Stillen SC - put on your seat belts

theDreamer

To give you some answers on what the kit can do check out this thread: Forced Induction Finished Builds

Depending on a lot of factors you should be able to get 400whp out of the system, some of the 440whp+ on the list are people who took the stillen kit and modified it to get any extra power out of the kit.

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JWillis72

Mine is also a DD and with a good tune it runs great. It only has 2k on it since install so I cant say what will happen long term. If you don't get stuck on hp numbers the kit is definitely an improvement over stock.

Shamrock

What other upgrades do you have? 7at?

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Bart

JWillis72

oil cooler, trans cooler and cat back exhaust.

Shamrock

DD??

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Bart

JWillis72

daily driver

Shamrock

What headers did U use

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Bart

JWillis72

stock

Shamrock

I don't think it's cool that you guys are bashing the stillen kit. As long as the kit is reliable, built well and produces the horsepower that they claim it will then its cool. You guys are also upgrading your GTM kits to get a helluva lot more horsepower. Most of you aren't running standard GTM kits. I don't understand what parts of the stillin kit are not good parts; meaning they would need to be replaced and not just upgraded.

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Bart

Chuck33079

Boosted Performance explained exactly what parts need to be replaced.

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JWillis72

It seem to me like a lot of people were told by Stillen that they would get 500whp and if I was expecting that I would be pissed I didn't get it. They told me 400-450whp and I got that. Make sure you have a good tuner! Their tune sucked!

Chuck33079

This is the most important part. If you do not have someone local to you who knows how to tune one of these, abort now before money changes hands or you will be unhappy and poorer.

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Shamrock

So let me rephrase my question. I'm looking to get the most out of the kit possible without doing any upgrades as of yet. So again I ask what parts are not good? To get the 400 plus horsepower that stillin states and to have a reliable car what parts need to be replaced. Boostperformance is suggesting to replace those parts to get much more than the quoted horsepower by stillin.

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Bart

theDreamer

To try to keep this from boiling over.
People are not saying the Stillen kit is bad, just that it lacks certain aspects that the GTM kit is better at. Some of which people like, such as growth potential, TQ, cleaner designer, and I am sure there are some other points.

You're initial post came off a bit harsh, you wanted to put the all Stillen bashers to rest. Yes, we are all looking for people to be innovative and creative to achieve a new level on something, but do it with some respect to others. Many have tried to improve on the Stillen kit and have done fairly well but at the same time others have found the wall and realized it was not worth it to continue.

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Chuck33079

If you want it to be reliable, get a custom tune and keep everything cool. Oil cooler, radiator, bigger heat exchanger for the intercooler. Maybe meth. You're in a hot climate. Dont go chasing a hp number.

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