A question to anybody with a 2000 to 2001 Max w/auto whom have mods. First off what kind of cars can you compete against now versus when you were stock. Second, for those who have intake, y-pipe and exhaust, does the car feel more powerful now. Last, have any of you had any problems that resulted from the mods. Thanks for any info.

 

I put the updated TCM, Y-pipe, intake and underdrive pulleys
and it was definately a big difference in shifting points on the tranny, acceleration, and so on. Definately do it

Maximadave

 

I know for sure I can't beat a V8 Camaro, M3 Dinan, and 535 Dinan... trust me on those.

It does feel somewhat more powerful, but it's nothing that'll rock your world.

No problems with the mods except a hesitation problem (probably not mod related).

 

if u really wanna race....should get mannual.
stock auto is not too fast....

I have OSCAI....it feels more powerful and ur engine response increases.

no problem "yet"

 

maybe you should get some boost Kev.
Or are you working on that.
IS it gonna be the "T" the "S" or the "N"
LoL

 

I'm working on it... other than that, I have no comment.

 

If i mod my car! does it affect the warranty cause i don't want to screw around with that!

 

My mods are listed below and YES they made a ENORMOUS difference in my performance. I'm able to compete with most sports cars on the road except the V8 TransAms and Camero (probably stay close to them but I believe they would edge me out), Corvette, 99'+ Cobras, you know the usual powerhouse cars. I've beat every modified import I've come up against thus far, every Mustang GT, kept up with the BMW 540i, 97 or 98' Cobra, Eclipse GT, Acura 3.2TL, and the list goes on but I think you get the idea. Hell I better be able to beat a lot of cars and keep up with some of the big boys after the serious $$$$ I've invested into my car.

 

Moding imports gets costly. I think I will leave mine alone for a while now. I mean over $4000 for a SuperCharger and still not beat a NA Z28 that costs about the same stock as a maxima or less??

For $2500 I can get a new 375HP 350ci for my Corvette, or $3500 for a 405Hp 383!

So if your looking to go "really" fast, more then just quick, I would say you got the wrong car. However for a car thats already great in its class, you will in fact feel your mods if you do the CAI Intake, Y-pipe, and Cat Back at the same time, and have the monet to spend.

With these mods, and shifting your automatic, you can beat many cars, and just about ANY 4 door within the same price range, even give or take 5K (Watch out for the GTP Pontiac though)

As far as what new cars to kill after the mods, but not before, that is a very good question, well many more moded hondas for starters

 

Dman-2kmax? Did you have any probs with your supercharger or any suggestions for me to look out for?
Whats a VB upgrade?
Where did you get your protorque converter? How big of a diff did it make?
Where did you get your hayden tranny cooler?

I'd gratly appriciate you responding to my q's Ive been looking for some of these things for awhile.

 

The NA Z28 is also built like a piece of crap (cheap looking inside and not very good reliability). You can't fit more than two people comfortably inside unless of course there are midgets riding in the back. And oh yeah I almost forgot or should I say you almost forgot about how much more $$$ you will be spending on insuring that NA Z28 than my maxima. I'd say I come out ahead (Maybe not from a dead stop race) in the long run on the $$ I'd be saving on insurance premiums but most of all the quality, build, and overall styling and practicality. What do you think is going to drive a guy more crazy? 1. Someone who gets blown away by a Z28 or 2. The driver of a Z28 who can't seem to shake my "Four door family car" with my son's car seat in the back seat. I think we all know the answer to that one!! Later.

 

1.) Yes. Quite a few but they have since been resolved.
If you have an auto tranny forget about the SCer b/c
Stillen won't sell it to you. (only 5-speeds)
2.) VB = Valve Body upgrade. Do a search on this topic and
read on. Don Cooper in Texas will do this for about
$450 I think.
3.) Ordered it directly from Protorque. (www.protorque.com)
Cost = $398 plus $325 for the install. Big improvement
on my launches!! Search using the key word Protorque
in this forum and read on.
4.) Hayden tranny cooler was purchased at Autozone.

Hope that helps. Later.

 

They woun't sell it to me???? Thats not what I wanna hear What where some of the probs and if they fixed them why not sell them to the auto's.
Thank you for your answers they do help alot.

 

Hey Dman, your missing the point. Don't get mad because a cheaper car with no mods can blast you. You can diss the camaro’s quality issues all you want, but that’s not the point or topic.

The point was speed and moding, I said if you were looking for a FAST, not quick car, you got the wrong thing. As you’ll dump tons of money like you did, and still not be “fast” just notably quick. This is what I was expressing to the newbie.

And that to me, spending all that extra money and not even being able to beat another stock car in the same price range is disappointing, though that’s an opinion. And the Stock car you could chase, if he spent as little as $1000 in mods, he’d be that much more ahead of you, and still cheaper.

So, the point is, most of us didn’t by our Maxima, because it was really fast, but because it is a quality car and top performer in its class, like I said before. If you want something really fast, or easy to mod with massive results, you should have bought something else.

As far as insurance, the Z28 is not that much more then an SE Maxima (Not sure where you live) and it would be a long time you’d have to keep that maxima to say you saved money on insurance, to compensate the mod money you already spent, where the other car is faster, without the extra 5grand spent, and only a little more on insurance.

 

Hey man I'm not mad I just decided to step on the soap box for a second. I live in Texas and here in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area the insurance premiums would run me an extra $160 every six months with a Z28, so yeah you're right it would take a while to make up the difference. But I'd still take my "notably quick" modded max to a Z28 any day. No flames intended. Later

 

Hey D-man, thats cool. Like you said. Non one will be shocked if you blast them in a z28, or my vette for example, but get into my 5th gen, and beat a few, people loot at you like WTF!?

Its all what your into. Just letting the newbie know that Y-pipe, intake and exhaust will be noticable, with good increases, but no rocketship.

 

ur car looks nice.

 

Thanks