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Originally Posted by chubbs
It's part of the Z Car Garage blog (it's currently their most recent post) - here's the link - it makes very interesting reading ....
Z-Car Blog
I believe what these guys write - They get good wheel bhp results from the intakes and the Stillen exhaust, but they're less keen on the quality of fit on the parts. Perhaps Josh would like to comment, as Z-Car Garage say they believe that Stillen are addressing some of the issues. |
Thanks Chubbs!
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Originally Posted by Skorch
I'm not sure what Z-Car Garage did to install the intakes, but it seems to me that they made the holes for the intake tubes way too large. I enlarged mine so that it is just barely large enough to fit and my intakes are very solid - no shaking whatsoever. Seems to me more of an install gone wrong than a problem on Stillen's side.
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This excerpt is taken from Z-Car Blog regarding the video:
Now comes the time for improved power. We ordered the Stillen cat-back exhaust and the new Gen-3 intake system to help our car breathe better on both sides of the engine. Before I even get to any sort of dyno results I need to say that everyone here at Z Car Garage was let down by the fit and finish on these two products. The exhaust rubs and hits in at least two or three places, its painfully annoying. The intake system comes with no brackets of any sort and the front part is left to bounce around to rub on and destroy anything it pleases (see video below.) We have made our own brackets and changes to the intake to prevent any sort of serious damage, we were even forced to wrap the air conditioning lines on the driver’s side to prevent the intake from inevitably rubbing through. Stillen is a huge company with tons of R&D time in these products, I don’t understand how they could ship a part like this and expect owners to be satisfied.