Preparation for the STILLEN supercharger

LiquidZ · 02-03-2010, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Kyle@STILLEN

I can't say too much but I am confident we will be able to supply you with a kit that will meet or exceed all of your goals. Shoot me an email and we can begin planning your build.

kmillen@stillen.com

Email sent!

Kyle@STILLEN · 02-09-2010, 12:39 PM

Well, I will be out of town until the 21st so I wanted to give an update on our development before I leave.

1) Things are going great! We are right on track and we have made some big leaps ahead over the past week!

2) We spent last week dyno testing the car without the intercooler and the numbers are awesome!!! We have a few things holding us back from reaching some pretty magic numbers but we're still getting close! The car we're testing with is an automatic G37 coupe with heavy 20" show wheels...So there is a lot of additional parasitic loss through the heavy wheels and the auto trans. We can't wait to get it on to our manual gearbox 370Z. Also, the intercooler manufacturer has had some hiccups and they weren't able to get us the core until today. We CNC machined the end tanks and they are out at our fab. shop getting welded up today. Yes, that means we were getting great numbers without the intercooler, and with an auto trans and heavy wheels!!! Just wait until we can start getting more aggressive with the tuning when the intercooler is in there and we can put the kit on the Z with less parasitic loss!!! This thing is going to be awesome!!!

3) One of the concerns we had was deflection of the mounting bracket causing belts to slip. I am very proud to report that our engineer's were focused on this and thanks to their creative mounting solutions there is absolutely no movement on the mounting bracketry. The blower is sitting perfect and there is no deflection at all. On some of our previous kits we used cast aluminum mounting brackets with the Vortech kits but on this one we have gone with a water jet billet aluminum mount so that there is a lot more material in there so a lot less movement.

This week we will be finalizing the tuning and instructions. Next week we will begin our endurance testing. We will be prepared with pricing and horsepower information very soon.

We are still right on track for release around the end of February, beginning of March!!!

Kyle@STILLEN · 02-09-2010, 12:42 PM

By the way...

We are using the Vortech V-3 supercharger. One of the great things about Vortech is the ability to easily change the internals and really crank up the power. The blower that we're using is the same blower that one of our good customer's is using on his 7 liter Dodge Charger pushing over 700 RWHP.

Our standard kit obviously wont be pushing that much power but for those of you interested in building the motor and pushing the limits, we will be able to to support your needs!

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02-09-2010, 12:39 PM	#2 (permalink)
Kyle@STILLEN The370Z.com Sponsor Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Newport Beach Posts: 626 Drives: Toyota Tundra Rep Power: 307	Well, I will be out of town until the 21st so I wanted to give an update on our development before I leave. 1) Things are going great! We are right on track and we have made some big leaps ahead over the past week! 2) We spent last week dyno testing the car without the intercooler and the numbers are awesome!!! We have a few things holding us back from reaching some pretty magic numbers but we're still getting close! The car we're testing with is an automatic G37 coupe with heavy 20" show wheels...So there is a lot of additional parasitic loss through the heavy wheels and the auto trans. We can't wait to get it on to our manual gearbox 370Z. Also, the intercooler manufacturer has had some hiccups and they weren't able to get us the core until today. We CNC machined the end tanks and they are out at our fab. shop getting welded up today. Yes, that means we were getting great numbers without the intercooler, and with an auto trans and heavy wheels!!! Just wait until we can start getting more aggressive with the tuning when the intercooler is in there and we can put the kit on the Z with less parasitic loss!!! This thing is going to be awesome!!! 3) One of the concerns we had was deflection of the mounting bracket causing belts to slip. I am very proud to report that our engineer's were focused on this and thanks to their creative mounting solutions there is absolutely no movement on the mounting bracketry. The blower is sitting perfect and there is no deflection at all. On some of our previous kits we used cast aluminum mounting brackets with the Vortech kits but on this one we have gone with a water jet billet aluminum mount so that there is a lot more material in there so a lot less movement. This week we will be finalizing the tuning and instructions. Next week we will begin our endurance testing. We will be prepared with pricing and horsepower information very soon. We are still right on track for release around the end of February, beginning of March!!!

02-09-2010, 12:42 PM	#3 (permalink)
Kyle@STILLEN The370Z.com Sponsor Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Newport Beach Posts: 626 Drives: Toyota Tundra Rep Power: 307	By the way... We are using the Vortech V-3 supercharger. One of the great things about Vortech is the ability to easily change the internals and really crank up the power. The blower that we're using is the same blower that one of our good customer's is using on his 7 liter Dodge Charger pushing over 700 RWHP. Our standard kit obviously wont be pushing that much power but for those of you interested in building the motor and pushing the limits, we will be able to to support your needs!