Well, if you buy one of those CAIs on ebay that are made for 97-99 (most are) and install them on a 95/96, most people just zip-tie the temp sensor to something in the engine bay.

I bought my CAI from Cattman (expensive, I know), and he has two different models for each type.

 

bump for pics of CAI...

thinking about picking one up and wanna hear ideas, thoughts and pics... do u guys experience probs in rainy or heavy weather? u guys said the CAI doesn't go that IN deep to the ground..

 

there are pics everywhere... but click my sig...

 

Here are some pics of my CAI. The filter is in the fender, so it is a real "cold air intake".


.http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...akePics007.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...akePics005.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...akePics006.jpg

 

y athanks i know what u guys mean. i can't search the function though.. i did try browsing posts from the past.. i'm thinking bout either just changing it to a cone or a CAI..

 

Glad the pics helped. Just remember, if you just install a cone filter to the air tubes just past the MAF then its just sucking hot air from the engine. So I would suggest that you invest in a true CAI. One that is away from the heat of the motor....

 

read the stickies man... if your max is an auto, pr cai or ebay cai if money is an issue, if 5 spd then k&n drop panel filter... wont give u much sound difference then stock but its better than srai

 

HAHAHAHA

 

For the love of **** would you people PLEASE let it die?!?

"True CAI", CAI, WAI, HAI...none of them give noticeable gains! Get the one you can afford, like the sound, and like the looks of, and you'll be happy.

 

It seems to me that someone has a problem with new people posting questions about their cars, and other people replying to them. I thought that this is what this web site is all about, you know asking questions and just basic discussion about the NISSAN MAXIMA.....

 

And I would suggest you read one of the few thousand threads on intakes so you at least have half a clue as to what you're talking about.

"true CAI" ...

 

Once again, I'm out of my element since I've a 2003 Corolla, but it's all the same. I installed an AEM CAI onto mine and got assloads of detonation between 1800 and 2800rpms at 1/2-full throttle and a big fattie torque loss down low. A nice gain at 6000rpms with redline 450rpms later - what good does that do? None. It caused my engine to run WAY lean. Why?

MAF sensors are touchy - most CAI designers seem to forget or just plain ignore that. If they are too close to the throttle body, they wig out b/c they don't like lots of intake noise. And you know that little screen that's between the filter and the MAF sensor - well, it's there for a reason. My car has it too. It's used to straighten the airflow out. MAF sensors hate turbulence. A CAI typically puts the MAF sensor right close to the throttle body and doesn't provide a way to straighten the airflow out - and a nice straight tube isn't enough. End result....inaccurate MAF sensor readings and a lean mixture....lots of detonation that not even the knock sensor can help.

Save your $ and your engine and just modify the existing intake. You can't improve on it much. I'd just get a drop-in K&N filter and be done with it. My CAI was a $200 throw-away. I sold it on ebay and pity the person who has it.

Trav

 

OK...Whatever you say? So you are saying I'm wrong by saying that a true CAI gets it's air from a location away from the heat of the motor. Also, since I am new why don't you direct me to the "few thousand threads" that you are talking about....

since I'm just a

 

No, that's right... the part that's wrong is where you say that gives any more power than other intakes.You're not a donating memeber so you can't see the search.php page, and I'm not about to copy/paste a few thousand URLs. Here are 3 you can start with, after that take my sig's advice.

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....9&page=1&pp=40
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....hreadid=195391
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....6&page=1&pp=40

and here's how you can search, but if you'd read the stickies you'd know this
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=368622