Which mod do you guys think should be first? This should help our newbies!

 

Get your intake done. Good place to start for cheap and it gives you a few HP gain.

SuDZ

 

I agree 1. intake, then y-pipe.

 

I agree:
1- Intake
2- FTSB & RSB
3- Y pipe

 

Before you add HP, you must first prepare a basic platform that will allow you to derive optimal benefit from more HP, to wit:

1- Install lowering springs and stiffer struts, a front strut tower brace, and a rear anti-sway bar. The car will have a lower center of gravity, it will corner faster and flatter, and there will be very little nose-dive under hard braking. The stocker boys will have no idea what happened to your car, even at this [early] stage!

2- Install wider, low-profile tires on slightly larger wheels. The idea is to maintain the original outside diameter measurement within + or - 3% to keep the speedometer/odometer as close to accurate as possible. The new tires will increase grip, and if you go for Z-rated tires, you can run at speeds in excess of 149-mph all day! If your original set-up was 15 x 6.5 wheels with 215/65/15 tires, I'd up-size to 16 x 7.5 wheels with 225/50/16 ZR tires, or even 17 x 8 wheels and 235/45/17 ZR tires. New rolling stock will also add a big, noticeable difference to handling, acceleration, and braking.

3- Install an intake, y-pipe, and cat-back exhaust system. Do these all at once if you can, as the entire system performs better as a group than each one does by itself. (The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.) An option here would be an aftermarket catalytic converter. Put these on to uncork your engine and add more power, especially at the top-end. (It'll sound nice, too.)

4- After all that, you'll probably be ready for a heavy-duty clutch, an aluminum flywheel, limited-slip differential, and stiffer engine mounts. The underdrive pulley would go good here, too.

5- Now time for nitrous oxide or a supercharger, and whatever else you may have left out along the way, like a short-throw shifter, more cockpit gauges, a heavy-duty fuel pump, fuel pressure regulator, and whatever SHOWY bits you may have avoided up to this point!

Have fun. Good luck. (Start saving...)

 

Intake. JWT cheap price.

 

i would go with intake personally. but i voted for the y

 

1. Intake
2. Y-Pipe
3. FSTB and RSB

That's the order I would do my first mods in.

 

Whoa, hold on here people. FIRST, you MUST have clear corners and tint before you can even drive your car. Well, you can drive it home from the dealership, but thats it.

 

I'd do suspension first. Its the suspension on the Maxima that is its weak point, the engine is plenty strong. Might as as well mod the parts that will make the largest difference first and do the stuff that's essentially just "icing on the cake" later.

 

And BINGO was his name-o!

 

 

 

Oh yeah, forgot about clear corners. Defenatlly do that first.