Well all in all it's been very hard not driving the car since initial test drive (and keeping it around 2500-3000rpm max while on the 1 test drive!)

off to get tuned tomorrow then going to have some fun :D

thanks to everyone in this thread who have given me any info, really appreciate it guys! if anyone else has a stillen kit coming more than happy to receive any PM's with questions, will be happy to help and answer anything I can.

shout-out to Vivid racing for quick responses regarding ordering and even getting the kit to me cheaper, Vlad and Swiss for answering PM's and giving advice on the kit, Mark from Stillen here in the thread for stepping up and getting the base tune file sent to me after I had some issues.

I could definitely add a lot more to the stillen manual/supplemental stillen install instructions but didn't really bother with many pictures/DIY thread, most of it is fairly common sense but more pictures would definitely help.

It's definitely been a learning experience, stressful, fun, annoying at times, I am glad we did this at home in my garage though as it will help me out in future troubleshooting any problems with the kit.

so thank-you everyone!

Once it's tuned you will love it, mine is a blast.

:iagree:

Since 3 Years and again today in the best weather in our Swiss- Mountains :driving:

Doing it yourself is always the best thing to do. Not just to know the ins and outs of the items being added but to create that bond with your car that I wish everyone understood.

Watch out for this?
the core is not dented its water pooring out as I had it hooked to the hose.
http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/r..._231044036.jpg

Yes, watch out for this. If you use no Anti-Freeze in your IC and it gets below freezing temperatures where you live it could cause this type of damage. Please follow the installation instructions and pay attention to what conditions call for what. In warmer climates such as Southern California, Florida, Texas, etc...water and water wetter will be fine. If you live in colder climates (northern US/Canada) this could cause ice to form in the IC core or heat exchanger which can cause leaks.

http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps6329ad2b.jpg

yup, only used the Motul Mocool + demineralized water here, never going to freeze where I live.

Glad to hear it. We are looking forward to seeing your tuning results :)

okay guys, just uploaded my images to Imgur, bare with me!

So vvel parameters weren't available for my car, something has been sent off to UpRev so this can be done as well, so should expect some more from 5000rpm onwards. how are the A/F ratios looking? it's fairly rich driving it fair bit of unburnt fuel smoking out when into it a lot.

KW and Boost
http://i.imgur.com/wyyJ4d4.jpg

KW vs NA car (had similar mods as mine, just high flow cats + cat back exhaust) on another dyno here I pulled 196KW, so this is obviously way low, kinda sucks cause numbers are low, but it pulls hard and more tuning to do!
http://i.imgur.com/qKFwLZP.jpg

KW and Torque
http://i.imgur.com/K2KJUdm.jpg

KW and A/F
http://i.imgur.com/YzPoh1m.jpg

vlads dyno
 

my dyno results

red stillen heat exchanger

blue re tune with frozen boost heat exchange

no vvel done

my tune is conservative

nice man! do you have an A/F and KW on same graph print-out? would love to compare

the dyno mine got done on 370z with bolt-ons only got 176KW lol, so guessing mine is around similar mark, I'll go to a couple dyno days to see which dyno's read what :D not too worried about the numbers atm, boost level is reaching 9psi and it hammers!

here is my stock so your about the same, enjoy the purrrrrrrrrr

Your AFR seems a little too up and down. The numbers are close to where they should be. I'd be more concerned with the power you made but if you couldn't mess with the timing then it is understandable. You should hit 300+ KW with your setup. Have your tuner clean up the AFR a bit when you go back for your next tune along with the timing.

I like that now it froze to cause the problem when the car does not go out in rain or snow and sits in a climate control garage all winter. Plus the thing blew while driving 3 weeks in to summer and the temp was 80-90s. Good laugh Team Stillen

We never said it froze, I just said to watch out for that as that could be a possible cause for such damage. No need to get defensive. I've never seen (in person or in pictures) your insulated/climate controlled garage and you have not sent in your IC for evaluation so all I can do is speculate just as you have.