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Old 01-10-2001, 10:48 AM
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I'm ready to buy myself an intake system and a Cattman Y-Pipe.......only thing is I'm not completely sure which intake I want. I'm leaning towards the place racing intake but I'd like to know what you guys think. I drive a 2001 maxima SE (no mods, yet). Thanks for the help!
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Old 01-10-2001, 10:50 AM
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FAQ-U !!

hehe. look in the maxima.org faq section or use search. Been dicussed to death.

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I'm ready to buy myself an intake system and a Cattman Y-Pipe.......only thing is I'm not completely sure which intake I want. I'm leaning towards the place racing intake but I'd like to know what you guys think. I drive a 2001 maxima SE (no mods, yet). Thanks for the help!
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Old 01-10-2001, 11:23 AM
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Search in this forum for "intake" and you'll find lots of useful info and discussions.

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....threadid=18061 here's a start...
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Old 01-10-2001, 11:47 AM
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Geez... you guys sure are pushing the Search lately .

I guess I should add something to the topic. I have the pop charger. No real perfomance increase noticed other than noise (which is nice). Looks good and performance should match Stillen's with a lower price. I assume if I get a y-pipe it would add better gains.

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Originally posted by punkdork
Geez... you guys sure are pushing the Search lately .
Hehehe... by scrolling down the 5th gen page I found 2 intake threads.
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Old 01-10-2001, 05:36 PM
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You have the best one

Ive tested Stilen HyFlow and PR CAI, in my case the stock air box is your best bet and wont cost you a penny. The PR CAI does improve a bit but its just a BIT!,plus a monster sound, so you deside. My best combo is the YPipe with Stock Muffler and Stock air box. Read again with stock muffler.




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I'm ready to buy myself an intake system and a Cattman Y-Pipe.......only thing is I'm not completely sure which intake I want. I'm leaning towards the place racing intake but I'd like to know what you guys think. I drive a 2001 maxima SE (no mods, yet). Thanks for the help!
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Old 01-10-2001, 07:59 PM
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I have to say, with much honesty, that the CAI works alot better on my car than the underhood style intakes. I converted my car to the underhood style about 2 months ago and Mad Max ran ALOT slower. It lost a ton of low end. I lost about 0.3 seconds and 2 mph in the first 1/8th mile! This was with very similar 60 ft times of about 2.20. The second 1/8th was about the same.

I switched back to the CAI style, and went right back to running consistently lower times with a best as shown below.
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Old 01-11-2001, 06:59 AM
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Check out my thread...Cattman vs Stillen y-pipes & intakes

I did some research already and found that Place Racing is the more poplular one, its a bit louder and about $40 dollars more than Stillens...but they say it takes in colder air...I have a 2k1 se 5spd w/no performance mods yet either so I've been doing my homework!

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Old 01-11-2001, 01:50 PM
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i have decided

thanks for all the advice guys. I have finally made a decision. I've decided to stick with the always reliable
Stillen intake, Stillen Y-pipe combo. That in addition to my stillen FSTB and RSB should help my car kick some serious *** on the road. Hope to meet some of you on the road!! Anybody from Shaolin or the metro new york area?
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Good luck!
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Old 01-12-2001, 11:51 AM
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What is this . . . the herd instinct ???

I'm amazed that you guys are overlooking probably the best bang-for-the-buck intake option available for a 5th Gen Max . . . the Air Silencer CAI. If I hadn't already purchased an SI, I most certainly would have tried the Air Silencer CAI with a K&N or Amsoil drop-in filter first. Total cost = ~$50.00.

Check out the Air Silencer CAI link in my sig if you want more info.
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Old 01-12-2001, 03:40 PM
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Wow...

sounds too good to be true.

How many people have done this?

Results? Any problems?

Thanks.
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Old 01-12-2001, 03:55 PM
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Re: What is this . . . the herd instinct ???

Where can I get a 4" tube? I tried a few auto parts store and Home Depot. The closest thing I got was those 4" hose for laundry driers.



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I'm amazed that you guys are overlooking probably the best bang-for-the-buck intake option available for a 5th Gen Max . . . the Air Silencer CAI. If I hadn't already purchased an SI, I most certainly would have tried the Air Silencer CAI with a K&N or Amsoil drop-in filter first. Total cost = ~$50.00.

Check out the Air Silencer CAI link in my sig if you want more info.
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Old 01-12-2001, 04:00 PM
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Only one person has done this so far . . .

and that's 2K2DEMAX. He doesn't have an e-mail address, so I'll send a holler out to him to check out this thread. If we're lucky, maybe he'll respond.
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