Heh, yeah I definitely recognize your name.

Hmm...madddd boosted maximas.

So....I took off my bumper and I'm gonna put in an intercooler.

I still am looking for aftermarket 5th gen piping pics with a cai and an intercooler if possible. I'm going to pull the coils soon and do the resistance measurements to see if there's any evidence of a bad one.

 

Look up past threads from LatinMax. I know he had a supercharged 5th gen with intercooler and cold air intake.

 

LMAO, yea i almost resorted to a hammer to with my modified thermo housing, but good thing im patient.. But anywho..

I got my s/c mounted just gotta do the charge piping and fmu and il be ready to roll.

Edit: Just noticed, LOTS of New England Maximas going boosted, i think 5 or 6 in the area now.

 

hey now he bought my stuff lol.

 

Ok boys sorry I'm taking so long to update this thread, but unfortunately I just had my tonsils out and that has set me back!

If someone could hook me up with a description and parts list needed for a CAI that would be awesome. I can't work on the car right now (and not for at least another week), but I can order all the stuff so its ready when I'm better.

I'm going to cut out the inner fender where the windshield washer fluid tank and neck were in order to have a ballin CAI! Who uses that stuff anyways? Rainx FTW

I should need:

1) 90* elbow from the s/c inlet to go down where the windshield washer tank was. Can someone tell me what size the inlet of the s/c is? I think its 3" but I just want to make sure.

2) I should have all of the piping I need. I was going to do 3" piping for the CAI.

3) Should I use a velocity stack to keep the MAF alive? Anyone have a good site for quality ones?

4) I was also going to use the black ribbed rubber piece that I believe makes the airflow less turbulent. I hope you guys know what I'm talking about.

So my setup would go:

SS filter -> velocity stock -> maf -> black rubber thing -> about 6" of 3" pipe -> 3" 90* elbow -> s/c

If you guys have pics of how you mounted/secured the loose end of your CAI that would be awesome. I'm sure I can rig something up though if no one has pics.

 

Ohh and another thing. Will the CAI make my car not driveable in the rain? I have another car, so its not a problem, I just want to know.

Also after talking to kzooshoo I've decided that running the 2.87 is a bad idea for right now and I'm gonna be putting on the 3.33 pulley for a little bit. Once I grab an intercooler and have my injectors in then I'll throw on the 2.87 and terrorize RI.

 

The safety of wet driving with a CAI is determined by the placement of it. The lower its placed to the ground the higher chance it has of sucking in puddles and the such, hydrolocking your motor (pretty fatal). However if you place your CAI correctly and consider using a shield, which you can see on some aftermarket intakes like the Stillen Gen3 Intake for the G35 family. You just want to make sure you're not going to suck up water when you're driving.

 

HAHA thats awesome!

 

Ohh yeah I know, this is going to be a sunny-day driver only anyways. I just want to see how other people have done it because I can't go work on my car and I'm limited to recalling clearances and imagination.

 

If you're talking about the 5.5 I believe orgullo made a topic with pictures on a true CAI into the front fender. I was told a short WAI was best for the 5.5 though. You're running boost and the like, so im not sure which is best for your set up. Again I believe Orgullo has a post and picture description of the true CAI

 

Shouldn't be a problem for the cai, just don't drive through a puddle 1 ft or deeper, regular rain shouldn't really matter since it's in above the fender splash guard, just literally no 1 ft or deeper puddles.

 

bump for post #45

lol help a mute/bed ridden guy out!

I'm a 2000, meaning a 5th gen, but I doubt there's very much difference between a 4th, 5th, and 5.5 when talking about the inner fenders.

 

Your not the only one who's going to terrorize RI, my charge piping are on the way so watch out now ;D