Intake selection(Takeda Long Tube Vs Stillen Gen 3)

Zoren 370 · 12-26-2014, 07:47 AM

How you do that? And where did you order the Takeda for that price? Thanks

ANMVQ · 12-26-2014, 08:03 AM

how do I know what, I had dynos done ,same shop, same dyno same weather, Amazon has them for that price, and WOW less now 332$ shipped

Amazon.com: aFe TA-3016P Takeda Cold Air Intake System for Infiniti G37 Coupe 2008-2011 V6-3.7L: Automotive

Chuck33079 · 12-26-2014, 08:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Beast370Z

Too much drama with Stillen A) cutting B) coating AC lines.

You're blowing all of that out of proportion. The "cutting" is five minutes with a Dremel. Wrapping the AC lines is simple too. Don't let those be the reasons you don't buy the Stillen.

kenchan · 12-26-2014, 08:40 AM

op you mean takeda wrong tube..

Merv · 12-26-2014, 10:06 AM

I bought the stillen gen3's and between cutting a little flange on both sides and wrapping the ac lines,it took about 5 mins. That being said,I could see some peeps being anal about the cutting. Some people don't want permanent pieces missing out of there car,and that's fair enough. Me,it didn't matter about a extra little slot. Now if the takedas are throwing down roughly the same horsepower and at a cheaper price,it does make sense to go with them. But it will take more than one post with just one person claiming the same horsepower without dyno sheets to convince me. No offense Anmvq

mishuko · 12-26-2014, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by dislimn

I have the Takeda and power coated the tubes OEM black.

The Takeda is a cleaner setup, the mafs are on the bottom of the intake pipes, that's virtually the only difference.

Dare I say the Takeda take longer to install despite requiring no cutting because you have to line up the silicon hoses. Also no risk to damage AC lines with Takeda due to silicon pipes in that area versus aluminum.

Also prefer Takeda b/c 1 filter (dry) over 2 oiled KN style filters.

OP flip a coin and that's the intake you'll buy because that's about the only way to decide IMO

the filter can be dry or oiled it has changed. in all honesty does it really matter? you can always swap them (on stillen you can also order dry's).

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chuck33079

You're blowing all of that out of proportion. The "cutting" is five minutes with a Dremel. Wrapping the AC lines is simple too. Don't let those be the reasons you don't buy the Stillen.

^

I have 0 shop experience and very little mechanical work. 5 doller dremel bit and it literally took me maybe 10 miuntes for both sides to dremel out. If you're using a drill bit dremel you probably don't even need to protect your ac lines during the job... (I was OCD)

I used a piece of weather strip in between the ac lines and intakes. My install job left a small gap so there is a bit of pressure pressing it down but it was not resting on the intakes.

I can't speak for Takeda's gains but in canadia I was checking prices... they were about the same price with Takeda's being a slight cheaper (like 50 bucks) but I chose the stillen as their is multiple non-stillen verifications of gains.

Choice is yours at the end of the day.

kenchan · 12-26-2014, 10:28 AM

mishuko read about the a/c line clearance and just double check that yours is not rubbing the intake. intake tubes move around quite a bit so i'd give it a good 10mm of clearance or coil wrap it. my G runs stillens and it's about 5mm from the closest ac line. i wrapped the ac line. no issue.

also search elbow and get an extra before it cracks.

Zoren 370 · 12-26-2014, 10:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ANMVQ

how do I know what, I had dynos done ,same shop, same dyno same weather, Amazon has them for that price, and WOW less now 332$ shipped

Amazon.com: aFe TA-3016P Takeda Cold Air Intake System for Infiniti G37 Coupe 2008-2011 V6-3.7L: Automotive

I meant how did you do it without removing the front bumper?
Thanks for the link!

Zoren 370 · 12-26-2014, 10:35 AM

Checked the link it says doesn't fit the 370z.

Amazon.com: aFe TA-3016P Takeda Cold Air Intake System for Infiniti G37 Coupe 2008-2011 V6-3.7L: Automotive

Zbrah · 12-26-2014, 10:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zoren 370

Checked the link it says doesn't fit the 370z.

Amazon.com: aFe TA-3016P Takeda Cold Air Intake System for Infiniti G37 Coupe 2008-2011 V6-3.7L: Automotive

It's true. The G37 model will NOT fit on a 370z. Ask me how I know this

mishuko · 12-26-2014, 10:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kenchan

mishuko read about the a/c line clearance and just double check that yours is not rubbing the intake. intake tubes move around quite a bit so i'd give it a good 10mm of clearance or coil wrap it. my G runs stillens and it's about 5mm from the closest ac line. i wrapped the ac line. no issue.

also search elbow and get an extra before it cracks.

yea I made sure it was about 5mm clearance before putting a piece of weather strip in. I did check it after about 1000 km with them and everything was still good!

what's this elbow you speak of? for the ac line?

Sensei Kreese · 12-26-2014, 11:32 AM

The knock on the Takeda is that the silicon tube is restricted by the hole it's pushed through. Well, just like with the Stillen, you can dremel out the hole so that it's bigger, the hose still sits in there securely so there will be no rubbing. Basically, if you're buying the Stillen you're paying quite a bit more money for a few horsepower which just doesn't make sense to me. Comes down solely to personal preference, it's your car, it's your money, I'm not gonna PAY extra for a Stillen sticker under my hood.

Driftomodachi · 12-26-2014, 11:40 AM

Stillen $500

Takeda $360

~5whp difference

Do the math

I don't jump on any bandwagon just because other people do it. I base my choices on research, cost and power gains. Takeda wins in my book

ANMVQ · 12-26-2014, 11:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Merv

I bought the stillen gen3's and between cutting a little flange on both sides and wrapping the ac lines,it took about 5 mins. That being said,I could see some peeps being anal about the cutting. Some people don't want permanent pieces missing out of there car,and that's fair enough. Me,it didn't matter about a extra little slot. Now if the takedas are throwing down roughly the same horsepower and at a cheaper price,it does make sense to go with them. But it will take more than one post with just one person claiming the same horsepower without dyno sheets to convince me. No offense Anmvq

No problem at all man,

Here my sheet, Difference in the runs is the light RED has HFC's-Takeda's and NO tune, dark red , is Tune Gen 3's and stock cats.

ANMVQ · 12-26-2014, 11:50 AM

I will have soon a sheet with the Takedas HFC's and tune,

12-26-2014, 08:03 AM	#17 (permalink)
ANMVQ A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Framingham MA Posts: 2,732 Drives: 2014 Q50 AWD Rep Power: 19	how do I know what, I had dynos done ,same shop, same dyno same weather, Amazon has them for that price, and WOW less now 332$ shipped Amazon.com: aFe TA-3016P Takeda Cold Air Intake System for Infiniti G37 Coupe 2008-2011 V6-3.7L: Automotive __________________ 14 Q50 AWD, ARK, ECUTEK (SEB), Takda,

12-26-2014, 08:40 AM	#19 (permalink)
kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141520	op you mean takeda wrong tube.. Got_Z and mishuko like this.

12-26-2014, 10:06 AM	#20 (permalink)
Merv Track Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Vancouver B.C Posts: 518 Drives: 11 GM grey sport tou Rep Power: 14	I bought the stillen gen3's and between cutting a little flange on both sides and wrapping the ac lines,it took about 5 mins. That being said,I could see some peeps being anal about the cutting. Some people don't want permanent pieces missing out of there car,and that's fair enough. Me,it didn't matter about a extra little slot. Now if the takedas are throwing down roughly the same horsepower and at a cheaper price,it does make sense to go with them. But it will take more than one post with just one person claiming the same horsepower without dyno sheets to convince me. No offense Anmvq __________________ Swift springs \| upgraded headlights \| stillen gen3 cai \| FI HFC's and FI CBE \| ecutek tune in the mail!

12-26-2014, 10:28 AM	#22 (permalink)
kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141520	mishuko read about the a/c line clearance and just double check that yours is not rubbing the intake. intake tubes move around quite a bit so i'd give it a good 10mm of clearance or coil wrap it. my G runs stillens and it's about 5mm from the closest ac line. i wrapped the ac line. no issue. also search elbow and get an extra before it cracks. mishuko likes this.

12-26-2014, 11:32 AM	#27 (permalink)
Sensei Kreese Base Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: SoCal Posts: 90 Drives: 40th Anniversary Rep Power: 11	The knock on the Takeda is that the silicon tube is restricted by the hole it's pushed through. Well, just like with the Stillen, you can dremel out the hole so that it's bigger, the hose still sits in there securely so there will be no rubbing. Basically, if you're buying the Stillen you're paying quite a bit more money for a few horsepower which just doesn't make sense to me. Comes down solely to personal preference, it's your car, it's your money, I'm not gonna PAY extra for a Stillen sticker under my hood. Driftomodachi likes this. Last edited by Sensei Kreese; 12-26-2014 at 07:48 PM.

12-26-2014, 07:47 AM	#16 (permalink)
Zoren 370 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: FL Posts: 11,018 Drives: 11 Nissan 370 M6 Rep Power: 1913653	How you do that? And where did you order the Takeda for that price? Thanks

12-26-2014, 10:35 AM	#24 (permalink)
Zoren 370 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: FL Posts: 11,018 Drives: 11 Nissan 370 M6 Rep Power: 1913653	Checked the link it says doesn't fit the 370z. Amazon.com: aFe TA-3016P Takeda Cold Air Intake System for Infiniti G37 Coupe 2008-2011 V6-3.7L: Automotive

12-26-2014, 11:40 AM	#28 (permalink)
Driftomodachi Enthusiast Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Cerritos, CA Posts: 482 Drives: 2010 40th Rep Power: 13	Stillen $500 Takeda $360 ~5whp difference Do the math I don't jump on any bandwagon just because other people do it. I base my choices on research, cost and power gains. Takeda wins in my book shaun66 likes this. __________________ 2010 40th Anniversary ll GT-R start button ll GT-R map lenses ll Plastidipped fangs and rear valence ll OEM foglight & switch ll Motordyne E370 Cat back ll Motordyne ART Pipes ll Takeda aFe Attack CAI ll Sprint Booster ll Z1 34 row Setrab oil cooler ll Z1 Motorsports M-Spec Shift Knob

12-26-2014, 11:50 AM	#30 (permalink)
ANMVQ A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Framingham MA Posts: 2,732 Drives: 2014 Q50 AWD Rep Power: 19	I will have soon a sheet with the Takedas HFC's and tune, __________________ 14 Q50 AWD, ARK, ECUTEK (SEB), Takda,

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