performance help
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performance help
i want to add some power to my 02 6spd and not spend an enormous amount of money... is purchasing aftermarket bolt ons such as a b-pipe be worth the expense when installed with the rest of the exhaust remaining stock???
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Headers will cause a CEL if you do not simulate your secondary o2 sensors, very easy to do and cheap. Some extended the wires, but it is much easier to simulate them and less chance of a CEL.
You can use the rest of your stock exhaust and it will in no way damage your MAF.
You can use the rest of your stock exhaust and it will in no way damage your MAF.
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depends on where you go...
Many installed them themselves. If you go this route, you can see if there are any local Org members willing to help you install them. The o2 sim is really easy.
I am lucky enough that my brother is a mechanic so he helped me install mine with his lift at work. Took us three hours I think and his boss only charged me $100.
Many installed them themselves. If you go this route, you can see if there are any local Org members willing to help you install them. The o2 sim is really easy.
I am lucky enough that my brother is a mechanic so he helped me install mine with his lift at work. Took us three hours I think and his boss only charged me $100.
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Originally Posted by jdjones4
i want to add some power to my 02 6spd and not spend an enormous amount of money... is purchasing aftermarket bolt ons such as a b-pipe be worth the expense when installed with the rest of the exhaust remaining stock???
too bad you can't PM me.
#11
Originally Posted by Hoooper
noticeable when combined with exhaust...not by itself tho thats correct
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Originally Posted by Hoooper
but the dyno will show results, wont it? just kinda speakin from what ive read. and if it is just sound...its worth it ![headbang](https://maxima.org/forums/images/smilies/headbang.gif)
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Originally Posted by Hoooper
try startin with some sort of intake(anything but stock) and a y-pipe, that will help you feel something and wont be $800 like headers. i got my intake and y-pipe for probly just 400 or so. try that first.
HotShot headers are $550 Shipped from SCO...
The stock intake is pretty good, I went with the Berk for look and sound.
Not to mention that a Y-Pipe will have less of an impact on an 02-03 because they do not eliminate the Pre-Cats.
An intake and y-pipe might add a bit of noticable power, but nothing close to headers.
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I was thinking the same thing, I want a little performance with little money...Anyone feel anything with lightweight pully? Im thinking if I were to get headers down the road that I would also have the shop put a pully on for me too.
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can anyone tell me how to "simulate an o2". I have a 2000, fed spec y-pipe, and didn't really recognize much gain. Besides i'm throwing o2 codes every few months and after clearing from autozone they dont come up for a while. Not sure if i really need a new O2.
Some help will be greatly appreciated. I would love my stuff to work correctly.
Some help will be greatly appreciated. I would love my stuff to work correctly.
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Originally Posted by rule da road
can anyone tell me how to "simulate an o2". I have a 2000, fed spec y-pipe, and didn't really recognize much gain. Besides i'm throwing o2 codes every few months and after clearing from autozone they dont come up for a while. Not sure if i really need a new O2.
Some help will be greatly appreciated. I would love my stuff to work correctly.
Some help will be greatly appreciated. I would love my stuff to work correctly.
#20
Originally Posted by Hoooper
get the timing advanced too, when i had that and my y-pipe done i picked up 4 tenths off my 1/4 time, can you feel that?
Btw, no before and after time slip, no care.
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I had an exhaust and intake on my vw jetta. It adds no noticable difference. It may so on the dyno but not enough for your butt dyno to notice. Waste of money in my opinion. The noise got so unbearable that I end up taking it off........If your not gonna do headers then leave the car stock
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Originally Posted by boondoxmax
I had an exhaust and intake on my vw jetta. It adds no noticable difference. It may so on the dyno but not enough for your butt dyno to notice. Waste of money in my opinion. The noise got so unbearable that I end up taking it off........If your not gonna do headers then leave the car stock
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Originally Posted by Puppetmaster
Btw, no before and after time slip, no care.
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Maxima >>>>>Jetta, you WILL notice the difference with a y-pipe unless your car is bein ![Gay](https://maxima.org/forums/images/smilies/gay.gif)
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And VW has way more aftermarket support and the jetta had way more bolt ons to increase hp. But it was a piece of unreliable garbage......
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support means jack, a 300zx doesnt have much support either but a stock tt will put somethin like 300 to the wheels... ppl have dyno'd intake+y-pipe at 20hp increase at the wheels, would you be able to feel that? trust me, you can feel it. i mostly felt bottom end even though some people say they dont think that is increased, but o well. i liked the increase and ill stick with it. thx
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Originally Posted by Hoooper
support means jack, a 300zx doesnt have much support either but a stock tt will put somethin like 300 to the wheels... ppl have dyno'd intake+y-pipe at 20hp increase at the wheels, would you be able to feel that? trust me, you can feel it. i mostly felt bottom end even though some people say they dont think that is increased, but o well. i liked the increase and ill stick with it. thx
Can you link those Dynos??? I would love to see a 5.5gen gaining 20whp from a y-pipe and intake.
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Originally Posted by Puppetmaster
What O2 codes are you throwing? Front or rear? You can only simulate the rear O2s. Go here for more info: www.O2sim.com
#30
Originally Posted by rule da road
Thanks for the help. I get the familiar p0420 and most the time just ignore it. I'm sure its related to have my ypipe but I havent updated my ECU which some say will fix it
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Originally Posted by Hoooper
imageshack>me, so here you go http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2196427/3
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Originally Posted by Hoooper
i dont have the dyno's in my grasp but they do exist. youre just in denial.
Headers just break a 20whp gain, you think a y-pipe that keeps the Pre-Cats and an intake is going to get anywhere near 20Whp? It has also been proven that intakes barely make a 5whp gain (very few).
If you use ricer math you get a 15whp gain, realistic numbers are near 10-11whp.
I will give you, it may, MAY get near 20hp on a 00-01 5th gen. Since the y-pipe can gain 15whp since it eliminates the pre-cats. But on a 5.5gen, no way.
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Thanx for all the replies...honestly i am straying away from an intake for the moment b/c one i dont want to drill the hole required by the cai and two i dont like the loss of low end torque associated w/ intakes...i am seriously considering the hottshot headers based on what everyone is telling me however i am somewhat worried about bringing my car to a shop and getting them to do the header install and o2 sensor work
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its all about breathing, not just them on their own. with an intake, you can breathe in a lil better, but cant breathe out any better. with an exhaust you cant breathe in but you can breathe out good. but with both, it frees up intake and exhaust so the results are compounding, better in and out = better than just in + out.
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Originally Posted by upstatemax
Can you link those Dynos??? I would love to see a 5.5gen gaining 20whp from a y-pipe and intake.
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