mods as of now: stillen front strut, RLP rear sway, stillen lightweight pulleys, R2C intake, stillen grounding kit, eibachs, RLP y-pipe, borla boomer mufflers, cxj bop and thermal intake manifold spacers....

anything else available for these cars that you don't have to build yourself like a custom cai etc?

 

nice man.. im on the same boat as you.. i need to install my spacers and the Y-pipe.. and wondering whats next..

 

Quick and dirty mod: Advance your Timer 2 degrees. You will notice it trust me.

 

any DIY threads? lol

 

timer?

 

hence why i asked for a DIY thread lol.. im ???? lol

 

Yea what?

 

i had my timing advanced 2 degrees to 17, i can sorta feel it. you need a Consult 2 or 3 to do that though which Nissan usually has. if you want to see how much a Consult costs, go look on eBay and you'll see why most people will just go to Nissan for small things like this unless you got a buddy that owns one

 

Do you see a noticeable different in performance will all those mods ?

The reason why I'm asking is because I just got my car (White Pearl 2012 Nissan Maxima W/ Limited Edition Package) and all I have done is put the leds everywhere and the tint windows. However, I wanna do all those mods you have.

Thanks

 

Wait sooo does advancing the timer add horsepower or something??? I'm confused...

 

yup. you can read more about it using Google but here's a few explanations.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignition_timing

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/ignition-system1.htm

for a more detailed explanation of what advancing the timing does peep this

http://www.team-integra.net/forum/bl...t-happens.html

 

Nice thanks... now I'm about to do this. I hope this doesn't affect fuel economy LOL Premium is expensive in my area. $3.79 per gallon

 

nah but like all of this crap your mileage goes down cause you stand on the pedal more

 

 

Sorry for the delayed response but here is a DIY link.
http://www.ehow.com/how_8003078_adva...ng-maxima.html

 

Thats a great write up, but it says its for a 3.0L 6cyl... how about our 3.5L, any difference?

 

It's cool to see you can DIY, but wow forget all those steps my dealer did mine for $20 lol

 

Really?.... Nissan dealer will help you tune your car?? I didn't know that What did you specifically say to them? Did you have to justify it somehow or just straight out tell them?

 

Uprev. Do all those bolt ons, then get the Tune done. you won't regret it. i know it will be a pain to tune since you are stuck with the CVT, but it's batter than any other option out there

 

doing a timing advance isn't a tune. you just ask your Nissan tech how much for a timing advance, they use their Consult II to do it and it takes like 10-15 minutes.

a few members already have an UpRev tune and saw some decent gains. me personally im waiting for HFC's or headers with o2 bungs before I spend any money on a tune

 

I never said anything about the timing advance. I said tune the car, but get all the bolt ons first.

 

i was answering the post before yours...

 

Sorry, didn't read that post

 

My dealer never heard of Timing advance they said its not supported by Nissan Whats Consult II?

 

I'd stay far away from a dealership that says they "dont know" what a timing advance is, they're either lying or complete morons.

The Consult is the computer Nissan techs use, it's several thousand dollars to pick up your own. It's an option in their Consult software I watched the guy do mine, so like I said any Nissan tech who has used one should know what you're talking about.

 

was that a tech that told you that, or a service manager? Either way, that person needs to be retrained properly

 

It was actually a service tech. I called 2 dealerships asking them and one response was " The computer in the car handle the timing it doesn't need adjustment" the second one was" We cannot adjust anything beyond factory settings" these people are idiots.

 

yeah i just asked in the bay while talking to the master tech about something else, i think officially they maybe won't endorse it but try asking a tech directly

 

yea my service advisiors are f*cking morons... NEVER EVER BUY A CAR FROM BARON NISSAN IN NY..NEVER EVER BIGGEST IDIOTS.

 

Well I called my dealership earlier today for advanced timing and they said they can do it but it will void the warranty LOL how can a dealer void there own warranty if they are doing the job themselves. It's not like a 3rd party shop is going to do it... I just hanged up....

 

LMAO! thats expensive?! on LI its 4.25! Jbling you going to e town this sunday?

 

dam bro i heard baron auto mall doesnt even provide warranties nor can you purchase them...am i wrong?

 

LOL yes for me.... Reason being... I like to keep my foot on the gas plus I empty my tank when it has 50 miles left. BTW what's e town???

 

All I did was, Stillen CAI, Racingline Y-Pipe, Deleted Resonator, Apexi Universal Full Cat-Back Exhaust, Bullydog, Spacers, 370Z 19" Rims, BC Coilover's. Let me tell you my car can move ;-).

 

English town ...ever hear of raceway park? Well theres a big event going down sunday its an import vs domestic event

 

ohhh lol yeah I heard of it and I have to see if I'm free... are you racing???

 

What does the timing advance do to the AFR? Without a tune, I'm afraid the car would run richer.

You know what they say, lean is mean. Anyone know?

 

I was going to just for fun but i decided that i didnt wanna beat on my car lol

 

LOL I don't want to beat my car either... But I might go just to watch with my friends and see ricer engines exploding...

 

the main thing you'll wreck is your brakes, id at least get some heftier brakes before tracking