i just bought a bomz intake.....i want to know what the extra brackets are for? Do i really need them? Also, is it necessaty to disconnet the negative battery to reset the computer? If you don't do this will the check engine light come on?

 

The ECU will adjust in about 500 miles or so, but the intake is mainly for sound anyway.... As far as the extra brackets are concerned, if you leave the lower portion of the intake box in place that should hold your Hybrid Intake just fine....

 

Some say for best immediate gains to reset the ECU, I say it's not worth 1 HP to lose my radio stations.

 

will it get as much air with it sitting in the box? is there anything else i can do? Will the filter fall out without the bracket or the lower air box in?

 

if I were you i would go get some brackets. You don't want that intake accidently falling out. You could get those brackets at autozone or napa for cheap.

 

i have the brackets, but i don't know where to install them. Plus there is no picture guide, that's why i'm confused. From all the pictures i've seen, i don't see anyone with the brackets, that's y i thought it wasn't necessary.

 

How in the heck does resseting the ecu cause loss of radio stations?

Help me understand what in the world nissan Engineers were thinking when they tied the ECU and the radio together

You got that MAD off da hook Laptop ecu from fast and da furious?

 

Don't know if this will help but look at the set-up. You could use it as a base on were to set the brackets.

THIS IS A WEBSITE

 

Sorry to confuse you...

He talked about disconnecting the negative battery terminal to reset the ECU, I'm not positive, but I thought when you disconnect power for an extended time and lost power, all your preset radio stations got erased and you had to reset them.

I don't think it's worth the hassle to disconnect the battery for an intake install, doesn't matter at WOT anyway.

 

i think he means that disconnecting the battery to reset i guess? and so will the radio presets...but im probably wrong

 

No, your right.

OK. I was being sarcastic.
My point is that I don't think it's worth wasting time on disconnecting the battery to reset the ECU for an intake. Just put the darn thing on and drive around.

 

There is a reset thing on the ECU, it's late and I've been drifting alot I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that's how you reset the ECU

 

Yes it can be reset that way, but that requires removing a panel and contorting yourself underneath your dash just to get to it. Then you have to try to fit a screwdriver in a tiny screw to turn the thing to reset it. Plus you can't see anything cause it's usually too dark too see anything under there. It's just easier to disconnect the battery while you install the intake. But then, of course, you may have to re-set your preset radio stations

That's why I say screw it, just drive around, the car will adapt quickly.

 

Oh well damn computers!!!

 

The panel pops off without any hassle at all. Just about any normal flathead screwdriver, table knife, pocket knife, etc. will turn the screw without a problem.
If it's dark - bring a flashlight or droplight.

It's not some horrific contortionists trick required to get in there.

 

FWIW, disconnecting the battery for a week will NOT reset the ECU

 

Well, I was going on what it said in the Haynes manual on page 6-5:

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Ever hear of the "cold start" program?

 

And where in there does it say disconnecting the battery will reset the CEL?

 

Yes.

He's not talking about re-setting the ECU to erase codes, just to "re-learn with his intake" as they say.

I'm not trying to argue, I think the whole thing is pointless anyway. I think we are thinking about different things here maybe.

 

Resetting the ECU does 2 things.

It resets the check engine light and it erases the memory of the last stored settings of the o2 sensors. Thus "re-learning" the amount of o2 that is now brought into the engine.

So if you wanted to reset your ECU to "learn" the new mods, you need to reset your ECU using the reset screw on the sode of it. But, it will also reset the check engine light.

Hopefully this will either help you understand what I was saying or help you understand if I am misunderstanding you

 

uncle.....