HP for new Q's

[rickymartinakasgk]

Is there a significant increase in HP power on the 02-05 Q's from my '96 Q?

Or was the ratings on the early Q's just very conservative?

[qship96]

62 HP on paper,probobly closer to 40 HP in reality-the newer one is faster accelerating,mostly due to 5 speed transmission and overall gearing

[Q45tech]

The 96 Q was the weak sister of the 90-96 series, so that might be overrated.Because the 90-95 were OBDI, Nissan left lots of safety in ecu programming to enhance longevity...............why the ecu reprograms can get an extra 30 HP and 30 lb/ft.

It appears that the stock 90-93 produced 10-15 more lb/ft than published depending on btu of fuel used............say 302-307 lb/ft flywheel. The HP might have been as high as 285 stock.

[qship96]

while the 96 lacked VVT,it made up for it in the much more powerful computing control of obd2,allowing better,tighter control over powertrain-a wash as far as power goes-remember we have the fastest quarter mile time here on the boards for a STOCK 90-96q performed by Fastlane in his 1996Q 15.36 seconds!

[Q45tech]

Most of the ecu moded [JWT/Dinan/Nico] early Q will get down to 14.8/96-97 mph if the engine and transmission is decent [with oem soft fast wearing tires] [no 400 need apply]. 7300 redline allows 98-100 mph in 2nd gear just before rev limiter shut down.

The bulk of the GOOD 96 stock I've driven were way behind the 94-95 which due to transmission were behind the 90-93.

But what's a 1/2 second anyway.

The new 5AT and gearing is the bulk of the increased performance not the perceieved diffferences in engines [90-96] vs [2002>].