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Old May 29, 2007 | 01:47 PM
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any advice

so i have been saving my money and buying parts slowly for my car and i'm planning on doing them all at the same time in the coming weekends....so here's what i have planned

D2 coilovers
ES bushings
FSTB
Blehmco LTB
Progress SB
RSTB

Brembo blank rotors
Hawk pads
Stainless steel brake lines

ssautochrome headers with y-pipe
magnaflow high flow cat
cattman catback
VAFCII
Underdrive pulley

possibly an emanage
next year i plan to do a auto to manual swap and supercharge it

i have 2000 nissan maxima and i already know about the EGR
so is there any things i should be aware of when i do this?? i plan to do the wheel bearings as well cause it does have a lot of mileage on them so i know with lowering you tend to get wheel bearing problems...in the future i plan to do the subframe conectors as well (thanks to irish for the convincing review)

so any other things that maybe i could do performance wise and/or anything i should be aware of
Old May 29, 2007 | 01:51 PM
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Don't use those headers... Cattman is the only way to go.

The SS brake lines are not really going to do you any good.

What UDP? If it cost more than $100... It is a waste.
Old May 29, 2007 | 02:57 PM
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how about the redesigned OBX headers
Old May 29, 2007 | 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by SilMax00
how about the redesigned OBX headers

I would still worry about fitment... Problem with SS is that they have to fit PERFECT. If they are off at all and you have to force anything you are running a huge risk of them breaking.

Cattman headers come with peace of mind FTW!
Old May 29, 2007 | 04:01 PM
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yea but they don't make them for the vq30
Old May 29, 2007 | 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by SilMax00
yea but they don't make them for the vq30

If you are talking about Cattman... Yeah they do. I have a set on my car right now.
Old May 29, 2007 | 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by upstatemax
Cattman headers come with peace of mind FTW!

Originally Posted by SilMax00
yea but they don't make them for the vq30
Yea they do, call Brian.
Old May 29, 2007 | 04:51 PM
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Another one of those wishlist threads.

It be nice what you can put down N/A on the dyno before you swap the tranny.
Old May 30, 2007 | 04:56 AM
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i have all the suspension parts and brake parts, the exhaust parts are next on my list of things to order
Old May 30, 2007 | 07:17 AM
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Originally Posted by NmexMAX
It be nice what you can put down N/A on the dyno before you swap the tranny.
don't worry i was planning on that, doing a dyno before and after the tranny swap just to see what difference is....but thats not till next year when i have money again...
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Of course it would be interesting to see the difference. I'm more interested in the N/A 4AT DEK potential.

I suppose I'll have to wait another year unless someone else decides to do it.

No mo sloppymax
Old May 30, 2007 | 07:59 AM
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i'm willing to bet the difference is more then just noticable, although when i do get the money to do the tranny i will be doing the flywheel and clutch kit all at the same time, cause i am only doing this once
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how much does the full cattman headers to muffler cost
Old May 31, 2007 | 07:27 AM
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Originally Posted by SilMax00
how much does the full cattman headers to muffler cost
You could start by asking Brian Catts himself or looking here:

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=522292
Old May 31, 2007 | 09:50 AM
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thank you!!! you are da man!
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