Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

Yo-yo,

If you look at the power to weight specs in the video, they are listed in kg/ps - ie kilograms per horse. Although they call it a power to weight ratio, it's actually a weight to power ratio, so the lower number is better.

The coupe is 4.96, and the sedan is 5.07 - that tells me that the coupe has less kg per ps, or a better power to weight ratio than the sedan.

Yo-yo,

If you look at the power to weight specs in the video, they are listed in kg/ps - ie kilograms per horse. Although they call it a power to weight ratio, it's actually a weight to power ratio, so the lower number is better.

The coupe is 4.96, and the sedan is 5.07 - that tells me that the coupe has less kg per ps, or a better power to weight ratio than the sedan.

huh never looked much closer into it but that makes sense too, thanks for pointing it out :)

either way like i mentioned in my earlier post not much difference to warrant a drastic difference in acceleration in real world situation.

lol true, but im guessing you dont have kids... as when trying to get 3 kids into the back seat of the car and 2 in their car seats in the pouring rain every second counts.

I considered the sedan at first, mainly to banish my mother to the back seat as she's a very dangerous passenger in the front seat. The stories I have to tell about how she made my dad stack the Maxima and almost made me stack it in the same car many years later...

But I came to the realisation that:

a) I have the old BA wagon to drive her around in

b) The sedan doesn't look as sexy as the coupe.

But in your case, 3 kids won't fit in the back seat - assuming the front seat will be occupied by a significant other in whatever form - girlfriend, fiance, wife, blow-up doll, etc. So, no option for you but sedan.

Yo-yo,

If you look at the power to weight specs in the video, they are listed in kg/ps - ie kilograms per horse. Although they call it a power to weight ratio, it's actually a weight to power ratio, so the lower number is better.

The coupe is 4.96, and the sedan is 5.07 - that tells me that the coupe has less kg per ps, or a better power to weight ratio than the sedan.

That's weird. They're the same motor and drivetrain (from '08 onwards, if I remember correctly) but the coupe is heavier as is usually the case with 2-door vehicles. That just doesn't seem right to me.

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now


  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • Mount some of these on your dash? https://www.greddy.com/products/16001720  
    • Given you're running a 2.8 and my 2.5 is not really like for like, I suspect there could be a bit more timing you could give it. What is the kW yield per degree you're putting through it? Here's my E85 map to give you an idea, where it was I could still get another 3~4kW per degree thrown at it.  
    • It turns out that Setrab make a fan specifically for the oil cooler which is great and I've installed it with minimal swearing. I removed my 2x 12in push fans from the front of my aircon condenser and wired them into this. My main thermo fans kick on when I use the aircon anyway and would effectively already be working as puller fans through the condensor which is infront of the rad. The push fans (understandably) didn't really do much in the config they were previously in so now they're out. Now we're on to the "Oil fan doesn't really do much either!". Yes I'll duct it next if it does nothing in heavy use which it shouldn't. But hey, the object exists and fits great and is cool. Let me have this. The car is still in the "do my fittings leak oil now? do my wheels actually rub?" phase. I did a spirited drive on them and didn't hear or feel anything. Then I got back home and noticed there were grind marks on the inside of the rims, though I couldn't see where they were touching I got out the grinder and attacked the suspects. Note: I do not know how to use a grinder. Then I realised I had dragged my new rims across my concrete driveway before I did this drive. I didn't think I had damage at that time when I briefly looked...... but remembered this occurred after I did all the angle grinding. The grinding on the wheels in some very specific spots. It's not around the whole rim for example, which lines up with dragging it across concrete more than hitting a suspension component for even 1 full rotation. So everything is currently painted and taped up and I need to test it some more to see if it really IS rubbing, but from inside the car it doesn't feel like it is. In other news I attempted to do a before and after comparison of the heads/cam upgrade thing. Dynos lie, everything is in different measurements. Here is the data from the sandown back straight. Car go faster than before. Vroom vroom.
    • Here's my base ignition. +3 correction to redline when shooting water/meth which is always on. Looking at my old ignition table, I should be able to add 1-2 degree's next time I'm on the dyno.  Let me know your thoughts. 
    • Given what I know now - same haha, but this was 12 years ago with second hand 740cc Nismo injectors in my S15 daily, I was too busy hunting elsewhere for the issue to even look at the injectors, running through some cleaner was a happy coincidence haha
×
×
  • Create New...