We've seen it happen before and it's happened again. This was an Infiniti installed Stillen kit so it should be under warranty.



Good luck to the owner.

Larger image and some detail is here: 2008 infiniti g37 stillen supercharged blown motor

 

daaaaamn!!!!

 

Of course it's a stillen kit

 

I think someone should mention that per the article, the car was running fine until headers were added, and the car was NOT RETUNED afterwards.

Big no no.

 

uh oh. Interested to see how it turns out.
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yikes....

 

Yeah, the kit has been on for a couple of months. When you are pushing a motor not made for SC then you surely want to ensure a/f is correct. Guess the question is whether the Infiniti tech called Stillen and was notified the existing tune was OK to run with the headers. From what I understand that is the case.

 

It should also be noted that the article stated that the installer of the headers advised a retune was not needed for this particular component. If Stillen/Infiniti decide to not cover him because of this, he might have a hard time getting it covered by whatever shop advised against the tune, particularly if it was a small shop.

 

Man that sucks. I wouldn't trust anyone but the manufacturer to install an SC or TT kit.

 

Any shop who doesn't recommend a retune after changing flow characteristics should just shut down now before they blow up more engines.

Unless, Stillen really did say that a retune wasn't needed, which is basically an admission that their headers do nothing to improve flow.

 

Hahahah sorry, I just find this funny.
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ouch that sucks

 

Saw those pieces first hand earlier today.

 

Welp the owner is getting a new block under warranty. Glad it all worked out for him. I know others that are not so fortunate.

 

ouch.. yea just go with gtm..