...well, so much for getting the Stillen supercharger Let's see if JR or Vortech step up to the plate with something that doesn't need a bulging hood....

 

That hood looks terrible. All the Z's style is gone...

 

The sideskirts are decent. It's really the hood that's the deal breaker IMHO.

 

In that last pic, is there a crack in the hood, or is there a problem with the image?

Maybe it didn't quite clear the blower

 

Damn, Stillen can't seem to get anything right by the 350Z. I'm really, really hoping the hood is optional. The other implied drawback; the front strut bar must be gone as well. For me, that's more unacceptable. Looks like the screw-type supercharger is completely out of the question...unless perhaps it can be situated in the area to the right of the engine (intake-sde). Rather like this, except flipped:

Credit to superchargersonline.com for the image-
Centrifugal may be possible, if not probable. Although you're stuck with turbo-like qualities (not necessarily a bad thing ). Another plus, ability to ramp up the boost!

 

Believe it or not, it's actually a little less dramatic than I would have thought.

Still looks kind of gross though.

 

I would take it like they had the turbo concepts. with it sticking out of the hood before I took this.

 

Put that hood on your car, grow a mullet, and maybe you can be friends with these guys, YEEHAW!!

 

That mullet is quite IMPRESSIVE

 

While I don't care for the hood, it IS very reminiscent of the 240Z hood.

 

It's not a toooma! (said like arnold S.) Hmmmm....Don't know about that...a little too reminiscent of a firebird or something....blech.

 

i'm afraid there is no other place for the supercharger, other than the top of the engine. Being so that means a big bulgy hood is required.

 

perhaps for a roots type SC, but a centrifugal type SC doesnt have to be mounted on top of the engine, and has a bit better potential for a car with a larger displacment and doesnt quite need the low down torque the roots gives, IMHO

 

Im a little confused, the largest section of bulge is set back farther than the cut in the hood on the preproduction version...

on the other side, that WHOLE body kit(minus hood) is only 594$. thats pretty damn cheap isnt it? the nismo front is more than that...

 

The entire bodykit is not $590, that's the front facia only...
check out the site again ...

 

ah, that wording is quite confusing, they just say nissan fascia, and go on to talk about front, sides, and rear. I didnt notice the part numbers for each, they dont give prices for anything but the front then.

 

It appears they probably made a whole intake change to set the supercharger directly up on top, instead of having it off slightly to the side like I remember the cut hood prototype version.

Just a guess.

 

yeah, roots blowers are usually made to be integral parts of the intake manifold