Will this intake work?

[96maxse]

Does anyone have this intake http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...wItem

What do you do with the air flow sensor?

[Beancooker]

The pipe is probably more than the one piecs shown there. If you're going to spend that much, look at THIS. It is one of the only TRUE cold air intakes left for the Maxima. $215. and Cattman is really good about customer service too.

[96maxse]

I'm not sure if I want to get a CAI, but that is def. cheaper than the Injen.

[Beancooker]

Any reason you want a warm air intake???

[Fenvy]

better throttle response is a pretty good reason, not wanting to get the filter wet when it rains is another.

I do not know but cattman's foam filter looks pretty ****ty in terms of filtration (do a search on hks filter comparison on yahoo) and you will see a few tests.

96maxse... don't get suckered into paying that much for a intake kit. Consider getting this one: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...QrdZ1 for $30 shipped

If you want to get a better filter, consider buying an apexi power intake filter for about 80$ and throw the ebay filter away. Notice I said FILTER and not the piping. After all, an intake is just a tube and a filter. Do you feel justified paying so much more for name brand or wanna be name brand? (weapon r)

[Beancooker]

First off, ebay is a gamble.Better throttle response comes from a shorter intake tube, not the warm air. You want a good throttle response, get a short ram intake.Foam filters are not my cup of tea, AEM Dryflow is a great filter. If you know how the intake piping on a Maxima is run, the filter is in the fender, with a wheelwell, around it. That will keep it from getting wet. Just as well, you can buy a K&N drycharger. That will repel all the water. Want a cheap nameless intake... this is what I use. warm air short ram

And $80. for an Apexi filter... want to buy some oceanfront Az. property too???

[WDRacing]

For the record, a cold air intake is worth the price and use. Using a short ram that sucks in underhood heat is no better then running the stock airbox. There are tests that prove this...

The colder the air sucked into the motor, the more power and more efficient the motor will be. Sorry, but thats fact...

WD

[Fenvy]

how is ebay a gamble? plenty of people gets good deals on stuff be it generic or name brand. If in the even that it doesn't fit, you can always return it for full refund. You are aware of buyer protections right?

I am all for throttle response on a NA motor. The affect of colder air isn't worth the throttle response to me. 1 to 5 hp is really negligible.

Most cold air intake are between the fender lining and the wheel well. However the lining toward the bumper usually have vents and a splash of water might get too scary for me. This is definitely personal opinion talking but 1 to 5 hp isn't worth the small possibility of water going anywhere into my throttle body.

I never said better throttle response is from hot air. I think all non-CAI are short ram intake, correct me if I am wrong on that one.

apexi power intake have been dyno tested and filtration tested against K&N wet filter along with blitz and hks. AEM dry is new to me and I have no comment on that.

[tmorales509]

is that a actual pictur b/c it looks like some kinda animated picture, lol.

[jltibbs]

i would trust the $30 intake just as much as the 'weapon R' intake. it's probably the same thing only with a fancy sticker to make it nice and

i run the injen tech CAI for 2.5 years and no trouble whatsoever. no moisture in TB, nothing.

beancooker > > > just wondering about that cattman intake. in comparison, do you think its a lot better than the injen tech? i know that my CAI is still located in the engine bay. just wondering, the air would be colder in the fender, but would there be as much? also, would the AEM dryflow be a good choice on the cattman?

[nismo1219]

no offense guys, but i've run several intake setups (ebay generics, frankencar, and now injen). all i can say is what i have found to be true on more than one occassion, regardless of the mod. "you get what you pay for!" im not knocking a good deal, dont get me wrong...ill be the first to bargain-browse, but if you want quality and performance why would you want to skimp out?? i have been running my injen for about 3 years now and by far it has been my favorite! i will stand by them no matter what! if i had to buy another intake today...there's no question who id buy it from!! besides, with the injen, the filter is protected by your underside splash guards. i was a little nervous in the rain at first and drove like 20mph when i first got it but now...having gone through some monster puddles the size of small lakes...nothing has happend, no trouble at all. and if your STILL worried, get one of those AEM bypass things to mount up with it!

[96maxse]

nice

[Beancooker]

beancooker > > > just wondering about that cattman intake. in comparison, do you think its a lot better than the injen tech? i know that my CAI is still located in the engine bay. just wondering, the air would be colder in the fender, but would there be as much? also, would the AEM dryflow be a good choice on the cattman?

Okay, the Cattman is the only TRUE COLD AIR intake left on the market for a Maxima. Place Racing used to make another, but they are impossible to find.

ANY INTAKE OTHER THAN THE CATTMAN OR PLACE RACING, THAT CLAIM TO BE A "COLD AIR INTAKE" ARE FULL OF S**T!!!

Most "cold air intakes" (including the injen) are not pulling in cold air. They are pulling in hot air from directly behind the radiator. The only way to pull in cold air is from outside the engine bay, from the fender!

There is more than enough air in the fender to supply the engine.

AEM Dryflow is the ONLY filter I will ever recommend. There is no need to oil it, so no worries about fouling the MAF element, it is easy to clean, and lasts just as long as a K&N, but filters out more particulates.

how is ebay a gamble? plenty of people gets good deals on stuff be it generic or name brand. If in the even that it doesn't fit, you can always return it for full refund. You are aware of buyer protections right?

If you buy a $30. intake, it costs about $10. to have it shipped. When you find out it's a POS, and return it, there is a 25% restocking fee, and another $10. to ship it back. So now for shipping and restocking you just spent $27.50, which means, your refund is actually $2.50. And you say that's not a gamble???

Most cold air intake are between the fender lining and the wheel well. However the lining toward the bumper usually have vents and a splash of water might get too scary for me. This is definitely personal opinion talking but 1 to 5 hp isn't worth the small possibility of water going anywhere into my throttle body.

I have yet to see a Maxima with a bumper, or lining that vents into the fender. It is a completely safe place to put a filter for your CAI. If you find vents there, fill them with hot glue. (But you won't find them, trust me.)

The fact is that you will not have the vacuum power to pull much if any water into your TB. If you were to completely submerge the front end of your car in a 2' deep puddle, the filter woud get so wet that the car would stall, but not fill with water.None the less, take away all your fears, and go buy a K&N Drycharger sock for your filter. It is a thin membrane sock that goes on over your filter to keep out the water. I put one on my hand, and put my hand in a bucket of water. Completely dry hand. While wet, you can still breathe through it.

All in all, unless you plan on driving your Maxima into water that will submerge the front end, you are fine to install the CAI. And if you do drive into water deep enough to submerge the filter, you better hope your door seals are water tight like a submarine, because your floor boards will be filling with water too. Companies like Cattman have a good reputation, because they sell good products, and have done the research to KNOW that it won't eff up your car. Their products may be a little spendy, but with that comes great customer service, and a warrenty. I understand the point that Loveless is trying to make, but Ebay is a gamble. I bought my intake for $95. and paid $20. for shipping. If I knew then what I do now, I would go back and buy the Cattman.

[96maxse]

I went on the Cattman web site and it won't let me order anything right now.

[Beancooker]

Cattman's website is the gayness. (Don't let the worthless website have any reflection on their products. The products are 100 fold better than the website.) You can not order through their website, you have to order by phone. I ordered my RSB from them, and they were great. Very helpfull, and shipped it out the same day.

[WDRacing]

You'd have to ingest a LARGE amount of water to hydrolock a motor. You are aware that we inject water directly into the intake manifold in alot of turbo applications.

Also, the air filters on EBAY suck ***. Read an actual report that compares a generic filter to even a Fram. Yeah, they work, but they ingest a ton of crap.

You DO get what you pay for. Cheap Chinese knockoffs simply ARE NOT as good as the STOCK filter. I dare some one to prove me wrong there.

WD

[Beancooker]

Here is Frankencar's site.

[A.Tech]

First don't buy in that garbage saying you will get an additnal 8HP to the wheels. That is horse crap. Cause it mainly depends on the type of car you have as well...

I have a Short Ram System by K&N on mine and I love it. Very quick throttle response with it, very loud too. You can hear it growl when you just start the car. Which is nice. I even this my Throttle response is too good sometimes... lol. I know it sounds odd but you will see this if you drive a 5-speed and try and stay in first gear in say a shopping plaza looking for parking and tap the pedal a tiny bit... You will have a Rocking Maxi... haha

[jltibbs]

thanks noah. and no offense to injen tech, but i think i'm going to try out the cattman after 2.5 years with injen. i love the injen intake, but i have two faults with it: 1. the brace that is supposed to mount on the side of the block is off (mis-aligned), has been since i got it. that caused a few holes in the intake which are patched. 2. that little sensor just after the MAF had to be trimmed upon install b/c it was too big to fit in its slot. so, cattman it is.

[nismo1219]

hmmmm.....thats kinda weird. mine didnt line up either at first, but with some playin' around i got it bolted right up. and my senser "port" was perfect for me.

[Beancooker]

Well, I'm glad iI could be of help. When my wife will let me spend more money (I just bought HID's, they'll be here today) I will be joining you in the decision to go with a Cattman.

[WDRacing]

For those of you who don't want your actual intake filter sitting in the fender or front grill area, you can form a partition out of 1" tool box foam. Its cheap and comes in lots of colors. Simple partition off the filter from the rest of the underhood area and have a piece of drier duct or PVC funneling fresh air up into the partioned area. Not as good but very effective.

Nothing against K&N, but they came in almost last in all of the filtration tests. At SEMA I watched a test done comparing K&N to Fram and K&N allowed alot of small dust particles by. Small adds up over a period of time, especially if you live in a desert area like I do.

WD

[maximabebe]

I have the original Place Racing cold air intake lower pipe for sale actually. If you can get your hands on any short ram midpipe and a coupling, use my lower tube and slap on a filter, then you have a TRUE COLD AIR intake setup. This setup requires drilling into the fender wall under the battery tray. Heres a pic of what I got:


Modified by maximabebe at 9:16 AM 2/5/2007

[96maxse]

Well my car is actually for sale, but if it doesn't sell to this next person then I am going to get the intake, y-pipe, struts, and some HIDs. There is just something about Z32s that I love.

[jltibbs]

Well my car is actually for sale, but if it doesn't sell to this next person then I am going to get the intake, y-pipe, struts, and some HIDs. There is just something about Z32s that I love.

don't sell out