certainly ^
But then again their FMIC mounts are some really thick billet machined pieces. I wouldn't be surprised if the intercooler holds up better than the beam in a crash haha

 

this is good news as i am looking to do some serious power upgrades this year.

i was gearing myself towards the TT kit as the prices installed have decreased subsantially. but I have yet to own a supercharged vehicle and i think it would fit this car well

 

Thank you for sharing this useful information. That keeps my knowledge up to date.
If anyone has a comparison chart between the Rotrex supercharger, conventional centrifugal supercharger, and a turbo, it would be great

 

It probably will, but there are two things there that also bothers me:
- How does it affect the crumple zone?
- How does it spread the force of impact?

It's probably moot as far as "amount of damage" is concerned. Anything strong enough to destroy the front is probably also enough to total the vehicle altogether. It's occupant safety i'm concerned about.

 

IMO, it will make no difference what so ever at anything over the 5MPH that the bumper is federally required to withstand. The thin walled impact beam will crush at anything higher, then the frame rail to which the impact beam was bolted to will crumple. If a large FMIC were in place instead of the impact beam, the frame rails will still be crumpling, but a bar and plate FMIC may or may no crush depending on impact force. In fact, the crumple zone may even crumple sooner than with an impact beam causing more expensive damage at low speed.

An impact beam is great for minimizing damage to the cars "crumple zone" at speeds less than 5MPH ... but then again so does common sense.

 

I guess that makes sense. So you're basically saying the FMIC will actually act as a force limiter of sorts to limit the transmitted impact. Effectively lowering damages when low-impact collisions are concerned?

I've been rear-ended before, the car that hit mine had its entire front end buckled, windshield broken and part of the roof buckled as well. My rear end, well, my car suffered relatively low visual damage, mostly to the trunk area --- still had 13k in damages after all was said and done, however.

 

I wouldn't say "lowering" damages. I think it depends on the impact. Possible scenario; running into a telephone pole in the middle of the front bumper at 10MPH: impact beam will bend, the bar and plate FMIC will probably not bend as much (assuming the bracket welds hold up). The bent beam could result in the hood getting tweaked, but then again, the rigid FMIC may save the hood by distributing the force of the impact directly to the frame which may cause frame damage. Also consider that the FMIC is more expensive to replace than the impact beam and foam.

In short something is gonna break and no matter what is in front and it's gonna be expensive to fix.

 

Got it. I figured something will break, it's how much force gets through to the cell i'm curious about with the front-end impact "geometry" changed.

Thanks for the input, Terry, much obliged.

 

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Anyone have an ETA for this SC on the G35s?

 

It's available now! Around $5K for the "base" 500 HP kit. I'm saving my $$$.

http://www.gtmotorsports.com/product...cat=258&page=1

 

so anyone on here have this??

 

Ohhh wow didn't know it was ready for the G35 as well

Might jump on this but I'm torn between GTM and Stillen, but I think I'll be getting GTM since we have the tuner for them over here so it should be easier.

 

No one that I know of on Driver, but there are a couple of guys over on MyG37 with this kit already.

I would go with the GTM over the Stillen. There's more upgradablility with the GTM, plus it uses a Rotrex unit instead of the Vortech unit that Stillen uses. The Rotrex supercharger is much smoother and quieter than the Vortech, not to mention more compact. Stillen's kit does come with that nice fancy looking intake manifold though. LOL

Oh, and don't forget to upgrade your tranny when you install this kit. GTM makes a really nice valve body upgrade as well as an upgraded torque converter, so your tranny can handle all those extra ponies!

 

That's been there for like 3 weeks now. I still don't think it's ready though. They just finished the 370Z and G37 kits and even the G37 kit is not yet shipping.

 

Cool thanks for that info, I was a bit unsure at first but now GTM seems the way to go