Before FrankenCar:
Gas light would come on 300 miles or so and then I would drive an extra 20 and then fill up. It usually took 15-16 gallons.

After FrankenCar:
Gas light came on at 340! I drove another 15-20 and then filled up. 15.5 gallons.

And remember, this was my first full tank with intake installed, so you KNOW I had my foot in it most of the time. Gotta love that Growl.

 

seems u drive mostly highway miles? i rarley ever see anything above 260 on my car. but its 90-95% street.

 

Same thing with me... about 260.. I drove to Boston a few weeks ago and got into the 300s... but barely.. and I still have the stock intake

 

If you think the growl on the 2K is good, try a 2K2-3.... That will scare the **** out of anyone.. !

 

do the 3.5 have a bigger growl? if they do then....

 

I was thinking about getting one, but my buddy has a cheap intake on his V6 Accord and it sounds a little ricey when he opens it up. Not only that but it has this awful hissing (sucking?) sound at idle.

I would love to hear the sound if anyone has a Frankencar on a 2K2-3. Or knows where I might find it online.

Thanks!

 

Directly from Steve's car.

 

when i first installed the intake.... it had really nice sound at WOT...but now it don't seem to have the same sound at WOT...... sound has died down alot...... don't know what the prob. is....

 

Oh GREAT! Now I've gotta buy one of these too! Thanks A LOT!

Yea, this damn Max is costing me more money than any other car I've ever had before! I've got a real problem.

Hey, anyone have any .WAVs of the Y-Pipe?

 

replace the standard computer beeps and other noises with the wav files for starting and exiting windows, opening programs, etc. It makes the computer experience a lot more enjoyable. Yea rock on.

 

I've got the outside one as my start up sound.

 

IF any of you are interested you can save more than a hundred bucks making your own. Save the money for a Y-pipe, it's a nice compliment to an intake.

If you want to extend the piping to a PRCAI style some measurements and hole would get you there for under 100.00.

Here is how to make the midpipe ($15.00)
http://www.drwebdesign.com/mymaxima/upperintake.html

(I made two inserts for both vaccum lines)

Now choose a filter (20-$60.00)

Here is how to attach the MAF sensor to the filter (without having to buy a mounting bracket) (free)

http://www.vqpower.com/v2/modules.ph...howpage&pid=35

This will save you a lot of money, give you some exprience under the hood, and the satisfaction of being able to tell others that you made your mod, not bought it. You can also color it or customize it anyway you want.

Let me know if you need any help.

 

Is Steve's asking price to much to ask ?? You're driving a 25K+ car.. you should be able to afford a buck fifty mod !

 

Street Reeper: Love the paint job under your hood! especially the spark plug cover (valve cover or whatever ya wanna call it) Im looking into painting mine red....what kind of paint did you use and about how much did it cost you?

 

Looks like you did a really nice job on that intake. I wonder if anyone has done the same for a 5th gen? Also, you said that you didn't notice an improvement, but rather just more noise. Do you think that yours would measure up to the Frankencar on a dyno?

 

How old is it? It could be dirty...

 

This is information that has been passed down a couple of times to me. I did make the midpipe, and am about to attach it to a velocity stack and filter. I had originally fabricated a second opening in the stock box to direct air from the PRCAI source, along with the midpipe. This gave me two sources of air for the stock box (if you look at the Saleen S7 intake it looked pretty much like this, two sources on adjacent sides) to breath from and it worked out great. I am now going to try the JWT velocity stack and filter, mount the intake temp sensor in the path of the ram air (that runs under the car) and feed that ram air to the filter to see which gives better results, the reason I am changing is to see if I get any gains from possibly smoothing out the air flow. This is a constant expriement and learning curve, we'll see.

As far as how this would compare to one you would buy, they are the exact same. Both are just a midpipe with a filter, it would be the filter that would decide who's was best. The midpipes are the exact same as far as function. However, if you make the midpipe yourself, you have a lot more money to work with for a filter. But again there is no difference in the function of the midpipe you make, and the one you buy. I would also look into getting a velocity stack, but if you just want the hybrid style intake, I would save your money and do it yourself.
Please let me know if you need any further help. I was really excited when I found a way to save a lot of money and try out a new intake without having to commit a lot of funds. I hope this will help others too, the information sharing on Maxima.org rocks!!

 

that's how i sold one to a local guy one day i was in westfield mass and i saw a maxima pass me at an intersection with clear corners and 2k2 HIDS so i was like modded 2k2(a rare rare sight where i live) so i ripped out of the intersection caught up to him, pulled even. clutch in, throttle down. i've never seen someone's head snap to the side so fast in my life. he immediatetly smiled waved and rolled down his window. at the next light scott gave him a card and told him to call us, next day phone call. day after that i was making a trip out to install it. funniest part was he was old enough to be my dad lol, i was talking with his son who was almost my age while i was installing it and then when i was done he had to run off to bring the kids to soccer practice with teh biggest grin on his face.

 

No doubt I can testify to the sound. You can have a realitivly stock sounding Maxima just for everyday driving, but once you put your foot into it your car transforms into some sort of angry beast. The sound gets really nasty (in a good way) once you start above the 3500 rpm range and just grows from there.
Steve sounds like business is going well, congrats on making a successful product for a great car, keep it up!!