Hello From Alpine Developments!!

[alpinetech]

Hello Everyone

My name is David Dickson and I'm a technician with Alpine Developments. We make supercharger and turbo charger kit for various makes and models including the Nissan Pathfinder and Xterra.
Right now we are in the finishing stages of our Stage II higher boost kit on a board member's 03 Xterra. Things are looking very good and we should have dyno numbers to report very soon.
Matt, the board member, told me about this forum so I thought I'd hop on and check it out for myself. Some definately wild rides on this site. I myself have a locked and lifted 1971 International ScoutII that I wheel with.
Anyways here's some more info about my company. We are located in Aurora, CO. www.alpine-developments.us

Thanks for your time! Oh anyone interested in a group buy?

[Packman5280]

welcome, thanks for stopping by. I know I would love to have a SC on my 94 pathy, just waiting for some money to come my way, maybe next fall.

[Alex Topousis]

welcome:wave: can you troubleshoot faulty stock superchargers? Mine has issues I believe:rolleyes:

[Nissanclay]

Can you do anything on an already supercharged frontier? Maybe a better performing SC?

[alpinetech]

I'm sure we could install our user tuneable piggy back ECU to extract more power out of the stock setup. Anyone local want to give it a try?

[Lance T]

Welcome...sounds like you will have some business off this site.

[elementalvoid]

Hey Dave. Welcome to the site.

I knew you guys would get some interest from here.

Never occured to me to chip the oem supercharger though. That would be cool.

[Nissanclay]

I'm sure we could install our user tuneable piggy back ECU to extract more power out of the stock setup. Anyone local want to give it a try?

I'm in the Littleton/Lakewood area how much? I'd be game to give it a try. Anything to get my pig moving better with the 33's.

[Packman5280]

clay, did you ever put that pulley on there?

[Nissanclay]

clay, did you ever put that pulley on there?

Yeah but didn't really notice that much of a difference.

[ChefTyler]

I'd be interested in being a test mule for something or other, I'm N/A at the moment, but if you have a Stage III you need to R&D let me know :D

[elementalvoid]

Yeah but didn't really notice that much of a difference.
That's probably because the guys at sea level are getting about 3 psi out of it. Meaning that up here you get about 1.5 psi.

1.5 psi doesn't do a whole hell of a lot.

Just a thought, but you may be able to tap a hole in the back of the supercharger intake section to insert a 7th injector. Then you would basically have the same kit I'm getting.

[alpinetech]

We can certainly try and install our piggyback ECU. Judging on how rich and conservative timing Nissan's typically run I'm sure we could extract more power out of the OEM Supercharged setup. Heck maybe we could even start offering a smaller pulley/ ECU combo. To those who would like to try the ECU setup on an OEM S/C setup give John, the owner, a call at 303-344-8828 and we can set up an appointment for you. The first few people would get a discount on install and tuning. Figure about a max of 550 USD for the pre-tuned ECU setup. How does that sound?

[tmorgan4]

You mentioned in your first post that you have a S/C and turbo setup for the Xterra and Pathfinder. What year Pathfinders are these for....the 96-00s?

[alpinetech]

Our kits are basically for any 00+ RWD/4WD Nissan with the 3.0 or 3.3L engine. We haven't test fitted them on an older model Pathfinder but I can't see why it wouldn't work there as well.

[Allen Cox]

What all is necessary for the install? I have an '02 SC Xterra, Automatic, that will be running 37's with 5:18 gears (D44 front, Ford 9" rear) and would be interested in getting a little more power output from the plant up front. If it's an ECU replacement, no problem. But will it entail splicing into the MAF (similar to the SAFC-II units and whatnot) wiring or installation of a wide-band O2 sensor? And how much smaller of a pulley would be needed? Is the programming reversable so that I could still pass emissions (still live in downtown Denver, so that's something that I'm always worried about)?

Just curious, since I'm a Nissan Certified Senior Specialist and an ASE Certified Master and don't really have anyone touching my own stuff.

Besides, most folks look at my rig and think "And he does that for a living?!" :D

[alpinetech]

Well the Piggy Back ECU we use would tap into the OEM ECU wires under the center console. It is completely hidden from view and does not affect OBDII compliance one bit. A map switch can also be hardwired so you could switch on the fly between emissions settings and high performance. We'd have to see what duty cycle your stock fuel injectors are at under full boost to see whether or not a sub-injector would be required for added boost.

[tmorgan4]

I was mainly curious to see if the turbo kit/manifold had been installed on one of the 96-00 Pathfinders. I've wondered if the manifolds meant for the Xterra are compatible with a Pathfinder...they seem awfully similar. :cool:

[Nissanclay]

We can certainly try and install our piggyback ECU. Judging on how rich and conservative timing Nissan's typically run I'm sure we could extract more power out of the OEM Supercharged setup. Heck maybe we could even start offering a smaller pulley/ ECU combo. To those who would like to try the ECU setup on an OEM S/C setup give John, the owner, a call at 303-344-8828 and we can set up an appointment for you. The first few people would get a discount on install and tuning. Figure about a max of 550 USD for the pre-tuned ECU setup. How does that sound?

Tried to call, your mailbox is full. I will call back. :wave:

[Nissanclay]

Oh yeah how long would you need the truck? Its my only ride!

[alpinetech]

We could provide you Transportation. We would need it for 2-3 days at most.
Which mail box is full? The 303-344-8828 one? Oh, Matt's 'Terra sounds Terrafying... ;-) Gotta love that supercharger wine....

[elementalvoid]

Quit teasing me Dave!

Can't wait to get it back..

[Nissanclay]

We could provide you Transportation. We would need it for 2-3 days at most.
Which mail box is full? The 303-344-8828 one? Oh, Matt's 'Terra sounds Terrafying... ;-) Gotta love that supercharger wine....

Yeah that number.

[alpinetech]

I'll take care of the mail box problem....stay tuned for exciting group buy details!!

[alpinetech]

Go here for Group Buy details:

http://www.roninwheelers.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=4192#post4192

[Eric P]

http://forums.nicoclub.com/zeroforum?id=36

Go here & sell. Ther has been interest in a SC kit for the ricer crowd.

[alpinetech]

Why do you think our kits are for "ricer's"?

[Alex Topousis]

I dont think he meant to offend you, its just that ricers may be interested also

[ChefTyler]

Why do you think our kits are for "ricer's"?

What Alex said, and typically ricers are all about forced induction, especially highly adjustable and tunable forced induction. Not to mention the fact that the 300Z motor (in N/A form) is essentially the same as the HB/Pathy motor. :twocents:

[elementalvoid]

Like they just said.

Here is a link to the thread on the other forum. There is definately interest in it.

CLICK (http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread/200966)

[Packman5280]

I think it's funny when people say a VG can't take a lot of boost and make a lot of power without upgrading the internals. makes me laugh.

[Eric P]

Why do you think our kits are for "ricer's"?

What the others said. No insult to you guys.

That site has interest in adding a SC & I kept directing them to the threads here. That site happens to be the largest Nissan enthusist site.

[Nissanclay]

We can certainly try and install our piggyback ECU. Judging on how rich and conservative timing Nissan's typically run I'm sure we could extract more power out of the OEM Supercharged setup. Heck maybe we could even start offering a smaller pulley/ ECU combo. To those who would like to try the ECU setup on an OEM S/C setup give John, the owner, a call at 303-344-8828 and we can set up an appointment for you. The first few people would get a discount on install and tuning. Figure about a max of 550 USD for the pre-tuned ECU setup. How does that sound?

Is that $550 max installed or just for parts? If its installed at that price I'll be in touch with you shortly.

[alpinetech]

That's 550 for the ECU. It would be another 65 or so dollars for install. Tuning is 65/hr.

[alpinetech]

Hey Matt,

How's your 'terra running? Thanks again for coming in on sunday so we could make sure things were running right. Oh, here's a nice chart showing Matt's wheel HP and TQ. He made more power to the wheels than an OEM supercharged Xterra makes at the engine. Talk about a serious BOOST in power!!!
I can't believe nobody wants to take advantage of our current 250 USD off and free US shipping sale...it ends on Monday!!

[elementalvoid]

It's running pretty good. I think we may need to add some fuel at idle under load. Last night's traffic SUCKED and whenever I was sitting still it would idle fine at about 750RPM until the AC kicked on for the defrost, then it would drop and chug a little. I saw it go as low as 600RPM when it first kicked on and the truck shook for a sec.

I should also probably get a better alternator someday..

Also, for anyone who looked at those numbers and said "What The F#@$"! I should mention that the truck is an auto, so the dyno run was done in second gear.

[Packman5280]

that is sick. i want one, just need to figure out how to get it mounted on my 94 pathfinder. and how to pay for it.

[ChefTyler]

How to pay for it would be my issue...but I would love to have that HP and torque!

[tmorgan4]

Holy s#@$, 325lbs of torque? :eek:

[Packman5280]

yeah, he told me that right after he got it back and I about crapped myself, that's a lot of torque.

[Mike Maxwell]

Did Alpine ever get their emission exemption certification. I remember asking them 2 years ago when I was interested and they had not.

Also, I don't know if the auto tranny, or the manual for that matter, will hold up to that much torque. Just a couple thoughts, not trying to be a critic.

[Scott Allan]

I was about ready to plunk down the dollars to do it until I discovered last Tuesday I may be looking for a new job. All discretionary expenses are on hold for a bit.

[Nissanclay]

Do you expect similat results by doing the ECU piggy back mod to the factory S/C units?