Installed the Berk w/AEM Dryflow combo last weekend. I am very pleased.



I know it has been said many times on here, but the sound is truly amazing....found myself showing it off all week long! Can't beleive I waited so long to do this mod. There is a cool slight "hissing" sound at light throttle tip-in. Even at lower rpm, at the moment you apply full throttle there is a noticible sound. And of course at full throttle/higher rpms it sounds like a "roar".

The install was easy once I realized to remove the rubber boot around the stock MAF tube.



And the best part is the performance increase. I did I did test runs from 50-80mph (4 stock and 4 Berk) on the same strech of road at the same temperature and averaged 0.34 seconds gain (using stopwatch, 6.32 Berk vs. 6.67 stock). The results are obviously emperical and subject to timer error, but the time differential is also consistent between runs (i.e Run 1 stock vs. Run 1 Berk, etc.).

 

nice...is the low end still there?

 

^ My thoughts exactly... I'd like to get a Berk or maybe an ebay CAI, but don't want to loose my low end and I don't quite trust ebay parts.

 

my car pulls just fine at lower RPMs
so did my 00.

if i feel i dont have the low-end torque...i down-shift. its never an issue from a start.

i bet the "loss of low end" problem is a result of auto trannies.

 

no noticible low end loss.

 

Yeah i barely put mine on as well .. I love it.. I just got the wifey a Max too and she wants one really bad.. LOL i like how you put those decals on your engine cover thats PIMP !!

 

wow you put all those other mods on before and your just now doing an intake??? well anyways nice setup!!!!!!!!!!! I love my berk too!

 

yea thanks...i had ended up w/ decals for several of my mods and it was the best place and still keep it slealth.

 

ha...this car usually doesnt do much more than idle along the i10 freeway every day so perf mods have been lower on the list

 

i just received my berk intake...dont know if i wanna attempt to install it or not. I dont want to kill the THE MAF accidently. Seeing as how you have to force some type of rubber piece arund the MAF adapter?

 

its very easy to do...the MAF isnt that sensitive

 

I took the bish out and sprayed it with MAF cleaner. No probs. Although, I have the alledged stronger 2003 MAF.
As far as I can tell, the cleaner didn't do anything, no butt dyno results. At least I know it's clean!!

 

ok....I'm gonna attempt to do it, where can I get MAF cleaner from?..also with the maf cleaner...do I just spray it down with cleaner and wipe or do I just spray difrectly with cleaner?.....
also is there anyone here who has killed a MAF when installing an Intake on a 2k1?

thanks for any info

 

I had the Berk on my 3.5 Altima... Sounded super badass.. I love the damn VQ35 so much.

 

any other photos of engine bay pictures? so i can get a better idea of the installation

 

http://www.greghome.com/Greg%27s%20G...SE/ColdAir.htm

Its for an Injen, but the general steps are the same.

 

Any intake typically needs some AFR attention. No intake should be complete w/o some sort of AF conditioning.

 

whats AFR attention, or AF conditioning?

 

thanks man, that helps out a alot,

 

Also ive seen some photos where some guys who have installed Berk Intakes LEFT THEIR STOCK AIR SCOOPS IN??

IS THERE A PURPOSE FOR THAT? It doesnt seem as though it does anything

 

3rd topic.
http://forums.maxima.org/showpost.ph...08&postcount=1

Not IMO.

 

the stock scoop is pointless with a berk

 

the stock scoop is pointless with just about any bought or custom WAI


By the way, nice wiper blades soonerfan. hehe!

 

NaW mAyEnG, yOu GuYz iZ WrOnG y0, tEh ScoOp FuNnElz TeH AiR iNtO tEh eNgInE y0.

 

Our wiper blades are cooler than yours!

 

I see, you guys got the IKONs

 

Nice engine cover... also nice oil and radiator cap

 

nice, quote the pictures omar.

hehe, nice oil catch can?

 

so basically the 3 vaccum lines connect to the T shaped connector at the end of the silver intake tube. and i just re-route the throttle cables underneath the intake? or above?

 

Well his might be...





... but mine are from Walmart.

 

Pep Boys has the MAF clnr by a company called CRC. And yes, you just spray it down. The can says to spray it with like 15 passes....which bascially means spray the heck out of it. NO WIPING! It is a very volataile spray that evaps off very fast.

 

Yes. No. Yes. No. errr wait, yes. errr....

 

lol.....sorry just getting a bit anxious

 

I have the same exact Berk with that dry flow AEM filter. I do like how it sounds, and expecially that wistle on low RPMs. I"m not a big fan of that roar on high RPMs though, but I think it sounds better from outside than the inside.

Anyways you did 50-80 in 6.3 sec? That's sounds like kinda a little slow or it could be just me! Hmmm gotta give it a try! lol

 

The car in my avatar averaged 5.9 sec in similar testing after intake install....although the temps were closer to 100 deg when i did those tests (vs. 70 for maxima tests). Anyway, i would say a maxima is doing pretty good to be within a half second of a car with 320 wheel hp

 

hmmm 320 at the wheels, what car was it? I guess Maxis are not that slow after all, I'll give mine a try, see what I can get.

 

It's obviously a WS6 'yam.

320 @ the wheels = some pretty decent bolt ons.

 

i have a question for those who posted engine bay pics....how come the support bracket at the base of the filter? the berk kit didn't come with this and when i called about it, they said it wasnt necessary. just curious...

 

i custom made mine

 

Same here. I used aluminum stock and made a side bracket mounted to wheel well (seen in pic) and a lower bracket. You can not see the lower bracket, but it bolts to the lower left hand MAF bolt and then to where the original air-box bolted to the lower battery tray.