Installed Fujita CAI

[CodeRed]

not sure if i read it here but the OEM kit is around 350 bucks if i recall correctly.

aroundish

[versaspeed.com]

Demon, check out AEM website.http://aempower.com/ViewProduc...=1266I don't know of anybody that makes one in colors for the Versa yet.......you could order the unpolished AEM and have it painted or powder coated.Right now they are not selling enough product to start adding colors but I'm sure in the future.

[Demonspawn]

yea might be a deal i will get an email saying these are not in stock or something to that effect. was worth a shot.and if it turns out like that and i can cancel my order i will be at your door lol! as long as you dont kill me in shipping charges!

[versaspeed.com]

Demon, just to let you know and everybody here know...........I never know what the shipping charges are going to be!!!!! The way the system works is it knows what the shipping weight of the item is that the customer ordered and depending on what one's choice is of shipping method it goes to there web system and it tells my system what it will cost......pretty cool system and this way I can't overcharge for shipping because I don't set the shipping charges UPS or USPS does.

[CodeRed]

WOW, Bob i havent been on versaspeed for 2 days and you already added 2 items. the fujita cai and the AEM cat back system...wow! you need to get pix and a sound clip of that system ASAP

[versaspeed.com]

First....congrats on you new position here at NICO As soon as I get the catback systems in stock AND get one installed I will get it together but personally I think it should be about the same....at least that's what I think.And, I think what I will do on the blog is put both of our (tanabe and stillen) sound clips next to each other so that it will be easier to see the difference...........all as soon as I get a bit of time. Again congrats

[CodeRed]

lol, thanks! im trying to get a summer job and to make some $$$, hopefully by mid summer i can pick up the catback system. do you have the pipeing size?

[Demonspawn]

Demon, check out AEM website.http://aempower.com/ViewProduc...=1266I don't know of anybody that makes one in colors for the Versa yet.......you could order the unpolished AEM and have it painted or powder coated.Right now they are not selling enough product to start adding colors but I'm sure in the future.

Suprise Suprise Suprise !

just got a email from them saying that color was "no longer in stock" as usual you guys are on top of things.

so i went with silver so i should have it later this week.

but from now on i am sticking with reliable sources!
Modified by Demonspawn at 4:52 PM 6/4/2007

[mindpenn]

Any one has a dyno sheet for AEM?Any difference between the Fujita and AEM? Besides price.

[HareBrained]

I'm surprised to see an accordion hose next to the throttle. I recognize the tubing has to clear the brake fluid reservoir (poor design by Nissan), but shouldn't the aftermarket be able to supply a molded silicone hose for that location? My degree was aerospace engineering, and I remember that a non-smooth surface is not good, and a curve with a non-smooth surface is really bad. Any other opinions?

Although, I can't argue with the dyno chart. That torque bump is sweet.

[bulld0g]

I'm surprised to see an accordion hose next to the throttle. I recognize the tubing has to clear the brake fluid reservoir (poor design by Nissan), but shouldn't the aftermarket be able to supply a molded silicone hose for that location? My degree was aerospace engineering, and I remember that a non-smooth surface is not good, and a curve with a non-smooth surface is really bad. Any other opinions?

Although, I can't argue with the dyno chart. That torque bump is sweet.

it is not according style its a smooth silicone style hose....must be the way the light is hitting it

[eduenrique]

I recognize the tubing has to clear the brake fluid reservoir (poor design by Nissan)

Hello,

I'm just curious on why you consider a bad design for the brake fluid reservoir position?

Ed

[HareBrained]

Hello,

I'm just curious on why you consider a bad design for the brake fluid reservoir position?

Ed

I see the positioning of the brake reservoir in front of the intake as a compromise that didn't need to be. There are many vehicles that use remote reservoirs. Such a set-up is probably already in their parts bin. Any bend in the intake tract increases the drag on the air, and thus requiring more "suction" to maintain the mass flow rate.

Granted, this set-up was also from the parts bin and they knew they would be designing a unique intake. But as an engineer, any unnecessary compromise is a "bad design". And, if the diameter of the intake is sufficiently large, the losses are minimal.

But it's the principle of the thing, damn it.

it is not according style its a smooth silicone style hose....must be the way the light is hitting it

I went to the F5air.com site and saw another picture. My bad.

It'd be better if the battery weren't there. Ya rotate the silicone elbow 180 and cut that 90 off the end of the pipe, and it'd be a much straighter shot. Anyone relocate their battery to the rear yet? I saw that the Fox Marketing car did, but they put their turbo up there. Show-offs.

[Demonspawn]

Wooo Hooo!

my mod virginity has been compromised!

just installed my AEM intake.

would have been a 2 hour job but of course the wife decided that i needed to run into town after i already had everything torn apart and blocking the driveway lol.

it does get alot louder in the higher rev bands but normal driving you cannot tell its there.

now i just need to resist the temptation to floor it.

nice little boost to the CVT i might say

this was the first time i have ever modded a car i usually keep em stock but i just had to try and i might say was not that bad not alot of cussing on my part



Modified by Demonspawn at 3:39 PM 6/9/2007
Modified by Demonspawn at 10:39 PM 6/9/2007

[HareBrained]

OK, the AEM uses an accordion-style hose. I know it's not the lighting this time. Of course, it's probably the stock hose, right?

[Demonspawn]

correct!

i am with you on the smooth intake just my gut feeling but smooth is better but i am stuck with what i have!

the more direct the better i would think!

i used to run a QA lab myself and worked very close with engineers from my plant and all the japanese auto companies.

but i did suprise a honda cbr motorcycle he gave me a thumbs up