i have a 1997 se maxima, and i was wondering what a good way to get a more horespower for not that expensive.

bang for your buck Y pipe is the s***. nothing opens up a 4th gen like Y pipe .

How much power do you want? A few hundred bucks, a thousand bucks or two thousand, you're generally talking small NA mods-- combined is ten, twenty, maybe twenty-five wheel horsepower, maybe a little more.

Spend a couple thousand bucks to go forced induction and you can get 250whp and up...

But for small, cheap mods. Grab an intake and a y-pipe, doesn't matter which. You'll pick up 10-15whp and equivalent torque, and that's the bulk of the cheap power available.

A good normally aspirated rule of thumb is $50-$100 per real rear wheel high rpm HP torque is significantly more expensive at low rpms.

say I bought the Y-Pipe from Cattman.. would the local exhaust shop that I hear nothing but great things about be able to make the rest of the system for me or would I need to get a new cat, muffler as well?

Nitrous Oxide. Period. Cheap, not to difficult to install, and yeilds massive hp (30-200 depending on kit). Only costs like 10bucks to refil, and depends on how often you use it. But saftey is an issue...Last time i checked this was a VQ35DE section... wtf are all these older engine guys doin here?

Death By Thrash Metal wrote:Last time i checked this was a VQ35DE section... wtf are all these older engine guys doin here?

Nope, this section is for ALL VQ motors.

Looks like someone reorganized the forum headers and forgot to put the VQ30 in there....

I'll fix it....