That would work I gues. If you do decide to get the kit, make sure you get an EcuTek tune. Stillen's canned tune is terrible and gives much less power. There have been a few people here who have blown their blocks running on it as well.

 

My shop said they would do tuning on even the tuned kit. I'll call them up Monday to see what the deal is. I'm guessing it would just be utilizing the Stillen e-tuning!?!? Still up in the air if I want to stay NA or boost it. Problem is you can only do so much with NA.

 

I highly suggest not utilizing anything from Stillen's custom e-tunes and go with a complete custom tune. What shop is this? I'd get in contact with Seb at Specialty Z for the tune honestly. He's over in Chatsworth and will be doing my tune remotely after I upgrade the kit.

 

Yup, Seb is who I would go to as well. The way the "Turn-key" kit is, is that it comes with a tune and a CARB sticker. Everything else is the same. So you get the "Turn-key" kit, and don't install the tune. Just have the shop do an ECUtek tune. You'll have the CARB sticker for the visual inspection, and you'll still have the stock cats for the tailpipe sniffer test.

Or, just flash the Stillen tune for the smog test. The hardware will be the same, so it won't hurt to flash the Stillen Uprev tune for a day and go to your inspection. As for the ECUtek tune, you can get as many tunes as a standard ECUtek tune would hold. It would have nothing to do with whether or not your hardware is a Stillen kit, a BP kit or FI, or whatever. It's just an ECUtek tune on your car.

 

^ would be the best ideal situation. I'd keep in mind that the stillen sc will blow out your oem cats eventually as well. Mine only lasted about 10-15k miles before I switched to test pipes (won't pass smog).

 

I've ordered ART pipes and an F.I. CBE for the time being and I can always just swap the stock cats in for a day for smog. I live in the Bay Area, CA, going to be getting my SC installed at ZCarGarage and they tune both UPREV and ECUtek.

 

Anybody in the Bay Area, CA have a supercharged sedan that could give me a test ride would be appreciated. I've been in a supercharged Z but would like to experience a supercharged sedan.

 

What is the difference between the 370Z kit and the G37 coupe RWD kit? I found a great deal for one locally. Guy blew his engine from running the 10lb pulley with upgraded impeller with too small of injectors (GT-R injectors.) He has the 8lb, 9lb, and 10lb pulley included. He is also throwing in the trans cooler.

I intend to buy the FrozenBoost intercooler, 750cc injectors, 340lhp pump, GT-R spark plugs, Gator belt(s), and possibly the lightweight pulley for my initial install. I already have UpRev, so I will stick with that until the A2A kit has more time and is improved more, then I'll switch the EcuTek. Also will take off my hfc, and put back on the stock cats. I have 275 tires in rear, which only have about 3k miles on them, so I'll wait until I go A2A, or the tires are bald, before moving up to 305 (if they fit in my well -- 20x10.5 +35, dropped on coilovers) but no less than 295.

My initial goal was 500+whp, but I am going to remain realistic, and ~420whp will have to suffice until I go A2A.

Do I need to do the valve body upgrade right away, or wait until I go over 500whp? Also, I wanted a csf radiator, but don't believe they make one for the automatic. Any suggestions?

Any answers, help, advice, links would be greatly appreciated.

 

Not sure about the difference. I'm sure someone more knowledgeable will chime in shortly. I've just always been skeptical of buying something like FI used. A bad used exhaust can only do so much damage. A bad used supercharger can prove to be a pretty big problem. Not to mention you're buying from a guy with a blown motor. But that's just me

 

Luckily I know the guy who installed it (reputable shop), and know the guy is who has it. I remember him having it installed not too long ago. Had he used bigger injectors, he wouldn't be in this situation. His wife won't let him keep it any longer because he has to buy a new engine and she doesn't want to go through another engine.

I told him to keep the supercharger and get rid of the wife. But that's just me He said he was lucky to marry someone out of his league, so he doesn't want to chance it.

 

What shop installed it?

 

Best Automotive. He's done many of the VQ installs around here. John, the owner, is a member of one of the car groups I'm in where we have monthly meets.

 

I heard the difference was the brackets and some small things, Stillen said that kit couldnt be swapped over, but I wouldn't listen to that, depending on the deal I'd grabbed it and go from there.

 

You can contact Stillen and ask them how much it would cost to buy all of the appropriate brackets and connectors. You'd ultimately have to buy those parts from them anyway, so you might as well get a hard figure on that so you know the total cost.

Or you can ask them to send you the PDF's of both instruction manuals, and go throught each of them page by page noting the differences in brackets. They make he instruction manuals specifically for each car, so you'd have to ask for one for each car.

 

Yeah, I sent Team_Stillen a PM, but probably would get better, quicker results if I emailed them.

Thanks, I'm thinking that's what I might do.