I installed the exhaust system for Travis on his car. He has the complete Stillen system from cylinder head back. The headers and catalytic converters fit well without any issues, but from cat back...this exhaust was the worst fitting that I have ever had to deal with.

Anyone know what the "fix" that Stillen made for the later shipments (we'll call them Rev 2)?

I didn't know they fixed them?

Yeah they made a design change, to the Y-pipe I believe, to make it fit easier/better. I don't think they ever publicly stated exactly where and what the change was, but shortly afterward the rate of successful (non-rattling) installs went up on this board.

Status on custom oil cooler kit, please? :excited:

I thought that was the rumor and then someone from Stillen came back to say all they changed was the addition of the 'better' instructions to show how to fit it and that nothing was actually changed? Coulda sworn that was the case...

Hey Travis, I was wondering if you could clarify something for me. That clunking noise is the LSD at work, and the smaller, more frequent noises are from the Stillen (presumably) exhaust?

thanks for your note... we're still working that out... yes, there is clunking from the diff, but we're 99% convinced we either have a quality issue on this particular diff or it is reacting negatively to the oil we used for break in... ie we still have the break in gear oil in the diff at the time of this video... until we clear up the noise coming from the diff, i'm not willing to assign any noise to the exhaust... i should have some definitive answers by end of week and will update then... brgds

Hey Socal... thanks for asking... the kit will be done by Redline Motorsports of Tempe, AZ. I'm sure Robert would welcome anyone reaching out to him directly by phone. He's been extremely busy b/c he had a tech leave last few days, so be patient if you don't get him right away... Hoping it is done this week, but if not prob next week. I have a track event this weekend and if done, will have a chance to put it to the test. If not, will at least provide street impressions the following weekend. I'm going to go out on a limb and predict this will be the one to buy for those willing to go with a non-nissan setup. As I mentioned before, will be dual setrab core, dual flow. I suspect it will be reasonably priced... more to come

Ohhhh, nice, we get to hear about the diff! Changing diff oils before then? What other things besides that and the ChaseCam setup are you going to test?

well, first time on track with new suspension bits and higher HP... same old brakes, but should get some improvement there for next one...

Thanks for the clarification.

Just picked up the car from Redline... his shop is slammed right now, so not enough time to get oil cooler, diff cooler and other stuff done, but he did get the car in good working condition for my track day tomorrow (SAT). Also, the noises are now ENTIRELY GONE. We are attributing all of the noise to the rear diff and believe it resulted from the temporary break-in gear oil we were running. The permanent oil is much thicker. The carbon plates in the diff need the thicker oil to operator properly.

Will have the traqmate on tomorrow, so should be collecting some valuable data.

Will prob start a separate thread to discuss the track day and share data.

sexy.

not megan fox, but okay :)