STILLEN 370Z Supercharger System - Announcement!!!

shumby

^^^ you found me out. I have a man crush on you.

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Originally Posted by SAM@GTM
Engine detonation is not normal and it should never never happen, and whoever told that need to do something else for living .
Sam

RCZ

does this turn you on?

Anyway, you're completely right. This thread has been derailed enough.

JB-370z

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shumby

lol RCZ is flirting with me

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Originally Posted by SAM@GTM
Engine detonation is not normal and it should never never happen, and whoever told that need to do something else for living .
Sam

FuszNissan

Those throttle bodies still freak me out.

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Kyle@STILLEN

Hey Guys,

There are actually a couple of things coming into play here.

#1) Mike received a very early fascia (actually Mike's fascia shipped before we even finished ours) because his car was in the body shop and he needed one ASAP. Unfortunately, we found the same thing on our car that we will be changing after we already shipped Mike's fascia out. The main cause of the bubble is actually the mounting points. We developed our fascia using a factory fascia, which also means that we use the factory fascia mounting points. We saw on our car that the mounting flange underneath the headlight does not extend all the way to the end of the headlight. So we end the flange right at the end of the factory flange. We are in the process of fixing the mold right now to add an extra support flange in that area to prevent the part from flexing in that area. Basically there was not enough support in that particular section of the part.

#2) We are also going to analyze our urethane and verify its rigidity. We are concerned that our latest batch of urethane from a relatively new vendor may be too "soft" and is having issues with holding its original shape. We are going to have it sent out for testing and will know soon. Either way, we have notified our suppliers and we will be working to correct this immediately.

In the mean time, no 370Z fascias will ship until this issue has been resolved. The 370Z fascia is the only that we have seen this happen with so we are halting production on these fascias until we can resolve these imperfections.

Major manufacturer's like Nissan, Toyota, and everyone else who utilize "urethane" body components use a material that is substantially harder than our urethane. For example, if you were to drop a factory fascia and our fascia from the same height, chances are that the factory fascia would crack whereas the STILLEN fascia would bend. With that being said, there is a fine line between too soft and too hard.

The bubble or warp in the material is in no way a result of outside temperature. Keep in mind that when the poly-urethane material is injected into the mold it is around 120 degrees. The chemical reaction between the two chemicals skyrockets that temperature to well over 200 degrees. When these parts cure, they are curing at over 200 degrees! It would take a lot more than outside air temperatures to have a significant effect on the material.

I will notify everyone when the molds have been finished and of course will follow up with our results after testing.

Kyle@STILLEN

On to the supercharger kit:

Everything is going extremely well although we are still waiting for people to send in their ROM's!!! The sooner we get these ROM's in the sooner we can ship kits people!!!

Remember- If you have not sent us your ROM we will not ship you your kit! We need to make sure that we have your tune on file and ready to install in your car before we ship you the kit!!!

P.S.- Sorry Josh and I haven't been on the forum much over the past few days. I've been working on a few projects including 370Z brake cooling, and many others, as well as trying to write the owner's manual for the supercharger. Josh has been buried in a lot of other projects as well including organizing some exciting magazine tests and working on updating some online stuff.

FuszNissan

Are they going to be shipped out as one solid bumper, or are they still going to have to glue a piece on the bumper to complete it?

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RCZ

damnit...

Kyle@STILLEN

We are going to continue shipping them with the corners as seperate pieces. I am trying to work on a program though for people who want us to do the blending process for them.

FuszNissan

Do you think that could be whats causing the bends in the bumper?

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Caravanshaka

hope you are replacing Mike's bumper if it is indeed a manufacturer defect.

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Kyle@STILLEN

No definitely not. The bends are absolutely caused by the mounting location and the lack of a flange in the original design. Once that is incorporated it will solve the issue. The corner pieces are far enough away that there is no way they would have any relation to this bend.

FuszNissan

Thanks Kyle!!! That's what I wanted to hear.

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