Alright I was at the light when a stupid Sentra SE-R pulls right beside and decides to rev at me. So I decided to race the lil because I wanted to see how the 4Runner would perform against it. Light turns green, I had him off the line and just started slowly pulling away and I can hear him pushing his car as much as he could. I was surprised how well my stock 4Runner ran against the SE-R. I'm Just not sure if thats good or not. What do you think?

 

Unless you are supercharged I would say the other driver messed up. Those SERs are pretty quick. DMG

 

i don't know about that. I race my friends 2002 rsx-type s all the time and can take him off the line. he still beats me though

 

race him down a trail and see who wins

 

SE-R's and RSX's are SLOW. No offence to your runner, but they are.

 

Speed is relative, most street legal cars are slow.

 

I don't know... I can floor it in my truck and people in crap cars that don't know I'm trying to race them gracefully pull away.... Its sad....

 

Even with my mods (gears, headers, intake, exhaust) and my 5-speed, I have a really hard time beating anyone unless I do a clutch-burning tire roasting launch. I hate doing that.

I would say the 4Runner is "average" quickness in regards to SUV's of its same generation. The newer SUV's are starting to leave us in the dust unfortunately.

 

Dan your truck is slow I can beat people that dont know im racing and i have 36's

 

Yeah the 3rd gen just has the low end grunt to keep up on initial take off. i got toasted by a rsx-s mr2 turbo. Even an ae86 Toyota Corolla takes me on the low end but i pull away in the mid to high end.

 

For all you 3.4 V-6 3rd gen 4runners, from a stand still can you guys squeal the tires when floored?

 

If your NA and AUTO no. I havent tried going from neutral and revving it into drive dont want to wreck my transmission. For a manual i think its possible.

 

4th gens are fast

 

No offense here to anyone as we all love our yotas. However, they are not fast by any means. If you are looking for speed and acceleration in an SUV, I'm afraid GM has them all beat. My 2 cents.

-Wrench

 

I know im gonna take a beatin for this one but i also own a 95 chevy blazer with 4.3 (can't afford a 3rd gen runner....yet) but i know it will smoke my 3.0 and a friends 3.4 non s/c. and the blazer is 4x4 to. But it sure doesn't wheel like my yota, but it works good to get the wife to work when it snows............................................. let the beating be

 

How do you think those of us with the old 2nd gens feel? LOL


O2SE is right, 95% of all street cars are slow. In the grand scheme of things, "FAST" is under 11 or so on the quarter mile....

To see if that dude was racing you, you should do some research into his car. Just do a search for it and find the hp/tq and curb weight specs. And you'll have your answer.

My 2nd gen has whipped up on a base model Xterra thanks to the 3vze's low end grunt and flat torque curve. But then again 15 year old v6 against a 2year old 4cyl....

 

I beat a Peterbuilt off the line once, and he didnt even have a trailer with my 2nd gen

 

i "beat" a lifted Jeep Wrangler with my 2nd gen (4cyl/auto with a header and 4:10s on 31s) it was a little 4cyl 5spd on like 33s and the kid didn't really know how to drive it well (i hope otherwise those jeeps really are crap..) i smoked him off the line and backed of when i hit about 80mph ....i guess that made him feel good cuz about 2 mins later he trucked on past me with a stupid smile......damn jeeps.....

 

I have never driven mine w/ stock tires, but my 01(265/75) feels like a race car compared to my old 94 w/ 32"MT's

 

if you hold the brake a little it will spin them alot and create a nice cloud of smoke.