Hello,

I recently gutted my Maxima, pulled the floors up, sound deadened everything with several layers...changed the battery and just picked up a new filter for my frankencar intake. Its got about 83k miles on it. What should I do in regards to wires, plugs etc? I already changed the tranny fluid at 75k miles. I also have changed the internal air filters several times recently. Any help would be great considering I cannot search.

-Mike

 

pcv valve, ngk spark plugs (platinum tip)..you should be good then

 

Might want to clean the throttle body too.

 

what about iridium spark plugs? Also do I need to change the wires?

 

Stick with the stock NGK Plats. There ARE not spark plug wires. You have coil packs, which usually only need to be changed if you have an SES light that tells you to do so.

 

anyone have any good sources to purchase apexi filter replacements for my Frankencar intake? I dont know if the guys at Frankencar are even in business anymore due to no responses on their website...but they never responded before so yeah...

Its a 3 inch filter right?

thanks

-MJE-

 

Actually you can search...

go to Google.com or another search engine and type: "2003 tune up MAXIMA.ORG".

 

Did it come with an owners manual?

 

I'd walk through Section 8 of the manual and check those things, then the appropriate maintenence items as per your mileage as listed.

 

http://www.courtesyparts.com/nissan-manual/index.html

 

THe iridium plugs are great in the 3.5 cars. I noticed a difference after puting them in with the same milege you have.

DO NOT mess with the throttle body on an 02 and up Maxima. The drive by wire setup is easy to mess up. A lot of people here have come out of pocket big time after messing with it. It's OK for a 00/01 car but not on yours.

 

Actually, a good item to upgrade would be your shifter bushings. Those are typically worn and mushy even after 30-40K miles. Get some Energy Suspension shifter bushings (with a good amount of white lithium grease) and it'll improve shifter feel a lot.

 

It's picky as sin.

4 sensor reads and a relay, and they all have to be happy or else