I used to own a 96 cavalier. I droped an Intake on it and 1 month later it started to over heat. I had to replace the dam piston heads. I now have a 99 Maxima SE-L. I love my max. I don't wana f it up by installing aN intake. So, can anyone tell me if intake is good for the car and won't kill it. I am thinking of buying an Injen CAI. What are ur thoughts?

 

No, your engine will work less to get the air it needs to run, but you tend to drive it harder when you get it installed because you like the sound.

 

Maybe it overheated simply because it was a cavalier......

 

Thats exactly what I thought haha

 

My 97 Max had a midpipe and cone filter for 2 years with NO problems and my 2001 has had a PR CAI on it for a few weeks now. You should have no problems with any intake as long as its a good one, berk, Place Racing or Injen with a good filter (K&N or Apex'i)

 

thats what i was thinkin too. hahaha

 

intake will cause no damage to you at all

 

HAHAHA -- yes!!! an injen will f-up your car and that's why so many people on the board have them! (including me)

many cheapa$$ american cars suck esp cavaliers slow and ugly POS -- that's why you have a maxima

the only way you can f-up your max is if you have a 2000 (which you don't) with a CAI and then your MAF blows because nissan didn't use the right MAF the first time, but that's a diff issue that doesn't affect you.

bottom line go get an injen. and read the FAQs before you post something like this again.

 

Yeah what he said ^ but anyways the if you get injen or PR CAI the only 2 ways youll mess up your car are if you bathe your filter in oil when cleaning it and put it right on your car, or if you like driving though ponds up to your bumper. 2000 max's have the MAF problem? I thought it was the 2k2?

 

Yes a CAI can **** up your engine, don't matter what kind of car you drive. If the thing sucks water, you will hydrolock your engine.
I have seen a few cases of these in the past years, so just be careful and don't drive through some deep puddles.

 

It makes sense that you can mess up your car with a CAI, but in order to do that youd have to partially or completely submerge the filter. Youd basically have to drive through something 12" deep or more.........

 

which means. That It can be done.... and has happend before

 

without a doubt you are right, it has happened and will happen again. If you live in a really rainy area, you can always get the AEM bypass valve... not sure how good it is but may help prevent a hydrolock

 

Thats exactly what happened!

As far as the hydrolock issue if your unlucky enough (or in most cases stupid enough) for it to happen you deserved it

 

for the record AEM bypass valve works like a charm it was tested in some 2002 issue of Sport Compact Car on AEM's owner's NSX! at full throttle the filter was submerged in an aquarium of about 10 gallons of water.
the water went up for about 6 inches (at full throttle) then the bypass valve quickly opened, the water immediately came down, and air was sucked through the bypass valve.

i never had any problems with injen. (it uses a K&N oiled filter) and the only reason it might possible suck in water is if you have no undercar shields AND you drive into a 2ft deep puddle of water or off a short pier.

 

...not unless you suck up water... aem bypass valve 0wnz j00

 

You get what you pay for, I have seen some intakes that will probally cause damage. I would stay away from intakes with foam filters. I have pulled an intake off before and found foam on the inside of the the intake and on the plate of the throttle body. Foam can and will break down under heat. It is very unlikely that foam will screw up your internals because it will pretty much burn up before it does any damage. However, it is very possible for it to damage you MAF. So I personally would stay away. There are many quality intakes for the Max though.