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Pretty much - But I'd have to imagine that these parts are, at the very least, coming down in price due to the age of our kits now.

Give 'em a bell and report back here with what you learn

 

hey I read the first 10-12 pages and gave up... I was recommended to try the stillen SC kit, I was planning on buying the stage 1 kit and building it up myself. But:
Can you avoid the SS box and just tune with uprev/keep only 6 injectors?
State the exact differences between stage 1-4- my understanding so far is an intercooler and smaller pulleys... elaborate please.
Also, where the hell does the compressed air come out of the unit for the installation of an intercooler?
I really hate the idea of this untouchable, pretuned bullcrap... how do I avoid this and leave it all in the hands of my tuner??

 

yosip1115 - I can only comment on a few of your questions.

First the SSBox - You do not to have use the SSBox specifically. It's not a requirement in that you can use another management system that replaces it if you're so inclined. It's supplied simply for ease of installation where no custom tune (or access to tuning) is going to be used. Basically it makes the kit self contained with a factory Stillen tune so anyone can install it, and the G35 will still start up and run. You can absolutely substitute it and use another tuning option. But I have to be clear here (if it wasn't already) - you cant simply discard it, use no tuning solution what so ever and expect your car to run after installing the rest of the SC kit. You WILL need a management system and tune of some sort if you are going to discard the SSBox supplied with the kit.

One tuning option you should / could be aware is the 'Osiris' tune. It's a really stout system.

Also - someone else should chime in about the extra injector. I'm wanting to say you can skip it and do a fuel pump upgrade and stand alone fuel management system to get the extra CCs you need. But really - this is outside my area of knowledge and you SHOULD VERY MUCH get a straight answer on that particular topic from someone who knows.


As for the intake and output lines for the FMIC - those are located on the new intake plenum (the upper plate) and look like little brass plug indents on the rear right and front left corners. Check pics and you'll find them to view.


Hope this helps

 

Has any of you guys eliminated this pulley? Mine froze up, but wondering if it's even needed. $65 for a new one, but I'm more worried of it seizing up again and stranding me again.




As you can see, mine disintegrated (along w/the belt):



Many others (that don't have a Stillen SC) has been eliminating their pulleys. They're not even on 2006.5-2007 cars.

 

I dont see why you couldnt. You just need to get a different sized belt. I eliminated mine after I took my stillen off. It seems like a good idea. Why have the extra chances of failure there. The set screw on bottom has an awesome range to it. You should be fine.

 

Ok. Heres the deal. Stage 1 is a waste of time and money. Go stage 4. Smallest pulley. Ditch that pos SS box. Buy a haltech if you can afford it or utec or uprev if you cant. Buy 600cc injectors. Use the 7th injector as it is actually does 3 different things. It provides the extra fuel if you are on stock injectors, it cools the intake charge since anytime you add fuel into the intake it has an enormous cooling effect due to latent heat of vaporization, and the third thing it does is create a seal for the sc blades so they can produce more boost.

Or use the 7th injector as a meth injection after 4psi. would keep things icy.

Im not sure uprev allows you to control a 7th injector. I know the utec and haltech do. But the utec kinda sucks. Hard starts after shes warm along with bad idle drops upon a neutral shift out of decel. Haltechs are going for $800 now. So drop the extra money. THey can also control other things like cam timing and will pull more power.

The SS box sucks so bad as they will give you the same box at 5,800 ft in Denver as they would at sea level. They dont care where you live and altitude. Which has an incredible play on tuning.


As far as making your own kit...You will not be able to get the aftercooler that mounts in the plenum from anywhere besides stillen and they will charge you a $hit load. But I upgraded my water to air front mount with a better one and i seen drops in temps due to this. The stage 4 is going for under $2000 now. I sold mine for $1800 a while ago. Def worth the money if you want more speed. But this kit has the tendency to leave people wanting more as it becomes the gateway drug. If you do what I described it will net you the most power possible out of it but will not compare to a turbo. However, you do get bad azz instant boost and the sound is incredible.

 

Yes, you can bypass it very easily.

Just get the OEM length (cloth top) belt for the VQ and run right past it.

The only disadvantage at all to this is, at very high RPM, and depending on your belt tensioner setting (how much tension) you'll get a little bit of belt slippage and squeal. This does mean instead of getting full boost when the belt slips, you'll not get full output that you might otherwise been able to achieve - but from a purely will it work and not hurt anything aspect - you're good to go. I've driven mine this way for a year and 5 months.

 

^^ I did that also along time ago.

 

Dear friends,

I own 2005 rev-up stillen supercharged 350z,

Lately i started to hear strange noise that is coming from the supercharger above 5500 RPM,
And when we tested the car on the Dyno i got the approved that the noise and feel above 5500 RPM is big boost drop...

Please check the Dyno video where you can see and hear this issue,







Any idea on what is the problem ?

Could it be the a slipping belt ?

Thank you,

350nis.

 

It could be a slipping belt OR it could be head lift if your on your stock block. I blew my engine on this SC because of head lift. Boost was getting too high from what I was told that the stock block could handle.

 

So who wants to know what the stillen SC does on a 2nd gen G?

 

Had Stage III pulley laying around for last 5 years. Decided to put it on as I was totally bored with Stage II. This will keep a smile on my face for at least the next month or two. LOL.

 

What was your boost poundage? I've only ever been able to get 7lbs in my set-up - with a daily average of around 4.5 or so.. but I'm doing a pulley bypass so I get slippage above 5500rpm :/ And I'm pretty certain my levels are way within safe for the stock internals. Isn't the Stage 4 only possible of around 12 or so?

If it's higher - man I'm doing something VERY wrong! ;B

 

Stage 4 is no higher then 8-8.5 psi