I am buying the stillen sc kit in 2 months, I dont have any other mods done to my car. Am I going to need a clutch? Headers? Exhaust? Fuel pump? ect. I want to do it right, but it would be nice to pay for this stuff 1 by 1 insted of slaping it on the credit card. In what order should I get this stuff?

 

I sould also add that my goal is to be in the high 12 sec. 1/4 mile times, as a daily driver. I drive mostly highway. Any input would be great.

 

just an FYI
SC will be hard on your highway milage and the whine will get annoying

 

Not to diss stillen SC, but its not worth it to me. The noise gets annoying, the vortech has some kind of messup noise, i dont know about the ATI, i have a few friends that DD with them, no prblems except at install, but i heard alot of peole have blown up.....same with the greddy (which i have) APS, TN......WERE ALL GONNA BLOW-WE SOLD ARE SOULS TO THE DEVIL FOR SPEED AND HE'S COMMING TO COLLECT IN A YEAR, IN THE FORM OF A NEW MOTOR.

 

I am part way comited, I already have the hood. And I like the fact that that is has a hp gain across the board. It sounds like its pretty safe on the engine. I havent heard a z with the stillen kit so I dont know what it sounds like. But my music is almost always up, so I dont think that is a issue. Anyone know that these s/c cars are doing in the 1/4?

 

its not too late. before you buy, talk to other owners. i think tony@performance and vision619 have/had that kit.
i have heard of overheating problems with that kit, but its mostly safe cuz it doesn't make the big numbers like the other kits.
read all the threads in the fi forum about the stillen kit, if you haven't done so already.

 

actually it is pretty good on the mileage. i ran an s/c before my tt. was still getting 31-32 on the freeway running my ati at 15psi, now i'm around 22-23 with the tt on the freeway.

 

i have had the stillen for a year and half,no problems with overheating,small sc belt is the only problem it seems that every 6 months you have to replace it,no big deal,as for the noise if you use a closed element air filter assembly its not that loud at all(factory air box),but if you goe short ram(jwt pop)it does get loud,its very streetable it doesent have the all out ***** to the wall power of st or tt but it is plug and play also you can upgrade from stage 1,2,3,and now 4 good luck

 

Thanks for the info superchargedg. Overall are you happy with your kit? And what stage is it?

 

stage 2 (soon stage 3 and maybe 4)power bug gets to you,love the sc only problem was the small sc belt but now i have a belt tensioner making a little squeak now.its no big deal but ive never even had a cel light come on,and its been about a year and a halve 14000 miles