very confused about the power of my sedan..
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a couple of people and i were at a friends house today. It was around 11:30 when we left. considering our ages, we drive some pretty nice cars: acura rsx, 330ci, is300, a4, and my g35. Anyways we were all driving down the when my friend floored his rsx. Because of that, my friend with the 330 floored his car. i didnt want to be left out so i floored my car as well. I was pretty confused, bcasue i didnt really catch up to my friends. we were about the same distance the whole way through. and keep in mind, this is a rsx base, not type s.
After this my friends made a left turn (to get home), while i drove up to the red light. Next to me was a pretty ghetto truck. i mean it looked old, not like the classic old, but like the 1993s old. anywayz i didnt plan to race this guy, but he floored it at the light. so i floored it too.. but again.. i DID NOT pull on this guy.. same distance for about a block... den i made a right turn.
MAYBEEE... i wasnt flooring my car, but i thought i was. or maybe because it was late at night and my engine was cold? or maybe because i didnt turn off my VDC???? im confused guys...
(also, has anyone noticed that there isnt a "click" when you floor your car?? like where ur car downshifts and goes all crazy?? or am i not pressing it down all the way??)
After this my friends made a left turn (to get home), while i drove up to the red light. Next to me was a pretty ghetto truck. i mean it looked old, not like the classic old, but like the 1993s old. anywayz i didnt plan to race this guy, but he floored it at the light. so i floored it too.. but again.. i DID NOT pull on this guy.. same distance for about a block... den i made a right turn.
MAYBEEE... i wasnt flooring my car, but i thought i was. or maybe because it was late at night and my engine was cold? or maybe because i didnt turn off my VDC???? im confused guys...
(also, has anyone noticed that there isnt a "click" when you floor your car?? like where ur car downshifts and goes all crazy?? or am i not pressing it down all the way??)
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Re: very confused about the power of my sedan..
think about this. the rsx floors it, then the bmw floors it, THEN you floor it. since you floored it last, it's pretty impressive that you kept up. by the time you floored it, they already had a head start and were going faster than you, yet you were able to reach similar speeds to maintain that distance and not have them pull on you.
same goes for the truck. if he floored it first and you weren't expecting it, he probably got a pretty good headstart on you didn't he?
same goes for the truck. if he floored it first and you weren't expecting it, he probably got a pretty good headstart on you didn't he?
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I'm in line with your comment.
Unfortunately, I do not believe my G35 Sedan is a fast car. Especially when compared to other vehicles I've owned with the same or less HP/Torque to weight ratio.
My G35S = 260HP/260ft/# Torque at 3400 pounds.
My old (returned to stock) 1998 Maxima SE 5-speed = 190HP/200?ft/# Torque at 3300 pounds.
Advantage G35S - 70HP & 60ft/# Torque.
Advantage Maxima - 100 pounds lighter.
The Maxima with 55,000 miles on it seems much stronger than my G under 3500 rpm. When it was set up with the CAI, Y-Pipe and performance exhaust, I believe I could have really worried or embarassed a G35 Sedan driver.
My G35's power delivery seems to change radically from time to time. The advantages of the proposed learning mode is still a mystery to me.
Has anyone actually run their G35 Sedan in the quarter mile. Dyno charts are good, actual runs are better.
In summary, I like my G35S but will continue to be weary of "average" performance vehicles.
Unfortunately, I do not believe my G35 Sedan is a fast car. Especially when compared to other vehicles I've owned with the same or less HP/Torque to weight ratio.
My G35S = 260HP/260ft/# Torque at 3400 pounds.
My old (returned to stock) 1998 Maxima SE 5-speed = 190HP/200?ft/# Torque at 3300 pounds.
Advantage G35S - 70HP & 60ft/# Torque.
Advantage Maxima - 100 pounds lighter.
The Maxima with 55,000 miles on it seems much stronger than my G under 3500 rpm. When it was set up with the CAI, Y-Pipe and performance exhaust, I believe I could have really worried or embarassed a G35 Sedan driver.
My G35's power delivery seems to change radically from time to time. The advantages of the proposed learning mode is still a mystery to me.
Has anyone actually run their G35 Sedan in the quarter mile. Dyno charts are good, actual runs are better.
In summary, I like my G35S but will continue to be weary of "average" performance vehicles.
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Re: very confused about the power of my sedan..
My friend has an E500. He think that his car is faster than my G35s. I know that the E500 has more hps but it's also about 300 lbs heavier.
What do you think? Should i challenge him or not?
What do you think? Should i challenge him or not?
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Re: very confused about the power of my sedan..
The RSX is only about 2600lbs with 160hp so it is still fairly quick. The Type-S is about on par with a G35.
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Re: very confused about the power of my sedan..
If your frinds base RSX was keeping up with the BMW 330ci, then he has mods, possibly N2o.. don't be surprised he is keeping it a secret.....
Same with the Truck, it could of had a modded engine, even tho the outside look like crap... If you don't know what they got under the hood, don't be to bummed about losing races...
Keep in mind the BMW 330ci, G35 and RSX type S, all have similar performance numbers... so your friend might of had a RSX Type S and just removed the Type S stickers...
Same with the Truck, it could of had a modded engine, even tho the outside look like crap... If you don't know what they got under the hood, don't be to bummed about losing races...
Keep in mind the BMW 330ci, G35 and RSX type S, all have similar performance numbers... so your friend might of had a RSX Type S and just removed the Type S stickers...
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Re: very confused about the power of my sedan..
Well I can only guess that you don't drive it too aggresively and due to the "learning" transmission you probably lost some performance there...if you were really serious about it you should have used the manual shifter.
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Re: very confused about the power of my sedan..
This car is much fster in manual mode. If oyu flor it in Auto and then did the same in manual I beleive you would see and feel a much better result.
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Re: very confused about the power of my sedan..
Agreed about the manual versus automatic mode. In auto - I regularly get beat off the line even if I'm really trying by Accords, Camry's etc. I don't een know if they are really trying to push it. !st and second gears shift too soon in the auto mode without getting up to the optimum torgue rpms (I know this is not scientific just my perception). Then once you hit 3rd in auto there is a huge surge of power and i blowby everyybody. In manual, however, the car is considerably faster off the line. Just last night - very cold night here in Atlanta. I pushed it in manual from a light late at night. On a pretty decent incline I did 0-60 in 7 seconds - according to my girlfried who was keeping time.
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Re: very confused about the power of my sedan..
I almost always drive in Manual mode...this way I don't need to stomp it all the way to the floor if I want passing power. I manually downshift and the power is immediately there. The auto trans is the weak link in the G35, IMO. His car just wasn't in the right gear when you hit it. In manual mode (or with the manual 6 speed), he'd have had a very different outcome.
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thinhdle,
I wouldn't challenge him. Even though his car is 300 pounds heavier, it also has 309 hp and 339 lb/ft of torque.
I wouldn't challenge him. Even though his car is 300 pounds heavier, it also has 309 hp and 339 lb/ft of torque.
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I don't normally exceed posted speed limits, but on one ocassion since purchasing a G35 I was tempted to test it on straight-ways. The longest stretch encountered was US 75 which runs north and south, through Tulsa, Ok. I chose to go north away from the city's limit, and into the county. After a period of time at 65mph, I decided to unload and worked my way to 85mph. Within 30 seconds or so, I pushed it and reached 110mph, and topped out 118 before slowing down. Had I not been looking a my speedometer, I could have easily assumed that I was moving between 55mph and 70mph. I turned around and headed back (south) towards the city limits. As I exited an off ramp, in my rearview mirror I noticed a silver grey Mercedes exiting also. Paying little attention, I continued to a city street having stop lights, and I stopped. The SilvrGry Merced stopped, and the driver dropped his window, and I dropped the passenger window when I noticed he was attempting to get my attention. To end a long narrative, the driver asked me what kind of car was I driving, and what did I have under the hood. When I accelerated from 65mph, he was just exiting an off ramp behind me, and found that he couldn't catch up until I slowed down. The G35 will run.
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