Stillen vs. Smoky: your take on intakes

sylenze · 03-26-2010, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by B1nks

Nobody is going to run with bumper off and hood up so I personally only care about results with bumper on hood down.

the reason i asked is because the only dyno comparison from complete stock to stock w/ G3 I know is done by RCZ... and when he did that he had his bumper off, and i agree with your statement above...However, this is also the dyno numbers that most people are basing their assumption that the G3 has the most power gains over stock...

with that being said, i am pretty sure most people will just discredit this dyno study if it doesn't show favorable to the G3s... like what happened to Technosquare's dyno study of stillen bolt ons... and its actually happening already (see the posts after yours)... any case, im pretty sure these guys will be smart and independent enough and will keep scenarios in a constant environment.... so i am definitely in for the results

G Fo12ce · 03-26-2010, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Josh@STILLEN

Be sure you allow enough time for the ECU to adapt AWAY from the Gen 3's before you do back to back dynos. If you're not starting from a stock intake setup, just putting something on after the Gen 3's will require 7-8 wot runs to get the ECU to utilizing the new intake. Just as you would from the stock to the Gen 3's..

I saw the same thing on the dyno going from the NISMO exhaust to the HKS exhaust.

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Originally Posted by sylenze

the reason i asked is because the only dyno comparison from complete stock to stock w/ G3 I know is done by RCZ... and when he did that he had his bumper off, and i agree with your statement above...However, this is also the dyno numbers that most people are basing their assumption that the G3 has the most power gains over stock...

with that being said, i am pretty sure most people will just discredit this dyno study if it doesn't show favorable to the G3s... like what happened to Technosquare's dyno study of stillen bolt ons... and its actually happening already (see the posts after yours)... any case, im pretty sure these guys will be smart and independent enough and will keep scenarios in a constant environment.... so i am definitely in for the results

Well put but it will still be interesting to see, especially if the results are not close like most people say they should be. I think the best way would be to allow for adaption, hood on, bumper down, same fan in front (replicating driving conditions).

However it turns out, thanks again for doing the test!! +rep.

Modshack · 03-26-2010, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by G Fo12ce

I think the best way would be to allow for adaption, hood on, bumper down, same fan in front (replicating driving conditions).

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Of course it would be, but when selling anything it's pretty normal to create the conditions that best support the product you are selling. In other words, you never really know if the numbers are real or not unless there is full (and honest) disclosure. This is an area much of the aftermarket seems remiss in (not aimed at Stillen BTW)

Baker · 03-26-2010, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Modshack

Of course it would be, but when selling anything it's pretty normal to create the conditions that best support the product you are selling. In other words, you never really know if the numbers are real or not unless there is full (and honest) disclosure. This is an area much of the aftermarket seems remiss in (not aimed at Stillen BTW)

Testing will be done soon. We have the last run going now with the TS intake, so we will post all the results shortly. Since we are talking about disclosure, I can let you all know that we are actually putting the Stillen Intake on a different 370Z that we are tuning, so all we hope for is a good test, and that both perform well since we will be installing both. Once everything wraps up, we'll let everyone know how it goes!

ZforMe · 03-26-2010, 01:07 PM

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