Stillen SC - put on your seat belts

Shamrock

Jwillis, how is the tranny holding up?

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Bart

JWillis72

So far good but it only has 2,500 miles since boost.

Shamrock

Did you increase line pressure? I purchased from GTA the valve body upgrade. You feel no tranny slipping?

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Bart

future370zzz

Everyone is saying that with a custom tune you are not "CARB" legal but who cares? The cop that pulls you over will not know that. You flash your E.O. CARB sticker and show him the Stillen printout and go about your way. If he decides to be an *** and gives you REF ticket anyways, then just re-flash with the Stillen tune and go get the ticket signed off. Even with a smaller pulley and larger injectors they won't know the difference. That's the ******** for living in CA.

This is where the Stillen kit has an advantage over the GTM kit. If you are in California, you don't have to worry and be paranoid about cops pulling you over and writing you a big fat ticket for illegal mods. If you have anything other than Stillen, if you get caught, you won't be able to wiggle your way out and would need to pay huge fines and have the kit uninstalled costing your thousands of dollars. You will not understand this unless you live in CA.

It comes down to how much risk you want to take. There is a reason why other people make FI kits. If one of them were the best then there would not be any competition but there is.

If there were no smog/CARB laws, I would probably not go with Stillen but look for the cheapest, most realiable setup in turbo form. Maybe the boosted performance single turbo? But they don't make it for AT? Probably GTM twin turbos. A turbo setup always almost seems to produce more bang for the buck from looking at the numbers game.

So what am I trying to say? I know some of you have been down the Stillen road and come with first hand experience but I'm not sure how many are from California. I am sure that people with the Stillen kit in California are satisfied that they have more power and don't have to worry about being caught. If you're getting the Stillen at a good price and factor in the limited growth potential and be realistic about your whp numbers you won't be disappointed. Just know what you're getting yourself into with the experiences from this forum.

JWillis72

I think the tuner adjusted it in UpRev but I didn't do the valve body. No slipping so far!So far it seems like the tires are breaking before the tranny and I'm hoping it stays that way. I booked rooms at Sebring at the end of March for a track weekend so we will see if it can take it or not.

Shamrock

Sweet

thanks
Bart

elperuano

He reps for Dsport... No wonder.... NOW it all makes sense.

future if they really wanted to they could find out at the emissions place. There's ways around yes, but it will clearly void the carb. If u wanna riskit that's a different story but we're going with what's in black and white here.

future370zzz

Well, if the cop is a real jerk even after seeing a CARB sticker and Stillen brochure and sends me to emissions I would need to have the shop swap in the CARB items (CARB tune, CARB pulley, CARB injectors?). They don't tow your car, just make you correct whatever they think is wrong with it. The problem with the GTM or other non-CARB kits is that I don't even have the option of going around the system. If I get caught, I have to take the system out, with Stillen it gives me a fighting chance. CA sucks! Ugh

The other option is to buy a high HP domestic (new mustang GT/corvette) and never have to worry about being profiled as a typical import street racer.hahaha

luigi90210

Hahahahahahhahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahaha

Clearly you have no idea how a ref station works and what they can and can't legally do.

First thing is they can't pull apart your car for an inspection, that's illegal so they won't know what pulleys you are running, what impellers you are running, ect.
Secondly they have no way to check for a tune, all they do is run your car on the dyno and sniff the exhaust, if you have cats, you'll pass.

Please at least do research on what ref stations can and can't do before posting.

Oh and here is a question, if you get a ref ticket and you have illegal mods, why not pay the bail of $800?

Wouldn't that be cheaper over putting your car back to stock?

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JWillis72

Shamrock, have you installed your kit yet?

Shamrock

Starting beginning of January

thanks
Bart

future370zzz

I never said they would take my car apart. I wasn't 100% sure if they could detect changes to the ECU that why I said "CARB injectors?". The pulley's they can technically measure and call Stillen (if they can get through haha). I've heard some can be anal and others not.

Test pipes would need to be changed (for emissions) and possible FI exhaust back to stock (for sound limits if over 95 db at a certain rpm)

$800 would be cheaper if I had a non-carb kit, but I have a carb kit already. If it happens more than once, it starts getting expensive. Depends on your luck and how you drive I guess.

luigi90210

honestly if you stay away from street races and dont drive like a jackass, you'll be fine, and there is no way to measure the pulley accurately without taking it off which would fall under taking apart your car, they also dont check for anything outside of what you were written up for(IE if you got a ticket for an illegal supercharger, they would only check for the supercharger and see if there is the carb EO on it)

i think you got smog testing confused with ref stations, ref stations are full of anal people who take their job way to seriously, smog shops can(and in most cases are) be lenient towards modifications
technically my eclipse doesnt pass the visual but since it passes out the tail pipe, the smog guy i go to passes me(as do most smog shops i have been to)

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TKomodo

Crickets??

Tazicon

I just read all 15 pages........................Thats all I need to say.