I'm waiting on you to just say screw it and put a old school roots style super charger thru the hood. Lol. That intake is a monster. Now if only could figure out an adapter plate for the ls intakes could really wake the beast up, for decent price of course. Then custom wiring harness.... ? And find a good Dyno shop.
New Air Intake Project!
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Well I can't leave well enough alone and decided to try a new air intake project.
This will quite possibly be the most oddball and seemingly damm near impractical project i've done, but for the price I couldn't resist.
Mishimoto just released their 2016 Camaro SS LT1 (new engine) cold air intake setup. It is a monster at 5'' diameter. Which gained 15rwhp over the Camaro's factory true 4'' cai. Quite impressive even though i'm comparing apples to oranges here. Mishimoto went through quite a few revisions to make this intake elbow work on the LT1 engine. It also retains the MAF housing dividers like the factory GM maf housing which just so happens to use a SLOT-style MAF like the Titan and other Nissans.
SO... I purchased just the intake silicone elbow and Maf housing. It came with clamps and sound tube plug. Oh and LT1 Camaro has a factory air/oil separator from the factory and the mishimoto has a nipple provision for this which just so happens to be the correct size for the Titan vacuum line.
I did a trial test fit to make sure this overzealous intake tube didn't hit the clutch fan blades. It cleared with between .5-1'' depending on angle.
So all I have to do now is make a new airbox out of sheet metal/aluminum. Not a problem!
Finally... just so everyone knows. This is what this intake WONT DO for the Titan:
-WON'T FIT WITH CLUTCH FAN SHROUD ( i have no fan shroud)
-WONT FIT WITH EFANS (dont sell your efans to do this if you have them)
-WILL NOT WORK ON STOCK THROTTLE BODY (obviously)
-WILL NOT WORK WITHOUT UPREV TUNING... (i'm pretty sure no one is going to E-Tune this for you.A dyno tuner, yes probably.)
I will dyno before and after
. I just like to share in case someone decides they want to go this route later and fully understands how to go about doing so while knowing what is involved... As with all my threads.
Enjoy.
Comparison of the AIRAID MXP vs MISHIMOTO 5'' CAI
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Mishimoto vs Airaid MXP with the Mishimoto MAF housing next to it. The Maf housing of the Mishimoto is 5''. Size reference.
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Mishimoto vs AIraid MXP (my Airaid MXP is modded, reducer cut out which gives the MAF flange inner diameter of around 4.8'' on the MXP) NO DON'T CUT OUT YOUR MXP REDUCER... truck will not run.. nope don't do it...even if you think you can, don't do it...
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Mishimoto intake tube is... i don't even have words...enormonstrosisty? , Froto and Dildo Baggins would lose their precious' and sh!t in this thing and never be found.
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Fits so far, and in case Mishimoto happens to find this thread and confusion doesn't ensue... That is my MGT90 design/creation setup in the background, LS2 90mm inlet snout with LS7 throttle body. Snout grafted by PeakspeedShop. Custom wiring harness etc etc etc... Thats how all this works... Everything used to be 75mm or 3'', i made it better using Chevy LS parts!
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Omm Nom Nommm, Mishimoto intake swallows the Airaid mxp.
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That is the Mishimoto 5'' MAF housing which is identical to the size of the first few inches or so of the Airaid mxp lol...
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Lastly, I want to give THANKS to Mishimoto customer service tech that I spoke too. Top Notch and helped with all my questions. I for sure will continue to do business with them.
This will quite possibly be the most oddball and seemingly damm near impractical project i've done, but for the price I couldn't resist.
Mishimoto just released their 2016 Camaro SS LT1 (new engine) cold air intake setup. It is a monster at 5'' diameter. Which gained 15rwhp over the Camaro's factory true 4'' cai. Quite impressive even though i'm comparing apples to oranges here. Mishimoto went through quite a few revisions to make this intake elbow work on the LT1 engine. It also retains the MAF housing dividers like the factory GM maf housing which just so happens to use a SLOT-style MAF like the Titan and other Nissans.
SO... I purchased just the intake silicone elbow and Maf housing. It came with clamps and sound tube plug. Oh and LT1 Camaro has a factory air/oil separator from the factory and the mishimoto has a nipple provision for this which just so happens to be the correct size for the Titan vacuum line.
I did a trial test fit to make sure this overzealous intake tube didn't hit the clutch fan blades. It cleared with between .5-1'' depending on angle.
So all I have to do now is make a new airbox out of sheet metal/aluminum. Not a problem!
Finally... just so everyone knows. This is what this intake WONT DO for the Titan:
-WON'T FIT WITH CLUTCH FAN SHROUD ( i have no fan shroud)
-WONT FIT WITH EFANS (dont sell your efans to do this if you have them)
-WILL NOT WORK ON STOCK THROTTLE BODY (obviously)
-WILL NOT WORK WITHOUT UPREV TUNING... (i'm pretty sure no one is going to E-Tune this for you.A dyno tuner, yes probably.)
I will dyno before and after
. I just like to share in case someone decides they want to go this route later and fully understands how to go about doing so while knowing what is involved... As with all my threads.
Enjoy.
Comparison of the AIRAID MXP vs MISHIMOTO 5'' CAI
Mishimoto vs Airaid MXP with the Mishimoto MAF housing next to it. The Maf housing of the Mishimoto is 5''. Size reference.
Mishimoto vs AIraid MXP (my Airaid MXP is modded, reducer cut out which gives the MAF flange inner diameter of around 4.8'' on the MXP) NO DON'T CUT OUT YOUR MXP REDUCER... truck will not run.. nope don't do it...even if you think you can, don't do it...
Mishimoto intake tube is... i don't even have words...enormonstrosisty? , Froto and Dildo Baggins would lose their precious' and sh!t in this thing and never be found.
Fits so far, and in case Mishimoto happens to find this thread and confusion doesn't ensue... That is my MGT90 design/creation setup in the background, LS2 90mm inlet snout with LS7 throttle body. Snout grafted by PeakspeedShop. Custom wiring harness etc etc etc... Thats how all this works... Everything used to be 75mm or 3'', i made it better using Chevy LS parts!
Omm Nom Nommm, Mishimoto intake swallows the Airaid mxp.
That is the Mishimoto 5'' MAF housing which is identical to the size of the first few inches or so of the Airaid mxp lol...
Lastly, I want to give THANKS to Mishimoto customer service tech that I spoke too. Top Notch and helped with all my questions. I for sure will continue to do business with them.
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What are you doing with the headers again? And definitely understand that. Pop the hood and they see all that and go what the heck is all of that and where can I get it?
With the 5 inch think might lose some bottom end but gain more top end? And there's only one way to find out, hat off to you sir
With the 5 inch think might lose some bottom end but gain more top end? And there's only one way to find out, hat off to you sir
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The headers are just modded pacesetters with new collectors. 1-3/4 x 3'' vs the common JBA which are 1-5/8 x 2.5''.What are you doing with the headers again? And definitely understand that. Pop the hood and they see all that and go what the heck is all of that and where can I get it?
With the 5 inch think might lose some bottom end but gain more top end? And there's only one way to find out, hat off to you sir
Also 3'' B- pipes with 3.5'' Y pipe from Cajun. In these pics they aren't complete yet. All custom one off stuff. Wanted larger headers than what we currently have.
As for the 5'' intake, i have no idea what its going to do. It will either gain through entire power band, or lose through entire power band. I don't see it losing becuase the throttle body size is still 90mm.
I know its apples to oranges, but the camaro SS LT1, the new 6.2 has a 4.5'' (114mm) intake from the factory, which is similar to the airaid mxp size. This 5'' intake gained 15rwhp over the 4'' system.
As you can see the mishimoto intake elbow isn't just a 5'' piece of pipe, they actually lost power using just a 5'' piece of pipe, so they had to redesign the elbow to look like this and it wound up working.
Read this link, it explains how mishimoto designed this intake to work at such a large diameter.
https://engineering.mishimoto.com/category/chevrolet-camaro-ss-performance-intake-2016/
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I also believe that the MAF divider in the mishimoto is going to help out with how smooth the truck runs overall now.
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Also, this shows the bend of the airaid at the inlet of throttle body in comparison to the mishimoto. I like how mishimoto made the outer radius to keep velocity of air flow up and make it as smooth as possible.
Once all this is finished i'm going to send some photos to Mishimoto, be the first of its kind and probably the largest known to date intake ever applied to a titan.
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Also, this shows the bend of the airaid at the inlet of throttle body in comparison to the mishimoto. I like how mishimoto made the outer radius to keep velocity of air flow up and make it as smooth as possible.
Once all this is finished i'm going to send some photos to Mishimoto, be the first of its kind and probably the largest known to date intake ever applied to a titan.
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