I've been searching for a cold air intake for my 95 GXE, but i've only found one and i don't know if it's too good. It's made by place racing, and you can find it at www.custommaxima.com, but i was hoping i could get a stillen intake. Do any of you know if Stillen makes a cold air intake, and if so where i could get it. Or if any of you know of any other good CAI let me know please. Thanks.

 

Stillen does not make a CAI. Stillen makes a HAI that is really no better than any other on the market. It just costs more.

Place Racing is the top choice for CAI on here, as far as I can tell. "Hybrid" intakes are very popular. Do a search for Hybrid intake and you will get tons of hits. I hear that Frankencar and Fastlane Performance are nice, but they all seem to be very similar. You can also make your own. I have links if you want to try to do that. Here they are:

http://www.brianv.net/mods/filter/

That is generally called the "BrianV" intake mod, when done using stock airbox parts. It includes directions to make a filter/intake setup that is VERY much like the Stillen intake. JWT also makes a similar setup for about $100. This type of setup is generally called a "popcharger." You can do this mod (homebrew) for under $50 with the same results. The only bad part of doing it at home is that you will have to get a new airbox lid down the road to go back to stock.

http://www.drwebdesign.com/mymaxima/upperintake.html

This is the page to make the "upper intake tube," which is also called a "midpipe" (correct me if I am wrong there, guys!). It makes the above mod a "hybrid intake." Actually, it makes ANY cone-style popcharger a hybrid. You can buy just the midpipe section from frankencar, fastlane, or place racing, for $50-$65, or you can make your own for about $15.

I THINK that i have covered things. I know that people recommend different setups based on whether you have an auto or a manual, so you might want to specify. Some argue that Hybrids are better, some say CAI is the best, and others think that a cheap popcharger is best because it is cheap and lets you spend the rest of your money elsewhere.

I know that this is really confusing, but looking at pictures and comparing the differences is the best way to determine how the different setups vary from one to another.

 

Thanks... I'm probably gonna go ahead and throw in the PR CAI... you wouldn't happen to know how much it would be to throw a manual tranny into my car would you?

 

People have been able to do it for $1200~$1500

 

No, I do not know. But search for "5 speed conversion" or "5-speed conversion" and you will get TONS of hits. It all depends on how much you can do yourself and how much has to be done by a shop. The parts are not too expensive, but the labor could kill you.

I hate it when people tell me to search, but I honestly do not know. I would search for you, but it is 5:00 and I am leaving work.

I think that you will be happy with the PR CAI. I am about to add it to my 96 auto. I am buying the pipes seperately and doing a hybrid (using the PR midpipe) first, then adding the "CAI" part of it when I get the time.