I'm the guy from NWMAXIMA.COM that is building the C.A.I.s for 1st Gens. I will be designing the components this weekend. I located a company that will do all the cutting, bending, powder coating and welding in-house... I talked to the owner for a while and, estimated on the info I was able to give him, he said each kit would probably run $200 - $250. But if I get a lot of orders, that price will go down.

So...here's your chance...I AM NOW OFFICIALLY PRODUCING CAIs FOR 1st GENS. EXPECTED DELIVERY TIME...30 DAYS.

If you are interested in buying one, please keep in mind that there is no official price as of yet. $200-$250 is an estimate. I need to know how many people are interested in getting one.

CLICK HERE to sign up for a spot on the 1st Gen CAI list.

 

Hmmm...... I am game, but we need more people to bring the price down.....

 

Count me in as well...thats 3

 

Sup EB,

Count me in. BTW, you really meant 2nd gen, not 1st gen. :P Though it would be nice to do one for the 1st gen owners.

 

$200 that is insane. A muffler shop can bend the same type intake piping for $40-75 + the $20 cone filter. Can you say way over priced.

 

If you didn't read earlier, the price will go down if more guys are willing to buy and try it. Someone is going to go through a lot of hassles for us to produce a CAI system for our cars to get us in the tuning game. Grant it, I don't have the time nor the money to turbo a 86 Max like the other guy, and if I try to do it myself and succeed, I would do the same thing he is doing. Are you going to just make and give away CAIs for free?

And, oh, by the way......He doesn't even own a Maxima and he is helping us out. Don't like the price, don't buy it.

 

Dood I built a $70 13whp dyno proven CAI 3 years ago LOL irony. I could probably get the same intake made for $40-60 now without the cone filter. All you need to do is enlarge the hole where the factory airbox gets its air from. Then run a 3in pipe from the MAF to the cone filter as it sits in the fender. Hell you could make the CAI 2 pieces if neccassary. Here are a few links http://www.tcnj.edu/~sysant2/CAI.htm. Below are my pics of the cai I made that dynoed an 11whp/13wtq at the peaks and 13hp/9tq average from 4000-5500rpm. Cut and Paste into a new browser or click and save as.
http://www.geocities.com/nismo87se/CAI1.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/nismo87se/CAI_2.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/nismo87se/CAI_4.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/nismo87se/CAI_6.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/nismo87se/dynos/CAIdyno.jpg

 

I can't get to those sites....It says its not availible. You got a better link? I don't want to run the CAI through the fender well like everyone else. Do you have a blow-off valve in case water happens to be introduced into the intake? There are more questions to be asked but they will come to mind when I not here, but I will rather buy a bolt on kit that has been proven than to construct and f.uck up. Like you, I do believe that it can be done way cheaper than what he is charging, but I have to take some risks sometimes.

 

Rodney, you meant bypass valve...not blow-off valve. (hehe here I go again correcting you! ) A bypass valve is not a requirement, but usually a nice thing to have. Since you live up here, you probably want one because it's been known to get kinda wet up here. The one nismo made was sweet, with PVC so it was smooth on the inside of the pipe. Where are you planning to put the cone? The void under the cornering light in the fender seems to be the only place, so you have me kinda wondering about that.

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There is a spot between the radiator fans and the engine, big enough to fit a CAI comfortably. I know what you are thinking next, the exhaust manifold and the heat it will produce, right? Well, like I said before (and it may be a stupid idea) I wanted to shield it with exhaust wrap. It should keep the air intake cool under normal and above normal operating tempetures.

That is the way I figured it................

 

Hmmm....I dunno, you still have to contend with the heat coming from the radiator too....if you plan to get good fresh air, it may have to be lower to a point where it maybe too low. Now, if you can make room infront of the condensor, maybe you will be better off. IMHO, I think it would be better in that void, its away from everything. You could fashion a sort of undercar ram air though. Use the heat wrap and cut into your splash shield so it will force air into the cone. Sometimes you have to wonder how creative you can get with that. My 2 cents.

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No I didn't have a bypass valve but they do reduce the power gain of the CAI on other cars though. A way around that is to put say a breather filter between the cone filter and MAF on the tubing. That could keep the engine from sucking in alot of water. Also to hydrolock an engine you would need to submerge the filter (I did this on the sentra). If you see water that is higher than the curb then use common sense.

If the area you are in is flooding just take a screwdriver and remove the tubing from the MAF. I forgot I had a CAI, otherwise I would have saved my orginal engine. Outside of the fenderwell there isn't much place to put it. If you were to move the battery to the trunk you could make a short ram type intake. Just sit the filter right behind the headlight and run 3in tubing to the MAF. This might be teh best of both worlds.

 

Please pardon the Newbie thing but... ahhhhhh... what the heckifer is a CAI?

 

Cold Air Intake. Basically it's a performance intake. Instead of having stock airbox. A pipe routes from the intake manifold to a cone filter element located outside the engine compartment, it draws cold air, which is more dense, and allows more air to enter the cylinders, giving a boost of power. Doing this mod, you can get between 5 to 25 hp. Depending on application and how you do it. Usually most see 5-8hp.

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