Got the FC intake today and went over to a friend's shop to install it. My impressions are as follows:

1) whoever packaged it (Steve or Matt?) did a great job as everything came in perfect condition.

2) the stock intake on the Max is HUGE!!!

3) the intake is not as loud as I imagined it to be. It's not like a Rustang 5.0 with a cone. It does have a nice bark under WOT, but for the majority of driving (90+%?) it is difficult to tell the difference.

4) gas mileage is going to suck as I like jumping on the throttle alot more now

5) a bracket should have been included to brace the MAF to the strut tower. My friend installs car stereos so he grabbed a piece of radio strap, made the proper bends, coated it with heat shrink and bolted it into place. Works great and there's enough flex in it that if the MAF needed to move slightly, it wouldn't stop it from doing that. Most importantly, I think it will keep the intake from vibrating against the strut tower. I'm not sure this would be a problem without the bracket, but I feel better with it there.

6) the car seems to respond better. Not sure if it's my imagination or not. I'll find out this weekend at the Dyno-fest in Toronto.

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7) I've made up an 'install book' in pdf format. It's about 700Kb, but very complete with pics. It can be found at http://www.cenpipe.com/~akrusvar/max...ge2install.pdf
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In the end, good job Steve and Matt. It's a good product. Worth the money, definitely.

Albert

 

Thanks for the writeup! Just what I needed! Great Job on the installation. Looks Great~

 

btw, is the installation any different on the 2000?

 

thanks again for that install book akrus, great help. and i packaged it

and the install is slightly different you have to crack open one wire loom and get more slack out of it for the air temp sensor to make it fit. very easy to do, took me 5 minutes to think it up and do it.

 

where is dyno fest

 

Toronto, Ontario. Check out this thread for the details

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....5&pagenumber=1

No problem, Steve. Thanks for a great product.

Albert

 

So when are these available for the 4th gen? My 99 is looking for something new to play with.

 

thanks for the install booklet, big help.

 

i'd almost a month. the first tubing bender we bought didn't work out very well, first it didn't work, then i broke it with my raw power, and took a chunk off my thumb, we're looking to get a good one now.