hey,

i wanted to mod my stock airbox instead of replacing it with a CAI. have any of you guys tried this before, and was it worth it? any gains?

also is there any other how to thread with pics? couldn't find one thru search.

 

check the stickies there is a method for this in there with details and pictures

 

i just put in a cone filter. got good gains and help with mpg. the cone filter cost me 25.99 canadian and it was worth it

 

I had an extra airbox assembly from my wreck and hacked my airbox and got nothing but a lag when it was hot out and a VQ sounding like ****...

Leave it alone or go CAI.

 

on leaving it alone.

When you get bored with it, you will find it being a PITA putting it back together.

 

^^^ On second thought, go ahead and hack it. Then, when you hate the way it runs/sounds, I have an extra airbox assembly you can buy...

 

just take that little elbow piece off below by the battery

edit: on another note, THERe are no threads left that have pictures.. i've searched and found nothing

 

I have one for sale if you want it

 

Now that I remember, so do I. I have a stocker and a modded one, every single stock piece for both, name your price...

 

Yeah OP, if you REALLY want it, buy one from one of these guys. That way you can put your stock one back on when you want.

 

thanks for the posts. i have a 96, so is there still a elbow piece by the battery that i can take off. thought it was just for 97-99's. and what is that gonna do?

 

not sure, but since i've taken mine off i've noticed more low end power, gets up to speed quicker 2

 

Just bore some holes in the resonator below the battery. Keeps the holes away from the radiator. If you want to get working get some shop vac hose and run it from areas with cool air (ie fender well) up to the bottom of the air box. Drill the same size holes in the box and seal it with RTV. If you do it right it will looks stock and perform very well. I had 2 large vac hoses and 1 small vac hose in a past setup. Just keep hot under hood temps OUT.

All 4th gen intakes are the same except for early 95's which have a 3rd resonator off the mid pipe. The location of the air temp sensor is different from 95/96 and 97-99 but that doesnt matter when hacking.

 

I hacked my airbox a while ago, car felt slightly more sluggish off the line. Maybe a placebo? Sounded better though. Now I'm running a PR style CAI with a K&N air filter with the stock resonator. IMO, one of the better intake setups. It feels better now.

 

Mod it this way: go out and buy a K&N drop-in and keep it stock. I think that's probably your best choice for dollar, unless you want to get a Place Racing CAI, because that's got the best design for CAI's.

 

adds about 13 hp give or take

 

Retrofit a 5th gen stock intake.

 

Just Leave it alone, The Gains arent enough to make it very worthwhile

to give it to you straight, It doesnt seems to have a little less low end power in gear one just coming off the line, the high RPM gains are noticable

The other fact is, your engine will sound Nice, (depending on how you diffine nice)
It will have a quite noticible roaring sound at WOT

But trust me, that can get annoying. because its non stop, I recently just purshaced a CAI, and you get that same roaring, but only at WOT, you dont seem to loose any low end power, and it looks beautiful underneath the hood

 

i did it to my other maxima and it wasn't worth it. loss of low end and filter gets dirty fast. It did sound nice though.

 

So the resonator below highlighted by the JDM mspaint'ed box is only on 95's? Wondered why I haven't really seen it on any of the A32's I've worked on...



Ah, how unmolested my engine bay was...yea. Long gone with all that clean ****.