Selling intakes?
imo, you are spending money on the sound and looks. Performance will be little, if any...and in some cases, negative. A full exhaust would probably be better or hfcs. Ive gone through two intakes now and im back to stock and very happy. I believe I felt loss in low end as well...
Get CAIs. Injen and Stillen...those are proven to produce more power.
Check the370z forum as well cause G and Z share many parts and there are more information about performance mod than here.
Check the370z forum as well cause G and Z share many parts and there are more information about performance mod than here.
So what happened with the Injen SRI? I thought those were almost as good as the CAI (minus a few HP gain) since they had the heat shields?
The heatshields of the injen do nothing.
After driving an hour, those filters get so hot. (you can touch and feel it)
I heard the the heatshields of the stillen intakes work good though.
But, if you are going to get intakes, why don't you go for CAIs in the first place.
After driving an hour, those filters get so hot. (you can touch and feel it)
I heard the the heatshields of the stillen intakes work good though.
But, if you are going to get intakes, why don't you go for CAIs in the first place.
The heatshields of the injen do nothing.
After driving an hour, those filters get so hot. (you can touch and feel it)
I heard the the heatshields of the stillen intakes work good though.
But, if you are going to get intakes, why don't you go for CAIs in the first place.
After driving an hour, those filters get so hot. (you can touch and feel it)
I heard the the heatshields of the stillen intakes work good though.
But, if you are going to get intakes, why don't you go for CAIs in the first place.
Add I will add that I think intakes probably act differently on the VVEL and non-VVEL
Last edited by bat6wc; Jan 24, 2010 at 10:57 PM.
I am selling my Injen cold air intakes because I traded in my car. It seems that the mod bug never really goes away for a lot of people. They just like to change up their car a lot. Or just move on to a new car and start over. Like what I'm doing. I loved the Injens. The sound and looks where great. I also noticed a power difference.
Let me know if your interested. I have not cleaned them up yet. When I do I'll put a thread up.
Let me know if your interested. I have not cleaned them up yet. When I do I'll put a thread up.
I read your post before, very useful info! And i was just about ready to purchase, and then checked out the Classified section where a saw a lot of users selling theirs, and thats what got me thinking.
Does the performance deteriorate for some reason over time?
The Maxima I had, had only one TB and it was a SR intake so the gains were minimal (if any). But the sound was great and i only dished out $160 for it... however $500 just for sound is a bit much IMO.
Does the performance deteriorate for some reason over time?
The Maxima I had, had only one TB and it was a SR intake so the gains were minimal (if any). But the sound was great and i only dished out $160 for it... however $500 just for sound is a bit much IMO.
Ive also debated this, but never post anything on it.
On my last car, I paid 540 for an intake, but it was a complete system with an intake and an electrical component which changed the A/F ratios and had a proven 15+hp/15+tq gain by many people independently on dynos. Some people even were over 20/20 due to the A/F ratio changes.
On here, Ive been following the for sale threads and have noticed a few members buy an intake I was thinking about getting, and then I see it for sale again a month later.
I think the hp gains you get with intakes vary a lot. With the injen, UCLA bruin did a fantastic writeup and saw gains, but I think other people havent seen the gains he has.
If the intakes for this car were cheaper, in the 200 range, Id probably pick one up because even if I only got a few hp gains, and didnt lose any tq, at least it would sound better. However, due to the cost and the across the board varying hp gains, I didnt want to spend 400+ bucks on sound and lose hp/tq, which I think some people have reported.
The G37 is a 40k car. Used intakes are a few hundred bucks. I find it VERY hard to believe that someone can afford to buy a 40k car, and then a few months later they are desperate for a few hundred bucks and need to sell their intakes. Of course there will be ONE extreme example, but for the most part I find it hard to believe that handfuls of people can afford a 40k car, but need to sell their intakes because they need money.
Well if you need money, you should have bought a Civic.
The only change in performance was when I installed the intakes. The gain was clearly felt under any condition of driving (streets, cruising, highway...etc). I haven't noticed any drop off but to be fair, if for some reason there is "performance deterioration" and it happened little by little over time, it would be hard to catch.
The price difference from Maxima intakes may take some time to get used to. But it is a much different car, more expensive, better performance, more luxurious. The 2 cars are in completely difference classes. Not to mention you're getting dual (2) intakes, as opposed to 1. I think CAI is the way to go if you don't mind a longer install. You'd avoid heat soak with CAIs. And the other CAI choice is obviously Stillen. I don't have first hand experience but a local friend of mine reported scary lean AF ratios when he dynoed his Stillens. I don't have any results to prove it, it was from his first hand experience.
Check with Lou at Amplified Motorsports for current pricing on the Injens. I'm not sure if it's still $500. Don't forget to mention that you're from the forum and have read my post!
Good luck!
The price difference from Maxima intakes may take some time to get used to. But it is a much different car, more expensive, better performance, more luxurious. The 2 cars are in completely difference classes. Not to mention you're getting dual (2) intakes, as opposed to 1. I think CAI is the way to go if you don't mind a longer install. You'd avoid heat soak with CAIs. And the other CAI choice is obviously Stillen. I don't have first hand experience but a local friend of mine reported scary lean AF ratios when he dynoed his Stillens. I don't have any results to prove it, it was from his first hand experience.
Check with Lou at Amplified Motorsports for current pricing on the Injens. I'm not sure if it's still $500. Don't forget to mention that you're from the forum and have read my post!
Good luck!
From what I ve read so far on intake, none have proved to live up to the hype with the exception of the INJEN like UCLA posted and I believe the R2C. If you're going for sound then it doesn't matter otherwise go with one of those two.
Personally chose to go with drop-in filters from HKS until I can TT or SC for some serious gain.
Personally chose to go with drop-in filters from HKS until I can TT or SC for some serious gain.
Being from Illinois as well, I'd opt for the short ram with heat shields... but that's just me.
I have an R2c on my '04 Maxima and love it. I gladly got rid of the Fujita. I hated digging into the fender well to check/change the filter.
Well looks like the concensus is ... that there is no concensus. Haha, everyone is reporting different things (sometimes contradictory) on almost every possible intake.
I saw a couple people mentioned HFC's - im not too familiar with exhaust and assume this is High-flow cats?
Im going to start doing some research, but if someone can point me in the right direction and maybe advise of some of the better ones i would appreciate it.
My research continues
Thanks to all
I saw a couple people mentioned HFC's - im not too familiar with exhaust and assume this is High-flow cats?
Im going to start doing some research, but if someone can point me in the right direction and maybe advise of some of the better ones i would appreciate it.
My research continues
Thanks to all
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you are correct about HFC. I will tell you I had The Stillen Gen 2 intakes for a year waiting to go SC or TT, but know with the kits out and the prices i have choose to move from the Gen 2 to the stillen gen 3. i hear nothing but good from the ones that have had the system for more than 3 months. just my 2 cents.
I just found this picture of Takeda intakes on ebay. Takeda Retain Series Short Ram Intake 08-09 G37 & 370Z : eBay Motors (item 320484518988 end time Mar-07-10 11
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Why don't they produce that version for our cars? Are the heat shields just gimmicks that don't really do anything?
39 PST)Why don't they produce that version for our cars? Are the heat shields just gimmicks that don't really do anything?
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