Stillen also told me they were planning to make it for the VQ35HR. I offered to let them use my car as test car but they said they already had one. ...... Oh i forgot to mention, this was 2 years ago at the stillen meet when I practically bought the HR the day it came out.

 

never gonna happen

 

Summer isn't over yet. It's barely here.

 

I got a response via email today. Sounds at least promising.

"We are working on a supercharger for the vq35hr. We have a lot of time and engineering work in this project. At this point it is going well, but we are not close to any formal announcement. We will let everyone know as we get closer to a release date. Our goal is to produce a CARB approved 50 state legal unit."

 

I hope it ends up 50 state legal...instead of 49, lol.

 

Just move to a state with less tree huggers!

 

willow350,
ask them what type of supercharger is it. someone mentioned earlier that its not a roots blower anymore, i'm wondering what they're using now...

 

We'll see how much first.

 

You could email them yourself. sales@stillen.com
Perhaps, showing our interests in their supercharger project will encourage them to complete it's production in timely fashion.

 

good point, email sent...

 

I emailed Stillen! +2

keep emailing them! HR owners!

They need to see the demand!

 

^^^I just shot them another e-mail. Hopefully they respond soon!

 

I sent them a couple emails last summer. got the same reply: "we are working on it.... etc. etc. etc." Maybe this time with more emails they'll speed it up.

 

just got an email back from them, same standard response, didn't say what type of blower it will be.



here's the email:

We are working on a forced induction kit for the HR engines. There have been a number of technical and engineering hurdles and I am pleased to report that we have made excellent progress on these.

We are not ready to make any formal announcement regarding this kit or the likely components of the finished product.

You may be aware that Stillen designed and built the first and most popular 50 state legal supercharger for the 350Z, G35 and FX35. We are proud of our track record for reliability, performance and legality and our goal is to continue this tradition with any new unit.

 

^^ yup, i just got the SAME exact email response from them.

but i'm still optimistic

 

my optimism depends on the type of blower used, and thats unknown right now, so i'm not all that optimistic...

 

Here is another email from stillen (Jeff Ricciardi) seems pretty close to the last one posted.

Hi Muhammad and thanks for your interest in Stillen.

We are working on a forced induction kit for the HR engines. There have been a number of technical and engineering hurdles and I am pleased to report that we have made excellent progress on these.

We are not ready to make any formal announcement regarding this kit or the likely components of the finished product, Unfortunately, these type of projects take a lot of time in both design, testing and manufacturing and we can’t give you specs or any realistic timetable at this point.

You may be aware that Stillen designed and built the first and most popular 50 state legal supercharger for the 350Z, G35 and FX35. We are proud of our track record for reliability, performance and legality and our goal is to continue this tradition with any new unit.

Thanks for your inquiry,

Jeff Ricciardi
Sales Manager

714-540-5566 x112
slsmgr@stillen.com

This message and any attached documents containing information from Stillen, Steve Millen Sportparts or other affiliated companies are privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you.

 

I guess it's wait and see now.

 

I'd be interested... post to mark this thread!

 

Hi Jeff,

Thanks for your response. Please try and work your hardest as there is much interest in this kit. I see many sales in the future if the right kit is designed with around 400 + whp. Please keep the 350z community informed.

Thanks again,


Muhammad Khan
Technical Support
Career Education Corp.


Hi Muhammad,

This is a very high priority with our R&D team. We believe that this will be a good selling kit as well. 400 at the wheels? We’ll see as the kit comes along, but our goals are to produce a reliable and 50 state legal kit using stock engine components. On the last two variations of this engine, neither of these would be possible at this kind of power output. But as I say, we’ll know better as we get to the testing phase.

Thanks,

Jeff