smokeybandit

who would win both of my firends have these cars and want to go to english town and race against each other but they havent done it yet. I think that it will be a very close race but I just dont know who would win?

eric m 91 rs

?? why would you care? j/k....im pretty sure if both cars are stock that the maxima is gonna hand it to the ta but it should be close.

3504mula

If the GTA is a 350, then it will be close. C&D rated the new Maxima at a 15.0, I believe. Is the Maxima a manual? If not the GTA might win. But if it is the manual version, he better know how to drive it. I remember C&D saying the "drive-by-wire" throttle was tricky to get used to.....

Jonathan

smokeybandit

both cars are atomatic. so yeah it should be a close race. My friend with the max says that he could beat that old pos (meaning the gta). what i didnt tell you guys is that my friend has the 350 tpi but he is going to convert it to a Carbureted engine. Now is this going to give him back some horsepower at the wheels

posbird87

is he changing the heads or anything else? or is he just slappin on a carb and intake manifold and calling it a day? i believe he will lose some low end torque but peak at higher rpms thus giving him a wider power band.

if i were him id just play around with the tpi, since the cam and heads are made for that

just my 2 cents

smokeybandit

hes just slapping on the carb and intake manifold and calling it a day but then again its going to be very long days for me and him cause we are alos doing an engine swap.

Trans_AM_88

damn smokey, you gotta stop talking about my car and just get your own thirdgen .

im the guy with the GTA and im in the middle of swapping a L98 paired with a 700R4 tranny into another trans am body with a T-5 tranny. i want to switch to carb since the new body has no computer in it and i figured it would be a huge PITA to transfer all those wires. im hoping to get some more power in it with the carb swap so i can comfortably spank my friends 2003 maxima at the track and maybe a few other imports

fly89gta

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what do you mean you hope to "get power back" with the carb swap? That makes no sense at all.

Trans_AM_88

i didnt say that...i said "im hoping to get some more power in it with the carb swap " what i meant was im going to remove all smog equipment and i heard that switching to carb gives a little more power then tpi does

fly89gta

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My opolgies, I thought you said this comment, it was someone else

Trans_AM_88

np....but is it true that carb gives more overall better performance over a TPI setup?

fly89gta

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some say yes, some may say no..I said **** 'em both and slapped on a turbo...lol wow that rhymed :sillylol:

You might lose some low end with the carb but gain top end power(could be a lot, could be minimal). Overall power might stay the same though