I just installed my ecu after jetchip sent it back to me overnight just like they said. My first impression is WOW! I have done two other performance mods. The Berk intake (noticed a little power gain..I think..the sound makes you feel more power than you actually do I think...but it has alot better sound and love it), the UDP (feels like it revs a little quicker) and now the chip upgrade. By far, this is the mod where I can feel the biggest difference. It feels like it just sh!*s and gets! I have an automatic but was doing the shift and it pulls better through all the gears. Have to be going about 10 mph before I punch it or the tires will spin like crazy from stand still. (more than they used to) I can still spin them doing that. Midrange feels much more powerful too. OK I am getting a little wordy but it feels good to have a mod that actually performs the way it says it will. If someone asked me if they should get it, my answer would be absolutely!

 

hey thanx for the update, glad it worked out for ya......

 

And how much would you say you spent for this mod?

 

Um JET doesn't do anything. Go get dyno'd if you want to verify.

 

Ahh...I hate to tell ya but.....Jet chips is snake-oil so....the performance gains u are feeling are the result of an over-enthiusiastic butt dyno....

 

Do you even have a 2004 maxima? If so, have you done the chip? If not then don't tell me it didn't do anything. I don't think the company would be in business for 30 years if no one ever get any results. I know it made my max faster. Don't need to dyno or anything else.

 

Total including my overnight charges to California from Virgina, it was about 440.00

 

Uh oh!! heheheheheheehhe. No but I stayed at a Holiday Inn last night.

Um yeah. Like I said do a dyno to confirm. Let me guess, JET still has that FAKE dyno sheet on their site

Um. yeah. Nissan ecu codes are (if not the most) difficult ecu codes to break. Isn't it just A LITTLE ODD they have ecus available for your car right away?

Even though other LEGIT ecu tuners like Technosquare/JWT struggle to keep up with all the ecu changes??

 

Ahh...neither Jeff nor I have am '04 Maxima. However, between the two of us, we have
a) had.....
b) driven.....
c) worked on.....
d) spent more hours in......

Maximas than most people.

Had you had prior Maxes and/or been on this board for a long time, you would have known not to spend ur hard-earned cash on the Jet product

 

Oh, my God I am ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

If you don't have a 2004 Max then why are you coming on here just to tell me that something I did was a waste of money. Look, I would be the first to admit if I thought it was a waste becasue I wouldn't want someone else to spend their money on it. But I would be lying if I said it didn't do anything. It's a mod I did that I now believe in and I will spread the word of what I think just like you spread the word of what you think. Just going by my experience with the Jet company that I have had with a 2004 maxima.

 

Look at the Nissan dyno sheets:
http://www.jetchip.com/DynoSheets/DynoSheets.asp

Hmm according to JET even the stock 1998 maxima keeps pulling all the way to redline! Nevermind that CONTRADICTS each and every dyno sheet has has ever been posted on a 4-gen stock/near stock engine!

 

well, one less mod I have to do................

 

Sorry if you have had/heard bad things about the Jet company. I don't always believe everything I hear. So I would have made up my own mind about what I wanted to try with my car, so where I spend my hard earned money is my choice. Why don't you go to the other boards now and let them all know what mods the wasted their money on. Surely you can do more than one good deed in a day.

 

I just googled a few dyno charts of maxima outputs and they all show a peak around 5k, give or take, so yeah I'm inclined to think that the one at jetchip for the 97 was simply pulled out of thin air.

 

Hey, I happen to like the 6th Gen a lot so I am here occasionally and I contribute where and when I can. I have had two prior Maxes with good amounts of work done to both so I think I have something to contribute for those who are willing to listen.

That is indeed your prerogative and I would expect that others will make their own choice on who they listen to......you, or the dozens of others who have either already been snookered by Jet or those of us -like me- who recognize the voice of more experience and respect it.

 

Not to mention that it looks exactly like the 240sx dyno sheet.

 

Do you have before and after dyno plots? How about track times? If not, then don't tell me it did anything.

 

I can see this is going no where. I told everyone I would post my opinions on what the chip upgrade did and I have done that. I should have known better.

 

Wow....you guys are really jumpin' on dude.....well, I don't know much about the chipsets for Maximas (I'm still learning about the car). Would a chip make a real difference? And if so, what would you vets suggest would be a good chip to get, being that this "Jet" one seems to be on everyones "NO" list.

 

I am just going to get the Electric Supercharger and blow you both away

 

ok , HAHAHA

 

I did wanna hear the results and am glad you posted them. Im still not buying the product because I have heard of jet being crap from to many people to buy it.

 

I think it's time to lock this one up Mr. Mod.

 

Can't we all just get along....

 

There really arent any ECU mods for any recent Maxima other than the Technosquare ECU mod for some '00s and '01's, there's nothing that any one of us know about (that works) for the 02s and 03, never mind the 04s.

There is a small mod you can do to the ignition timing via Nissan's Consult II tool where u can advance the static timing to 17 degrees BTDC (my stock setting was 14 degrees BTDC) and that will increase torque and HP by a few points -maybe 10 lbs of TQ and HP, maybe a little less. Several of us on the Gen5 forum have done that. I dunno if you can do that to the Gen6 ECUs......

 

I THINK I MIGHT Have TO GET THIS DONE TO MY COMPUTER.

 

Jeff is correct on all accounts. Technosquare and JWT are the only companies out right now that have cracked Nissan's late model programming code. JET is truely snake oil and it's money well wasted. People really need to research this stuff before buying such wasteful products. There are a handleful of 4th gen owners that bought JET chips and didn't gain an ounce of power or 1/4 mile improvement. Add a JWT or Technosquare ECU to a 4th/5th gen and you'll get an instant 8-10whp/10-12wtq as verified by plenty of dynos.

 

I don't have much experience when it comes to chips etc...
I respect your feedback mattlerose but it seems that we have some guys on here who are speaking from true experience with the product.
I would like to see some info on paper of the true gains this mod brings to the table.
I feel my Maxima is much faster with the Berk intake and Magnaflows, but I know in reality that it's not, it just sounds faster, but those are choices I made just like you and I am happy.
I think this is one mod I will have to pass on until furthur notice.
Thanks to Jeff92se and Galo for chiming in with first hand knowledge!!

I always wondered why no one talked about chipping their Maxima's on this site, now I clearly know why.

And Mattlerose don't get all worked up, if you're happy then you're happy!!

 

I don't know that much about Jetchip other than most on the Mustang board I belonged to said the same things about not realizing any improvement as well. I am not sure though how a company being around as long as them can get away with this kind of thing without it doing something if not what it is claiming at least something to the way it runs. Is it possible the chip simply did the timing advance thing mentioned already? I;m jst curious what everyone thinks about it and I am happy this guy like the mod for all the $ he has spent for it,

 

I second everything that jsmithsole says.

 

Jsmithsole - It's hard not to get worked up when you come on here to share your experience and that you like your mod and then these guys that don't even have a 6th generation come on here and tell me I'm full of it. Like the other guy said, how can they stay in business for 30 years if they don't actually do anything? I understand these guys writing may "know" so much about maximas but until they have a 2004 they have tried it with then I don't see any reason to bash it. I don't have a place close by to dyno my car or I would have done it.
I didn't write it to start an argument. I have always thought alot about peoples opinions with the 6th generation board. I wrote a few days ago about getting this mod and I didn't get much feed back at all. Then I come on here today and say I like it and what do you know? It must all be in my head because there is no way I could get any gain from that! Waste of money yada yada yada

 

Hey, it is all good, lots of people on the board feel that X mod makes Y car go faster without a dyno sheet. Hell, most of the people here run a hot air intake that cost over 150......some run K&N filters that have been around for quite a while...they are not new. Some people like me need a dyno to prove something is worth the money. Hell, I had a superchip once on a 93 Lincoln Mark VIII....just threw a check engine light and was a paperweight.

Point 1: Great you got the chip and enjoy your feedback on it. I agree with Jsmithsole because it is not on my list of needs or wants. Not until I get a independent dyno reading, you got the first Jet on the board, now hook us up. If it works well, alot of people will eat crow.

Point 2: It is your car and do what the hell you want with it, I will always be on your side.

Point 3: Sound and seat of the pants meter means means nothing to me....especially in mods over 100 bucks....exhaust, HAI, chips....you get the picture.

Point 4: Don't let the board get you down, screw the board.....but...do be prepared to take some stuff whenever you post a pic of your car or something you did.....someone will always not agree with what you did....now, it is how you behave and how they do that matters.

Hey, it is all good. And yes....alot of NON 6th gen having guys post here....actually, some people post here who are not even legal to drive and do not even have a car....but that is the nature of the beast...get out and DRIVE....DRIVE....have fun and take a break from the net.....this is coming from a 34 year old Air Force TSgt with a Bling Bling Max on spinners....and by the way....Irish as well....

 

Do you really have spinners??? Eeeeeew.

Mike

 

mattlerose, you should'nt have to prove anything but if you did take it to the track and lets say run a 14.00 or even a 13.999 Hell I'd by one.

 

I agree with what Carcus said about what I said and I also agree what Carcus said after Mattlerose said what he said...

Anyhow, there was alot of s**t talking about me getting chrome wheels when I did, I just took it in stride because I knew it's what I wanted.

Ya think Carcus didn't catch hell (good timing Mike_Tx) when he posted his spinnerz????
(and he took it in stride as well, I think I even busted his *****!!!)

As Tom Cruise once said "sometimes you just have to say "

 

I like this mod much better

Guaranteed 10+ HP.

 

mattlerose, im glad you posted your results and thats great you love your mod. I have been bashed on the org before, kinda annoying if you ask me. idk why ppl just can say "cool dude, hope u like it". I dont really post anything anymore other than responces and lots of reading. ANYWAY, i hope that mod works well for you, good luck man.

 

I used to own a 97 F-150. Most of the guys on the board were Lightning owners and former Mustang owners. Jet chips didn't produce diddily for them either. Kinda like your intake (which you know did nothing for your car).

*On an off-note, surprisingly Super-Chips did produce some good results. Thats what all the Lightning guys used and produced dynos for.

Uh, that was you that said that...in your second post.

 

Yes he did say that but, follow the thread properly and you'd know he's referring to atomic's thread. 30th post.

By the way, someone does a measly $400.00 mod and you all want dyno results? Gimme a break.

I get more power driving with one headlight out, want dyno proof?
Next time you pull in for gas, get a dyno, they're everywhere.

I'll have a Marlboro light, oh, and a dyno if you have time.

All I'm saying is, look for dyno's on the big dollar mods. Not the 5 -10 HP mods.