Stillen Supercharger performance on the track

JWillis72 · 03-31-2014, 11:49 AM

I spent the weekend tracking my car and the Stillen Supercharger and never had an oil temp over 221 with the weather in the upper 70s. The vented hood seems to really help the airflow through the coolers.

I was very frustrated with my Stillen supercharger at one point on the canned tune but after spending a weekend at the track with it I couldn't be happier with how it's running on a custom tune! If you want 600 hp it's not the kit for you but after trying to control and push 400 WHP around the Sebring road course I can't imagine wanting more unless you have a ton of track experience. The car ran all weekend like it came from the factory with the supercharger on it.

The only thing that concerned me was on my first run the SC spit out a couple drops of oil(We believe I may of had just a tad to much oil in it) and it freaked me out a little so I called Mark at Stillen on a Saturday and he told me what to check and all was good. When I first bought the Stillen kit I was told over and over that I should have gone GTM but Saturday at the track I was sure glad I wasn't praying for GTM to take my phone call for advise. But then again if I had taken the advice to go GTM the car wouldn't have had that problem because it would still be NA!

Z-Girl 12 · 03-31-2014, 11:59 AM

good to hear, I'm so jealous. Enjoy the beast!

G37sHKS · 03-31-2014, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by JWillis72

I spent the weekend tracking my car and the Stillen Supercharger and never had an oil temp over 221 with the weather in the upper 70s. The vented hood seems to really help the airflow through the coolers.

I was very frustrated with my Stillen supercharger at one point on the canned tune but after spending a weekend at the track with it I couldn't be happier with how it's running on a custom tune! If you want 600 hp it's not the kit for you but after trying to control and push 400 WHP around the Sebring road course I can't imagine wanting more unless you have a ton of track experience. The car ran all weekend like it came from the factory with the supercharger on it.

The only thing that concerned me was on my first run the SC spit out a couple drops of oil(We believe I may of had just a tad to much oil in it) and it freaked me out a little so I called Mark at Stillen on a Saturday and he told me what to check and all was good. When I first bought the Stillen kit I was told over and over that I should have gone GTM but Saturday at the track I was sure glad I wasn't praying for GTM to take my phone call for advise. But then again if I had taken the advice to go GTM the car wouldn't have had that problem because it would still be NA!

I see what you did there! LOL

JWillis72 · 03-31-2014, 12:48 PM

I came way to close to giving them my money, lucky for me I had a hard time getting them to send me an invoice and that gave me a bad feeling. I think I got my Stillen SC faster than that invoice.

future370zzz · 03-31-2014, 02:25 PM

Which vented hood do you have?

da mayor · 03-31-2014, 02:31 PM

did you gopro the track time?

JWillis72 · 03-31-2014, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by da mayor

did you gopro the track time?

Yes but I haven't downloaded it yet.It's not very impressive, I was over heating the brakes so I was staying between 100-115 (was around 140 the before the brake fade)in the straights to not over work them. The fastest lap was 3:11 I think. The car can do way better, the driver is holding it back! I'm very new to this and the SC made the throttle very sensitive and a handful for a new guy on the track.

Also in HPDE 1&2 there are a ton of cars that hold you up so it's hard to get a clean lap since it's 3.7 mile a lap.

JWillis72 · 03-31-2014, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by future370zzz

Which vented hood do you have?

It's a Carbon Creations Hot Wheels hood.

JWillis72 · 03-31-2014, 07:01 PM

My car is actually running to cool on cool nights at highway speeds but we don't get many of those around here. It was down in the low 60s on my way home and at 70 the oil was only 156.

03-31-2014, 11:49 AM	#1 (permalink)
JWillis72 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Fort Myers FL Posts: 2,002 Drives: 2009 370Z yellow 7AT Rep Power: 44	Stillen Supercharger performance on the track I spent the weekend tracking my car and the Stillen Supercharger and never had an oil temp over 221 with the weather in the upper 70s. The vented hood seems to really help the airflow through the coolers. I was very frustrated with my Stillen supercharger at one point on the canned tune but after spending a weekend at the track with it I couldn't be happier with how it's running on a custom tune! If you want 600 hp it's not the kit for you but after trying to control and push 400 WHP around the Sebring road course I can't imagine wanting more unless you have a ton of track experience. The car ran all weekend like it came from the factory with the supercharger on it. The only thing that concerned me was on my first run the SC spit out a couple drops of oil(We believe I may of had just a tad to much oil in it) and it freaked me out a little so I called Mark at Stillen on a Saturday and he told me what to check and all was good. When I first bought the Stillen kit I was told over and over that I should have gone GTM but Saturday at the track I was sure glad I wasn't praying for GTM to take my phone call for advise. But then again if I had taken the advice to go GTM the car wouldn't have had that problem because it would still be NA! Nixlimited, G37sHKS, DOOMMONKEY777 and 3 others like this.

03-31-2014, 11:59 AM	#2 (permalink)
Z-Girl 12 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Florida Posts: 4,105 Drives: Spirited Rep Power: 11716	good to hear, I'm so jealous. Enjoy the beast! __________________ 2012 Z-SOLD 2014 Nismo #565 Fast Intentions CBE/HFC/Swift/SPC/RJM/H&R-15/20mm/Z1 CAI/Headers/Intake Manifold w/Uprev Tune 328.31whp/263.64tq

03-31-2014, 12:48 PM	#4 (permalink)
JWillis72 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Fort Myers FL Posts: 2,002 Drives: 2009 370Z yellow 7AT Rep Power: 44	I came way to close to giving them my money, lucky for me I had a hard time getting them to send me an invoice and that gave me a bad feeling. I think I got my Stillen SC faster than that invoice. elperuano likes this.

03-31-2014, 02:31 PM	#6 (permalink)
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JWillis72 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Fort Myers FL Posts: 2,002 Drives: 2009 370Z yellow 7AT Rep Power: 44	My car is actually running to cool on cool nights at highway speeds but we don't get many of those around here. It was down in the low 60s on my way home and at 70 the oil was only 156.