Stillen Supercharger reliabiity

irondoc · 02-01-2013, 01:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elperuano

Might not be every Stillen owner but the MAJORITY yes.
Money to power it just doesn't make sense. Ur at 394 n the highest you saw NA was 340. Compare what that NA paid to what u paid for 50 more hp.
Another thing you said was SC is instant power? At 3.6-3.7k rpm I'm at full boost. I'm barely under that rpm every shift if running the car hard so it's almost instant boost every shift after.
There are much better SC kits out there in my opinion. As always just research before pulling trigger. I like doing things right the first time to save money in my pocket and wear on my car. Too many times I've read a Stillen owner upgrading this and that, adding this and that and every change requires another dyno tuning session which is more money and wear on motor.

hmm... first off I have never seen anyone other than one report with anywhere near 340 whp non-FI.
Additionally high flow cats and test pipes are for track use - so that is off the table. So subtract roughly 10-20 whp.

In real life - If you look at claimed numbers for the usual suspect non-FI mods you get for cost/HP gains -
Exhaust – roughly 10-20 whp for $1270 plus install
CAI – 12-20 whp, $530 plus install
Headers – maybe 15 whp – 550 plus install
Our car makes 270whp unmodified, so with all of the above you get maybe 45 whp – or 315 total for around $2400 with plus tax and installation, arguably 4K said and done, or $90/whp.

Stillen SC at $7800 for 125 whp is $62/whp – I like that ratio better.

Really I don't see any comparison in power. FI is pricey and if you look at my recent thread Stillen SC long term reports you will see reports so far of close to 500whp with minimal problems.

elperuano · 02-01-2013, 01:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by irondoc

hmm... first off I have never seen anyone other than one report with anywhere near 340 whp non-FI.
Additionally high flow cats and test pipes are for track use - so that is off the table. So subtract roughly 10-20 whp.

In real life - If you look at claimed numbers for the usual suspect non-FI mods you get for cost/HP gains -
Exhaust – roughly 10-20 whp for $1270 plus install
CAI – 12-20 whp, $530 plus install
Headers – maybe 15 whp – 550 plus install
Our car makes 270whp unmodified, so with all of the above you get maybe 45 whp – or 315 total for around $2400 with plus tax and installation, arguably 4K said and done, or $90/whp.

Stillen SC at $7800 for 125 whp is $62/whp – I like that ratio better.

Really I don't see any comparison in power. FI is pricey and if you look at my recent thread Stillen SC long term reports you will see reports so far of close to 500whp with minimal problems.

I forgot about the "carb or smog" thingy. Ur right about that, but any Stillen SC making anywhere near 500hp is not using the Stillen tune therefore the "warranty" gets voided.

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