Review MAC Autosport Stillen SC Install
01-24-2011, 03:35 PM
#168
I do like the look under the hood. Early on in my decision process I was not sure if I would but now that I have the real thing in front of me I am loving it!
01-24-2011, 03:41 PM
#169
I would think that you are correct. There has to be a point of diminishing returns in parasitic load to the engine although I don't know what that point is. You can step down in pulley size on this blower and get significantly higher boost but that would require 93 octane. The guys at MAC were impressed with the size of the blower. I believe that Adam said it is as large a what they have used for custom installs on C6 Vettes. Josh@Stillen or Kyle@Stillen could probably give you more technical insight on the dynamics of SCs and parasitic load as well as differences in TT and SC applications. If I remember correctly, there are a couple of threads on here comparing and contrasting SC and TT setups that have some pretty good info and links to additional info.
01-24-2011, 03:46 PM
#170
I forgot to mention in my earlier post about gas mileage that it is not really a big concern for me as my wife and I live less than 5 miles from work so we don't burn much fuel during the work week. That leaves more in the fuel budget for weekend driving! That sentiment may not make me very popular with the ECCO crowd but hey, I recycle religiously and use cfls! 
01-24-2011, 05:27 PM
#176
No prob. I havent measured it but I know on the highway it gets considerably more, just because i'm not stomping on the gas. I wasnt getting too much better with out the supercharger just because I like to get up and go and the G drinks the gas when accel hard.
01-24-2011, 06:05 PM
#177
I know the previous owner was female as her voice is still programmed into the Bluetooth for the phone. She has this really strong European accent and named the phone "Infiniti". It freaking took me forever to duplicate her pronunciation well enough to replace her phone with mine and to top it off, I did not delete her voice, simply replaced her phone with mine under the same name DOH! I still need to clear that up!
01-24-2011, 07:04 PM
#179
I was getting around 16 to 17 city and haven't really gotten a good baseline for highway since I got it. The first month I had it I was probably averaging more like 14 because I had my food in it everwhere! I did notice in the history for MPG that whoever had it before had some numbers around 20 to 21! It must have been from a road trip or something.
I know the previous owner was female as her voice is still programmed into the Bluetooth for the phone. She has this really strong European accent and named the phone "Infiniti". It freaking took me forever to duplicate her pronunciation well enough to replace her phone with mine and to top it off, I did not delete her voice, simply replaced her phone with mine under the same name DOH! I still need to clear that up!
I know the previous owner was female as her voice is still programmed into the Bluetooth for the phone. She has this really strong European accent and named the phone "Infiniti". It freaking took me forever to duplicate her pronunciation well enough to replace her phone with mine and to top it off, I did not delete her voice, simply replaced her phone with mine under the same name DOH! I still need to clear that up!