ok so ive been very bored lately and need to do something different with the car. im thinking about switching my short ram to a cold air.

what would you recommend as the best way of setting it up.

i know theres around the front of the block or cutting a hole in the wheel well.

suggestions?

 

Stickies: http://forums.maxima.org/4652687-post12.html or search... this has been discussed ad nauseam...

 

ya i knew about that but it didnt do me justice

 

WARNING, BIG PICS

Well, how bout my setup
uses the existing short ram pipe, connects to MAF and goes down through the fender to a K&N filter

 

if it's above the wheel wouldnt you be sucking in heat from the rotors as well? have you dynoed?

 

Oh jesus.......







It doesnt matter....just pick one.....An intake isnt like picking out exhaust or a body kit.....

 

true. but if im going to modify more id like to get something out of it. im a perfectionist lol.

 

it isnt above the wheel, its inside the fender, away from all sources of heat, with a fresh supply of cold air. its awesome down in TN never gets to hot here, and in the winter its cold. so good cold air now, few months itll be really cold. and I can tell a difference in performance, everybody says it affects low end, but this is an auto and i can spin tires like its nothing

 

Go back to stock, that's the best throttle response setup.
Everything else is just show and sound.

 

Exactly. I added my belt driven intake because it's polished and purty, and for the sound of crickets.

 

well Wiz if your reverting back to stock I will gladly take your intake off your hands

 

belt driven intake?

 

CAI + stock resonator box. I have found this one to be the best, and have tried everything. If you want to try something different give it a run.

If you want I can get a pic.

 

Yes, you know, the kind that gives you an instant 100hp.

 

yep yep, boosted

 

o...ya i thought so but wasnt sure...figures lol

 

If anyone is interested. Yeah my engine bay is as dirty and rusty as can be. But she keeps on running.

 

Hey, is that this same intake just connetcted to the stock resonator box?

EBAY LINK TO 99 NISSAN BOMZ CAI
or
http://bomzracing.com/bomzracingcold...sanmaxima.aspx

Also would it be possible to extend that pipe, so that the filter was right by the left front foglight, and if you removed the fog light, it would let air hit the filter which means you would truly have a CAI/Ram of cold air right into the filter?

 

it looks like the old one

 

Ok well, would the one that I posted go through the fender wall? Because honestly i'm just looking for an intake that go's through the fender wall to get colder air, unfortunatley I went with the Injen, and can feel when it get's heat soaked after about 20 minutes of Hard driving. I want something sucking cold air lol, but I cant afford to spend another $300...

 

You could just pick up one of these cheaper one's and use the bent pipe section that goes into the fender if you want to go with the setup I have. Then pick up a K&N air filter. Or use the whole setup. But I prefer to use the resonator box.

link to ebay CAI
http://tinyurl.com/54atjm

But yes I am using the stock resonator box, and 1 piece of a CAI kit. It was a bomz kit from years ago because there really wasn't anything else out at the time at the same price. Now the market is flooded with them and the one I linked above will work fine. My car doesn't have fog lights so the air is not blocked by it, however any filter in the fender is going to get clean cold air regardless if there is a fog light or not.

 

Awesome Thanks so much for finally, giving me the firm answer I was looking for, I didnt want to waste $30-40 even though it's not alot, it becomes alot when you have to spend it again, and didnt get the right thing the first time. and I already have a 3" K&N filter to go on this when I buy it

 

BUY IT!!

 

Clean your damn engine bay!

 

Haha man I would buy it if I didnt only have about $150 in my bank account right now...im a poor college student all my money went into what I have in my car right now, so if any one is feeling pretty generous lol you can PM me, if not I will have to wait two weeks until I get my first paycheck and get my finances sorted out...

 

any pics of current intake. i can possibly show you how to make a CAI on the cheap like mine

 

For what it's worth i did the same set up as tigersharkdude, with the exception of adding, yeah i know your all gonna laugh at me but koozies, you know when you go to your redneck inlaws and they are all drinking Bud Light wrapped in those blue, red things that go around the can and have stupid sayings on them. I figured if it keeps the drink cold, why not for the same for a CAI? Also i cut the bottom of the black plastic under the bumber, on each side and one in the front to make a scoop, i can post pics later if your confoosed.....good luck.

 

Yeah, this is the best pic I could find before I put on the Mevi, so it's still in the same exact spot.


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Haha, that actually doesn't seem like a bad idea, I wouldn't mind some pics just to see how that came out.

 

just save up and get the Bomz. i thought it was a short ram, thats a "Wcai"

 

Alright will do, Thanks for all the help bud.

 

wcai??
warm cold air intake?

chris, man, if u woulda told me earlier i could have sold u mine for real cheap or traded it to you for something...but i just traded it to another guy for a door speaker, lol

 

Oh it's all good Steve, I appreciate it i'm just gunna end up going with the bomz as soon as I get the money lol which is sad, I cant afford to spend $30 lmao...At least your door speaker isn't acting wierd anymore as far as I remember that was the problem. Im still jelous of your car lol... after the "true CAI" comes Greddy EU 7300 rpm limit then I might be able to keep up with you, maybe a lil slower cuz of my transmition but I'll be more consistent lol

 

howz you feel about chopping up the fender

 

PICS.......Daytime you really can't see the scoop, cause i know what somebody will say, did i run over a curb and tear the splashguard?

 

lol to be honest with you, I'm only drilling a hole a little larger than 3" so I'm not too worried about it, the firewall is the only thing I wont mess with. When i installed my strut bar, there was something in the way that I had to cut off , but it didn't do anything functional...and no it wasn't one of the bolts or something...I'm not that car illiterate...

 

Haha, I would be worried about the wind resistance

and I LOVE that Pentium and windows sticker's that made me laugh so hard... at least your intake MAF works better than a windows computer, or we would have to be replacing them all the time...and our cars would "crash" or stall lol and get the blue screen

 

Yeah, i thought i would be a smarta$$ and put that on there, a dumb neighbor looked in my hood when i was working on it and actually said, you have a Pent 4 computer must be fast......uh, well, um when was the last time they used a Pent 4. i laugh at the ignorant.

 

That's freaking hillarious...

 

Cary,N.C. huh? I used to live in Charlotte, still have inlaws and outlaws in the area. Went to South Meck H.S.

 

Yep, my ex gf used to live in Charlotte, went down there to meet the family (which was a mistake...) and btw you guys have the coolest damn malls out there, and there freaking HUGE...one of cary's malls is like 1/8th the size of Charlottes malls.

But yeah, Im gunna go to sleep because it's 12:07am and I have to get up at 6:30am...