Removed intake = resolved shift problem from 1st-2nd
#1
Removed intake = resolved shift problem from 1st-2nd
About 2 weeks ago I decided to remove my mid-pipe w/ K&N cone filter. I was having problems starting the car every morning and my car was shifting horribly from 1st-2nd, especially from a dead stop. So when I installed my stock intake back on, in the days following I noticed that my max was shifting better than ever before. I was not getting that jerkiness through shifts. I also noticed that my car was starting without effort. With my intake, if my max was cold I would have to crank it at least twice to start.. Now it starts on the 1st crank. Also, my engine is so quiet, I didn't realize how annoyingly loud that filter was. Best thing I ever did to the max. It seems like my intake was sucking in to much air. Just thought I would share my experiences and improvements.
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#3
I mean like at a stop, when I got to accelerate from 1st to 2nd gear, it seemed like it would jerk or stick in gears. I thought it was my transmission acting up, but after returning it to stock. It shifts so smooth between 1st-2nd that I cannot even feel it.. A lot of people on the org have talked about the automatic transmission doing this, but I only had this problem with my intake.. It stopped after I put everything back to stock..
#4
Originally Posted by Maxima 504
About 2 weeks ago I decided to remove my mid-pipe w/ K&N cone filter. I was having problems starting the car every morning and my car was shifting horribly from 1st-2nd, especially from a dead stop. So when I installed my stock intake back on, in the days following I noticed that my max was shifting better than ever before. I was not getting that jerkiness through shifts. I also noticed that my car was starting without effort. With my intake, if my max was cold I would have to crank it at least twice to start.. Now it starts on the 1st crank. Also, my engine is so quiet, I didn't realize how annoyingly loud that filter was. Best thing I ever did to the max. It seems like my intake was sucking in to much air. Just thought I would share my experiences and improvements. ![Woot](https://maxima.org/forums/images/smilies/woot.gif)
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#5
Mine has a jerk only when I go from 4th to 5th, it was more noticeable when I had a full CAI but I put the stock midpipe back on and it helped out, it is still happening though, changed my fuel filter this weekend and it still does it, just way less noticeable.
#8
i changed the K&N cone filter plus my mid-pipe back to stock.. My maf is a few months old. It's not going out.. I know what the problem was the filter was sucking in too much air, now it's getting the right amount, the way the car was made. Everything is running perfect..
#10
ok, well it NOW I don't have that jerkyness between 1st-2nd.. I don't care how it got fixed but all I did was return to stock. I didn't F with anything else.. I would think that an intake allows more air into the throttle body, than the stock intake.. peace
#11
i took my stillen pop charger off and hacked my stock airbox minus one resonator and its been running awsome. so smooth and quiet, tons more pick-up than before with the filter.
now i can pass 3k rpm and shift more smoothly without having that 'wound-out' noise.
dont think ill ever put that thing back on. it was seriously bogging my engine down and i wasnt getting any power, i didntthnk it would have such a huge drop from the stock filter. the stillen was clean btw
also took my 100lb sub box out and that makes a huge diffrence too
now i can pass 3k rpm and shift more smoothly without having that 'wound-out' noise.
dont think ill ever put that thing back on. it was seriously bogging my engine down and i wasnt getting any power, i didntthnk it would have such a huge drop from the stock filter. the stillen was clean btw
also took my 100lb sub box out and that makes a huge diffrence too
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