Okay... so I skinned two knuckles and tore my car apart (not really) so I could get all the photos you could ever want or need. I made a simple web page about it. Lots of pics! <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/joncantrell_99/oscai/index.htm">Go look at it!</A>

[Edited by punkdork on 02-03-2001 at 01:21 AM]

 

Ummmm ... guy .... Ummmm ... your link goes Right back to the Forum main menu ... is that suppose to happen??

 

Doh... try it again.

 

Nice step-by-step pictures (very easy to follow). Now, try routing the hose so that the hole is right behind the fans. By doing this, you are ramming the air to your airbox.

 

Nice instructional photos. Is that the official name for this thing, "Ooglie Silencer Cold Air Induction?"

I bet when you were younger, you took your bike apart and put it together just for the hell of it.

 

Wouldn't I be ramming hot air into the box? I wonder how much cooler the air is down towards the bottom vs. coming through the radiator.

 

Ooglie Stock (or silencer) Cold Air Intake is a name we made for it. There's really nothing official about this mod... its all DIY. I really wanna know what the hell that white box is for an why it's shaped like it is.

 

You'd be ramming warmer air, but I guess quality takes precedence over quantity. If you didn't have fog lights, you could've routed the hose to the opening... that would be very sweet <b>*idea for you non-foglight owners*</b>!

 

They say the white box is a resonator.....Does it actually do anything ?? Thanks a bunch for the pics.....Awesome job!

 

good job dork...
i mean punk...



now i understand what all the fuss is about.

is it any louder?
do you feel the power?

let me know!

 

Louder than stock.. yes, louder than popcharger no. Power... well I feel more low end torque than popcharger. I don't even have an K&N panel in yet so the verdict is still out on how much difference ther is. My butt-dyno has been inconclusive but I like how the enigine bay now looks stock other than the FSTB of course.

 

so since all my stock plumbing is out b/w of the stillen hiflow, can I route a pipe to the side where the stillen sucks air from??

 

I took the air scoop off of my 2001 SE and there is no L-pipe and no resonator (white box). In fact the bottom of the air scoop which would have connected to the white box has been sealed over by Nissan. I guess they felt the resonator wasn't needed anymore?

 

Excellent writeup and pics.

A few comments/questions.

1) Where did you put the removed sensors?

2) You said that "Silencer on its own. (Note: there is only one way for air to enter. How can this help the car?)" When you look at this picture, http://www.geocities.com/joncantrell...i/sensor_2.jpg
You can see the air comes from the top air scoop and feeds into the air filter box. The silencer acts as a baffle beneath. I doesn't appear to me that air must go through the silencer and then to the airbox. I'll double-check mine, but that's the way I remember it from when I had the JWT installed.

[Edited by Paul2kGXE on 02-03-2001 at 03:12 PM]

 

Paul, I think the white box sucks air from the bottom and feeds it into the tubeing that the scooop is connected to so now you have 2 sources of fresh air, from scoop and bottom white box ( I may be incorrect but thats all I can think of).

As far as the sensor goes, I tie wraped mine to the left of the engine, where the vacume lines are, can't really see in this pic but its there some where, and if U look close enough U can see the white box down there in this pic. I don't have anything attached to it yet. http://www.geocities.com/nismorg/Maxima/Mvc-009f.jpg

 

Ali

Okay I think I understand the setup. Instead of one source of air, you get one from top and one from the bottom (new). I think the sensors go back right in where you take them out. They're only taken out for the installation process, to give more room to manuever. For the cone intake, you need to relocate the sensor or leave the top intake in place with the sensor in it.

Also, it seems most people leave the silencer in place. Too much of a pain in the neck to remove it.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by PIONEER

Quote:

Originally posted by Paul2kGXE

Paul, I think the white box sucks air from the bottom and feeds it into the tubeing that the scooop is connected to so now you have 2 sources of fresh air, from scoop and bottom white box ( I may be incorrect but thats all I can think of).

As far as the sensor goes, I tie wraped mine to the left of the engine, where the vacume lines are, can't really see in this pic but its there some where, and if U look close enough U can see the white box down there in this pic. I don't have anything attached to it yet. http://www.geocities.com/nismorg/Maxima/Mvc-009f.jpg

 

Awwwwwwwwww ... That BLOWS .. crap crap crap ... that just ruined my day ... I Sooooo Looking forward to doing this damn mod!!!!

Arg ... I'm so friggin' pissed now!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Paul the sensor is on the scoop pipeing so if I take the scoop out where do I put the sensor?

 

I knew there had to be something different between the 2000-2001! I looked and could not see ANYTHING resembling the white resonator box. Anyways, you can STILL just cut the bottom of the stub arm on the bottom of the scoop(part#01103) and run the tubing from there to a cool air source. Sounds easier and it will still give two sources of air. Also, what's up with the hole on the right side of the scoop? I'm going to plug it since all it does is suck in warm underhood air along with the cooler air entering the scoop.

 

I replaced the sensors when done, you gotta remove them to get the the plumbing out so you can mod it.

 

I guess you have to put it as close to the cone intake as possible. The engine needs to read the air temp to get the right air/gas mixture.

 

[b]Just did it!!![b/]

I took a flex hose 2.5" ran it down, cut a circle around the bottom plastic on the wheel well, took out the plastic cover where the foglights would go, cut it so air goes through. hooked it all up and voila!!! got cold Forced air going to my Stillen Intake. Now if I can only Isolate the air around the Intake.. I feel some custom shield coming.

 

<B> Just did mine too, except i routed my oscai so where it would receive air directly from under the car. In other words, i cut a small square out of the lower engine cover and stuck the duct facing forward so it's a ram-air effect. You can kinda see the duct if you look really closely, but, hey, sometimes performance isn't pretty. </b>

 

The hose leads near the Stillen intake? Or do you have something that envelopes it?

 

im still confused
so when u do this mod do u still keep the stock intake opening? like the hood scoop thingie or do u remove that and attach the hose to that? is there anyone in NYC area that understands how to do this and willing to help me out? please let me know... thanks
-danny

 

You keep the scoop... beneath that piece (see my pics) there is an L tube and the silencer (if you have a 2k). You connect a 3" adapter where the l tube would connect and then throw on a 3" piece of tubing... PVC should give good airflow. Click the link on my sig for my write-up.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Paul2kGXE
The hose leads near the Stillen intake? Or do you have something that envelopes it?

I'm working on that. I'm thinking a custom shield or a fiberglass complete enclosure. or a complete enclosure made of some type of thin metal. I have seen something like that for the civics, made by Z-speed or something. Just imagine the stock airbox, but inside there will be room enough for the cone filter.

 

Just got my K&N panel from Jeff92se for $30... now I just need some smoother piping. Can anyone thing of anything better than PVC?

 

i dunno i think i dont have that silencer thing on my car... i got a 2000 but under my intake i have like a thing coming down but its sealed off and thats it... nothing else under it... i took pics... here they are
<img src="http://members.aol.com/psingyou/oscai/oscai1.jpg"><br>
<img src="http://members.aol.com/psingyou/oscai/oscai2.jpg"><br>
<img src="http://members.aol.com/psingyou/oscai/oscai3.jpg"><br>

do u see what im talking about? can i just cut that thing off thats sticking out and connect a pipe to that to create a CAI? lemme know
thanks
-danny

 

Hmmm....When was your Max made? The guys with 2k1 Maximas are saying the same thing I think. You can cut the end of your scoop off to get the same effect. But perhaps a better solution would be to buy the air scoop for the 2000 model. That's strange....I have a 2k Max that was made in 5/00 and it has the L-pipe and white resonator....and your doesn't?

 

it was made 6/00

so i dunno... but its safe to cut that bottom thing right?

 

Shouldn't hurt considering thats basically what mine was like before I moded it.

You can always replace it too. Has anyone done this as their first intake mod? If so, how was the sound increase?

 

how much different is yours now to what u had before? do u see a considerable difference? what i understood u just said that before u cut a whole at the bottom of the scoop and attached a pipe to taht right? so if that is true please tell me how much better is ur current setup if it is any better... thanks

 

Its a small difference. I don't race or run it at the track. I did mine for fun. Someone else said it took them from 15.1 to 14.8 or 14.9 on their quarter mile. The 15.1 was with a popcharger I believe.

 

Yup that was me. I couldn't break 15's (15.01 was my best) before this mod. Now, I get 14.8's with no problem and even with wheel spins at the launch. Looks like this has generated much excitement on this board!! Great pics PD.

Peace...

 

Was there a MPH difference in the run with the OSCAI and the POP Charger?

ZuM

 

Yes. Previously my best was 95.7. With this I got 96.04.

Peace...

 

i am just about finished doing this mod. just 3 questions. what is the best place to route the tubing? should i just let it drop down to the bottom where the plastic shield is? and also, the little sleeve that slides that connects the air box to the scoop, that doesnt want to stay together, any suggestions?

 

Well for air I just routed mine down to the splash guard... some talk about cutting holes in the splash guard or routing to fog hole lights. I didn't go that extreme. The splash guard protects from too much debris getting sucked up but should still allow for decent amounts of cool air.

 

I also routed mine to the splash guard. I placed the end of the intake tube on the outside so that it's about 0.5" below the splash guard. I'm thinking about cutting the splash guard to allow the tube to be routed under the radiator to the opening below the licence plate. I'm still designing that.

On the the other thing, I ,too, had that problem. I bought a 5" clamp at home depot and clamped it.

The thing is to be creative. Experiment with it and make sure you report your results to the forum.

Peace...