My rubber boot by the throttle body for the intake is cracking and will need to be replaced soon so i decided i want to replace my intake while i'm at it.

My question is does anyone know what intakes are left for the 00 - 01 maximas. I was set on getting a cattman cold air intake but found a thread dated in 2012 that said he might not make any anymore.

I know the i can still buy the injen intake which i know some people don't like since the way its designed it sits behind the radiator fan but that can easliy be fixed by twisting the intake to have it sit away from the fan under and the battery and use a heat shield to solve that problem.

 

I have an Apexi pop charger on mine.

 

So after checking more it seem there is 4 ways i can go.

1. Stillen intake which is basically a pop charger with mounting bracket.

2. Weapon r intake ( i don't like the filter so that would need to be changed out but i do like how it comes with a straight piece with vaccum ports to replace the stock piece like the old franken car and berk racing design did)

3. Injen cold air intake. (if i get this one i will adjust the mounting bracket and make shield to block warm air from the radiator fan.

4. Apexi filter and just make a mounting bracket.

 

Apexi Power filter on my MAF housing for a ghetto SRI. Loving it, no plans on looking into another setup.

 

That's pretty much what i have narrowed down to is a apexi pop or the injen intake.

I jacked up the car today to take a look at how much i would be able to move the injen intake/filter it away from the radiator fan.

So i can get a good idea i decided to remove the white/clear looking resonator on the stock intake which actually sucked to get out since it was too big to remove with out me taking out the radiator fans and then just cap off the opening in the stock intake going to it since i didn't need it anyway.

After removing the stock resonator i can see there's alot of room to move the pipe and filter on the injen intake away from the fans and under the battery tray to get cold air.

So basically it's down to the injen and the apexi filter on a maf adaptor. I'll probably just buy both and dyno then to see which one i will keep.

 

I got an injen I'm removing from my 03 and going to sell soon if ur interested

 

That sounds pretty good i'll look for it to pop up in the classifieds.

 

Imho, my favorite setup that is cheap and easy is to run a 3" tube where the factory helmholtz resonator is, connect that to the factory silencer (the one that has the hose running to the crankcase vent), then attach a cone filter to the MAF and you have a simple intake that is quite a bit louder than stock but not extremely loud like a full setup. Idk if it's because I'm getting older or what but I can't stand the noise a non silenced SRI sounds on my car, it gets annoying, I would much rather hear my 3" Cattman under WOT anyway lol.

 

Thats sounds like a pretty good idea i'll have to look into it.

Also how do you like your 3" cattman exhaust? Thats next on my list after i install the cattman headers but wondering how it will sounds with cattman headers and also exhaust.

 

Don't waste your money on the Injen intake. If you do, don't waste your time making a heat shield to block the heat from the radiator. Just use half of the piping to make a shorter warm air intake.

If your priorities are power on the low, you can use the GAB (Ghetto Air Box) mod. Proven to yield results, for much cheaper than an aftermarket intake.

 

I love it...it sounds sooo much deeper than the 2.5" options for our cars. I have headers and a ypipe on my car as well and it sounds really good, under wot I think it sounds wicked. I've had nothing but compliments on my exhaust note.

 

I think that's the route i will go and just keep the entire exhaust from headers back cattman.

 

Not another intake thread.

 

This.

They still dont realize you gain nothing but noise from a intake.....

 

Every vehicle i have owned from old 94 corvette to the wife's 2.5 altima has gain at least 5 to 7 hp plus when i've installed an intake how would the maxima be any different.

Also all the intake threads never had any dyno prove at all that nothing was gained from adding a intake.

Anyone can see there 3 extra restrictions in the intake path the could easily be improved so i doubt no hp would be gained.

I'm going to dyno the injen intake and a custom sri using apexi filter as suggested by members and will post the results and video of the dyno.

 

An yes i've searched the org and most of the intake threads were greater then 5 years old and worthless since you can't buy 75% of what was suggest back then like the berk technology and cattman / place true cold air intake.

 

might be selling my berk intake. Still deciding.

 

I gained 9 with a GAB as have multiple other members. Check the Dyno forum. Custom is the way to go. All the intake discussions have been covered with dynos.

3"-4" intake a MAF scaler and a WB. Keep in mind the stock air box has supported 247 on a dynojet so, unless you want more than that, it's best to leave it as is. Basically go big or go home.

 

Thank you for that info.

 

Most of the name brand units are over priced and poorly designed. The units I would deem worthy are JWT-Stillen and even they're overpriced. www.siliconeintakes.com for tubing and couplers. BPi and a slew of other places have velocity stacks as S&B filters got you covered for filters or other if you prefer dry filter distributors. Check the classified forum for cant_get_ryte's MAF tubes FS. Check the AM forum for MAF scalers and WB info.

 

Getting on it will sound like this, it has a JWT Popcharger, with Full Cattman...



I like the JWT Popcharger, to 3'' Maf to 3'' Midpipe, my setup now...

 

That particular set up yielded me my best Dyno so far. JWT/3" MAF.

 

3" MAF = I would need to get the car tuned right?

 

Yes...

 

YUmmmy

 

Because this:

a CAI and SRI are essentially just noise modifications unless you can make around 10whp on an intake which you cant you will not feel a difference your car will be no faster than a stock car, the placebo of added noise is all your getting in most cases a whopping 3whp was gained. Wow, now we can run n tell dat.

The fact of the matter is these motors are too small to see decent gains from intakes. Especially when the most effective intake mod is the GAB.

 

It all adds up so no point in not doing it but thanks for your useless reply.

 

This is a useless thread, so useless replies are necessary to show how useless this useless thread is.

 

Thanks again for another useless post.

 

Thanks for your useless reply.

 

I like the stock as well. Best defense against sucking in hot air. I thought about a a modified GAB for the 4th gen at one point but then.....I got lazy

 

There is a good thread on a "true CAI vs. SRI" if you're up for doing a little work on the cheap. I thought about doing the true CAI, but then again it was winter at the time and I'm lazy. Now that summer is approaching I'm looking into that or a heat sheild for my SRI.

 

Hit up Doug aka can't_get_ryte. Hes making 3.5-4" intakes, dyno proven and make very good power ONLY with a tune. Can't just throw this on and that's it, increased diameter size of the Maf and no tune will F up the car

 

Do it yourself today/cheap method:

get two couplers from autozone. both 3 inch. should be like $20

get a 2 FT (3in) piece of PVC from home depot $6?

also get a 5/8ths (not sure EXACT size) nipple or whatever its called ($1)

drill a hole in the PVC, insert nipple, JB weld that bish

you now have a cheap midpipe

you can now remove the plastic resonator thingy and hook an intake cone directly to the PVC which goes to throttle body (im assuming you have a 3.5L)

Idk if you want to, I removed my MAF sensor screen. Many are against this, it can allow some stuff into the engine. Without the screen, there is a bit more flow and growl in my experience

 

I use to remove the lower portion of the airbox and flip it, lot of members used to that.
Or:
http://forums.maxima.org/all-motor/5...e-ideas-2.html

http://forums.maxima.org/4th-generat...t-4th-gen.html

IAT's aren't as bad as you think with an SRI. Also, our engines heat soak worse more so from cooling properties and all Al IM, this hurts it more than IAT's.



As with anything, supporting mods are crucial.
Sale Thread:
http://forums.maxima.org/5th-generat...af-needed.html

Concept:
http://forums.maxima.org/all-motor/1...orks-fine.html

http://forums.maxima.org/all-motor/3...iming-mod.html

 

Still cheaper to buy one off Ebay and it will look better.

 

I'll let this go a little longer, but I think the OP has all the info he needs.



Anyone sees any valid reason to re-open, PM me.