Who ever said installing a 2000 intake on a '96 reduces bottom end torque is smokin something. My maxima dose not even have the ecu done yet and it already pulls ALOT harder. It wants to redline so quick with the 5-speed. I am not finnished though, I seem to be missing one of the main parts. what part to I need to buy to actually move the mevi? I have two wires ready to be hooked to something... Is this just a sensor for the 2000? I have the rpm switch ready to go but not sure what to hook it up to. Someone said a selinoid (is that how you spell it?) but will that make vacuum? Someone who has done this please help. I took 2 days and only one bloody nuckle, its worth it. I also had to swap a rear valve cover, no one really said you had to do this either- but you do.

 

your not losing low end torque because your mevi isn't working because it's not opening, because you didn't hook up the rpm switch, solenoid and vaccuum..

more to come..

*edit*.. f*ck it.. it's in the stickies, right in one of the GODD*** FAQ'S.. read them, and read thru the links contained therein, before posting crap..

 

and on a nicer note.. a mevi is not the same as installing a year 2000 intake..

 

I'm confused... Do you have a MEVI or VIAS?

 

ditto..... MEVI is completely different from the 2000 2001 vq30de-k variable intake manifold. which do you have?

 

it doesn't matter if you have the MEVI or the DEK manifold, if you don't have the rpm switch hooked up the butterfly valves are not opening and your missing the whole point of the mod.

Without the butterfly valves not opening your losing more power up top then when you had the stock manifold.

This is a classic example of power being all in your head.

 

my first question is....why 2 days????? i did mine in a couple hours.....yes, you NEED to hook up the rpm switch, the solenoid, the vaccum cansiter and all that good stuff for it to actually work!!! its like sticking a bov on your car if you don't have a turbo setup to use it....whats the point?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! hook up the wiring and then you will see what everyone means about the MEVI.

Tony

 

I'm unsure what he has installed on his Maxima, but if it's the MEVI, he's lost about 8-12whp/wtq from 2500-5000rpms when the thing is closed. There's a "newbie" status next to his name for good reason.

 

Is there some particular reason why you guys are so rude? Is that the way you treat people who obviously need your help? If it is, your mothers didn't raise you very well.

 

you obviously haven't been around long enough to know how many times questions that have the answers right at the top of the forum, like this one, get asked. oh, and watch what you say about how we were raised.

 

Hey Fellas, Its not a true MEVI I guess but people keep refering to it as one. But you who seem to have infinite wisdom on how these hook up still have not answered my original question- what are the wires for that are already hooked up to the intake on the butterfly valve itself? What do I need to buy as far as a solenoid?- stock 2000 nissan, aftermarket? This is NOT in the FAQs

 

here's a good source to back it up >> http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=169219

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If you have the 00VI then there is a 2 pin connector on the VIAS box and that is what the RPM switch connects to. And there is a vaccum line that is right above it that needs to connect to the mid-pipe.





BTW fellas, I just got my 00VI upper and lower manifolds yday

 

you still haven't answered the question of whether it's a mevi or not. Do you have a mevi (middle eastern variable intake).. or a 5th gen intake. The question can't be answered without knowing that. If it's a mevi, there are detailed instructions in the faq's that will show you how to do everything you need to..

if it's a 5th gen intake, I respectfully see my way out of this conversation and give you more respect than my first post would imply cause that's impressive. And for your question, pm krismax, as far as I remember he is the only one to have a 5th gen manifold on a fourth gen.

 

liar.......


it took you 2days also. you don't gotta lie to kick it.

 

when i acutally got it done it took a couple of hours. if things didn't go wrong the with the butterfly valves it would've been a couple hours.

Tony

 

Sweet thread. I'd offer some help if I knew what the heck the original poster actually installed, so far he's called it an MEVI and a 2000 intake manifold, which are of course 2 different things. And either way if it's not working you aren't pulling harder to redline you are pulling less

 

I'm leaning towards it being a '00 manifold. There wouldn't be any wires associated with a MEVI. And he said he changed his rear valve cover, which you don't HAVE to do (krismax got around it), but it makes the install a little simpler.

I don't know who he read that said it loses low end torque, though. Krismax and I both have raved about the gain in low end torque with the '00. So I guess he got it confused with the low end loss thats been dyno proven with the MEVI.

The entire original thread is confusing and needs serious clarification before any help can be given.

kevlo911: You are in for a treat. Good luck with the install.

 

Ok just to clear everything up...... Its a 2000 (5th gen) intake manifold. I dont know who but someone in another thread said they were both the same name because of what it dose. Anyway the vacuum just gets connected to the mid pipe? no cannisters or solenoids? Thats great. Someone finally answered

 

No, the mid-pipe is not a source for vacuum. I have a vacuum canister hooked to one of the ports on the manifold, then goes to a vacuum switch (solenoid) that is controlled by an RPM switch. The vacuum line from the switch then plugs into the port near the plug you were talking about earlier.

Or is there a vacuum canister and solenoid already built into the '00 manifold?? That'd be nice; I could get rid of a bunch of unnecessary crap under the hood. I saw that plug under there but wasn't sure what it was for. I just used my vacuum set-up from my MEVI days.

 

Hey, this is Kevlo911 under my friends username

I am pretty sure it is built in, so you just have to do what I said in my post.

 

Alright, I'm gonna try it out. I need to dig through my '00 wiring harness and find that plug. What's going to supply vacuum though? There's no vacuum at the midpipe. Doesn't it have to be at some point after the throttle body?

 

I am pretty sure you can use it. The 5th gens are connected to the mid-pipe. Also If you dissconnect the IACV(you don't have anymore) from hte midpipe, the car turns off so that means it is a vaccum line.