wow CosmoRacing are jerks..

[MaXimaSE]

ok, so heres the scoop..

I purchased the SRI Air Intake for my 98 Maxima.. chose the correct Model/Motor/Year and a week later I got it in the mail. I go to install the intake onto my car and low and behold the smallest hose of the three fits great.. the other hose for the Crankcase to small for the intake pipe and it just fits loosely inside the intake pipe. The other hose leading to the IACV is to small for the intake by just a little bit, but nowhere near close to fitting onto the IACV.

Anyone know where I can find hose that is the proper diameter or at least what size I need, since their customer service blows ***. They said just to look at some picture and figure it out from their. It doesn't help the hoses are to damn small. I went to Autozone, and they claim that the diameter I need is like non existent.

The stock hoses do not fit, as they are hard hoses that are bent into shape.. here is a picture, highlighted in red the two hoses I need some clues on.



Modified by MaXimaSE at 2:43 PM 9/11/2007
Modified by MaXimaSE at 3:32 PM 9/11/2007

[NewfoundlandDude]

Man, I had a similar problem when I ordered my SRI for my 01 Max. I think that they just have generic size hoses that they send out with all intakes.

I sent them some problem pics and a "Fitted-into-place" pic, and the guys posted the picture of my Max on their damn site as their only installed pic for that year & Model.

I ended up going to Home Depot, and buying some brass fittings that mated the stock hoses to the supplied hoses. I hose-clamped them and left it as a "Temporary fix" that I've been running for about a month or two now.

I have a picture that I found laying around here, you can see what I'm talking about. Notice the "Bulge" in the hose where the large Black hose fits onto the intake. I had to stretch it on there using two sets of hands & Flat-head Screwdrivers.

I also have it pointing toward the front, in a position that barely squeezes into the silicone couplers, because I think that they sent me the first pipe for a CAI "WAI" instead of the SRI pipe. It was very difficult to make it fit like that, but it was the ONLY position that would fit into the engine-bay.

The Intake sounds and feels good though, so I didn't really complain much.The byes sent me a crappy CosmoRacing License Plate for posting my pics on their site without my authorization, which I gave to a guy running a stock '92 Corolla....haha.

[MaXimaSE]

so there aren't any hoses I can buy from say a franchise store (Autozone,PepBoys,Advance,Napa,Ace Hardware) I wouldn't even be able to stretch the hoses they gave me to fit, they are that bad. I think the guy was banging on the pipe or something when he took the order. The stock hoses will absolutely not work with the intake at all.. **** the hoses they sent me hardly fit the intake.. I tried wrestling the one on the IACV now theres a crack and a nice rough edge on it, and they told me to look at the picture and install like that.. CLEARLY after I explained to them the hoses were physically to small for the application. I then asked for them to send me the proper hoses, and they have yet to return my calls or emails about this.. so now Im stuck with $85 intake I can't find hoses for because the guy at Autozone claims the diameter is one he's never seen.. (Hose leading into IACV Control and the one running off Crankcase both are running into airbox)



heres the picture they told me to look at.. I don't need the baby hose, that one actually was the proper size. I need the two others though, everything else looks to be a real ease.


Modified by MaXimaSE at 6:32 PM 9/11/2007

[rxm6]

I fit mine to my 98 i30 no problem. I cut the hose they gave me and stretched it over the top of the inlet if it was necessary. Here are some pics.

[MaXimaSE]

you guys aren't hearing me out.. theres only one hose that fits on the intake, and Its the smallest one. The two other hoses are both different sizes, one is small enough that It fits right into the hole on the intake. The other one isn't even big enough to fit around the IACV. I got scammed or something.

I CAN'T I repeat I CAN'T stretch the hoses Its physically impossible.. I mutilated the end on the only hose they sent me that barely fit the intake trying to stretch it on the IACV.

I need to know where I can get hoses that are the proper diameter and what type to get. Im getting pissed off more and more each day this thing sits in my trunk.

[NewfoundlandDude]

I'm not from Ephrata, PA or even from the states, so I don't know where you can get the supplies.

I do know that if you have two different sizes to tie together with one hose, it won't happen. Go to a plumbing, or pneumatic supplies store, and buy a coupler that mates 2 different hose sizes. Then buy the two sizes of hose that you need and mate them in the middle. Hose clamp on both sides of the mating piece to make sure it stays.

If the supply store you went to didn't recognize the hose sizes that you wanted, consider what you told them. Did you measure the pieces on the intake that the hoses have to fit onto? If so, that is the ID of the hose, and you may need a larger size hose because their books may quote the OD of the hoses, and may not take into account the wall thickness.

We simply stated that we did (With much difficulty) stretch the hose to fit the intake. If your's will not fit, then they sent you the wrong size hose. My hoses didn't fit the stock locations, so I had to mate the supplied hoses to the stock hoses.

If you can't find a way to "McGeiver" your way out of the problem with the supplied hoses, you'll need to go buy some new hoses and supplies to make it work.

Bolt on stuff usually isn't really bolt on, and it may take a couple of hours to get it right. But after you do get it to work, you'll be better equiped to do it again, or help some other guy who's havin troubles. If everything fit perfectly the first time, it'd be too easy. And where would the fun be in that???

[danielekfuj]

I have an ebay SRI, and it wasn't easy to get it in there; I had to call in reinforcements (aka Dad) and we modofied a couple hoses, couplers, the MAF adapter, couple other things and we were good to go.

If everything fit perfectly the first time, it'd be too easy. And where would the fun be in that???

[MaXimaSE]

maybe this will do a little judgement on the whole matter.. They finally emailed me back today, claiming some crap that they probley botched something in the process, and they wanted to see pictures of it.. I took various pictures, but theres only one they really needed to see.. It said enough

[Sentientbydesign]

Go to autozone or Home Depot/Lowe's and get some heater hose. The likelihood that you have some amazing diameter that they don't have is not likely, especially because the hoses stretch 1/8-1/4 in at that size.

If that doesn't work, get some Quick Steel and roughen up the nibs. Apply the Quick Steel so that is makes the nib large enough for one of the hoses you could find. And Voila! Your problem is solved.

I have Quick Steel holding the nibs on my intake (home made-NO PVC!).

[MaXimaSE]

Go to autozone or Home Depot/Lowe's and get some heater hose. The likelihood that you have some amazing diameter that they don't have is not likely, especially because the hoses stretch 1/8-1/4 in at that size.

If that doesn't work, get some Quick Steel and roughen up the nibs. Apply the Quick Steel so that is makes the nib large enough for one of the hoses you could find. And Voila! Your problem is solved.

I have Quick Steel holding the nibs on my intake (home made-NO PVC!).

Thanks alot, I googled for Heater Hose and thats basically what I need, it seems like It would be flexible to a certain point.

I will have to go check around tomarrow after work for places that carry heater hose in the diameter I need.. hopefully I can find the right diameter or at least something that doesn't crack and tear from stretching it that bad.

Here are two pictures of the hoses I need.. I pulled these off the car and walked into my Autozone with them and asked for a more flexible alternative instead of the hard pre bent hose similar to it, and the guy basically looked at me funny and said the diameter wasn't one he's seen.





I didn't want to travel 15 miles to hear the same **** from the Pepboys/Advance Auto, so Im going to check out Ace Hardware tomarrow they have a automotive section. I should have a better chance finding some heater hose there. Im going to measure the openings on the intake openings from side to side and see what I get as well.

Modified by MaXimaSE at 8:01 PM 9/12/2007
Modified by MaXimaSE at 8:02 PM 9/12/2007

[MaXimaSE]

alright, done deal.. I got tired of ****in with them idiots over at CosmoRacing, after showing him all the pictures Ive taken.. he swears up and down He ain't at fault. Screw them that's basically the only way I can put it without offending people...

I measured the intake tube inlets, and then I measured on the places where they would go on the motor and I took a ride. I went to a shop we have around here called CarQuest/Ephrata Auto Parts and I picked up 2' of 5/8" Diameter Heater Hose, came home stretched the openings on the hose with some tools I had laying around and now It's finally installed onto the car, just waiting for the MAF to dry so I can install the rest.

What a joke from CosmoRacing, now I know why ya'll spent $200+ on Air Intakes.. I won't make the same mistake twice that's for sure..

Thanks Everyone for all the help.. the bull**** has finally ended..

[NewfoundlandDude]

Have any installed pics?

[MaXimaSE]

heres a final install pic... I just used the hose clamps that were on the pre existing hoses, and ziptied the Boost Sensor up above the fans against the upper radiator hose until I can find a better spot for it. It sounds mean, I jumped on it pretty hard and It just roared.. I was impressed with how loud it was. It sounds real crisp, but there is a slight whistle sound around 1500-2000RPMs at 1/4 Throttle. I know It was a pretty tight fit, the filter sits pretty tight in between the wheel weel and the battery. I want to get a AEM DryFlo though. They gave me two bracket things, but I didn't find a use for them. There is a little wiggle room, when you grasp the filter It has room to move a little, but It's on very secure.





now I want to get a Front Strut Tower bar.. I seen my car has rear strut towers, but on the 98 they use the Rear Sway Bar..

[Sentientbydesign]

Awesome job!!! The heater hose should be just fine. It's designed to withstand the heat and it's quite flexible as you already know. Just make sure the hoses are just the right length. Too long or too short and they'll kink which could actually stall your car. I learned that the hard way using an epoxy to hold the inlets to my ghetto fabulous intake, I'll post pics on here one day to give everybody a good laugh. I only spent about $40 total and that's with the mistakes included.

So now I have Quick Steel holding everthing together.

Oh and btw, the whistle is typical. I assume it's the filter since I've had the same sound come off of mine when connected with my ghetto intake as well as when the MAF was connected to that STUPID flex pipe/box setup that Nissan thought was great for our intakes.

Someone once asked if I was running boost because the filter whistled so much (screen type filter).

[Beancooker]

Glad you got the right hoses. I used clear hose with mesh webbing from Home Depot. The whistle is common. It happens on all Nissans. It is the sound of the air rushing in. Depending on how loud, and how often, it could be a leak in the intake. Check your fittings to be sure.

[MaXimaSE]

Thanks Bean..

It's not a bad whistle, It's not that loud but It's noticeable only at 1/4 on the gas around 1500-2500RPM after that It's all growl.