- Hey, I could write whatever I want and it will still be more interesting than the lame threads that have been clogging up the board for the past few months. How many posts have we had concerning headlights or HID's? They don't make you go faster, your car only attracts more attention at night, and frankly, it makes you look like a Honda driver.
- Somebody please write something interesting.

- Has anyone been racing? The real kind - with racing on a track that has corners. Autocrossing?
- Anyone perform any interesting mods lately?
- Funny cop stories, perhaps?
- Cool burn-out pictures?

- Just remember to label your thread appropriately and avoid any possible question that has to do with your damn Ricer headlights!

- BTW, you all should go read my humorous thread concerning the engine swap to an "I1" inline one cylinder shifter-kart motor. Good night.

 

- Might I just add that the board sunk to a new all-time low with the thread entitled, "NE1 done anything interesting with their coin holders?"

- Enough said.

 

this is true

 

- You rock, dude! Thanks.

- Hey, go read the shifter-kart thread. It's under "Motor swap to I1." My friend and made a pretty funny list of the pros and cons. I'd love to see what you think. Hee hee hee. ;-)

 

What have you done interesting to your car lately? It's not like you're on the cutting edge of modifications either. Personally, I think that this board is pretty lame a lot of the time, but if you don't have anything nice to say... We drive Maximas, you have to realize that it's a totally different market than most other modified cars. On one side you have the kids whose parents bought them their cars and can't afford anything other than light bulbs. On the other side, you have the more mature crowd who doesn't want to do anything to their cars besides light bulbs and an FSTB. If people would simply be more willing to take chances with their cars, then maybe more would be discussed. But since no one is willing to try anything new, then of course all the posts are going to be about light bulbs. With Maximas, you have a more conservative crowd. I'll admit, this board is pretty boring compared to some of the honda boards out there. At Honda-Tech, all they ever talk about is forced induction, racing, or other serious mods. It's refreshing to go to a board where there's one question about light bulbs and like 10 questions about which high compression piston to go with.

As for interesting mods, in the last month, I've put on a totally new dash kit, metal floor mats, new Brembo rotors, redone the stereo, and put on 19"s. Currently I'm working on custom aluminum inserts for the interior, and redoing the trunk in brushed aluminum. Interesting enough?

BTW, those Honda drivers you bash on average have like 5 times the mods of most members on this board.

 

i agree with the topic "NE1 done anything interesting with their coin holders?" has sunk into an all low but i would also like to add the topic "whats the best stuff to make car shine more" ITs been around for twenty years- turtle wax and elbow grease-
i just thought i would get that off my mind.
by the way- anyone do anything interesting with their vanity mirrors? LOL haha.........later

 

that engine swap to an i1 is too funny, i like the pro "Cool bumper sticker: "My lawn mower car is faster than your lawn mower" that is too sweet. lol
-beau

 

- No, seriously, every two months, someone has to write a thread like this to remind us how lame we've gotten. It was just my turn to state the obvious.
- I would love to be modifying my car right now, but I am in school and have to pay for a ton of stuff. I don't even have my beloved vehicle here with me (parents rule: no car Freshman year), so even if I had the money to get coilovers/tires/brake kits/etc, I couldn't.
- I am also considering keeping my car as close to stock as possible so that I can autocross in a competitive class at SCCA events. I can only do cat-back exhaust, comp tires, filter element, and shocks - no springs. I'll keep you posted with the path I'm taking.
- Also, in early May, I'll be attending my next track day. In the meantime, I'll try to get the pictures from my last event posted.
- If I decide to race the Maxima on tracks, or something like that, I'll build up the block with some better rods and pistons - but not before we get some frickin' cams so that the car actually makes enough power to justify the new parts. Once the car can continually make power around 7500-8000rpm, I'll make the investment. Right now, it's just an unecessary waste of money.
- So for the time being, I can only give you some witty/witless rhetoric. In the spring, you'll get your frickin' stories.

 

Agreed... the board may get a little repetitive at times but you've got to remember that the crowd that has Maximas aren't as likely to go wild with the mods like the Honda crowd. The generalization has a lot of holes, but for the most part it's true. Myself personally, I just come here to discuss the car I own and love, mostly in stock form. I've only got the usual bolt-on easy mods (FSTB, RSB, clear corners, and minor appearance stuff), and I'm thrilled with my car as it is. The only upgrades I could want at this point are new wheels and tires and clearing the taillights, and that's it. I'm on this board to discuss the car itself more than the wild or crazy mods I want to do to it, and I think a lot of people share that sentiment. If the Maxima were noticeably inadequate in anything from the factory, there would be more mods available and more demand for them. We just happened to pick a car that's a) not supported by much of the aftermarket and b) pretty damn good just the way it is.

 

Honda parts aren't that much cheaper than Maxima stuff, some are, but the truly modified cars use parts at least as expensive as the stuff we get. A lot of times, they spend more than we do. I know someone with a Prelude who just spent 10k on his engine, when's the last time a Maxima guy did that.

My main problem with this board is the hypocrisy and double standard. But that's another post for another time... It's still good to see someone stir things up though, it is needed. That coinholder thing was pretty lame, who in their right mind takes the time to work on that?

Just because you're in school doesn't mean you can't modify = ) I'm still in college, I just work a lot to pay for things. Getting sponsored and having customers that run shops and hook me up doesn't hurt either. But in all fairness, I didn't have anything on my car freshman year either. 2 more months until I graduate and get a real job which means I get to really mess with the car.

 

- I began modifying my car in late November/early December. So far, I've got a FSTB, RSB, SS brake lines, sticky street tires, and Porterfield pads. I also did all my own work. I'm pretty proud of my achievements with the car and I love driving it.
- School is taking away a lot of my spending cash and I refuse to cut into my long-term savings. I can't work right now (another parental rule for Freshman year), so I'm limited to what I can do.
- And, embarassingly enough, I got into a fender bender over Christmas Break and had to spend all of my coilover money fixing the damn bumper.
- You all should know what I'm about by now. I love driving. I like my car. I appreciate mechanical ingenuity. I hate "all show - no go" cars. Right now, I'd just like to see something interesting on the board. I have to live vicarously through all of you who actually have your cars and its a pretty boring life if all you do is change your lightbulbs.
- A lot of people who have responded to this thread understand what I'm saying. So go ahead and start a controversy. I'm sure that someone who's reading this remembers my thread concerning "Environmental Responsibility/Y-pipe." I started the darn thread for the sole purpose of creating a controversy. It worked. If I leave the stock class and modify my car - I'm getting the darn Y-pipe. Do you see now?
- Thanks for reading this, guys. I'll check in with you all tomorrow. Ciao.

- Matt ;-)

 

To answer your original question...
If you wanna turn your max into a V7, you can use some electrical tape to tape another cylinder somewhere under the intake manifold or just where ever the hell it fits.. BUT, i have a cheaper and more effective/engine-bay-space-consuming alternative... 1) Walk down the street in your neighborhood, and look for the 1st mailbox with a "7" in the house # sign.... 2) See if anyones looking, then use your fingernails or a screwdriver to get the tag off.... 3)see if anyone is looking, 4) Look for any "V" badged cars on your street, (and come on, you know there has GOT to be at least 5 V6 Camry's or Accords on your street) 5) See step 2 6) Come home, crazy glue your new V7 badge on to Maxima. *BONUS*---7) Go race an Si badged hatchback Civic.

 

Thats Great!!!! But you should note that the onle Civic Hatchs that were the single overhead cam Vtec. Si motors are really fast. I borrowed one for a few days last year. The car had over 200,000 miles on it and a cheap homemade intake and same thing with exaust(you know just a straigh pipe to a big shiny thing). The car was extremly fast and it surprised the hell out of me. I later ran against the car at the drag stip for the hell of it and he ran a 15.1. NOT BAD for a SOHC 1.6

 

I suppose that being a honda owner I shoudl be honored that you guys choose to compare EVERYTHING to a honda or a honda driver.

Let's see, blue bulbs everywhere.. "that's like a honda driver"... err WAKE UP, many many many drivers here do that, it's NOT A honda phenominon.

blah blah blah...

and this what's the deal that when someone says or does something dumb, it's "that's like a honda driver..." I know a memeber that doesn't even own a max anymore says that a lot.

That double standards that soe folks show is simply amazing to me.... but doesn't matter... i'll just go on being my "honda-self"... no blue bulbs, no stickers, all go and no show self.

-Shing

 

That's the kind of crap I'm talking about. Every time I try to mention the hypocrisy here, I get flamed for being a hater. As for the bulbs, it's just a modified car phenomena. They're cheap and they look cool, everybody's going to get them.

Is it just me, or are you tired of "Honduh" also? It just sounds ignorant.

What makes it better is that most of the people who trash hondas/acuras for being "rice" are the least modified here. It's like a set of clear corners and intake make them faster than all the modified honda's out there... Yeah right.

 

struggling with stillen camber plates because I'm missing parts. Stillen being an *** and don't want to sell the parts to me. The Koni/sprint setup are ready to go in soon as I get the camber plate saga square away. Direct port nitrous kit is coming along. The tuner I'm working with is waiting for the parts. Purge kit, bottle warmer, TPS wot switch, msd window switch. I just installed my nitrous and EGT gauge. I have a walbro 190lph fuel pump I'm going to tackle this weekend. Alkaplus send me the wrong gauge bezel, so my dash is apart right now wait for the right gauge bezel. Stillen/AP racing brake kit is in the mail. FSTB and RSB are off at the powder coating shop. CAI needs to be redone too. The original powder coating is start to peel off. My polished intake manifold is getting more finishing touchs. My new rims are still on a boat some where in the pacific. Too many projects going on the car and not enough time =)

 

- Dude! PLEASE tell me about the AP Racing Big Brake Kit that you're putting on your car. I am absolutely dying to see if it works as well as Stillen claims.
- Could you go out and measure stopping distances and pedal/brake feel before and after? Does your car have ABS?
- Thanks, and good luck with all the projects.

- On the Honda front... I used to drive an Accord. It was a nice car, the turning radius was better than a go-kart, and I never once had a rattle (as I do in the Maxima). But I like the Maxima more than the Honda because its sportier in a quiet way and because not many other people modify a Max. It's just funny to me to modify a Maxima when it so clearly looks like a bland family sedan. That, and the fact that the engine revs "like nothing this side of a Ferrari." Even without VTEC, I still like the Nissan motor better.