What type of intake are you running?

If you are using a custom setup, please list the inside diameter of the piping and any special components that were used.

Also, please list if you are using the stock MAF or not, and if not, list the MAF (Housing) being used.

(I am using a custom short ram setup. Stock from the throttle body to the MAF housing. After the MAF housing is an Ebay MAF adapter, silicone coupler, Blox Velocity Stack, and an AEM 6x5 Dryflow filter)

 

injen "CAI"

 

Berk with apexi filter, screams like a beast lol

 

seems like most my aftermarket parts are from companies that are outta business..lol ok, its only 2 Im running the frankencar WAI with apexi filter

 

I originally had an injen intake, and thought it was pretty good, loved the sound. But then I was given a berk intake and realized the injen really wasn't all it was cracked up to be. But the berk was for an 01, so I took some measurements and made one from a solid piece of 3-1/2" aluminum, with a 3.000" ID. Using an AEM dryflow filter.


After all the reading and research I have done on the org i have decided to go with this setup which some of you may have seen in other posts. It is a 17" long one piece BBMAF 80mm id, with 6' bell mouth velocity stack and AEM dryflow filter. I will be installing this in a few month then retuning with larger injectors.

 

Berk / Apex-i

 

i run a MAF adapter and K&N cone filter off the stock maf tube. during the winter i just run the GAB mod

 

I currently have the GAB. But I'm not sure how safe it is, so I'm saving up for a real CAI or short ram.

 

Custom made (by knight_yyz) SRI Hybrid with shortened mid pipe, BPI Velocity Stack & over sized AEM dry flow air filter

 

Knight yyz, that is the most beautiful intake I have even seen.

That is the perfect setup if you ask me.

I wish I could run a BBMAF without too much PITA tuning, but sadly, I have a VAFC-II and only the SAFC allows for the 1 in 17 out setting, so I'd have to tune everything manually.

I wonder if the bigger injectors will offset the lean condition that an untuned BBMAF can cause?

Maybe I can get some 350z injectors or something and get a 77mm MAF?

Someone needs to make a 80mm Big Bore throttle body man.

Edit: You seem pretty crafty. Make me a big bore throttle body please.

/rant

 

Mine is a Hybrid intake with bellmouth and 6" AEM filter

 

CMax03, what kind of MAF adapter is that?

And that's pretty much the exact same setup that I have. In fact, you inspired me to do it this way because I remember you saying that the resonator helps in the lower RPM range.

And is there a reason you got rid of the accordion tube and used a silicone coupler instead?

 

Altima CAI Mod.

 

Frankencar short-ram and Apexi dry-filter. Same design as Berk.

 

i using a weapon r short ram air intake

 

Injen "CAI"

 

Berk Intake w/Apexi Filter. Have to admit I love it, definite increase of power at higher RPM's not to mention the amazing sound after 3,000rpm. =)

 

stillen hi flo short ram intake w/ aem dry flo filter

 

Thanks for the kind words. I'm pretty sure it is a one of a kind. I just wish I was better at polishing aluminum. I just don't have the patience for it.

 

There is nothing unsafe about the GAB as long as it's done correctly. The gains are likely better than any CAI or short ram, too.

 

Could you explain this?

 

I had Injen for almost 2 years and just made the switch to berk w/ amsoil filter last week.. Man am I glad I made that choice. The Berk is on another level

 

That's good to hear! I wasn't looking forward to spending $300 on an intake. I thought the GAB was a little unsafe because the filter isn't sealed to the housing as tightly as the stock clamp-thing sealed it.

 

I've had both an Injen WAI and a custom SRI made from a straight 6"x3" pipe (Autozone ricer isle) and the Injen couplers, maf adapter and AEM filter. With the SRI I had to use a small filter (again ricer isle) for the crankcase breather as it had no inlet to hook up the breather line. Now for performance and you can flame away but I loved my Injen the low end power far surpassed that of the SRI and in the winter it's just amazing the power increse from the cold air it does get. Now the SRI is far superior at the track and on the highway. My thoughts on both are that if you're not racing or putting a lot of highway miles you may like to have the low end power the Injen provides and its eaisy enough to change if you do race. When I went to the track I would just pull the elbow off and attach the straight pipe maf and filter and just leave the long tube attached to the trans dipstick and put it back the next day. I also recently switched back to the OEM intake and after about a week with the ecu adjusting it feels more powerful than either the Injen or SRI fwiw.

 

It's the best part of the INJEN intake kit the adapter....I saw no difference in performance with the accordian/flex connector vs the silicon coupling!!! I used it to keep the BIG A$$ 6" air filter from hitting the battery!!!! Clearance reasons!!!! As far as the Helmholtz resonator...IMO it was quieter than the Berk/short midpipe and the helmholtz sets up a frequency for the IM as it had been explained to me, in a tuned type of way....

 

Hey guys... Where can I get this setup and how much ($) am I looking at spending?

Thx

 

GAB with a K&N filter

 

Berk's website? http://www.berktechnology.com/Default.aspx

I would contact them and ask directly, because maxima products don't seem obvious anymore.

The member who started this thread just bought one, right now. Ask him.

And last I remember, parts and filter was around $250. Apexi filter setups probably cost more.

 

or you can buy one of these, and make your own
http://forums.maxima.org/5th-generat...akes-00-a.html

 

Much less money, and identical end-results. Those 4 mid-pipes in this photo are probably mirror-image to the Berk design. Everything else is just hardware store parts, and an off-the shelf (off-the internet) air filter.

+1 for this approach.

 

I didn't make them exactly the same, didn't want to have any legal issues. But they are close enough

 

Injen here.

 

Only 3 Frankencar intakes so far? Man, I feel like a dinosaur.

 

im using the Stillen intake...wasnt an option on the poll

B

 

Custom Short-Ram using OEM accordion coupler, modified MAF housing w/sensor removed and replaced with recirc tubing, Spectre coupler to OEM MAF, 3" adapter plate to a Spectre cone filter. Supported by custom aluminum bracket mounted to wheel well.

All OEM inner diameter.

 

Can you elaborate on "modified MAF housing w/sensor removed and replaced with recirc tubing" please?

Did you just plug the tube into the hole the sensor goes?

 

Custom Air Intake with fiberglass : http://forums.maxima.org/5th-generat...ir-intake.html

 

Not exactly that rudementary.

I cut the 4-bolt mount end off of the MAF housing, made a custom cover out of black PVC, custom rubber gasket and drilled a hole to insert rubber grommet and tubing connector. Looks almost factory...



Sorry for poor picture quality. Lost my camera and used my Eris phone camera.

If you look at the engine bay picture, you can clearly see where the recirc hose is connected under the custom mid-pipe...

 

Ah, I get it now. You made your own mid-pipe out a second MAF tube. Clever.

 

Very clever!