My new intake setup (56k beware)
03-06-2006, 09:13 AM
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I guess theres a possibilty of that happening. I could always put that mesh screen on the bottom like someone mentioned before. We do have some big a$$ rats here in the city. No snakes though.
03-06-2006, 10:44 AM
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Originally Posted by max4life05
i will be doing something similar to this during spring break
03-06-2006, 11:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Ceasars Chariot
how much trouble to start the hose at the drivers side foglight and run it up. would be out of the way of radiator and fans ! good work aj
03-06-2006, 11:15 AM
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Originally Posted by ajcool2
Well I finally took my new setup to the track. And yes it actually made a difference. I ran my PB of 15.01. In addition to the intake setup I added a grounding kit and I took my back seats out.
03-06-2006, 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by zander
Thats a pretty big difference. I'd bet most of the gain came from taking out the back seats though
03-06-2006, 11:59 AM
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That ducting you added is not going to do anything for your time, let alone drop it fomr a 15.4 to a 15.1. Your time dropped because you took out your seats and possibly because of outside conditions, (temperature, track, your launch/reaction time). The intake is probably only sucking a very small ammount of the air in that ducting, if any.
03-06-2006, 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by zander
have you had a major tune up since your last runs? The 15.8. Are you still auto? I didn't even see that you were a GLE, if so that is pretty sweet for a y and intake
03-06-2006, 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Vlasic
That ducting you added is not going to do anything for your time, let alone drop it fomr a 15.4 to a 15.1. Your time dropped because you took out your seats and possibly because of outside conditions, (temperature, track, your launch/reaction time). The intake is probably only sucking a very small ammount of the air in that ducting, if any.
03-06-2006, 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by aznsap
jeeez, please tell me there's a reason other than the ducting the time dropped 0.3 seconds. if not, then i'm gonna have to do this.
03-06-2006, 12:26 PM
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I will be back at the track around the 26th of march and will remove the duct for a couple of runs to see the difference. Even if it's just a tenth of a second difference for $7 that aint bad.
03-06-2006, 01:58 PM
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hmm I had the same type of setup, but when it rained I ended up with water around my filter. Also once I had it connected to my filter and it drew water in and my engine stalled. Thank god that it didn't get too much in my engine. Not a really smart idea, but hey, experiment won't hurt too much.
03-07-2006, 01:32 PM
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I'm going to pipe in with some knowledge that I have.
My friend and I did a tutorial on an insultated CAI, and we too use drier hose (and some insulation that makes the Rx-7 1st Gen airbox look like a Jiffy Pop Popcorn popper, but I digress).
We routed ours around the radiator and then use plastic tubing in front of the rad to get fresh air.
The difference between insulated and uninsulated ducting is HUGE when it comes to returning the intake charge to ambient.
At a stop light, waiting for 2 minutes, the uninsulated CAI, due to heat soak, took 10 minutes to return to ambient. The insulated CAI took about 15 seconds...
So, the insulation isn't bad, but like others here, I'd much rather see you route it around the rad (tricky without cutting metal in the Maxima) than hang it low where it could pick up squirrels and road debris
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My friend and I did a tutorial on an insultated CAI, and we too use drier hose (and some insulation that makes the Rx-7 1st Gen airbox look like a Jiffy Pop Popcorn popper, but I digress).
We routed ours around the radiator and then use plastic tubing in front of the rad to get fresh air.
The difference between insulated and uninsulated ducting is HUGE when it comes to returning the intake charge to ambient.
At a stop light, waiting for 2 minutes, the uninsulated CAI, due to heat soak, took 10 minutes to return to ambient. The insulated CAI took about 15 seconds...
So, the insulation isn't bad, but like others here, I'd much rather see you route it around the rad (tricky without cutting metal in the Maxima) than hang it low where it could pick up squirrels and road debris
YMMV SPSFD
03-15-2006, 06:39 AM
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Originally Posted by acidspit86
i bet the grounding kit is what made the real difference, it might've made your auto shift more crisply
03-15-2006, 07:29 AM
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Originally Posted by happyricefob
looks good man. u should check out spaniard's cardomain, he has a bigger custom CAI setup...
05-19-2006, 06:57 PM
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The problem you will have is that there is very little air pressure UNDER the car given the amount of air flow ABOVE the car.
THINK AIRPLANE WING.
I suggest that you move the duct opening up to the front of the car through the bumper space. I'd also put a mesh screen in front of the opening to keep out debris.
THINK AIRPLANE WING.
I suggest that you move the duct opening up to the front of the car through the bumper space. I'd also put a mesh screen in front of the opening to keep out debris.
05-19-2006, 07:19 PM
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I did something similar in my GTI where I ran 3" ducting from the OEM airbox to the lower grille, and it definitely made a difference. I might try the same idea on my Maxima, but I'm not sure where I can run the ducting to to get the most air.
05-20-2006, 08:13 AM
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It's like a blast from the past 
We were doing this mod 5 to 6 years ago. Even I tried it. It did nothing. Believe me, I tried every intake setup imagineable including POP/w resonator, POP/no resonator, CAI, stock hacked air box w/resonator, stock hacked airbox/w resonator, and plus various pipes funneling air in and around the filter. After about 4 years of racing and about 120 passes is varying conditions, the best intake set up as verfiied by slips and OBDII datalogging, was the stock hacked airbox/w resonator.
The reason this guy went faster was because of better conditions. The intake, ground wires, and lack of rear seat did nothing. If he posts the full slips and dates, I'm sure he'd prove me right. This is all assuming he's running at the same track.
We were doing this mod 5 to 6 years ago. Even I tried it. It did nothing. Believe me, I tried every intake setup imagineable including POP/w resonator, POP/no resonator, CAI, stock hacked air box w/resonator, stock hacked airbox/w resonator, and plus various pipes funneling air in and around the filter. After about 4 years of racing and about 120 passes is varying conditions, the best intake set up as verfiied by slips and OBDII datalogging, was the stock hacked airbox/w resonator. The reason this guy went faster was because of better conditions. The intake, ground wires, and lack of rear seat did nothing. If he posts the full slips and dates, I'm sure he'd prove me right. This is all assuming he's running at the same track.
sounds beef-ier
05-20-2006, 09:47 PM
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dude, that aint gonna do much. i did this same mod many years ago on a camry. i used flexible pipe from home depot, (like dryer duct). all u'll get is a bunch of road debris flying up w/ no gains. only if its connected like a cai will u get any real gains.
