vr4

Do I spend 200 on the cheap Altima headers or 500 on the proper (but still junk) obx headers for an 02? I can't find any working pics of just how poorly the Altima headers fit. I work in an exhaust shop so I have all the tools needed to make them fit but don't want to spend all day on it.


Normally I wouldn't buy obx, ssac, etc. eBay stuff but apparently that's all that is around for these now.

Car in question is an 02 6 speed.

vr4

And apparently my old login is lost forever. Any clue how I would get that back?

Murdered01

Good luck with your old login. I lost mine too and password reset is impossible

vr4

Apparently i figured it out once. I logged in with it about a year after i created this one...10 years ago.

slvr2KSE5

Hahahahahhahahaa I figured it out. Holy carp.



Sorry. Back to your regularly scheduled questions.

schmellyfart

iTrader: (46)

Just how hard did you search?
https://maxima.org/forums/all-motor/...-knockoff.html

slvr2KSE5

Yep. First thread I found with working pictures a couple days ago. I was hoping to find pics before they were cut up but I guess not. Just gonna have to buy them and do it.

I've gone back to roughly page 100 in the 5th gen section

schmellyfart

iTrader: (46)

Thomas Perdue Jr (FB) I think is t3678p here on the org made y pipes for them without chopping the headers. There are pics of his installs floating around on the various Maxima facebook groups.

slvr2KSE5

Already ordered them. Probably take a few pics along the way

Murdered01

no way😂 i forget passwords two days after making them. I write them all down now

User1

Why bother? I'll still be faster than you with full stock exhaust.

slvr2KSE5

Lol ok.

slvr2KSE5

Well that explains why this car didn't feel any quicker than my 2000. It would lay over around 5k or so. Just didn't want to pull.

Cut headers, built new y-pipe. Runs so much better.

Included pic of stock front header fitment before cutting. Did not take pic of rear.

krismax

iTrader: (15)

WOW they are very nice!!! I want it!!!

It is not clear what headers and y -pipe you ordered?

slvr2KSE5

Ordered 02+Altima/04+Maxima headers. Built the y out of the included pipe plus about 6" of scrap I had lying around.

Total time from pulling car in to starting it after extending the bank 2 o2 wires was about 7 hours.

User1

Nice work. Welds look pretty good. Are you running stock cat back? Stock muffler? Was there an increase in sound?

Did you have to bend anything yourself? How did you model the runs then transfer to the tubing bender? Can you link the headers you bought?

slvr2KSE5

I didn't do any bends for the headers/y. I managed to use all the existing bends that came with the kit. Just cut and weld as needed. Used a flex off the shelf for between the banks as seen in the pics. The rear flex is the one from the kit. Used an off the shelf magnaflow cat. I don't need to go catless in my kid transporter.

Catback is 2.5" stainless I built the day after buying the car. The kid before me cut off the muffler and resonator using muffler clamps and wire to put it back together.

2.5" 409 stainless, magnapack for a reso and borla muffler. V-band right in front of the rear suspension to allow disassembly as it's all welded.

It got significantly louder. I need to quiet it down. Might try to find a 00/01 stock se muffler and mod it to fit. Swap it out for the borla if I ever go to the track.

User1

That's the deal-breaker for me.

Now you need a tune. Strong work putting all that together.

slvr2KSE5

Lol right?

I'll have to see if admin will do a combo deal. My G needs a tune too.