Stillen Supercharger estimates???

Kyle@STILLEN · 01-07-2010, 09:04 PM

We just received the prototype castings back from the foundry and they look AMAZING!!!! I can't wait to post pictures soon!!!

We have done all of the engineering of this kit in house and we have produced a couple of rapid prototype intake manifolds which are a plastic material that allow us to check for fitment and we can even send them out to test airflow and what not. The parts that we ran on the car a couple of months ago were actually plastic prototype pieces. This allowed us to watch all the belts and check alignment and confirm the engineering before going into the casting process.

We obviously don't have an aluminum foundry in the back of our shop so for some of our products we have to outsource to specialists. Then the parts come back to our shop for final machining and finishing before being assembled with the intercoolers and the rest of the kit.

The company who does all of our castings also manufactures parts for some of the largest manufacturers in the industry including:

TRD
Roush Racing
DART heads
Chrysler
Cosworth
Bombardier
Edelbrock
and many, many more.

We are also very proud to say that they are based in the U.S.A. This is very important to STILLEN. Too many companies these days outsource to other countries and we try our best to keep all of our manufacturing in-house or at least in the U.S.A.

Red370 · 01-07-2010, 09:50 PM

Woo! God Bless America, I <3 Stillen.

CBRich · 01-07-2010, 10:34 PM

Can't wait to see the pics of the castings.

JoeyD · 01-08-2010, 10:07 AM

Me either! A casting pic would be more than enough to kill the elephant in the room (since saying "vortec blower" really didn't give us much)

370Zsteve · 01-08-2010, 10:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1slow370

pssh it's a friggen GT40 it better have at LEAST 600

You missed my point. completely.

jran76 · 01-11-2010, 06:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JoeyD

Me either! A casting pic would be more than enough to kill the elephant in the room (since saying "vortec blower" really didn't give us much)

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jmlenz · 01-13-2010, 01:21 PM

^^^Nice Find! Finally some proof of life! Stillen relocated both TBs to one side of the intake manifold...tricky

jmlenz · 01-13-2010, 01:26 PM

about the single side TB setup> Seems like a good engineering/packaging idea but doesn't do much for engine compartment aesthetics. Half of our engine bay will be naked and bare lol...no biggie though

Kyle@STILLEN · 01-13-2010, 01:34 PM

Oh trust me! There will be some more parts back on the other side. For example, a big shiny blower!!!

jmlenz · 01-13-2010, 01:56 PM

Kyle> ahhh...so the I/C will sit on one side of the engine bay and the blower on the other eh?

JoeyD · 01-13-2010, 02:01 PM

The way I understood it was that cooling would happen post T/B. As in somewhere inside this casting...

Kyle@STILLEN · 01-13-2010, 02:03 PM

No, the heat exchanger will be up behind the front bumper in front of the radiator.

Sorry for the confusion, "blower" is another term for supercharger.

Kyle@STILLEN · 01-13-2010, 02:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JoeyD

The way I understood it was that cooling would happen post T/B. As in somewhere inside this casting...

We have developed a diagram to explain how the intercooler works. I will be posting it soon.

>135I · 01-13-2010, 03:01 PM

Thanks for the update, very exciting.

CBRich · 01-13-2010, 03:35 PM

That's it. Breaking out the credit card.

01-07-2010, 09:50 PM	#407 (permalink)
Red370 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Kaiserslautern, Germany Posts: 4,391 Drives: your mom to church Rep Power: 296	Woo! God Bless America, I <3 Stillen. __________________ 2011 Mustang 5.0 \| 3.55's \| Lethal Performance off road H-Pipe \| Magnaflow Muffler Delete \| JLT CAI/Bama tuned 417whp/ 404 ft/lbs

01-08-2010, 10:07 AM	#409 (permalink)
JoeyD Enthusiast Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Raeford, NC Posts: 305 Drives: 09 NISMO 370Z Rep Power: 186	Me either! A casting pic would be more than enough to kill the elephant in the room (since saying "vortec blower" really didn't give us much) __________________ When was the last time you did 230MPH in something with 4 seats?

01-13-2010, 02:01 PM	#416 (permalink)
JoeyD Enthusiast Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Raeford, NC Posts: 305 Drives: 09 NISMO 370Z Rep Power: 186	The way I understood it was that cooling would happen post T/B. As in somewhere inside this casting... __________________ When was the last time you did 230MPH in something with 4 seats?

01-13-2010, 03:01 PM	#419 (permalink)
>135I Enthusiast Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Radcliff, KY Age: 42 Posts: 409 Drives: 2003 Cobra Rep Power: 16	Thanks for the update, very exciting. __________________ I will miss my Z. I hope she goes to a good home.

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01-07-2010, 09:04 PM	#406 (permalink)
Kyle@STILLEN The370Z.com Sponsor Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Newport Beach Posts: 626 Drives: Toyota Tundra Rep Power: 307	We just received the prototype castings back from the foundry and they look AMAZING!!!! I can't wait to post pictures soon!!! We have done all of the engineering of this kit in house and we have produced a couple of rapid prototype intake manifolds which are a plastic material that allow us to check for fitment and we can even send them out to test airflow and what not. The parts that we ran on the car a couple of months ago were actually plastic prototype pieces. This allowed us to watch all the belts and check alignment and confirm the engineering before going into the casting process. We obviously don't have an aluminum foundry in the back of our shop so for some of our products we have to outsource to specialists. Then the parts come back to our shop for final machining and finishing before being assembled with the intercoolers and the rest of the kit. The company who does all of our castings also manufactures parts for some of the largest manufacturers in the industry including: TRD Roush Racing DART heads Chrysler Cosworth Bombardier Edelbrock and many, many more. We are also very proud to say that they are based in the U.S.A. This is very important to STILLEN. Too many companies these days outsource to other countries and we try our best to keep all of our manufacturing in-house or at least in the U.S.A.

01-07-2010, 10:34 PM	#408 (permalink)
CBRich A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: SC Posts: 2,464 Drives: 370Z Rep Power: 544	Can't wait to see the pics of the castings.

01-13-2010, 01:21 PM	#412 (permalink)
jmlenz Track Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: San Diego Posts: 645 Drives: a car Rep Power: 643	^^^Nice Find! Finally some proof of life! Stillen relocated both TBs to one side of the intake manifold...tricky

01-13-2010, 01:26 PM	#413 (permalink)
jmlenz Track Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: San Diego Posts: 645 Drives: a car Rep Power: 643	about the single side TB setup> Seems like a good engineering/packaging idea but doesn't do much for engine compartment aesthetics. Half of our engine bay will be naked and bare lol...no biggie though

01-13-2010, 01:34 PM	#414 (permalink)
Kyle@STILLEN The370Z.com Sponsor Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Newport Beach Posts: 626 Drives: Toyota Tundra Rep Power: 307	Oh trust me! There will be some more parts back on the other side. For example, a big shiny blower!!!

01-13-2010, 01:56 PM	#415 (permalink)
jmlenz Track Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: San Diego Posts: 645 Drives: a car Rep Power: 643	Kyle> ahhh...so the I/C will sit on one side of the engine bay and the blower on the other eh?

01-13-2010, 02:03 PM	#417 (permalink)
Kyle@STILLEN The370Z.com Sponsor Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Newport Beach Posts: 626 Drives: Toyota Tundra Rep Power: 307	No, the heat exchanger will be up behind the front bumper in front of the radiator. Sorry for the confusion, "blower" is another term for supercharger.

01-13-2010, 03:35 PM	#420 (permalink)
CBRich A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: SC Posts: 2,464 Drives: 370Z Rep Power: 544	That's it. Breaking out the credit card.