STILLEN Gen 3 Intake - Video/Sounds
I know I may sound like Peterbanks here, but can someone - preferably someone at Stillen - clarify this statment? This is taken from the Stillen Blog entry for these intakes HERE.
You can see the instructions HERE for more information, including a picture of the hole for reference.
As far as whether or not to remove the front fascia, it just makes it easier to get in there, enlarge the holes, and have additional room for installation. But it is not required to actually install the intakes.
I'd agree, there's no issue here with radiator blocking, however I would have prefered to remove the 90 degree bend in the piping and put the air filters on the sides of the radiator facing end cap front. Still plenty of cold air access, no radiator blocking, no bend in the piping and a little more protection from the enviroment... that's my nickel on the design. Perhaps Gen 4
Last edited by RedG37SNC; Oct 9, 2008 at 08:49 PM.
if i were to be deaf, i could still read. maybe u mean blind
you're acting like if someone with this intake were to turn the G on the radiator would explode due to overheating.
I'd agree, there's no issue here with radiator blocking, however I would have prefered to remove the bend and put the air filters on the sides of the radiator facing end cap front. Still plenty of cold air access, no radiator blocking, no bend in the piping and a little more protection from the enviroment... that's my nickel on the design. Perhaps Gen 4 

The intake, pipe lengths, pipe bends, all aspects of the location of filters, etc were carefully crafted, placed and tested over and over to produce maximum power. Simply capping the pipes at the radiator seems like a logical idea, but is disasterous for actual function and power gains.
Except that you're not realizing that each bend, each increase or decrease in sizing of the pipe, MAF location etc will vary the horsepower and function of the intake. We went through over 50 variations to come up with the power gains we got.
The intake, pipe lengths, pipe bends, all aspects of the location of filters, etc were carefully crafted, placed and tested over and over to produce maximum power. Simply capping the pipes at the radiator seems like a logical idea, but is disasterous for actual function and power gains.
The intake, pipe lengths, pipe bends, all aspects of the location of filters, etc were carefully crafted, placed and tested over and over to produce maximum power. Simply capping the pipes at the radiator seems like a logical idea, but is disasterous for actual function and power gains.
Others have more concern about the overheating aspects, but I don't. To be honest this is the first intake I actually am considering
Just trying to keep the conversation on the up and up so there are no disappointments and Stillen doesn't have to deal with headaches.Au revoir
Be happy!
I know it's probably proprietary but it'd be interesting to see some of the designs that didn't make it.......
So, when's the testing gonna begin?
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So, when's the testing gonna begin?
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Your posts are counter productive. Instead of discussing an apparent potential cooling issue, you're defending it with blind faith.
Last edited by DanMardik; Oct 10, 2008 at 03:02 PM.



