DIY: STILLEN G3 Intakes

tsolin01

I installed mine last weekend and scratched up the driver side pipe a lot lol. Also, yea the filters are pretty tight in there, that's normal right? I remember the passenger side one was touching on a bolt slightly at the top.

The driver side was the toughest for me to slide through.

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LinPark

+1 Rep for you. I used this to help me remove the passenger side intake so I could get to some bolts. Will most likely use the entire write up when I install my new intakes later on.

Z Fire

Stillen mentions on their website that the G3 intakes will not fit the NISMO. Do you have any idea why ?

djpathfinder

There's one or two other threads that talk about Nismos and G3's. They will fit with slight modification/shifting of the vertical plastic inserts (?). Can't remember exactly. Try searching for "stillen intake nismo".

I found one of the threads anyway:
STILLEN Generation 3 Ultra Long Tube Dual Intake

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EazyD

Seeing lots of Photobucket images not found OP

Snakes709

sorry guys, my photobucket account was full so i had to delete a few pictures. Seeing as i dont own a 370z anymore i started deleted some of the Z, guess i didnt realise i was deleting the DYI

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hdskull

Does anyone else have the pictures that the OP deleted?

Calvin

pictures don't work ;(

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rli2bcz

does anybody know what size the filter is?

dthem370

I don't know the size but the part number is K&N RU-2820

rli2bcz

i need to know the size of the inlet and how long it is.

djpathfinder

The following specs indicate tube diameter:
RU-2820 - K&N Universal Air Filters, Universal Rubber Filter

As for other info, try contacting Stillen or a local member with an uninstalled kit or someone willing to pull their bumper off for you.

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rli2bcz

thanks for the info!

flashgordon

I just installed the GEN3, and now I am waiting to tuning all with UpRev remap.

The product is very good. I am writing you to suggest something especially for European peoples! In fact I found some problems in mounting, but nothing very hard.

1) Eurpean cars mount the pop-up Hood system.
After the plastic cover under the engine is removed, it's necessary to remove 2 of the 3 Pop Up sensors. (the three yellow sensor in the front of the car in the photo http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/9690/dscn2067a.jpg )
Do not unplug the wire, because I learnt that the unit detect the tampering and the system fails!
After the front bumper is detatched, you will remove from the top the third sensor in the centre of the bumper.
Only after these operations, the bumper is free to be removed.

2) European cars have 2 horns and the fix bracket overlap perfectly the space of the two K&N Filters!
You must disconnect the horns, switch the centrals two screws (that are short), with the two on the left and right side of the top black brace.
Then rotate the horns with its brackets and fix under the longer screws.
The old brackets that fixed the horns, will be bent outward (arrows in the photo).
Photo before: http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/4437/dscn2085a.jpg
Photo after: http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/7788/dscn2096a.jpg


3) The shortest screws on the left and right side of the black top bracket works better, because they don't touch the Gen3 pipes, but in every case I suggest to place a rubber...
Photo: http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/3429/dscn2095c.jpg

4) The A/C Line must be protected by mechanical vibrations.
Photo: http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/4140/dscn2084q.jpg
Expecially in the rear, after the hole. Before: http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/7373/dscn2092b.jpg
After: http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/8756/dscn2094g.jpg (Note: the pipe is dirty because I used a dremel to enlarge the hole)

5) I suggest that the first thing to do is clean very well the Gen3 pipes, because they are very, very, very dirt!

After that remains to enjoy the sound and the performace!

Bye!

juld0zer

Hi Flashgordon,
thanks for posting this up.
It seems that the European spec cars are designed like the Australian spec cars.
The horns on my 2011 are centrally mounted like yours. I imagine that by pointing the trumpet of the horn sideways, forward sound projection would be quite poor. So the horns may not have much effect on the idiot in front but any wayward lane wanderers, motor/cyclists will get a nice blast.

My car also has the 3 impact sensors. I outlined on the Australian zclub.com.au about the 3 sensors and the difficulty in detaching them due to extremely short wiring looms.
It's easier to remove the nuts/bolts (pretty sure they are just 10mm nuts from memory) and leave the loom attached. Just zip tie them somewhere so they dont fall and strike
anything.

Cheers