I have a ram air inake, warpspeed y pipe, and an axle back muffler. I changed the knock sensor about a month ago. But my take off and low end power isn't wat it used to be. What can it be or what can i do to get it back? For instance, the car can't even peel out like it used to.

 

Replace your short ram with the stock and see if you 'feel' any difference. Everyone elses butt dyno lately has said so.

 

Gotta love the stock air box.

 

Stock air box > j00

 

Seafoam and throttle body cleaning is your friend. Also, when's the last time you changed your plugs and fuel filter?

 

I still think the stock air box will do the trick.

 

wat if i use the stock box.....but leave the aftermarket mid pipe?

 

the mid pipe is really what kils the power but i love the sound screw the 2 horses or what ever

 

what about if i get an extension and make it a cold air?

 

Nooooooooo. It's the mid pipe that kills your low end, IF that is what's causing it. The stock mid pipe will bring the low end back. You can use whatever filter you want. That won't make a diff. My Apexi filter on the stock mid pipe works great. Don't take off the snorkel or the bottom part of the box. The bottom will hold your after market filter in place. The snorkel will give you a extra source of cold air (I think).

 

Ok..therefore i can put the stock mid pipe back on (if i can find it) and leave the cone filter on?

 

Yesum. Stick the stock mid pipe onto the TB, next will be the MAF sensor, then attach the cone filter to the MAF. Hopefully your intake came with a MAF adapter.

 

it did....i've had it on for a while. I just recently changed the cone. But latey the takeoff has been sluggish. I do know i need new spark plugs also. I think ill look into the seafoam etc

 

dont worry man, my cars still slower than anyone's here! seafoam it, even if it doesnt do anything the smoke makes u feel like it is :-)

 

If I recall correctly, my low end loss with a after market intake was gradual as well. It didn't happen over night, but it steadily got worse over time.

 

lol werd, the car sounds like a beast!

 

is there a writeup on seafoaming for our cars? i was always afraid of doing it wrong...

Devin

 

i know theres a writeup, cant find it...but its simple....i think u gotta use 1/3 of the can through the brake booster line, the car will try to turn off, just rev it a little, suk up the 1/3 slowly, not quik, something about flooding something... once u suk it all up connect the line and shut the car off for bout 10-15 minutes. turn on and car should smoke like crazy, all the carbon burnin off i think!

 

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=308576

There you go my woodland friends. Alot of info on seafoam in this thread.

 

what are sum common problems due to seafoam? do they rarely occur?

o2 sensors failing due to the smoke?
i wanna do this but i heard from 1 orger sayin his car was stumbling and got som CEL codes

 

yeh, ive heard that some peoples o2 sensors went. some say to just clean them and then reset, or if they go b/c of seafoam that they were gonna go soon anyways. its ur call, i didnt have any problems....dont know wut it did, but the smoke sure was cool lol