No reason to fan the flames here. I'm not upset over what I paid. Just because a $1200 exhaust on a Camaro gets you more hp than on a small displacement car doesn't mean that it's going to be cheaper. The prices I paid weren't exhorbitant. The hp gains were smaller than expected, but that's why I posted this....so people would see the truth and understand what they are getting into when they start adding up manufacturer's claims of 18hp here, 10 hp there, etc., then go and dyno and find out they didn't get what they thought.
Try crunching those numbers on a Porsche, Lambo or Ferarri and see what you get.... the turbo Lambo kit from Heffner is widely acclaimed, but $30,000 for 300 hp. Superchargers for the Cayman are about $10,000 and give you 100 hp. The only cheap place to get hp is on engines that are making 50-60 hp/liter. The Z doesn't fall into that group.
Me giving Stillen money isn't going to put me on the street, nor is it going to cause the US economy to collapse. I paid cash for my goodies and have enough cash on hand that I'll give Stillen even more money when their supercharger kit comes out. I don't even care that this is money lost in depreciation when I sell the car. This is not an investment, it's a play toy. Not only that, but it's a cheaper play toy than the girls I get to ride around in it with me. When I go out and buy parts for it, it's just a good excuse to tell my girl that I'm not going to buy that hand bag or heels that she wants because I spent my cash on car parts!
-Phim
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