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RCZ did you get your stillen oil cooler installed yet? Mine should be here any day and I'm curious to know how difficult the install is.

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Old 04-13-2009, 06:53 PM   #46 (permalink)
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RCZ did you get your stillen oil cooler installed yet? Mine should be here any day and I'm curious to know how difficult the install is.
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Old 04-13-2009, 07:00 PM   #47 (permalink)
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Nope, I didn't have time over the weekend... I am doing it this weekend. The install itself isn't hard at all. Just be careful with the lines. Make sure they are the opposite of travisjb. Meaning..tight.
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Old 04-13-2009, 07:05 PM   #48 (permalink)
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ouch RCZ.. oil cooler burn from out of nowhere..
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I also had mine fixed today by a performance exhaust shop. I took a few pics.

Notice how the cats bracket was adjusted and the clamps on the rubber hangers. The rubber hangers do flex a little and the clamps keep it to a minimal.

While jacking at the y pipe as shown in the instructions loosen all of your bolts including the cat brackets. Get some cheap clamps and clamp the rubber hangers as shown in the pics. Gradually go around and tighten all of the bolts evenly.... If all else fails go to a shop!

Getting it off the cross member made a HUGE improvement in the sound of the exhaust. With the exhaust resting on the cross member not only was I hearing rattling at times but it had a resonance from the contact. Sounds much better, and I'm happy with it.
Those clamps are a great idea! Thanks, I think I'll give it a try.
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Old 04-13-2009, 07:52 PM   #50 (permalink)
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I'm glad you guys are seeing successes, and apologize it's taken a return trip to a shop to get the crossmember sorted out.

As the instructions state, jacking at the y-pipe while everything is loose, and tightening everything down should be the trick, but what it's not saying is that you should jack it hard. I'm working on some more detailed info, and will continue to discuss things with our R&D dept. We had one in today with no issues on the crossmember, done by jacking up the y-pipe hard and securing all of the exhaust bolts down.
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I'm glad you guys are seeing successes, and apologize it's taken a return trip to a shop to get the crossmember sorted out.

As the instructions state, jacking at the y-pipe while everything is loose, and tightening everything down should be the trick, but what it's not saying is that you should jack it hard. I'm working on some more detailed info, and will continue to discuss things with our R&D dept. We had one in today with no issues on the crossmember, done by jacking up the y-pipe hard and securing all of the exhaust bolts down.
When I jacked mine up, I did it in two places (the front and rear cross-braces on your exhaust peices). I probably could've jacked the front section a little more than I did and maybe that would've made the difference, but as for the rear section, jack travel kinda stops when the exhaust hits the suspension bits (the V-shaped braces and/or the rear sway bar). If your shop guys are taking the rear section with a jack as far as it goes (to the V-shaped braces), and then also jacking the front up really hard beyond that, you might want to add that to the install instructions. Going by the instructions/photos, you'd think it just needs to be jacked in the rear.
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When I jacked mine up, I did it in two places (the front and rear cross-braces on your exhaust peices). I probably could've jacked the front section a little more than I did and maybe that would've made the difference, but as for the rear section, jack travel kinda stops when the exhaust hits the suspension bits (the V-shaped braces and/or the rear sway bar). If your shop guys are taking the rear section with a jack as far as it goes (to the V-shaped braces), and then also jacking the front up really hard beyond that, you might want to add that to the install instructions. Going by the instructions/photos, you'd think it just needs to be jacked in the rear.
Shooting for a revamp on the instructions, and looking into if there might be something we can do to slightly change the system to ensure anyone bolting it up has an easier time with it. Glad you guys have got them adjusted.
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Shooting for a revamp on the instructions, and looking into if there might be something we can do to slightly change the system to ensure anyone bolting it up has an easier time with it. Glad you guys have got them adjusted.
And I'm glad you guys are looking into this. I kinda expected minor issues on brand-new stuff for a brand-new car model anyways, so it doesn't bother me much. It's really top-notch that you guys are in here listening and adjusting though. Not very many mfgs go that extra mile
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And I'm glad you guys are looking into this. I kinda expected minor issues on brand-new stuff for a brand-new car model anyways, so it doesn't bother me much. It's really top-notch that you guys are in here listening and adjusting though. Not very many mfgs go that extra mile
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ouch RCZ.. oil cooler burn from out of nowhere..
hahaha its all in good humor. I feel his pain...he should be back on track soon I think.
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hahaha its all in good humor. I feel his pain...he should be back on track soon I think.
Just catching up with all this ! RCZ here you go:


I have a fully functioning 370z as of 2 hours ago ! Thanks to Coulter Nissan in Glendale for great support!

I also have like 5 boxes from Stillen that showed up today ! Going to open those now, and will start a car journal page to begin tracking and sharing progress.
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hahahaha Awesome bud, welcome back! You have to break it in again hahaha nub.
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thanks... keeping this one under 4k rpm for 1,000 miles !

RCZ, I have an extra oil cooler I'd like to sell to you !
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thanks... keeping this one under 4k rpm for 1,000 miles !

RCZ, I have an extra oil cooler I'd like to sell to you !
When do we get to hear the whole story???
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bump. what happend to ur Z travis?
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