does this actually work or is it just BS
http://cgi.ebay.ca/93-06-Nissan-Maxima-Throttle-Body-Bypass-Kit-8hp_W0QQitemZ150351260224QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMotors _Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories?hash=item2301a22a40&_ trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A2|66%3A3|39%3A1 |240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A100

 

Crock of **** mate, dont buy it.

 

Agreed. Aaron92SE makes a phenolic intake manifold spacer kit which drastically reduces intake temps. The kit he sells has a throttle body coolant bypass, but that is just one of several things in the kit. With the coolant bypass kit alone, yeah the air temp would be marginally reduced, but the air temp would go back up once it hits the upper intake manifold.

Think about it this way - air comes in the intake (cool), hits the bypassed throttle body (slightly cooler than normal), goes into the upper intake manifold (hot), lower intake manifold (hotter) and into the combustion chamber (hot enough to melt your face). LOL Sort of like wearing cold weather gear in the desert. If you take your gloves off you will be 'cooler', but will it really help that much?

 

If I'm not mistaken Aaron has a kit like this. If you really wanted you could make it yourself. TB & IM spacers are worth it.

 

aaron's intake kit does have fittings for the bypass, and you can use the stock hose w/ the fitting. i'm 99% sure the VG spacer kit was discontinued, but he might still have the VE one (either in-stock, or can have some made w/ enough deposits)

 

Im not to familiar with 3rd gen coolant logs. but on the 4th gen you can just loop it around from one nipple to the other.

 

on the VG you still need coolant going to the iacv, but i bypassed mine on the tb and on the UIM

 

The VE spacer kit was in stock as of last week (LOL I know 'cause I got one), but it wouldn't hurt to double check if you're interested. As stated previously, the full kit would provide better gains than just the tb coolant by-pass.

Aaron's tb bypass for the VE is a brass male-male adapter, similar to the picture in the OP's link. Maybe it's just me, but I'd trust a company built on providing top notch products and superb customer service to the Maxima.org community over claims from a random eBay company.

Midnight, here is a link to Aaron92SE's VE intake spacer kit if you're interested.
http://www.nwpengineering.com/Phenol...rs.html#VE30DE

 

Thanks for the help, which is why I posted here before buying, thanks for the link tresboi but I have the VG30E but I have seen spacers on ebay for the sohc on ebay http://cgi.ebay.ca/89-94-Nissan-Maxima-PX3-Intake-Gasket-HP-SOHC-VG30E_W0QQitemZ350207265928QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMoto rs_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories?hash=item5189facc88 &_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A2|66%3A3|39%3 A1|240%3A1318|301%3A0|293%3A1|294%3A100

only problem is I question the quality

 

I just checked and they're still there. I coinscidently ended up calling him a few months back right when he recomissioned them with his first shipment. I'll get mine on my next paycheck.

 

What it should say is "buy at your own risk." If it were me (though its not) I would try talking with Aaron and seeing if he wouldn't mind making one more for me, or find someone selling some NWP brand. "Good Luck With That"

 

well i already have the VG kit; i was actually the prototype car for the VG spacer, ie, i was the first car in the world with them. i redid my coolant bypass and now i have no fittings for my bypass.. but the pics in the instructions in the VG kit were of my car.