lol i dont think performance parts are going to help this guy.whatever minimal improvement hed see from things like spacer or intake would probably be in vain since hed probably be on throttle anyway.for best results start with your basic tune up wires,cap,plugs,o2,cts,double check maf.if that doesnt do it for you then maybe the problem isnt the car but the drivers right foot.if thats the case then may god help you lol
nice work =]
i looked at coil overs.. since my ride is kinda rough? 88.00
would u suggest those. and also, its saying 93-99... would it still work for my 00? my cousin and i are really nice making things fit. but sometimes we just want something thats easy and well be put on w/out customization etc...
I have asked about them on this forum. The overall synopsis is not to get them. Spend money and get name brand. I haven't heard of anyone that has them. I want their input. The WAI should fit, I think. It is the same motor and basic body.
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I can outrun the cops but I can not outrun the radio..........yet.
I dont see how people can say adding a tb spacer and intake gives you more mpg. I drive just the same before and after i installed mine and there is no change. Rob you were talking earlier about adding headers and exhaust and all that....he wants better mpg not hp, and a header and full exhaust aren't exactly cheap. 1stgenon20z hit it on the nose, do a tuneup with the basic parts of the car and you may see improvements. I actually have a 2-3 mpg decrease since adding the tb spacer/intake, and not becuase of my driving habits. I've been testing the whole mpg thing since changing those and driving like a grandma taking a quarter mile to get up to 35-40 makes no difference. I still only get 20mpg. Now granted I have not changed the o2 sensor, dist cap/rotor, wires. but my point is even if you drive like grandma after installing a tb spacer/intake, it doesn't make a noticeable difference in the mpg numbers, at least for me anyways. my mpg actually decreased after installing those 2 things.
Also badreligion, pm doofus_mcfancypants(i think that's his name)he has some pretty good advice for improving mpg. And above all, search the forums! just type in "mpg", there are literally hundreds of threads on here asking the same thing.
I noticed with the CAI my MPG increased because it added more torque, so I didn't really have to use the pedal as much to get to the speed limit.
Hmm well maybe I will switch the factory tubing with the sentra cai then cause the wai I have on right now isn't doing good mpgwise. I topped off my tank and the needle is at 3/4 of a tank and i've gone 60 miles with grannystyle driving.
Hmm well maybe I will switch the factory tubing with the sentra cai then cause the wai I have on right now isn't doing good mpgwise. I topped off my tank and the needle is at 3/4 of a tank and i've gone 60 miles with grannystyle driving.
i got custom intake. i see very little decrease in MPG with all parts added.. i think it may have stayed the same idk.. i know i got about 100+ miles b4 hitting 3/4 though after that it decreases minorly.. i get about 360 or soo b4 my light goes on. ill see its about 390ish with good driving etc..
but will that sentra cai fit a 2nd gen altima? im curious since itll save hassle
The WAI that everyone uses on the Altima, the one that has the midpipe on eBay, that intake was made for Sentra's. You don't really have to do anything to modify it, gotta add a hole in the midpipe to connect a hose from the valve cover back to the intake. With the extension pipe, it goes in the hole by the driver side headlight. You can put a 90 degree bend like I did to avoid the wheel shroud or just put it straight it and have a chance at rubbing. But it is pretty simple to install really..
war machine,i dont see how any added torque from a cai would get you up to speed any faster producing better mpg ? if 5whp if that from a cai is going to get you up to speed any faster then i believe your butt dyno is broken. although it may feel that way i dont really see logic in it.if youve ever had a wai youd know the throttle response is alot better and the velocity is alot greater inside of it because its a striaght tube.the cai although its more turbulent cause its longer and has bends it benifits from cooler temps with slightly less throttle response and makes power a little later.
altima junkie,the factory tubing isnt going to do any good for you mpg wise.the factory tubing is the same just has a air chamber that still comes on most nissans made today.the chamber is solely designed to quite down intake noise and actually just causes more turbulance but not enough to effect anything just enough to lower intake pressure.if someone can come up with a reasonable reason why the factory tubing would make a diffrence in mpg id love to hear it.
war machine,i dont see how any added torque from a cai would get you up to speed any faster producing better mpg ? if 5whp if that from a cai is going to get you up to speed any faster then i believe your butt dyno is broken. although it may feel that way i dont really see logic in it.if youve ever had a wai youd know the throttle response is alot better and the velocity is alot greater inside of it because its a striaght tube.the cai although its more turbulent cause its longer and has bends it benifits from cooler temps with slightly less throttle response and makes power a little later.
altima junkie,the factory tubing isnt going to do any good for you mpg wise.the factory tubing is the same just has a air chamber that still comes on most nissans made today.the chamber is solely designed to quite down intake noise and actually just causes more turbulance but not enough to effect anything just enough to lower intake pressure.if someone can come up with a reasonable reason why the factory tubing would make a diffrence in mpg id love to hear it.
CAI's make power down low, WAI's make power up top.
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1994 Nissan Altima GXE (Ruby Pearl) Auto 189k, Bomz Short-Ram Intake, Alpine 9856 Head Unit w/iPod Interface, Infinity 6" x 8" REF6812CF (Front x 2), Infinity 6-1/2" REF6012I (Rear x 2), Lemans Champion HR 195/60/R15, NGK Wires/Plugs, Pilot Lighting PL-1055C Fog Lights http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2382348
Current MPG: 25 All City
True the CAI does make less power later, but but at lower rpm it makes a lot more power then the WAI. Tell you the truth, at the higher upper rpms it still hauls ass compared to stock, but compared to a WAI it doesn't go through the rpms as fast. But i'm sure with it you'll get a much better launch/go compared to someone with a WAI. Depends what type of traffic you drive in too, I drive more city then some freeway so I prefer the lower end power compared to high end. Later on with the turbo, I'm sure it'll be the other way around
Also side note, I had pretty much every type of intake put on the Altima except the JWT style with the velocity stack and such. I had a normal K&N drop filter, I had just a normal adapter plate with 3" open filter, then I got the midpipe with filter, and finally stopped with the CAI. I like the CAI the most out of all them, and besides, if you *feel* like the CAI is holding you back or isn't your style... just remove the extension pipe and congrats you have a WAI...
Last edited by WarMachine : 01-31-2009 at 08:21 PM.
altima junkie,the factory tubing isnt going to do any good for you mpg wise.the factory tubing is the same just has a air chamber that still comes on most nissans made today.the chamber is solely designed to quite down intake noise and actually just causes more turbulance but not enough to effect anything just enough to lower intake pressure.if someone can come up with a reasonable reason why the factory tubing would make a diffrence in mpg id love to hear it.
well when i put the wai filter on i removed the chamber you're speaking of and sealed the hole. Also the factory tubing has a ribbed area in the middle so that causes more turbulence than the smooth inside of the aftermarket midpipe which i don't have yet. I'm just ordering the sentra cai and doing that. I really wanted a cai anyways. but was too cheap to get one at the time i installed the wai.
hmm well i may have found the culprit to part of the reason for my bad mpg. I forgot to hook the small vacuum line back up after i installed my wai. So if i get more than 60 miles to a 1/4 tank then i know that was it. Also checked my distributor cap/rotor. both are fairly new but there was some crusty deposits on the both the rotor and the contact points in the cap so i just used the edge of my pocketknife and scraped them off a bit so they'd get a better connection. I'll drive it in the same fashion i did last week(granny-style) and see if that helps.
the jwt ecu isnt gonna work...sorry....wont work on the 00-01's but everything else you said will....get a hotshot header, youll thank me or get a stillen (you get what you pay for...) , i found one on here for $75 used...i jewed him down a little bit but oh well...
and go 2.5" exhaust custom!!! (dont support the company putting the companies that support us out of business)
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