So now I have the K&N Panel filter in my cart at Advance and another tab open to the R2C website. What do?

 

Another approach would be to devise a way to give this heat a way out from the engine bay. Venting excessive heat has always been a must with performace nuts, whether it be for brakes, tranny's, or intake systems.
Look at some of your late model muscle cars, many not only have a way to get cold air into the engine but also have vented hoods (Shelby) to release the undehood heat.

 

I would wait and watch and see what Ghozt and GM come up with.
If you can't or don't want to wait you could spend $50 on the K&N and realize an improvement over the stock filter. That is what I did.
I almost bought the R2C myself until I realized it wasn't a sealed box.
I may still buy it sometime down the road, it all depends.
I like Ghozt's custom CAI and thought about doing one. I just really don't want to put the battery in the trunk (yet). The last time I did that was on the bracket car.

 

I just bought the K&N Drop In off Amazon its $39 on there

 

Trust me man, I've been thinking about how to evac heat from under the hood for months! I already plan on a trans cooler at some point...

Unfortunately these VQ motors just run hot naturally. A lot of auto manufacturers do this to decrease exhaust emissions. I've been talking to a few local shops about building an oil pan spacer to allow for another quart of oil to cycle through the motor. That in itself will help it run cooler. Also if some company made a lower temp thermostat... say a 160* or 180*, that would help reduce underhood temps as well.

 

What kind of performance gains exactly are expected with a drop in high flow panel filter?

 

I thought the same thing with R2C, that it was a complete shroud. Boy was I surprised lol. And yeah I feel you, putting the battery in the trunk for an intake seems a bit excessive but it does make the Max scream. That and my headlights are still my favorite mods

I can't help but think if R2C used a smaller cone they could fit a full metal shroud around the cone that butts up against the hood. Still at a loss as to why nobody has done this yet.

 

Probably about 5 hp.

 

Is there a how-to on how to install the R2C intake or is it so simple there doesn't need to be one? SHould be getting delivered today. Just waiting to get off work so i can go grab it

 

installation was simply and yes it does come with an instruction guide. i had it installed within a 1/2 hr although i already had the stillen intake in place so i had already remove the factory one so i would estimate it to be around 1hr 1/2 or so.

 

Yeah I changed mine from the stock to it in about an hour. The instructions are easy to follow and has pics if you get confused. I'm happy with mine so far.

 

lol did you even get anything out of these "intake" threads or from any of our warnings about SRI?????

$300 so that the car sounds a little louder is a waste!

 

i dont care about mpg's. everyone talks about saving gas and horse power gains sri i bought my intake because i like the sound it puts out if i was concerned about mpg's then i wouldnt have bought the maxima. i bought the maxima because its a well known car for its speed and luxury. mine is SLAMMED to the ground thats how i like it!!

 

I think this is what I'm leaning towards. K&N dropped into the factory box, and the Racingline Y pipe. I'm just wondering if the claims in this link http://racinglineperformance.com/sho...&idcategory=22 of 13 hp and 14 ft lbs are exaggerated for the Y pipe??

 

NIce whatever makes u happy its not for everyone! we all have different opinions i like my car Slammed some dont! it is what it is personal preferance..

 

i love my R2C its screams

 

I also love my R2C wouldn't have gotten anything else, installation was really easy!! Highly reccomend it!

 

I'm thinking (without anything to really back it up) that between the two you may be getting 8-10 HP increase. At least it seems to have a bit more power than before the two mods.

 

If you want sound I agree, go with the R2C or any of the other short ram under hood heat induction systems available.
I use to put playing cards on my bicycle wheels to make a cool noise when I was seven. For me it cost next to nothing and didn't sacrifice any power because it sounded so good and made my bike go faster.

 

always someone with a smart comment i love it! when i was a kid i used to knock the other kids out and take there bike and watch them cry.. then i did that as an adult and ended up in prison for 8 yrs its call armed robbery! i wont be doing that again.

 

yea the short rams are cool for noise and you feel a little more power up top when you're movin but off the line mine felt sluggish cause of the heat soak. have a whole thread about it testing the R2C's intake air temps, it def soaks it up

 

So, since you're someone who knows a lot more than I, is it worth doing a short ram versus being stock? Or would just a K&N panel dropped into the factory box be better? I know you've got a bad-to-the-bone true CAI, but I can't do that right now. So in your opinion is the short ram worth it for performance gain (excluding noise as a consideration)?

PS, this is my daily driver and everything else I've got is stock right now. Been considering the y-pipe pretty heavily though as the next step after figuring out intake...

 

the short ram intakes are okay, you'll feel a little more power up top (which is the area most people care about anyway). honestly if you don't like it you could easily re-sell it to another member on here I'm sure. most people just like the sound change the intake provides, which IS nice for all the short rams.

funny you mention the Y pipe, that also provided barely any noticeable gains IMO. the mods I noticed the most in terms of power are the following:

true CAI, intake manifold spacers, Stillen UD pulley

the y-pipe, cat-back exhaust, BOPs and 2 degree timing advance all left me with the IMPRESSION that my car was faster, but nothing that really made me think "wow". i have a feeling the exhaust parts will be more noticeable with a tune or even with open headers/pre-cats

 

I've spent hours and hours in these forums looking for ^^^^^ that info. lol. It's nice to see kinda the priority that these performance mods should be arranged as. Manifold spacers and UDP--those would probably have come last on my list because of how much talk there is about intake and exhaust going on.

Maybe that's because I think in terms of what work I could do myself--I can do a short-ram and a y-pipe. Don't know about manifold spacers or a UDP though. Would either of those mods mess with my warranty?

 

Most likely yes. Spacers you need to unhook a lot of hoses and remove the intake manifold from the engine block. UDP you need to remove the old pulley from the crankshaft and mess with the belt.

 

Ghost do u think if I was to try to insulate my housing for the r2c that it would help out a little? Oh by the way I'm installing those spacers tommorow with my boy..

 

HEY GUYS WHATS UP I AM NEW TO THE FORUMS AND I JUST PICKED UP A 2009 MAXIMA PREMIUM PKG... I HAVE BEEN READING YOU GUYS IMPUT ON INTAKES AND I HAVE BEEN WRESTLING WITH WHAT I WANNA DO... I HAVE KINDA SWAYED AWAY FROM THE RAI INTAKE AND HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT A CAI INTAKE INSTEAD FOR MORE TOP END POWER AND SPEED... I LOOKED ON LINE AND HAVE BEEN DOING RESEARCH AND RAN IN TO THE INJEN SP CAI... WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT THIS SYSTEM? DOES IT EVEN FIT IN THE MAX WITH HAVING TO DO MAJOR OPERATIONS ON IT... I AM NOT AT THE POINT WHERE I WANNA DO ANYTHING TO DRASTIC THAT WOULD VOID MY WARRANTY... WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST UPGRADES TO AVOID VOIDING MY WARRANTY AS WELL? I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE LOADED WITH ALOT MORE KNOWLEDGE THAN ME SO HOPEFULLY Y'ALL WILL SCHOOL ME UP...

THANKS

 

i personally dont know much about the injen cai sorry but its all depends on how far are you willing to go? putting a cai in ur max doesnt void your warranty FYI. Ghozt modified a real custom cold air filter. but he had to relocate the battery to the back of the car but he's very happy with the results. i just recently insulated my R2C cai with turbo wrap and heat shield all the way around so it looks like a cooler and did several tests and let me tell you it works great it deflects the heat soak very well because before i couldn't even touch the R2C housing it would burn ur hand and now aftyer driving it for and hour or so there is barely any heat inside my cai BUT! im still not done with it i plan on reinforcing it alot more and adding a rubber seal on top for the final touches..

 

good work insulating the R2C man, GMTraitor did something similar and saw a surprising drop in intake air temps. we're edging closer and closer to a true short ram cold air intake which would definitely be the best with its short pipe

 

thanks to u bro u got me motivated to take it to the next level! but i still havent installed the spacers this saturday for sure. i cant wait to see the results combined with the insulated short ram saturday cant come quick enough! im not done with the cai i plan on reinforcing with a metal bracket to hold up the side that i modified with the wrap and then put a rubber gasket on to to make it official.

 

Well I am doing That with the cool tap n came up with an idea to build CAI with battery relocation with dual air filter...

 

I mean without battery relocation *

 

KMoney hhmm sounds very interesting once you get that done def post up pics

 

Dual air filter Ok u got my attention

 

MOST DEF INTERESTED IN HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT UPDATE

 

I THINK I MIGHT TRY THAT R2C RAI I DONT WANNA GO CRAZY WITH HAVING TO MOVE ANYTHING AROUND PLUS I THINK MY SECOND GEAR IS MUSHY AND IS A BIG LET DOWN I DEF NEED A KICK IN THE LOWER GEARS... WHAT DOES THAT RAI DO FOR MY UPPER GEARS DOES IT HELP OR HURT? WILL I STILL GET SOME HP IN THE HIGHER GEARS FROM IT?