Originally posted by The Apple
I'm not sure where you saw an Altima SE putting out 192hp because most of the dynos I saw while over there were all in the 204hp range like the dyno above, maybe you saw the plot for an automatic 3.5SE? Anyway that's not really important, what I found interesting was that there seems to be really no difference between the motors at all. As far as I can tell from these dyno charts they're exatly the same, but since Nissan is claiming different power output for the two cars they're either underrating the 240hp Altima since 14% drivetrain loss is better then average, or they're overrating the 255hp Maxima since 20% drivetrain loss is worse then average. It's my guess that the motors in the Altima and the Maxima are acctualy producing a power rating somewhere inbetween Nissan's claim of 240hp and 255hp, like 245-250.
Or not, who knows.
I cant find that dyno chart again, o well, maybe it was an auto.
That what I was thinking, the hp is somewhere between the two, becuase either way the drivetrain loss % doesnt work out well.
I've gotten really off topic.
So, I do beleive the 350Z engine makes exactly 287hp. I wonder how much of it gets to the wheels. :fawk: