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Old 04-15-2018, 07:52 AM
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Thoughts on this Maxima turbo kit?

I just found this online while looking through forums on other sites. What do you guys think?
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Old 04-15-2018, 10:08 AM
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I don't mean to be mean ricche, but this thread has been discussed a million times before. Please search the threads and comment on one of those. Perhaps we need a sticky thread for this.

Long story short, the Max is not a good candidate for horsepower mods. The transmission is not rated to handle that much torque. Unless someone comes up with a smart turbo that can drop off the boost at higher rpm, around 300 is gonna be the max.

That video you posted was pretty old. It was either for a pre CVT maxima, or they didn't care about long term reliability
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I wouldn't turbo a fwd cvt
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Old 04-15-2018, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Crisisx1
I wouldn't turbo a fwd cvt
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Old 04-15-2018, 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Crisisx1
I wouldn't turbo a fwd cvt
Nissan did it: Juke
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Nissan did it: Juke
And will be doing it again with the new Altima.
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Old 04-17-2018, 11:54 AM
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Wrong car, just trade for a RWD racer. CVT just not meant for this kind of push in a Maxima.
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Old 04-18-2018, 06:39 AM
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Originally Posted by robtroxel
Wrong car, just trade for a RWD racer. CVT just not meant for this kind of push in a Maxima.
I keep reading this here, but us there an engineering report or study that I missed?
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Someone please help I have a 02 Nissan Maxim 3.5L and I need to know the diameter and length of the flex pipe
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Originally Posted by Claude Williams
Someone please help I have a 02 Nissan Maxim 3.5L and I need to know the diameter and length of the flex pipe
Wrong section, and start a new thread.
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Old 04-18-2018, 07:27 AM
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Maybe after you 6spd swap it.
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Originally Posted by Mason Hatcher
I keep reading this here, but us there an engineering report or study that I missed?
You can do this mod but forget about reliability. Don't need to be an engineer to understand why Nissan does not add more HP to the CVT. Economy wins here
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Originally Posted by robtroxel
You can do this mod but forget about reliability. Don't need to be an engineer to understand why Nissan does not add more HP to the CVT. Economy wins here
OK, then what is the max horsepower the CVT in the Maxima can handle?

I believe that Nissan is keeping the HP to 300 currently on the Max so as not complete with the Infinity brand. I don't think it has anything to do with the CVT, and I have seen nothing but speculation to establish otherwise.
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OK, then what is the max horsepower the CVT in the Maxima can handle?

I believe that Nissan is keeping the HP to 300 currently on the Max so as not complete with the Infinity brand. I don't think it has anything to do with the CVT, and I have seen nothing but speculation to establish otherwise.
cvt can handle max torque 280 lb.ft.
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Originally Posted by Mason Hatcher
OK, then what is the max horsepower the CVT in the Maxima can handle?

I believe that Nissan is keeping the HP to 300 currently on the Max so as not complete with the Infinity brand. I don't think it has anything to do with the CVT, and I have seen nothing but speculation to establish otherwise.
You could have a point here as the Infinity 3.7 shows more 30 more HP or so but I see very little bump in total torque for the I-car. Sometime ago I heard someone say 300 ft lbs of torque is about it for the CVT for reliability.
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