 7sec with grippy tires and perfect launch. the oe tires suck on the car, thus 8sec. most maxima drivers are normal non car folks and dont know how to drive...yet they see a modded honda and pretent to know wat they're doing and want to 'show them' wat their 4door SPORTSCAR can do. but it's not that much faster in real world.

ive seen it too many times. they crack me up. :icon17:

it's weird how dealers and carmax offer me more if i put the car back to stock vs selling as-is with mods.

carmax even offered to give me the full stock-car price if i brought in the factory bits. so i did the next day and they kept their word. :D

same depreciated-faster car but just with stock bits. :icon17:

Basically a good driver in a 120hp car> crappy driver in 280 hp car :tup:

LOL, you must be smoking the same stuff as O.P

My 04 6spd Maxima while only low 14's @ 98 was pretty much all you needed for the street.

Also had sexy intake note to go with it (370 can't match that and for sure no Fit)

You sir, must stop dividing by zero, else heads are likely to asplode in this thread.

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:p

you see, you are the realworld folk that drives maximas with PRIDE!

4 DOOR SPORTS CAR!:icon17:

guys, thanks for the fun. :hello:

im heading out now. enjoy your day. :D

Already covered in my infamous ARE CAI REALLY WORTH IT thread.

Basically its up to the owner what and what they intend to do with the car.

The only real concern I found is that there some issues with MAS sensor problems , due to oil problems from, (oiled air filter) in some cases the dealer will blame the problem on the air filter and deny the claim. K/N will try and help resolve the problem, but I won't count on a CS person carrying much weight with another company.

The after market CAI will give you about 10 hp increase at 6500 rpm, but below that hp increase is barely noticeable.

So if you intend to track or drag your car or drive on the street in 1st and 2nd. gears all the time, then the after market CAI is the way to go.

Another note ! don't expect the tread to get past 4 pages with the censors.

Agreed, funny how most manual Z drivers on the street could probably barely match that time....Max is much much closer to Z in acceleration than a Fit at (8.2 sec to 60 @ 83.3 mph in 1/4 for the 5spd manual) can dream of being close to a Max. Cracks me up :)

OH. Well. This just got a lot less interesting. Must have been a thread prior to me owning my Z. :thumbsdown:

Exactly! We're onto something here!

I'm pretty sure you guys missed his point...he was referring to the regular drivers who all of a sudden think they are professional racers in a "sports' car. Kenchan is saying an experienced driver in a fit can basically take on one of these folks.

That may work on a track, but ask any racer, any real racer, weaving through traffic, or at a busy stoplight is where it's at. :rolleyes:

Well, now it's not stock for stock with grippy tires. But yeah, the Maxima isn't 100% tailored to sports car enthusiasts.
Although my '09 had a CAI (more like a WAI) and a car delete y-pipe (Maxima has 3). And the 2013 will have the same mods soon as well as probably a plenum spacer, and I already have a Stillen UD pulley for it.

The acceleration of the Maxima is as good as it is due to CVT, it allows you to stay on peak power all the time. But the biggest disadvantages weight, you can't dyno it properly, it can't take much more than 300HP, and I BET the loss to WHP is worse than on a regular AT

I like how fast this thread turned into a maxima vs fit discussion :D