Thinking About supercharge my Z. Need HELP!

zcarspirit

Hi guys. I Am not new to the Z but do not know much about the supercharger.

My Z is now modified with Stillen Gen 3 intake, HFC, Amuse R1 titan exhaust with an Uprev tune. It puts around 320hp to the wheel.

i am thinking about install the stillen supercharger on my car to make more power.

so besides the supercharger itself, what else needs to be upgraded on my Z

oil cooler? clutch ? flywheel? also does all my other mods work with the supercharger? and after the installation of supercharger, is it still gonna be tuned with Uprev?

any recommendation as to which oil cooler/cluthc/flywheel to get?

Thank you so much for your input in advance!

CRiZO

yes

Jinxx

You will need a oil cooler ...min 25 row the bigger the better Z1 oil cooler kit is what I use ..and yes uprev can be used for tuning ...clutch will need to be upgraded Zspeed heavy duty kit is really good I had issues with Z1 road race kit ..and a medium weight flywheel ..however I did get 2 years on a stock clutch with 522whp/400tq supercharged ...and with the Stillen kit I assume you mean the kit with the A2A upgrades from topgun

bullitt5897

First of all dont do the stillen kit...

If your set on a vortech based supercharger then get the TopGun Kit. It is a cleaner kit and fixes several design issues with the Stillen kit.

If you want you can also look at the whipple supercharger kit but it will require cutting your hood.

Things you will need:
Oil Cooler at least a 32 or 34 row and a thermostatic adapter plate
For Clutch I tell people to go with a twin disk OS Giken it has close to stock engagement while also having way more holding power.

Outside of that for the 400-500whp range your good. If you plan for more power other mods will be needed.

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TBatt

Do yourself a big favor and read through some of the build threads before you make any decisions. It is a fairly big job but well worth it!

Having done the Stillen SC with the TopgunZ A2A and all of the associated mods, plan on spending around $10-12K to do it right. If you have a sport model, the brakes and LSD are already there and that will reduce the cost of upgrading them. My car was the touring model and I had to do the LSD and brake upgrades.

Yes, you will need an oil cooler and clutch (I used the Southbend Stage 3 daily and love it). I highly recommend the ECUtec tune that Seb does. Your car will be perfectly drivable.

The stock cats will eventually fail if you drive the car hard or do any tracking, so you need to factor that in.

What I did was to do everything possible to make my car as reliable as possible so that I can just enjoy it. So far I have had 8K miles of FUN! My car is perfectly drivable and hauls AZZ!

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RJM pedal, Hotchkis Sway Bars, FI TDX, FOG Light, Z1 Slotted Drilled rotors, Stillen SC, Quaife ATB, Z1 Oil cooler, AEM Gauge Set, Galeforce gauge mount, Avant Garde M590 Hypersilver w/RE-11, TopgunZ A2A kit., ECUtek tuned by Seb: ROLL TIDE!

TBatt

The Gen 3 intake will have to go and the HFC will most likely have to go as well. It seems that many SC cars have destroyed HFC unless they are the MIL-SPEC brand. The inner structure of most of the HFC just can't stand the heat from a boosted Z. They burn out and then clog the exhaust. MIL-SPEC is a high flow cat that will handle 1000HP. I got mine through Fast Intentions.

I'm running the stock flywheel but with a Southbend Stage 3 daily clutch and their pressure plate. Just a slight increase in pedal effort. Not a big deal with the RJM clutch pedal.

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RJM pedal, Hotchkis Sway Bars, FI TDX, FOG Light, Z1 Slotted Drilled rotors, Stillen SC, Quaife ATB, Z1 Oil cooler, AEM Gauge Set, Galeforce gauge mount, Avant Garde M590 Hypersilver w/RE-11, TopgunZ A2A kit., ECUtek tuned by Seb: ROLL TIDE!

Elmo370z

Soho has. A nice ysi build going could contact them

Jinxx

If you are not set on a supercharger and open to turbo kits ...boosted performance kit performs great and install is very simple can be done over a weekend at home ...out of the box will put you easily in the 500whp range ..comes with oil cooler kit only will need to upgrade the clutch...and I believe it is the best priced kit available with everything included..and easily upgraded in the future.