Saturday, September 28, 2013

200 Miles in...

After 200 miles.....


I love this car, I really don't think there's a reason to do anything else after tackling the little swap issues that are coming up left and right (EG. My auto seat position doesn't want to function). But besides that drive-ability is fine (fixed the stalling out issue, vacuum leak, go figs!), mpg so far is 25 in the city (4-5mpg increase) and in the 30s on the highway (same increase), performance... Well.... ^_^

The Break-In Setup

Power:
08 Altima V6 Motor (Somewhere under 10k miles)
04 Sentra Spec-V Transmission + 02 Maxima Bellhousing swap
95-99 Maxima Exhaust Manifolds
95-99 Maxima Stillen Y-Pipe
Stock Cat (Under the car)
Stock Catback
$25 Intake setup
-$5 3.5" to 3" reducer hose + 2 hose clamps (Thanks to Steve @ The Hose Pimp!)
-$20 Some giant air filter I bought awhile back because it was stupid cheap and hell, big air filters just look cool....

Handling:
All stock plus my infamous front sway bar delete (I need new end links, didn't feel like connecting the old bad ones).
350z Track V1 18x8.5 wheels up front w/ 255/40 Conti-Pros (1st gear hooks now! I was riding on sawblades all the way around for the first 100 miles, and first gear got traction thanks to my LSD but I couldn't keep the car straight)
4th-gen Maxima Saw-Blades in the rear

Thoughts on the swap so far...

Based on my 3rd gear pulls, it seems that this car is a top end whore, 6500rpms are not enough for this setup as it appears, which is quite intriguing because only one of my VIAS's (Passenger side, the more important side based on trials w/ this motor in it's native vehicle) are working at the moment.

I also have a very boring low end, but I think this is mainly due to my awesome intake setup, one day when I am out of small swap issues to tackle I shall make a more proper intake for this car.

One big plus though is how quiet this car is, I think that's the main reason why I'm in love with it so much, I was expecting rasp w/ the stock cat and catback but it's handling it very well, only allowing a slight grumble to get though w/ no bees in a can sound (What you usually get when you start to make things flow better under the hood, but not out the muffler).

Really the loudest thing is the pop or two (I've witnessed black smoke while revving in neutral before) I get after each shift, I do wonder why it's happening because it was under my assumption that these motor swaps ran lean.... Something to ponder later. I can be a real judge of it when I actually make an exhaust for this car one day.

Another update when the interior resembles something of normalcy.

Picture dump: