I have read a lot about maxima's intakes in the past...wich is y i put my stock one back on. My question right next to where the air rams there is like a little resonator that is connected to the intake pipe. Now can i take this out and put a little filter thing they sell at autozone or will this hurt power like putting an aftermarket intake?

 

I made more whp with a cold air when I had one, before I went turbo! I just made piping from my TB to the driver side fender wall and made a hole in it and put the cone in there! If I remember correctly it made 8-10whp more past 5000rpms and made about 2-5whp less between 2000-3500rpm, The cooler the air used for combustion the more power is made as well, so if you buy some exhaust wrap and wrap your intake pipe it will make even more power!

 

u serious?

 

Wrap your intake pipe? What? Were you kidding?

 

Why can't i get a serious answer about it?

 

^^ maybe because its not really a serious question. Do it man, put the filter there.Wont hurt the car.

 

What's wrong with wrapping your intake piping?

 

Why would you want to put on an additional air filter? Just take the resonator off and be done with it, or run a hose from where the resonator connected to the snorkel to a cold(er) air source (i.e. under the battery tray where the resonator would be).

Or read the stickies:
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=185276
read post #4

 

Nothing.

But will gains be seen on the butt dyno or a real dyno on a stock Maxima? Nope. Waste of time and effort IMO.

OP. Skip all this petty stuff and save up and buy a ypipe if you don't have one already. Best bang for buck mod IMO.

 

I wrapped my steering wheel in duct tape and got 8hp

 

high/low end.?

 

wait how does CAI hurts you car? i installed mine like a week ago!! where did you read an article against them?

 

Around 9k

 

WTF is an intake?

 

Just curious what would wrapping the piping do? With the huge volume of air that moves through it, and the engine compartment temps not really getting all that that hot, my intake piping never really gets hot at all. Now my intake manifold...yes....intake piping no...

 

it will make the car sit lower at a certain speed.

 

Only the back end, the front will be uneffected because the headlights do not displace enough air to push the front down

 

That's only if you don't have enough fluid in ur headlights, the more fluid, the more it pushes down the front end.

 

Oh nice! I'm gonna make an intake out of PVC and dryer vent tubing and wrap it and see how much more downforce I get. I'll be sure to fill up those headlights with the most viscous fluid I can find too.

 

I heard that putting your spare on the driver's seat and sitting on top of it gives you better traction... is this true?

 

I think wrapping a cold air intake pipe on an N.A. car would be beneficial. It gets pretty hot under the hood. I think this would definitely result in cooler intake temps. I am tempted to do this to my boosted intake tubing but the reason I don't is because boost itself can reach 200^+. So in a boosted application, one might run the risk of not only blocking radiant engine bay heat from heating up the intake tube (good) but also blocking heat from escaping the hot tube (bad). So, I just put heat shielding on the bottom 180^ of my tubing and leave the top 180^ unwrapped. With an NA car, I'd say wrap the whole intake.

 

ok so why i am i getting noob answers for? Its a serious question... and for the guys that are helping me out thanks. Yes i know about the y pipe and everything else. Just wanted to ask a simple question.

 

If you have a usim it will kill your torqe..

 

okay im good now... at the end of the hose i just blocked it off wit alot of paper... throttle responce is better dont really feel any gains. No im not a noob just a poor man....