The black car here is my old 1995 Nissan Maxima. It had a Stillen intake, Stillen Cat-back, Warpspeed Y-Pipe, DC clear corners, FSTB, 16" rims off a 2001 Maxima, red/clear tails, OEM spoiler, tint, 2 10" Alpine Type-S subs, RF 160W amp, and Toyo Proxies TPT tires.
I was unhappy with the performance of the auto, so I sold it and bought a silver 1996 Infiniti I30 with a 5 speed.
The 1996 Infiniti I30 5 speed with VLSD is a fairly rare car. Mechanically, it's identical to a Nissan Maxima, but some subtle interior and exterior changes really change the overall look of the car. It also comes with extra sound deadening material, and the VLSD isn't available on US Maximas from 95-99.
Page 1- Mod list/ Stock pics
Page 2- Accident/ Beginning mods
Page 3- Exterior
Page 4- Interior
Page 5- Post-detail pics
Page 6- Maxima/ VQ facts and praise
Page 7- Some meet and auto-x pics
Here are the current mods on the car:
Performance:
Engine from 2001 Maxima-222 HP VQ30DE-K - May or may not have some sort of secret IM modification....you never know
JWT ECU - Advances timing and alters A/F ratio. About 15 whp/tq gains. Raises redline from 6550 to 7000 rpm. Helps take advantage of new intake manifold.
-JWT NOS 65 shot daughterboard (retards timing and alters A/F ratio)
NOS kit #20923 (65 shot jet)
Cattman K&N intake with velocity stack and stock midpipe
Warpspeed Y pipe - About 15 whp gain, and a good price
Unorthodox Racing UDP
Innovate Motorsports LC-1 Wideband O2 Sensor
Resonated Budget B-Pipe
Muffler from 2000 Maxima - Flows a little better than my rusted out stock muffler
SPEC Stage 2 clutch - Holds much more torque than my weak wanna-be-OEM clutch could. Pedal feel is light and feels like stock. I'm very pleased with it so far. With the new clutch I also put in:
-Resurfaced OEM flywheel and OEM throw-out bearing and new seals all around.
(Thanks Tilley)
My 1st Spec clutch died after about 5 months with about 5000 miles on it. A spring popped out of the clutch disk for no apparent reason. Spec isn't being very cooperative so far about helping, so I may be taking some (legal) action.
Nismo AFPR Gotta make sure I have plenty of fuel....
TET Polyurethane shifter mount - Reduces flex in the shifter mount for slightly crisper shifts.
BlehmCo grounding kit - Helps insure the car and system are grounded properly. Could give possible HP gains if OEM grounds have gone horribly wrong.
Exhaust cutout w/electric switch in test pipe that replaces cat.
Autometer Nitrous Pressure and Innovate Motorsports LC-1 wideband O2 sensor gauges in custom housing done by Jason (Tapout) with built-in bottle heater and nitrous activation switches.
Amsoil engine and tranny fluid- Great oils, and it helps tranny shift smoother
Z32 1.2 bar radiator cap
SS clutch line
Suspension
Eibach springs - These springs are likely the best springs you can put on a 4th gen. Nice fairly even drop and not too harsh.
Trimmed Koni Yellow shocks - JSutter trimmed the front Konis so I could get an inch of suspension travel back. Now I have a great ride, a nice drop, and stellar handling. Konis and Eibachs FTW!
Warpspeed Subframe Connectors (Level II)- These are fukken awesome. They help stiffen up the chassis so it flexes less and allows the shocks to do their work better.
Place Racing motor mounts - These are also awesome. Before these I had terrible traction and wheel hop issues in 1st gear. Now I rarely get wheel hop, and traction is greatly increased due to the engine/trans not moving around so much.
BlhemCo. Lower tie bar stage 2 - When I installed this with the ES bushings (below) the front end of the car felt much more stable at high speeds, and responded better to steering input. The LTB allows the shocks to do their job even better because the chassis doesn't flex as much.
JClaw's traction bars Supposedly reduce wheel hop, but so far I'm not convinced.
Energy Suspension urethane bushings for FSB, end links and control arms- These replace the soft rubber OEM bushings and increase steering feel and handling due to less play in the overall suspension.
Ben's rear strut mounts - REMOVED!
Cattman RSB - What a difference a RSB makes, understeer has been greatly reduced!
FSTB - Stiffens up front shock's mounting point.
Brakes
13" Cobra rotors
Q45/J30 calipers
Hawk HPS pads
Jeff's brackets and rings
SS lines
Exterior
17x8" Enkei RPM2 rims- 16.8 pounds each
235/45/17 Pirelli P Zero Nero
Cefiro Sport Grille w/mesh painted black
Blacked out Cefiro 1 piece headlights
OEM spoiler
Tinted clear tails
35% tint
Silver painted brake calipers
Cut off lower 3 vertical bars on front bumper
Philips Blue Vision H4 bulbs
Yellow Osram H3 fog lights
Interior
Full gunmetal dash kit (real aluminum)
Real leather shifter boot, e-brake boot, and center console cover (all black)
350z pedals
Infiniti door sills
Gunmetal gauge rings
Gunmetal lower door inserts
Sola Luna shift knob (very nice!)
Reverse white faced gauges
Red LED needles from Import Intelligence
Audio:
Clifford RS3.5 Alarm w/pager + remote start
Rockford Fosgate 500X
Pioneer DEH-P490IB
1 12" DIYMA sub
Hertz 165s up front
Hertz ??? in rear
Custom box (Thanks Patrick!)
Monster Cable 302 XLN Interconnects
Plenty of Dynamat and eDead plus other insulation
Here are some stock pics......
And here's what it looks like currently.
Pretty different huh? Since the car is totally debadged, how many of you would be able to tell what kind of car this is if you didn't already know? Feel free to leave a message and rate my car.
Big thanks to Tilley, Patrick, Jason (Tapout), and Roger for all their time and effort helping me put this car together. It would still be stock if it weren't for these guys.
