Stillen G3's those who own with real results please Chime in

BOLIO 671

So..was doing a bit of research on this part and ran into this quote from NY Bladez which was posted on Elia CID's thread regarding the G3's...

You See I'm a bit confused with the whole Stillen G3 Intake arguement...I recall doing research on the forum and seeing members arguing and posting that there really weren't any gains...and that gains were only seen after 6.5K-7K....but I recently read two seperate threads...One by Semtex and One from RCZ...in RCZ's thread he reported receiving 20WHP...This was his only mod at the time...Semtex did another review..however he was already running the Stillen CBE/Berk HFC Combo and Semtex reported gaining 14.7 WHP on top of what he already had with the Exhaust....I find both of these members to be very respectable "Call it as it is" reviewers....

Here are their threads for reference...

STILLEN Longtube G3 Intakes. Review, Dyno and Impressions.

Install of Stillen G3 Intakes complete - review, etc.

Can some Stillen G3 owners chime in and support or negate the truth of the type of HP these things really produce?

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Paskii

I also heard that stock intakes are the best for the 370z, apparently some people complained that the Stillen intakes can cause the car to stall, not sure if this applies for the 370 but its quite evident for the 350z.

efuseakay

Intakes causing a car to stall = installer fail.

BOLIO 671

I've never heard of this happening, unless their is a leak in the set up....Having the slightest leak will cause major HP loss...

It seems that no one is coming out thus far to negate the claims made by Semtex and RCZ....The thing about their threads is that they actually have documents to support their claims of actual HP gains...Based on the reviews that Semtex has done with other products, I know him to be a straight shooter when calling out numbers of performance parts...He did so with the Stillen Headers...showing no favortism and giving his honest opinion that it wsa not worth the $$$ and time...even though he was rocking other "Stillen" parts on his car such as the CBE, CAI, and the Underpulley...

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esfourteen

I can only speak from the butt dyno after I installed the intakes, get them, you won't regret it.

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BOLIO 671

There we go...Someone who actually speaks with confidence with this item

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blastman5

i havent taken mine to the dyno but i noticed a difference as soon as i installed them and then it got so much better with the berk hfc and cbe....so i say get em....u will notice the difference and the sound is so nice when u have WOT

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BOLIO 671

Well...based on what. I've read and researched, I haven't come aross anything that supports any validity of the G3's being a bad product...I. have found only good info and supporting evidence backing up this product...All the negative info regarding intakes happen to be based on supporting evidence (Dynos) that the short air intakes like the Takedas don't produce any numbers for the Z...so I pulled da trigger and will be getting these babies soon

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G37sHKS

buy it.. you wont regret getting those bad boys.. who ever says they are bad. they probably or for sure they dont have them or they cant afford them!

Stillen G3 intakes ftw!

Slynky

Strange...LOL...I took off work today to install my G3s that came on Wed. I sure hope what I read is the truth. I never expect the gains listed by the OEM. There, they boast 17.5 WHP. I'll be happy if I just get half that...or happier at 10.

The only negative I have heard is something about the air cond. tubing being rubbed or something. Will be pulling up AK's install thread today...he did it real justice.

Good luck with yours !

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BOLIO 671

in regards to. AK's install...I believe he put some sort of wrap. Around the A/C lines for. Added. Protection against the rub problem you're referring to.

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TongMan

When you cross reference the cost and the hp gain...its not worth it. Claiming 15-20whp from a CAI is a little hard to accept on a naturally aspirated motor. From what I've been told, the stock air boxes are not restrictive and provide the best hp and torque for the motor.

esfourteen

And the person who told you this owned these intakes, did before and after dynos and determined that he lost power by installing them right? Please stop spreading fud.

You may not make 18whp as they claim, but theres a definite power increase along with a much nicer growl. Nissan designed a great intake system, but to pretend that it was designed to make the most power without regards to cost is naive. You bought a $30k sports car, not a ferrari.

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tsolin01

I'm set to install these this weekend. The only perf mod I have is the F.I. CBE so I doubt I'll feel any gains but I'll let you know if I do. I mean you shouldn't expect anything spectacular with any of these mods short of forced induction. My primary reason for modding is to be a little unique and improve the driving experience. Any added performance is just icing on the cake.

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jpit

Here is what a top Nissan tuner had to say about the G3s after his dyno test on an automatic. It tested out a little better on a manual.

"Since the stock intake system is so efficient we were pretty sure that the Stillen intake was not going to make much difference and we were both right and seriously wrong. When running on the dyno, the Stillen intake produced on the average 3 more whp but less torque at 270 whp and 216 lb/ft with the power gains coming high in the powerband above 6700 rpm. Below 6700 rpm, the Stillen Intake lost a slight bit of power and torque. This isn’t the whole story though. For the sake of curiosity, we removed the front bumper fascia and ran the car with the airflow of the dyno’s cooling fan blowing straight on the filters. We were amazed to see that the Stillen intake belt out an additional 10 whp nearly completely across the board! Not believing our eyes, we ran the car with the bumper cover off for many pulls and the numbers repeated. We then replaced the bumper cover and the power numbers dropped to what they had been.

Stillen’s cold air intake is clearly a superior design with great power potential but the bumper traps hot air in the vicinity of the filters which nullifies most of the gains. We hope Stillen reads this and creates a bumper vent and heatshield kit so that the full potential of this great intake can be realized. Since people do not drive without a front bumper we are only going to show our with bumper cover power results."