Every press release I've read on NISMO has said they will offer parts and installation covered on a warrantee. Who in their right mind would install a supercharger with no warrantee on a car still covered under warrantee? The warrantee claim would probably be filed through NISMO to Alpine Products. Since Alpine has said there will be a complete powertrain warrantee that is obviously one of their selling points and I doubt they will let NISMO interfere.

JEsse

 

Oh, yeah. I am definitely interested!

 

 

I guess it's only fair since they charge you 2x as much up front for their stuff. I guess they can afford to cover the cost of repairing it.

Stereodude

 

Actually most of us 5th gen owners with SCs voided our 5 year\60K miles powertrain warranty when we installed the SC. I think Nismo is like TRD where the factory warranty is still valid if you got the part installed by an authorized dealer.

 

Ditto. In fact i know of one dealer here in Houston that sells Jackson Racing SC's and will install it on a Civic while still including a 1yr/12k mile warranty on the kit w/o voiding the vehicle warranty.

Normally the best you can get is a warranty for the SC kit itself from the manufacturer.

 

Hmmm...I just may be back in the saddle with the Max again. This is fantastic news. Warranty? March 2003? Wow. Worth the wait IMO. Just in time for the new stuff from the competition to start appearing in showrooms.

The last thing anyone will probably wanna see (and definitely a first thing for us) is a supercharged 2K2/3 Maxima running around and terrorizing the tracks.

Better to spend about $3500 for a supercharger than go out and get a whole new ride.

Well, while it seems we are mostly mystified by how this same engine across so many different cars has/makes different HP ratings (now in question as to accuracy) at least we are benefiting by tuners now interested in the 3.5. It seems that it took the Z debut to get things rolling which of course is the ideal target for a performance application of this type.

Now we benefit from the shared engines. So we now have Alpine and Stillen working on SC applications for the 3.5. I say we make the Maxima community the largest consumers of these applications and show these guys that the Maxima enthusiast is just as passionate as everyone else and we are a viable profit stream for them (specifically the 3.5).

Anyway, this should more than make up for my lost 15HP(?) and the aggrevation I'm experiencing with that sorry CD6 changer. Just got my replacement yesterday (waited about 3+ months for it). The new one, while not close to being dead like the original one, is turning out to be a disappointment to me with its sound cutting in and out no matter which CD I'm playing (no CD-R's this time). Geez...

Anyone put in a decent after market unit that fits nicely in our dash?


...still hoping against hope.

 

Oh oh..

I think i just fell back in love with my max!!

THANKS GUYS!

LOL
ED

 

Everyone interested and willing to cough up 3grand on making there max a real fast car, go onto the pre-group deal site to sign up...

 

And that would be......where?

 

WHOOO HOOO IM IN ON THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FORGET GROUP BUY, I GOT THE CASH NOW~!~!!!! WHATS THE #?
YOU ARE THE MAN FOR FINDING THIS!!!

I'll also need
tranny cooler
Don's VB mod
and Y2KevSE's HELPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!
AUTOMAGIC MASTER!

 

The kits will be available in March 2003. We're not going to take any pre-orders.

 

I hope so and its not one of the 2 week stillen responses.

 

I'm in on this! faster..faster..

 

The kits will be available for automatics also? Also what is the difference between roots type blower and the others I've seen mentioned. I will also conduct a search but for those who can in form me plz do so!!!

 

me to?

 

This kit sounds very intersting. I will be keeping a close eye on this.

 

You know, the 2k2 max has plenty of power as it is. Has it occured to any of you that supercharging a FWD car such as ours with as much power as it has may just be overkill? Or maybe a spinout everytime (especially for people with the 6 speeds). The car chirps tires alot as it is, with 35-40 + horsepower or whatever it is, maybe the car may be undrivable?

 

Torque steer comes to mind.

 

No. Not everyone.

Buzz

 

Ok... this isn't the store talking... this is me speaking (Maxima97GLE) ok... I wouldn't mind having as much extra HP as I can get... like a street legal Civic Hatchback with 419hp doing 11's in the 1/4 mile. I'm not flaming you or nothing but let say by adding a supercharger to the 2K2 maxima with all this power already... its all a matter of adjusting your driving.

 

If you're worried about too much power from a supercharger:

#1 Buy a true high performance wheel tire combo. The potenzas have the worst dry traction of any tire I have driven.

#2 Get some stiffer shocks/struts/springs.

#3 Buy Warps Speeds radial arms when the come out.

This car will always have traction problems but will be lethal from a roll with the Aqua-SC.

Jesse

 

Any guesses on what type of clutch upgrade will be necessary to handle all this extra hp? It would be fantastic if you could get this all done through nissan/Alpine with fairly little hassle. Although nothing will beat all that extra power, I don't want to end up with a mechanical nightmare for my daily driver and havelimited access to someone who can fix it.

 

I'd say a Street/Race Clutch... maybe a stage 2-3... with sprung hub (solid will cause a lot of problems with daily drivers)

 

what? nothing for the 00-01 models?
i emailed him about it tho :P

 

That's what I lot of guys from the 4th gen forum are doing to get them made for their gen.

 

yeah, and the company is real close to me only about 15 minutes away.

 

u 4th and early 5th gens are greedy!


whoops. I just noticed i brought this from the dead
well, 1-2 months away...

 

 

Why do you tease me so?

 

Well since this one has been dug up any updates?
It's been a month and a half since MaxximumTuning has posted on this thread, damn it's been a month since he's posted at all, and Alpine has no info on this project on their web page. Whats up anyone have any new info?

 

i must

maybe hes busy getting our s/c's ready

 

I've had the money stashed since this thread came out just waiting.. I hope this doesn't turn out to be a dud..

 

im savin up!

 

Just what does it mean to have an "Aqua-cooled" Supercharger? Does that mean there wouldn't be an intercooler?

 

Does Quaife make a lsd for the 2k2 yet? This may be a must have with the s/c...

 

No and they won't be making one. I set-up a "gauging interest" thread a while back to see how many people would want it and hardly anyone responded to it. Bad news considering Quaiffe needs a minimum to start R&D on it. The 2k/1 guys have it easy since Cattman sponsored the development on it.

Perhaps, perhaps not. The 6spd guys have the HLSD option which is almost as good as the Quiaffe differential. As far as chirping tires goes, i wouldn't necessarily consider that as a measure of how undriveable it's going to be. Replace the tires and you get better traction, launch properly and you'll be fine. The torque down low is what i'm more concerned about, at least with an S/C or Turbo most of the peak HP comes up top - and normally at speed, "chirping tires" isn't as much of a problem as peeling during a launch.

 

Why cant the 6spd guys without the HSLD just buy it from the dealer and install it? It was like a 4 or 500 dollar option, the quaife if going to be at least 1K and its not really that much better than the HSLD.

 

First off, i tried to get a feel for the auto guys who would want the Quaiffe seeing as we really don't have options (except maybe for the Phantom Grip, of which i've heard mixed reviews of). As for the HLSD option for the 6spd guys, i guess it's possible though i haven't heard of someone actually doing it. One thing's for sure, it won't fit the auto tranny.

 

Installing HLSD on a 6sp that didn't originally come with it has been discussed a little. It turned out that the dealerships/mechanics were charging ridiculous amounts of money to have that done (WAYYYYYY above the $400 OEM cost), so nobody really opted to do it.

Just trying to fill in some info.