Recommended supercharger setup?

fahkyotech

Please do!!!

ZKraken22

Seriously? This is not the tread to be bashing each other. fact is anmvq gave his advice to OP, that advice is for Op to interpret on rather or not it's factual.
Sam said what he had to say because thats the company he works for, his product, whatever. But everyone else just needs to shut up or go start your own thread or message each other... whatever. No need for this and no one needs to protect GTM or Stillen especially if you don't have that product.
Give your Advice to OP and move on.
If trolls come on this forum and see's this BS that's embarrassing or even new guy's joining this forum seeing this type of bashing.
like my father always told me TAKE IT OUT SIDE!
Please no one else make another "what SC system is better" or "which should i go with"

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luigi90210

^THIS


I am a new car enthusiast and I really dont know much about cars, I know how a supercharger and turbos work, I kind of know how an engine works and i can change oil and stuff but thats about the extent to my knowledge

I really want to learn more about whats the best way to modify my car and do it the right way instead of cutting corners and having my engine blow because i was over boosting the car or lack of cooling, ect.

SS_Firehawk

Sounds like Mike is educated in the philosophical use of argument and practical logic This thread is mightily entertaining.

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Lug

I'd like to take this time to remind everyone to reread the 2nd post in this thread.


Whose a prophet?

I'm a Prophet, that's who!

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NitrousZ34

Everyone gets quoted but me?? lol
In all seriousness, I am a big fan of GTM and their products, always have been. I have first hand experienced Stillen's Customer service, and their kit on my friends HR 350z. He has not had any problems with the kit, so far, but when we took a trip down to Stillen's facility to pick up the CARB sticker they would not give it to him because he was suppose to get his car tuned with the stock cats to be able to get the sticker. They never informed him of this and i now that for a fact because i was there before he got the install, after he picked the car up from the install, and the third time we were there to pick up the sticker. The only reason why he went with Stillen is because he lives in Los Angeles and cops crack down on street cars hard and he just didn't want to be hassled without a carb sticker at least. I know a sticker won't help all the time, but hey who knows. The other reason was because the kit is warrentied. I don't even know if they will honor that now because of the whole exhaust issue. I am not bashing Stillen, there are a bunch of good guys over there that have done alot of R&D work for our cars, which i am thankful for. So basically what im trying to say goes along with what others have said. The stillen kit is a quality system out the box, but if you plan on really pushing it, you could come across some problems and the customer service isn't the greatest. In my opinion i would go with GTM, as what i will be doing in the future. Not their supercharger kit, but their twin turbo kit. I have respect for both companies but I would go with GTM. Hope this helps OP

swiss370Z

I try my best in English!

Hey Guys

Be nice to each other again......

The question of what SC- Kit you should take, everyone should decide for themselves.
I find it very sad that the same war breaks out again and again, when someone asks, what SC- Kit do you recommend?

If both correctly installed, the software optimizes and the car is well maintained
and no long high speed runs are completed (can also be a normal engine explode), is the pure joy of such a SC- Kit nothing in the way.

I drive for 1 1/2 years and 22'000 Km (13'700 miles) one of these kits (STILLEN) so far without problems.
(except catalyst problems...... Which HFC for a TT or SC Build)
Since the software is properly configured.

I am convinced, both companies and could recommend both.

@ Luigi
If you are with a distinctive engine bay (I read you like understatment) and go with carb legal like, then choose STILLEN.

If you want a little more power and unobtrusively go, then choose GTM

My personal tip:
Decide first for the tuner you can install the kit (or let it install directly from the manufacturer) and then make your decision on which kit you want.
Unfortunately I can not give any suggestion where you can go for installation?
I'm too far away (Switzerland)

Just be aware that such an intervention can go on an engine always breaking something as performance will be greatly increased.
I change the engine oil every 3'000 miles (high quality) and regularly check all of the components (air filters, belts, bearings ....).
The maintenance is for a SC- Kit of course higher than normal.

I hope I have helped you a little?

Greetings from Switzerland
Ivo

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luigi90210

thank you, it really helps to read posts like this instead of the bashing(which i kind of expected this to happen but still...), i dont plan on pushing it anymore than whats out of the box with their tune(or maybe a custom tune not sure yet), how satisfied is your friend with his supercharger kit?

I am in san diego and cops here dont crack down on modified cars unless you're street racing or something along those lines so im not to worried about a cop asking me to pop my hood but i would like to keep everything legal at that off chance that it happens
Thanks you, I kind of understood what your post said but could you clear something up, when you said the engine would break on extended runs, what do you mean?
like autobahn driving 155mph for 1hour straight or 80mph for 10hours straight?

I understand pushing your car hard will break things and that installing this will require more maintenance to keep the car running but I wouldn't want my car breaking on a drive to Vegas or something

NitrousZ34

[QUOTE=luigi90210;1908731]thank you, it really helps to read posts like this instead of the bashing(which i kind of expected this to happen but still...), i dont plan on pushing it anymore than whats out of the box with their tune(or maybe a custom tune not sure yet), how satisfied is your friend with his supercharger kit?

I am in san diego and cops here dont crack down on modified cars unless you're street racing or something along those lines so im not to worried about a cop asking me to pop my hood but i would like to keep everything legal at that off chance that it happens


No problem man just trying to help out. From what i have gathered is that Stillen's tune has problems and you are better off going with a custom tune to suit the needs of your driving and your cars mods. I hear you on the whole street racing thing. Basically just don't do anything to attract attention and you will be fine. My friend really does like his kit because, he was the first HR 350z to ever have the kit. I have rode in in plenty of times and the power is definately there. He makes 400rwhp on 100 oct on a 9lb pulley i believe. He is also a 5AT so he will make slighty less power than if he had a 6MT. The car definately moves though. All in all, he is happy with the kit, but is extremely unsatisfied with the customer service. As for reliability, i cannot say because he has only had the kit installed for about a year now and for the past 4 months his car has been going through some new paint and such because of a little incident he had with his ex gf lol so technically hes only been driving the car for 8 months with the kit. Like i said i have nothing against Stillen, but i would strongly recommend getting the GTM kit. In my personal opinion, the kit is better thought out than Stillen's, and the customer sevice is top notch, and that i can speak about from personal experience. Either way, whatever kit you get it will be a huge improvement over what you have now. So good luck and happy modding

swiss370Z

Hey Luigi

I just wanted to say that not a long car ride with your new kit can withstand full power! Even a normal engine can explode so ....
So be careful with long full throttle over 150mph or more on autobahn driving!

I wanted to tell you.
Hope you understand what I mean?

Greetings from Switzerland
Ivo

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luigi90210

ok that makes more sense, i dont push my car to hard anyways, i think the hardest i pushed it was 130 since i got it

thanks you
luigi90210

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EVOHUNTER

OP- buy the boostedperformance kit, best bang for you buck...
It'll walk all over both kits. Ive seen it first hand.

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luigi90210

is it carb approved?

it isnt a big deal if it isnt but since i live in california, anything carb approved will always have a 1up over the other kits

ill check that one out though, thanks