Mike,
I am planning on upgrading an automatic with torque converter/valve
body- but my questions is, do the 1997 - 1999 Sentras have transmission oil
cooler devices already? I bought one and the mechanic told me that the
vehicle has one already. Please help, thanks!
>From: "Mike Kojima" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: Sentra Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Sentra Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: SML: ???\'s for Mike K. about intakes!
>Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 18:29:31 -0400
>
>A larger MAF won't do anything on a GA. It hardly did anything for a
>fully
>built SR20. A bigger MAF mean mre programing, you can't simply just bolt
>it
>on. It also costs $290, a lot of money for something that does nothing.
>Also CAI's work by harnessing resonace, it is not a flow thing. A 2.5"
>pipe
>provides plenty of flow for even a very built GA. The tuned length is
>affected by the length and diameter of the pipe. By decresing the
>diameter,
>you can get a stronger wave with a shorter pipe. The idea is to use the
>smallest pipe posible the provides sufficent flow.
>
>Also steel piping is a lot cheaper than a MAF. Ben Benavides has 2.5 inch
>intercooler piping in his 500 hp monster. The reson why a bigger MAF made
>more bottom end power in my SR was that it allowed communication between
>the
>two halfs of the CAI allowing it to resonate better at low rpm, since it
>was
>the same diameter as the CAI pipe all the way though. It was only 1-2 more
>hp below 3000 rpm. I don't think that's worth the almost $300 bucks that
>it
>would have cost. That's why I don't recoment this mod. The stock GA MAF
>is
>good to about 200+ hp.
>
>Mike
>
>>Why not just wait to get cams and upsize the TB and MAF and get the SER
>>ECU
>>for the GA, reprogram it to work a larger MAF. This would make more sense
>>instead of messing with smaller piping for the intake, you would spend
>>more
>>money and could save this for cams and such. I made mistakes in the past
>>buying things that didn't work, ignitions, exhausts, intakes, reground
>>cams
>>from bullfrog!, I blew alot with things. I would like to see people save
>>up
>>money for the JWT cams so we can all benifit from a decreased price on a
>>group deal, who is all in favor for this? I think JWt would decrease the
>>price if enough of us petition for it. Hell, we bitched about not having
>>parts, and they are coming out with these now, so lets get together and
>>make
>>it happen.
>
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