1995 240sx vs 2003 Sentra SE-R

Note : both cars are stock automatics

I raced my friends 03 Sentra SE-R and i'ma just say that it kicked my 95 240sx ***. This was at a dead stop at a stoplight. He got about a 3/4 a car lenght ahead of me until he couldn't pull anymore. This is the confusing part, he told me he didn't floor it. So I said bull****, becuase you can tell when someone floors a cars motor (by the sound) and his tires spinned too.

That was my first race with my new/used 240sx ever since i crashed my civic

 

fwd nissans have potential too, ya know

 

SE-R is pretty damn fast...I like it. If it was RWD I would buy one...

 

lol, thats the same type of person that says " no, I don't have NOS" or "no, thats not a bov you heard", or "I mishifted 2nd and 3rd, thats why you won"

I heard they are pretty fun, but I don't like their suspension setup, or front wheel drive, thats no fun. Buddy @ Work has a Spec V, wants to race my 240, I told him my car is made to go sideways, not in a straight line.

Dr.

 

Yeah, the Spec V is rated at 175 hp. So it's definitely got more kick than we do. Nothing a turbo can't cure, in which case you'll still be spending less money than the SE-R guy. =P

Too bad it looks like a sedan.

 

yeah, it'll get off the line quicker, but come on, it's not a sports car and doesn't go sideways, whats the fun in that? heh

Dr.

 

my 93 se-r is really fun to drive. it wasnt designed to be a sports car, but an economical car with a little kick. it may not handle like a 240 but it doesnt handle like ****. i never have had trouble passing anyone up on the highway and is a bad *** daily driver that gets decent gas mileage. i plan to hold on to this car as long as i can and would not trade it if someone offered me a low mileage 98 240sx. I just hit 180,000 and it still pulls hard all the way to redline. these cars are great for the drag strip and the only flaw to its engine is its weak tranny, which is why i bought a 240 to dump my money into.

 

I wasn't bashing the SER at all man, they are damn good cars, almost bought one as my winter car. I'm at 126K and my engine still puts out like a fox, nissan makes goods engines.
Never said they handle like ****, but not as good as a 240sx. Just said they aren't meant as a sports car and don't go sideways, they are like you said, more economical, way better mileage yet still fun to drive. No insult intended dude. I dunno about not trading it for a good 240sx though, heh.

Dr.

 

well plain and simple he beat you and I belive his car is lighter and has more horse power so basicaly he had an edge on you so you lost

 

i raced my friends se-r
i killed him off the start to 2 second gear
but he caught up on third and took the lead just barely
and slowly pulled further but it wasnt by much!

 

power to weight ratio beat you... lighter car, 2.5L engine with variable timing (which is also 8 years younger, more refined technology), higher HP rating from the factory, 6-speed (I figure closer gear ratios), 17" stocks... even if it's FWD, SE-R's have some kick in them. I used to have a 95 SE-R and I loved it.

Oh - LSD too.

 

i did note that both cars were automatic, but he told he shifted the automatic shifter down to 1st at the start and worked his way up through the gears, i don't think that makes much of a differance in an auto, i could be wrong

 

Depends on the car. In my mom's old Maxima it would run quicker if I "manually" shifted it from "1-2-D"... but in my friends auto Integra it would register faster times if we just left it in "D"