Congrats...You will soon live to loath the day you chose to purchase a Stillen Supercharger, and get walked on the freeway by evey modded SRT4 with their 19 year old Douchebag owners.. Stillen = Teh Suckness.

 

My first FI was a Stillen Stage 3. Ran well but I wanted more power and decided to sell it.

To be honest... Go with the stage 4. Don't even dick with the stage 2, you won't be happy.

 

He said it's more for show than go. Of course you can make more power with something else but that's not his goal.

I'm amazed by how people only care about their e-***** #'s here. Anyone not wearing a Magnum around their dyno #'s gets put down. Nice. Reminds me of high school.

 

I never said crap about Dyno numbers, I was talking about getting walked on the highway by an SRT4 or an EVO..Dyno #'s mean little, its the power that it makes in real life situations that makes the difference. I just think there is more speed to be had for the $$$$$ the Stillen ends up costing as a whole.
Just My Opinion...

 

its not just your opinion.. its mine also

 

I asked about opinions on SC and Stillen SC to be a bit more specific. You jump in with saying "It's a waste of money". If you think it is, then when you said that you should of elaborated, that way no one will have to assume anything, or make a misconception of what you really mean. And since it seems you are one of the guys that assumes TT is the only way to go, you have no real place in a SC thread, unless you have some kind of info/opinion of worth to add.


Pretty sure I have stated at least three times I wasn't worried about power at this point in time. And so what if I get walked by an SRT4 on the highway/freeway...there are speed limits for a reason.

So one last time....I decided to go Stillen because it seems to be the best kit for what I want. AKA Don't need tons of HP/Torque. I prefer the sound of the Stillen SC over the 3 TT kits I have heard. And the most important one of all....the styling. The hood to cover the SC is nasty, but I'll come up with something to cure that...well to cure it for me anyhow. Not here to please anyone but myself. You want me to do something to my car to please you...start making my payments for me

 

True. We all have different setups and opinons/preferances. When my buddy was lookin at Mustangs and came to my house with a new manual 6 cylinder, I was like wtf, what a waste, shoulda got the GT. But he is not into the car thing and wanted something a lil sporty to get him around in while gettin decent gas mileage, and like the the looks of the stang. So i understood where he was comin from. Keep us posted on the hood thing.

 

good luck putting up with stillen's **** service.

 

WOW! a$$ holes everyone has one

 

Great choice on setups. Sounds like it fit all your criteria perfectly, as it did mine. Can somebody post a pic of the new Z hood? I haven't seen it, and too lazy to navigate Stillen's site. Glad my G hood looks much better!

 

SC IS the way to go on the VQ...good choice!

 

Not sure a concrete hood would work out too well

Props for 'think different'. Your car, your vision. Hope the end result is what YOU want it to be. Not what I'd do, but I respect anyone that tries new ground.

 

The exposed blower idea sounds cool, can't wait for pics. As for power, you can always throw in 35-50 shots to help out the top end if needed. It'll take more tuning and money, but it's doaable.

 

I was actually just talking lastnight with a buddy about possibly adding a 50 shot to help top end if needed. It would probably rarely if ever get used, but it would be there. But I remember reading someone ( I believe it was superchargedg ) post that without some kind of built lower end any shot would be bad.

 

i apoligize for that comment doug,i shoudnt have said it that way.but dude you are to critical of other fi setups if it isnt greddy twins.back when i went fi in mid 03 their was 3 choices,stillen,ati procharger and the greddy twins.if you looked at all the reviews of the choices back in mid 03 you would have seen that the ati blew up just about every motor,and the greddy,s did the same with the crappy emanage.of course now its a different story,but not everybody wants 450 and up rwhp.my setup has been dead reliable and sure it dosent put out great dyno numbers,but i could actually care less.

its been a blast to drive and since it dosent put out a ton of power i dont have to worry about all the headaches that it seems a lot of the turbo guys have.

now i would say if i did it over again it would probably be the jwt twins first and the greddy twins second,now that there is a bunch of different engine management choices out there.

 

based on your choice back then.. i see no problem in your choice, it was based then knowledge and i would never have chosen an unsafe setup. However in this day and what we know now i can't really hold the same opinion for others who make the decision now.

 

i totally agree about the choices we have now,like i said now i would go a different route.

 

Despite all the other "better" choices as some say, everyone has a different application. And TT never really was something I was looking at from the start. I did read about them, but my main focus always was about going with a SC. Now sure I could make more power with Vortec or Procharger, but Im more interested in how it will look in the end. And with the Stillen I can get the visible blower look that Im after. And yes that can be done with other FI setups, but again just not for the route I want to go with this look.

But lemme pose this Doug since you seem to be more into th epower side for the money...what happens if Stillen does finally come out with the M90 blower (correct me if Im wrong on this superchargedg) that makes 450-550 HP. Not saying it will make those numbers, but just for sake of an example.

 

I am not really an SC Fan... i don't like the way SC's are setup and how they use pulleys from the engine for their power... plus i am a bigger fan of torque.. SC's put out way less torque than Turbo's

 

Congrats on the new setup. I've had mine for 2 years now (Stage 2 for awhile now Stage 4) and have been pretty happy. As many point out, cost of kit and install is comparable to other setups that will make more power. However, I've had virtually no costs to pay AFTER the install other than replacing belts every once in a while, which I'm guessing isn't the case for other options.

Haven't had much need for Stillen "service" as of yet, so....so far so good.