History
Ever since I purchased my 2000 Maxima in January of 2004, it felt down on power. It's an automatic, but my previous 2000 Maxima was a 5spd that did 14.80s virtually stock.

This one does 17.20s. Needless to say, it's sluggish. BUT, i didn't care cause it's my daily driver. It has AC, heat, a radio, and suspension travel. I enjoy driving it as it's easy to drive and comfortable.

More current
Three weeks ago or so, Maxine [the Maxima] has been stalling at stops or drops idle. Never good, since it's related to a faulty MAF Then two weeks ago, she threw a CEL (or MIL for Nissan guys). P1320 (damn drag racers and their karma) is the code and it's for ignition coils...nissans have individual ignition coils... which fails... a lot.

So, I park Maxine and start driving my CRX.

Uber Current
Homer [the CRX], as you may or may not know, is a completely gutted, purpose built track/drag/autoX car. It's got uber-stiff springs, stiff sidewalls for tyres, race brakes that don't work unless heat is introduced, and no heater/ac...

...and I've been driving it for the past two weeks... to and from work. It's street legal though (legally insured and registered)

What-a-*******-pain-in-the-***. I love my CRX when I race it. I hate it every other time. It sucks driving cause I get stupid questions from people like:
- "Whatcha got done to it, yo?!"
- "How fast does it go?"
- "What's it run?"

Well, today, i finally got all the parts to fix Maxine...6 ignition coils ($302 shipped) and a MAF sensor ($89 shipped)... 25mins later, Maxine was up and running again..and she feels stronger.


So, Homer goes back to gathering dust until the next race/event. Thank GOD!

CN: my maxima broke, had to drive my CRX for the past two weeks. My CRX is loud, smelly, and rattles a lot. Fixed the Maxima today, now I don't have to drive my CRX anymore!

 

kam, my CRX has been sitting in the garage since the brake exchange, i have been experiencing TMJ a while ago and it recently had disappeared. I always attributed the condition to my job and general stress, but i realize it was from concentrating on driving my crx on a daily basis; push in 100lbs of pedal of a clutch, rev the engine to the launch control, SLOOWLY release the clutch, endure the chatter and wheel spin, watch the speed limit, hit the brakes as i am traveling too fast as this point, clutch in, heel-toe to keep the car from stalling, repeat, all in LA traffic.
i love my auto LX.
stan

 

Stan, i haven't installed the brakes yet either! that's a x-mas weekend thing, i'm thinking!

and yeah, you guys in LA have the worst traffic... but, hey, I'll be checking it out from the Passenger seat this Weekend (going to SB for JGTC and then Dromo1 either Friday night or Saturday night).

 

lucky you!, i need some Pro 1s not complete the brakes, hopefully by the end of the month, we need to get together at willlow someday...
stan

 

It's TIRES dammit!!!

I'm going to the jgtc too

 

I know how you feel. My car is a daily driver that also sees track time. I used to run 500# springs in the back, but had to switch them out for 330# just so I could stand driving the thing. That one single change made a lot of difference, and it doesn't do too bad on the track, either.

Glad you got your Maxima fixed. Warranty expired?

 

OMFG I hate stupid people that ask me the 3 stupid questions. Last time I checked I was NOT running funny car times and I did NOT have a sign on my car that said "RACE ME GODDAMMIT!!!!!1111"

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- "Whatcha got done to it, yo?!"
- "How fast does it go?"
- "What's it run?"
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