Any of u maxima owners here who still have a stock airbox, heres a cool little mod that i had done. If u look at ur air intake by the box u will see a black plastic pipe that goes from the airbox to behind the front headlight. What u want to do is take out your battery and disconnect that tube. It will take some yanking to get it out. When u turn the car on u will instantly notice the sucking sound, wait to u reach around 3500 rpm them it really growls. Thought i would share a cool mod with u guys. have fun.

 

so instead of cooler air from the front of the car..you prefer warmer air from behind the battery.
cool.

 

DanNY, "official crusher of dreams"

 

Didn't the man say it growls good? Thats all that matters dammit!!

 

Thats funny but,i did it for the sound.Buy july i will have a warpspeed cai so it dont matter.

 

 

hey it's your car...i didn't say it was bad or anything. u like it..that's all it matters.

 

so now you want all the rest of us to suck in hot air while you're going to be getting nice cool air with your cai?

I see your strategy..you'll go faster by making us go slower.

 

Darn u guys are just to smart

 

 

I have a better idea, how about buy a fan the ones they sell in staples. the mini fans for like an office desk, cut out the intake tube in the middle stick the fan in make a bigger tube to fit the fan. insert the fan so it blows in the intake, so it would suck in extra air. and wallaaaahhh u have extra 50hp at the cost of maybe $25 what u think.?


P.S. That was a joke

 

I guess it would be more of a super charger then a turbo, Im gonna try that,

 

and while your at it why not call up APC and order their fan that goes in your exhaust pipe "gives you that turbo sound!"

 

some kid came into the shop asking for that and I was like what???
then the next week I saw it on that cheesy import show on speed vision. the guy Griff allen was like "thats a nice car you got there, so whats under the engine."

 

lol

almost the same as the guy who has the 3rd gen who claimed that the "tornado" as seen on tv, gave them 10+hp and like 39 mpg..lol

 

lol I though he said 30hp or like 70hp

 

I did that a few weeks ago, i thought it was the air silencer.
have you figured out what that pipe is that goes down and bends about 90* is? i couldnt. You were smart and removed the battery, i just unscrewed the fuse box and yanked with all my might
I knew what it would cause more hot air to enter but the stock position was pretty much blocked so.... plus i like the sound, i noticed a bit of a growl at the tailpipe, im on my way to a v8!!!!
anyway, i just couldnt figure out what that pipe was for. my moms subaru has one and it looks like a handle to help take the air tubing crap off.

MrGone

 

itso water doesnt get in to the engine theres a tube that goes in to the fender where water can drain if watergets in to the air box
i was going to ripp mine off but still contimplating
i need a valve on my amf sensor first

 

Does taking that pipe off cause any problems? or is there anything that could go wrong with it? and if so, what could i do to fix this?

 

I have a friend that wants to wire up an electric leaf blower to his honda intake for a poor man's supercharger... That has got to be the worst poor man's mod I have ever heard of. He still thinks it will be the coolest thing around...

 

 

i'm not even sure if that will work....some of these "rice guys" come up with some pretty wired crap!!

 

wouldnt it be funny if his the next steve millen

 

You mean making a cheap supercharger that breaks?

The whole time I watched the infomercial for the Tornado, they kept talking about it creating a "swirling" air stream to create a better mixture. Fuel doesn't even hit the air until the end of the intake runners, by then the "swirling" air stream would've encountered far too many bends, constrictions and velocity changes to still be spinning. Besides, to much swirl is bad, as it acts like a centrifuge, creating so much centrifugal force that the atomized fuel is slung to the outside and condenses on the walls. Anyone notice that when they did a dyno run with a 260hp Impala SS, it only made 200hp to the wheels on the first try, then they installed the Tornado in the intake, which happened to be a K&N Fuel Injection Performance Kit, the car suddenly made 220hp?

 

I think your idea has some merit - just go one step farther. So far, you've removed the black plastic pipe that extends to just behind the headlight. Why not cut a hole in the fender well next to the stock air box and run a short intake tube throught that fender well. Air drawn from the fender well is likely cooler that the air from the engine bay.

 

is there a reason stillen doesnt make a SC for the 3rd gen???? they make one for every other year, even the newest 2002. whats up with that? is it too hard to make one for the vg and ve or something?

 

not again................

there wont be enough sales..........................

 

ill have to get this instead then http://www.turbonator.com/

 

Can removng this tube cause any probles, and if so, how can it be corrected, (without putting it back, for those who like to be a smart ***)

 

I haven't had the pipe on my car on for a while and i haven't had a problems.You should be able to put the pipe back on but it might be a little tough.

 

He should do it the other way around... Put the leaf blower in as the engine, and use the engine as the supercharger...
Hell, you know that leafblower has got to be bigger then those ****y little 4-bangers Honduhs tout...