Fast Intentions exhaust and header comparison. Before and after UPRev tune (Dyno)

Daishi · 03-25-2010, 10:07 AM

Lol you know I'm down for the intakes too just go ahead and put me on the list alrdy lol

u155282 · 03-25-2010, 10:29 AM

I love the sound of the LTHs and the performance bump is great, but what if I wanted to keep it smog legal and a little quieter than straight pipes? I know it be expensive and it would negate some of the gains from the LTHs, but what about cutting out some space and welding in a pair of HFCs? Totally not worth it? Would you see any gains from having LTHs in that case? Has anybody else thought about this?

I still don't have a car, just curious/dreaming. I'm that guy - sorry.

m4a1mustang · 03-25-2010, 10:32 AM

Don't think you can do that because the collectors are right around where the hfcs would go. It'd totally mess up the design.

semtex · 03-25-2010, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by u155282

I love the sound of the LTHs and the performance bump is great, but what if I wanted to keep it smog legal and a little quieter than straight pipes? I know it be expensive and it would negate some of the gains from the LTHs, but what about cutting out some space and welding in a pair of HFCs? Totally not worth it? Would you see any gains from having LTHs in that case? Has anybody else thought about this?

I still don't have a car, just curious/dreaming. I'm that guy - sorry.

They wouldn't be LTHs anymore if you did that. They'd be regular short headers.

NYBladeZ · 03-25-2010, 10:46 AM

you'd be better off buying shorty headers and a set of hfc's though since it's not as efficient you leave some significant power on the table.

semtex · 03-25-2010, 10:50 AM

On a side note, my Stillen headers and Berk HFCs will be for sale soon.

Daishi · 03-25-2010, 11:44 AM

great gains but im wondering whats going on with the top of the graph it seems like there is a bottleneck somewhere.. maybe the stillens suck? it cant be the LTH's or FI catback.. thats the most free flowing setup on the market.. only other thing it could be is the stillen intake, they probably just slapped together an intake in 2 seconds and put it on the car without any testing.. wouldnt surprise me.

semtex · 03-25-2010, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Daishi

the stillen intake, they probably just slapped together an intake in 2 seconds and put it on the car without any testing.. wouldnt surprise me.

Wow, that is hands down one of the most asinine things I've read on this forum in a long time. And that's saying a lot, considering some of the posts I see every day. You have some kind of past bad experience or grudge with Stillen or something? I mean, saying that some product has some deficiencies is one thing. But it's a bit of a stretch to go from that to saying they just slapped it together in 2 seconds and did no testing, don't ya think?

Daishi · 03-25-2010, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by semtex

Wow, that is hands down one of the most asinine things I've read on this forum in a long time. And that's saying a lot, considering some of the posts I see every day. You have some kind of past bad experience or grudge with Stillen or something?

If youve read the posts on this forum and the g37 forums most are complaints of a horribly designed product that doesnt fit right. Most of their products have horrible fitment and youll see many posts about it if you looked around which leads one to believe they slap parts together. Even tony said that the g3's offered no power over the stock intakes once you have an exhaust on the car and made the car run horrible. Dangerous level of A/F. Im sorry semtex but the only reason you are being so defensive over this is because you spent some of your hard earned money on their inferior products. I have no grudge against you as a person I just hear way too many complaints about stillen. Have you heard any fitment, power, or customer service complaints about Fi? no.. Stillen on the other hand you hear it ALLL the time.

Vegitto-kun · 03-25-2010, 12:03 PM

I have no problems with the stillen intakes.

perfect fit.

Daishi · 03-25-2010, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Vegitto-kun

I have no problems with the stillen intakes.

perfect fit.

I dont want to turn this thread into who has a stillen product that fits right and what not but look around.. google it too hey theres even a website dedicated to stillen.. www.stillensucks.com lol way too many people have problems with their products and customer service. seems like stillen is hit or miss.. anyway back to the topic.. If anyone would like to further discuss this feel free to shoot me a pm. I mean no disrespect to stillen owners Im just merely stating what I read all over the place.

semtex · 03-25-2010, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Daishi

If youve read the posts on this forum and the g37 forums most are complaints of a horribly designed product that doesnt fit right. Most of their products have horrible fitment and youll see many posts about it if you looked around which leads one to believe they slap parts together. Even tony said that the g3's offered no power over the stock intakes once you have an exhaust on the car and made the car run horrible. Dangerous level of A/F. Im sorry semtex but the only reason you are being so defensive over this is because you spent some of your hard earned money on their inferior products. I have no grudge against you as a person I just hear way too many complaints about stillen. Have you heard any fitment, power, or customer service complaints about Fi? no.. Stillen on the other hand you hear it ALLL the time.

I'm not trying to be defensive, I'm trying to be fair, which I don't think you're being at all. I will be the first to admit that Stillen products are less than perfect and while some of them are great, some have pretty serious issues. The only point I'm trying to make here is that there's a middle ground. Products don't have to be either perfect or complete and utter crap. It doesn't have to be one extreme or another. Are the G3's perfect? Nope. But that doesn't mean we have to automatically go to the opposite extreme and accuse Stillen of doing absolutely no product testing at all, do we? I mean, that's a pretty harsh accusation you're making there. Zero testing? Maybe they didn't test enough. Or maybe their test methodology was flawed. But zero testing? No testing whatsoever? C'mon man, that's just unfair. We don't have to go to such an extreme to offer legitimate criticism of a company and/or product. Let me put it this way. I'm not a big fan of our current President. I think he and his policies have many faults. They are far from perfect. But that imperfection doesn't prompt me to go to the extreme of saying that he is utterly and completely without merit either. That would be disingenuous, IMHO.

semtex · 03-25-2010, 12:11 PM

Btw, for the record, if Tony makes intakes, I'll most likely sign up for those as well. But I feel no need to bash another company in the process. Quite frankly, with the hit that the aftermarket has taken in this economy, I'm grateful to any company willing to step up and develop parts for us and give us options.

Daishi · 03-25-2010, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by semtex

I'm not trying to be defensive, I'm trying to be fair, which I don't think you're being at all. I will be the first to admit that Stillen products are less than perfect and while some of them are great, some have pretty serious issues. The only point I'm trying to make here is that there's a middle ground. Products don't have to be either perfect or complete and utter crap. It doesn't have to be one extreme or another. Are the G3's perfect? Nope. But that doesn't mean we have to automatically go to the opposite extreme and accuse Stillen of doing absolutely no product testing at all, do we? I mean, that's a pretty harsh accusation you're making there. Zero testing? Maybe they didn't test enough. Or maybe their test methodology was flawed. But zero testing? No testing whatsoever? C'mon man, that's just unfair. We don't have to go to such an extreme to offer legitimate criticism of a company and/or product. Let me put it this way. I'm not a big fan of our current President. I think he and his policies have many faults. They are far from perfect. But that imperfection doesn't prompt me to go to the extreme of saying that he is utterly and completely without merit either. That would be disingenuous, IMHO.

I agree maybe i shouldn't of said they did zero testing but think of it this way. No matter how you slice it whether they didnt do enough testing or their methodology was flawed it still leaves their product in my eyes in the end still as flawed as if they did little to no testing at all. I mean does it take a genius to make a couple systems, install it on a couple different cars and say holy crap this system doesn't fit right, lets fix it. No they ship the product anyway.. But lets just say for arguments sake they didnt experience that problem and all was well.. You would think after all the fitment complaints they would actually fix the problem but no to this day people continue to have problems with their products with no fix from stillen. Instead their answer is hey we are designing a new version just buy it when it comes out.. uhhh no fix the product that you sold me in the first place or give me the new version when that comes out free of charge.

Daishi · 03-25-2010, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by semtex

Btw, for the record, if Tony makes intakes, I'll most likely sign up for those as well. But I feel no need to bash another company in the process. Quite frankly, with the hit that the aftermarket has taken in this economy, I'm grateful to any company willing to step up and develop parts for us and give us options.

Maybe your ok with people spending their hard earned money on a product that has a good chance of causing them problems but im not..Thats not to say that Im going to go out of my way to post in every thread saying stillen products suck but I did feel the need to voice my opinion in this thread because the evidence is irrefutable. If someone asks my opinion on the stillen product I have no problem telling them hey dont buy this product because of such and such.

03-25-2010, 10:32 AM	#123 (permalink)
m4a1mustang A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Northern VA Posts: 55,385 Drives: on two wheels Rep Power: 6962	Don't think you can do that because the collectors are right around where the hfcs would go. It'd totally mess up the design. __________________ - Steve Zs & Coffee - Saturdays at 10AM in Fairfax, VA and Columbia, MD (Click the banner!) LIKE us on Facebook!

03-25-2010, 10:46 AM	#125 (permalink)
NYBladeZ A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: New York Posts: 2,158 Drives: Lotus Exige S Rep Power: 20	you'd be better off buying shorty headers and a set of hfc's though since it's not as efficient you leave some significant power on the table. __________________ 2009 Carbon Fiber/Red 370z aka Trish: Sports Package, Meisterschaft full catback, Fast Intentions Longtube Headers, Injen Long Tube Intakes, UpRev Tune: Sold 2008 Lotus Exige S Club Racer aka Bella, always leaves me smiling

03-25-2010, 10:50 AM	#126 (permalink)
semtex A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Behind enemy lines Age: 54 Posts: 5,995 Drives: People to drink Rep Power: 32	On a side note, my Stillen headers and Berk HFCs will be for sale soon. __________________ "There are no small accidents on this circuit." -- Ayrton Senna 316.8whp & 248 ft/lbs (Dyno Dynamics) \| 319whp & 256 ft/lbs (DynoJet) (04/23/10) Stillen G3 CAI, CBE, Pulley / F.I. LTH / GTSpec Ladder Brace / Setrab Oil Cooler / UpRev-tuned by Forged Perf.

03-25-2010, 12:11 PM	#133 (permalink)
semtex A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Behind enemy lines Age: 54 Posts: 5,995 Drives: People to drink Rep Power: 32	Btw, for the record, if Tony makes intakes, I'll most likely sign up for those as well. But I feel no need to bash another company in the process. Quite frankly, with the hit that the aftermarket has taken in this economy, I'm grateful to any company willing to step up and develop parts for us and give us options. __________________ "There are no small accidents on this circuit." -- Ayrton Senna 316.8whp & 248 ft/lbs (Dyno Dynamics) \| 319whp & 256 ft/lbs (DynoJet) (04/23/10) Stillen G3 CAI, CBE, Pulley / F.I. LTH / GTSpec Ladder Brace / Setrab Oil Cooler / UpRev-tuned by Forged Perf.

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03-25-2010, 10:07 AM	#121 (permalink)
Daishi Track Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: NJ Posts: 683 Drives: 09 370z 6Speed Rep Power: 17	Lol you know I'm down for the intakes too just go ahead and put me on the list alrdy lol

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u155282 Banned Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Enid, OK Posts: 136 Drives: stanglangling Rep Power: 0	I love the sound of the LTHs and the performance bump is great, but what if I wanted to keep it smog legal and a little quieter than straight pipes? I know it be expensive and it would negate some of the gains from the LTHs, but what about cutting out some space and welding in a pair of HFCs? Totally not worth it? Would you see any gains from having LTHs in that case? Has anybody else thought about this? I still don't have a car, just curious/dreaming. I'm that guy - sorry.

03-25-2010, 11:44 AM	#127 (permalink)
Daishi Track Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: NJ Posts: 683 Drives: 09 370z 6Speed Rep Power: 17	great gains but im wondering whats going on with the top of the graph it seems like there is a bottleneck somewhere.. maybe the stillens suck? it cant be the LTH's or FI catback.. thats the most free flowing setup on the market.. only other thing it could be is the stillen intake, they probably just slapped together an intake in 2 seconds and put it on the car without any testing.. wouldnt surprise me.

03-25-2010, 12:03 PM	#130 (permalink)
Vegitto-kun A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: USA Posts: 2,011 Drives: 09 370Z Rep Power: 262	I have no problems with the stillen intakes. perfect fit.