looking to increase performance

[nj1sh]

I am looking for aftermarket products that can increase the performance on my 96 maxima with 122,000 miles but not too pricey (maybe a intake or something) but i need some ideas ... and btw does a 10-40w oil help older engines perform better?

[Presscott707]

there are some sites in this thread that carry parts for maximas zerothread/119692. i have never ran 10-40 oil in my car before but the only oil that i have had make a difference is royal purpel and i run 10w 30. and also bang for your buck y pipe is the best for maxs.

[nj1sh]

thanks for the feedback... do you know any places online where i can order a Y-pipe?

[nisinfguy]

Cattman.com

[nj1sh]

so i only need the y-pipe which costs $350? how about an intake will it help?

[nisinfguy]

There are good intake kits from Cosmoracing.com The cold air intake which is better then the short ram is 94$ and the short ram is 64$ I would recommend the cold air its 30$ more but worth the price.

[Presscott707]

^ man that looks like one hell of a deal. that a lot better then the e bay crap thats in my car. yeah i would go with the cosmo cai, i am.

[nisinfguy]

ya i wanted to put a Cattman but know i changed my mind, im going with the Cosmo CAI

[nj1sh]

are y pipes illegal due to the noise ? i live in NY

[Klepton]

Warpspeed (http://www.warpspeedperformance.com/nissan.htm) offers a 304 Stainless Steel, Mandrel-bent Y-pipe for $100 less.

The Cosmo Racing Air Intake systems are great for the price. Personally, I'd go with the Short Ram Intake over the Cold Air Intake. For the additional 2HP, BUT the possibility of Hydro-locking your engine, that the CAI offers over the SRI ... it is not worth it IMHO. Besides, the SRI is easier to install and requires no hole to be drilled.

[xMx]

hey guys since this topic is out there i thought i would ask a question. Im thinking about putting a CAI in my 95 max, would it be worth it for someone who lives in cali to go without the Hydro Lock system?thanks

[Presscott707]

man thats all up to you. and how much does it rain where your at. sometime it better to be safe then sorry. but you can also run a short ram. stillen or the JWT pop charger. they dont cost that much and its only a few hp less.

[xMx]

i live in socal so it barely rains here. In the LA area. Are the sounds different? cause if its only a 2 hp difference then i prob gonna go with the SRI.

[kmpoaquests]

Drop A high air flow filter , double platinum spark plugs and amsoil full synthetic oil

[Presscott707]

there really is not any other spark plugs better the ngk. and for oil royal puper is the best.

[nj1sh]

http://www.amazon.com/Royal-Pu...r=1-2i think i will order this. btw how many quarts does an engine take? i think ill change the oil myself this time.

[nisinfguy]

Warpspeed (http://www.warpspeedperformance.com/nissan.htm) offers a 304 Stainless Steel, Mandrel-bent Y-pipe for $100 less.

The Cosmo Racing Air Intake systems are great for the price. Personally, I'd go with the Short Ram Intake over the Cold Air Intake. For the additional 2HP, BUT the possibility of Hydro-locking your engine, that the CAI offers over the SRI ... it is not worth it IMHO. Besides, the SRI is easier to install and requires no hole to be drilled.

So its better to put a SRI? but for me i live at the LA area so we dont really get rain, but i dont think we have to drill holes. And one more thing, do you guys take out the intake manifold (the part over the radiator) when putting a SRI or does it stay on so it will deliver cooler air?

[MaXimaSE]

yeah, Im looking to get a complete exhaust system done.. I wanna get the parts and take it to the exhaust shop.. they can do that right?

I heard the Warpspeeds are mediocre..

[nj1sh]

how many quarts of oil do i need?

[Presscott707]

5 Qt

[PBfrEAk]

I think for the 4th gen's WSP y-pipe had some issues, I'm not sure if they have been fixed or not. But for the 3rd Gen's, the WSP y-pipe is the way to go for sure.

[Chris376]

Looking for a cold air intake, check out Faujita .com their not to price-y and you would like their cool design.

[PBfrEAk]

I think its http://www.f5air.com because faujita.com doesn't exist and fujita.com is a corporation.

They are really cool intakes but I don't see any for 4th gens for you nj1sh. actually they only have them for '04 and up Maximas...
Modified by PBfrEAk_240sx at 9:30 AM 9/5/2007

[Sentientbydesign]

4th gens (95-99) require 4 quarts of oil (3.9 is recommended by the autoparts store).

As far as the intake goes, at minimum, I'd go with a pop-charger. I've bastardized their design and seen great acceleration improvements. I assume their actual product would be much better.

I really don't see why everyone is so worried about hydrolock when bypass filters are plentiful. Most of the true CAIs offer WAI options for rainy seasons as well.

To answer the Y-Pipe question. Every state and city is different. In Cali, the y-pipes are illegal (for off road use only). I think it's due to our strict emissions requirements. Here in MoVal, the noise alone can get you a ticket (new extreme sound ordinances).

[blackmax23]

To answer some of your questions...

As far as Hydrolock goes, it takes a full 2 liters of water to seize up your engine, and the only way to get that much water up the CAI is to completely submerge the filter, which would mean the puddle you would have to go through would have to be deep enough to come up to your bumper, and I don't think you're going through puddles that deep. I've had an Injen CAI for 3 years now and never had problems with water. I live in NY and we've had rain like crazy, including the biggest flood NY has ever seen, and never had a problem.

As far as a y-pipe goes, go for warpspeed. I would recommend you'd save yourself some money and go for the aluminized y pipe for a couple reasons...1, it's a lot cheaper and I know you don't want to spend a lot of dough on a car with 140k miles, 2, you don't need a ss y pipe cuz you don't have winters like NY does and besides, the aluminized lasts around 10 years (aluminized is what the stock y pipe is made of), and 3, warpspeed's welds and bends are high quality, the only complaint I have with them is the slight bees in a can noise at around 1500-2000 rpm...but after 2k rpm, it screams, but don't worry about it being too loud to be illegal. I would consider my max one of the loudest I've ever heard under hard acceleration and never had a prob with the po po. The thing my max lacked was top end, and now she pulls from 5k rpm to redline like she didn't do before. Good luck, hope that helps!

[nj1sh]

After the sixth try i finally managed to remove and install the new knock sensor. I can't believe how much faster it accelerates. Thank you guys for the guides you saved me 300$ that the mechanic was asking for. I also received the royal purple oil i ordered and i am looking forward to change the oil this week but i don't know what filter to use. Also i mentioned months ago my transmission shifts hard from 1-2.. I am thinking of changing the ATF I hope thats the problem. I heard AMSOIL Synthetic is the best around. About how many quarts do i need? how about a filter?

[PBfrEAk]

http://minimopar.knizefamily.n...lator

Check out this site if you are not sure about an oil filter.

I don't know how accurate it is or how biased...but it seems straight forward and there is even a section for his own opinions on the filters, this link takes you to the "facts".

If nothing else its a VERY VERY interesting read.

Enjoi!