Want a SC for my auto..Should i order stillen or get it somwhere else..and then work my way up from there...Thanks

 

hrmmm. . ever heard of the search function?

But, because I feel like not being too much of an *** today. . . PAY DAY! I will answer your question.

Don't order the kit direct from stillen! U MUST BE CUCKOO!

Avalon Racing I believe, is the consensus for best price of the SC kit at $3400.

You can also ask one of the nice s/c people on the boards if they're willing to part with theirs and move on to a turbo set up. Used S/C with some upgrades go for about $2500.

Don't forget to get gauges, and some fuel management. . . Of course there are people that will say 'Oh No, don't worry about that, the kit alone is fine' I don't believe that school of thought anymore, because I blew my engine with only 100 miles supercharged. U MUST MONITOR UR CAR!

 

Go look on e-bay for a maxima supercharger they are used but they are not that much.

 

I will be selling mine shortly.

https://maxima.org/forums/4th-generation-maxima-1995-1999/247899-need-serious-advice-hurricane-problems.html

Old thread but same goes for it, A hell of a lot cheaper than the one brand new from Stillen, and more reliable too.

 

We can get you want you need at the best price.

Call or e-mail for details.

These are good to go and we have free shipping specials all this month. In addition we are a tax free state.

Regards

 

Do not supercharge your auto, you WILL need a transmission rebuild later. The auto tranny cannot shift fast enough for the SC, even with a Stage 2 VB upgrade. Just save your money and get a 5-spd swap and if you decide to buy the SC, get it through the guy above me "Avalon Racing" and tell him to sell it to you for $3295 shipped since there are a few guys on the board who have purchased from him at that price.

 

We have done a few Maxima's with automatics. Clearly the transmission needs to be in perfect condition and potnetially a rebuild from Level 10 to change the torque convenrter over to one that can best handle the power. As for the price, the price of $3295.00 shippped was well over 9 months ago. We are slightly above that price now. Or I can give you that price this week + shipping.

Regards

 

Don't listen to this USDM-A32 guy, he's been posting this bull**** in any thread that involves the auto transmission and boost. He's obviously got no experience with it as he's fairly new to the boards.
He thinks a Y-pipe gives 6hp, and thinks that a 5 speed swap is doable for $300-400 dollars.

I've been running a V1 with my auto transmission for nearly a year now. 5-6 months of that have been with the 3.00" pulley (10psi). VB mod & cooler for the auto will keep you in business for a long time. Avalon racing is the best deal around for a new one. As for getting one used -- keep an eye on the for sale forums. You should be able to pick one up for $2100-2800ish.

 

I've got lots of experience smart guy. Its just like "The Org" to go by the posting status of someone. When I said you can do the 5-spd swap for a few hundreds, I meant a little less than $1000. I know non-locking trannies go for about $500, no one says you have to get an ACT clutch, an oem replacement clutch off of EBay can be had for about $135 shipped, the rest of the parts such as master and slave cylinders, clutch lines, pedals, shifting rods, motor mount, etc. can be found at local junyard for about another $200 assuming your getting everything all at once. The complete swap ends up less than $1000 if your mechanically inclined. So I know my ****, smart a$$. I never said $300-$400, even I can't get it that cheap. As for boost with an auto, I've got lots of experience there too. I've installed 2 V2's on 2 4th gens, 3.33" pulley one on my auto, 3.125" on a 5-spd. I evened dyno'ed at 275fwhp/256tq after leaning out the air/fuel with an SAFC2 to about 12.3 across the board. As for the auto tranny, I had a Maximum Tuning Stage 2 VB and a Hayden Oil Cooler, and even after a rebuild at a local AAMCO, the Stage 2 is just not strong and quick enough for 9si, it would bounce off the rev limiter almost 90% of the time on the 1-2 shift, same goes for 2-3. And with the auto, you can only hit boost 3 times, in a 5-spd you have much more control of it and an extra chance to hit boost. So, I guess here on "The Org" you can't post anything unless you have a high posting status huh? This is bullsh!t, and I know more about the 4th gen than about 90% of the 4th gen guys on here.

 

acouple hundred - 200-300.
afew hundred - 400-500.

If you know your sh*t so much, why the hell are you telling people to replace their auto transmissions with a 5speed w/stock clutch? A stock clutch on a 280+fwhp maxima will burn out faster than an automatic transmission.

You were obviously using a weak transmission in your car to begin with if you had those problems. I'm pushing 274fwhp UNTUNED, which would mean I'm running significantly more boost than you are, and with no rebuilds under my belt, I've been doing it significantly longer as well. Constantly crying about how a 5 speed is superior to an auto is one thing. Going around recommending impossible things to people asking questions is an entirely different ballgame.

6fwhp for a y-pipe?
a "few" hundred for a 5 speed swap?
autos that won't last a month with a 3.33" pulley?

If you're claiming to know more than 90% of the people on the .org after these gems, there must be a hell of a lot of dumb people on here that I'm not familiar with.

 

+1 with ereet....

I think the assumption that an auto simply can not handle boost without a rebuild is a total myth. Up here we got 2 guys (that I know personally) that run boost. One was auto but later converted to 5-speed. But when he did the conversion, his auto was fine, nothing wrong with it. He had a Mobiletek VB mod and a hayden tranny cooler. The guy that has the tranny now doesn't have any problem either. The other guy running boost also has the mobileteck vb mod and hayden cooler and it's shifts fine and hasn't had any problems what so ever.

Quite honestly, I think that just because you had a problem doesn't mean that everyone else is. Also to say you know more about these cars than 90% of the people here makes you look like your full of yourself IMHO.

S

 

Not once did I say it was cheap to do a 5-spd swap FOR a boosted setup. I initially said its a few hundred for just the swap, no where did I say this cheap swap would be suitable for boost. Yes, the stock clutch would burn much faster than an auto tranny, but what costs less to replace? And you sir, fall right in those 90% members, sounds like a personal problem that your not familiar with. Of course your running more boost than I was, and you should be if your running about 3 pulley sizes smaller than my 3.33". How many miles do you have on your odometer? I made the mistake of boosting at 127K miles, weak tranny to begin with, yes your right there. I got a rebuild 2K miles later, and 10K miles later, tranny is slipping already. So I do know my ****, you've never blown any trannies, so you don't know what it feels like, you have no experience with it, I do. I didn't spend money on an sc to baby it, though I don't go punching it at every light. The auto is weak like I said and those who want to learn from my mistakes, its up to them.

 

My odometer reads somewhere around 169,000km. That's around 105,000 miles for the math inclined (ie, those who think they get 6fwhp is an average gain for a y-pipe )

A little over 17,000 of those have been boosted. Don't go telling newbies that they HAVE to swap their transmission with boost or it'll automatically blow up on them, it's not polite, or even close to the truth. And for those who're running 100fwhp on their autos, it's also insulting. Did you PAY someone to rebuild your transmission? Lasting 10k miles on only 275ish fwhp sounds like poor workmanship to me.

 

Ok, so you boosted you Max somewhere below a 100K miles, and half of the time you've been boosted its been on the stock pulley before you upped the boost, I call that babying your auto. So you think your better because your auto is lasting, try boosting that same tranny 25K miles later. My rebuild was done by a local AAMCO, the quality I guess IS questionable, I guess that's another lesson you can learn from me, but then again, to you and the rest of "The Org", I'm just some newbie right?

 

To a guy who thinks:

10k miles per rebuild on an auto transmission with a 3.33" pulley is acceptable.

6fwhp from a y-pipe.

Pancakes are good because you like boost, but want stock foglights.

Autos can't hold boost without exploding.

These facts would have most people jump to the fact you belong in the class. Do you think I'm trying to make you look stupid for no reason at all here? When I BOUGHT my supercharger, it had a 3.33" pulley on it. That's the SAME one you had, and I've done roughly the same amount of clicks on it that you have -- only you had to rebuild twice. Not only that, but I've moved to a 3.00" pulley halfway along that road. HELLO, MCFLY? Auto transmissions are not as weak as you've been making them out to be, you either abuse them, or have had shoddy workmanship done (or both.) There's a small chance you're in the "I-go-through-a-transmission-once-a-month" club, but given your silly views on things, seeing you driving around neutral-dropping it at every light isn't too hard to imagine.