I know I am going to get flamed mercilessly for this (and I probably deserve it)

I did a run from a stoplight up a steep hill near my house. In second gear when I got to about 5k ut just freakin laid down!!! Not fuel cut but just a huge loss of tourqe.

Now I probably should have popped the hood at this point but instead I took it out the next morning. Did a couple of flat road sprints but overall drove it gently because I had a battery in teh hatch for half the trip. Only thing odd was that it stalled once at speed when I put in the clutch. Oh and I noticed when scrolling through the computer to check the outside temp that my fuel econ was 5MPG.

So today I pop the hood to install a spacer and OMG the cone filter is just laying there! I am sooooo freakin lucky I didn't aspirate something nasty.

The only reason I am posting this is so that maybe someone will learn from my mistake.

Dean

 

I just installed mine a couple weeks ago, and this made me go outside and check that my filter is on there tight. That definitely could have ended in a bad way, but I'm glad nothing happened to your engine.

 

Thanks.

I am going to add "check if the filter is loose" to my list of things I do when I pop the hood.

I may add "pop the hood, dumb-a$$" to my list of things to do more often.

Fotunately it hasn't been very dry or hot here. So the air is pretty clean. I also try not to drive the Z in foul weather. But I know there are guys with Pop chargers on daily drivers.

Dean

 

When popcharger falls off, you will hear much louder sound from your engine bay and RPM won't stay still when car is stopped. This happed to me once.

 

There have been issues with this before: https://my350z.com/forum/showthread....ht=pop+charger

 

I guess I should have done more research before purchasing. I thought I did good DD.

Anybody wanna trade a Stillen for a POP-Charger?

 

Oh Shoot! . . . As I go and check mine.

 

The motor is so powerful that it blew the damn thing off.

 

 

Thanks , need to check mine , noticed when i shut it down the air flow sounded louder ?

 

I wouldn't lose any any sleep over this one . When you clean it , just make sure you have it on tight enough .Have had one on my 2003 from the get go - never happened and won't if you tighten it correctly after cleaning it .Only thing I can think that would cause something like this is a defective clamp for some reason ( make sure it's not stripped or not catching somehow when tightening ) .Just had one more thought . Make sure when you reinstall the venturi ( cone filter ) that you put it flush to the back of the popcharger where it sits so that if you were to run your hand around the back of the venturi , everything would be flush or even and no part of the cone would be uneven to where it mounts .