XYZ Racing Drag Racing Coilovers — Nissan MAXIMA A35 2008-2014

The A35 Maxima’s problem at the strip is traction, not power. Nissan’s VQ35 V6 feeds its torque through the front axle of a heavy four-door, so the instant you launch the front tyres want to spin and the nose wants to lift. The XYZ Racing Drag Racing coilover is built for exactly that fight – controlling how a nose-heavy front-driver puts its launch load down.

These are not a fast-road compromise. The Drag Racing series is set up for the 0 to 400 metre run, with damping chosen to manage weight transfer off the line rather than to flatter you through a corner. On a front-wheel-drive Maxima that means keeping the driven tyres loaded and compressed when it counts most: the first sixty feet.

What this coilover does for your 2008-2014 Nissan Maxima

Fit a set and the difference shows up in the first car length. The damping is tuned to let the front of the A35 squat and load the driven tyres on launch, forcing more compression into the contact patch so the VQ35’s torque turns into drive instead of wheelspin. Ride height is adjustable, so you can set rake to bias grip toward the front and get the nose sitting where the car launches hardest. Less wasted spin off the line means a tidier sixty-foot and more repeatable runs as the tyres come up to temperature. It also settles the Maxima at the top end, holding the car stable as speed builds down the strip.

About the Drag Racing coilover

The Drag Racing series is engineered around one job: the 0 to 400 metre sprint. XYZ Racing designed it to suit FWD, RWD and 4WD cars, with damper settings that shift weight between the front and rear axles during instant, hard acceleration. The aim is to drive more load onto whichever tyres are laying down the power – on the front-drive Maxima, that is the fronts – so the contact patch sees greater compression and bites harder. That extra compression cuts the idle time of the driven wheel, the dead moment where the tyre spins instead of pulling. The pay-off is a launch that hooks up sooner and a car that stays planted as the speed climbs. It is a single-purpose setup, chosen for the line rather than the road.

Fitment for the Nissan Maxima A35 (2008-2014)

This kit is built for the A35 generation Nissan Maxima, covering the 2008 to 2014 model years. Check that your car carries the A35 chassis code and sits inside that span before you configure. The listed facts are chassis and year – match on those.

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Set your ride height and launch rake to suit your strip – configure yours below.