Jonathan Lasich
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STILLEN Performance Intake - Ready for Purchase - Video included
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WildBill
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I have a call in to the national sales rep for Stillen to arrange to send mine back to them. I'll see what their response is. Anyone installing should just have another set of hands to help shove things into place... and that heavy duty duct tape is a real and viable solution!
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StungBlueGT2
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Sounds fancy. I think you're overthinking it.
I really hope that’s a joke. Who wants to spend $500 for a brand new defective intake that they have to duct tape. Lol.
STILLEN should just replace the defective ones and then redesign it before they sell anymore. Should only take them 2 weeks
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Brother, I wish it was a joke. I wouldn't say 'defective', but I stand by my "poorly engineered" description.
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Someone posted on FB that Stillen is looking for a Stinger in SoCal for them to install an intake on. Offering discount on the intake and free install.
Looks like they are at least investigating the issue first hand.
Looks like they are at least investigating the issue first hand.
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Would be nice if they faced up to the issue and posted something on here, or at least communicated with those experiencing difficulties - especially after @NICK_KHAR relayed people's concerns. Communications doesn't appear to be their strong suit.
DaJackson
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They haven’t posted on the forum in nearly a month. I wouldn’t expect them to post anything until they have a resolution (a fix or saying they aren’t doing anything) if they post at all.
If you have an issue I’d suggest contacting them directly.
If you have an issue I’d suggest contacting them directly.
SteveCo
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I have no issues with them, as I haven't purchased their product (or any other intake for that matter) until more information and results are available. I certainly wish them and other manufacturers supporting the car nothing other than great commercial success.
As they have already posted on here to both announce and answer questions about the product, they certainly are aware of the forum - and even if they haven't directly been following people's concerns on here (which I would find very strange) they've certainly been made aware of them.
In their last post on August 15 they stated they'd be happy to answer questions. Their launch customers certainly seem to have questions, as do others researching intake alternatives that are reading about their installation difficulties.
As they have already posted on here to both announce and answer questions about the product, they certainly are aware of the forum - and even if they haven't directly been following people's concerns on here (which I would find very strange) they've certainly been made aware of them.
In their last post on August 15 they stated they'd be happy to answer questions. Their launch customers certainly seem to have questions, as do others researching intake alternatives that are reading about their installation difficulties.
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3 hours ago Khar posted on Instagram that Stillen was looking for someone to loan them their car for 1.5 hours and get a free intake in return. I'm guessing this is for them to make their install video. Since then Khar has changed the post to say a car has been found.
I suspect we'll see heavily edited install video shortly.
I suspect we'll see heavily edited install video shortly.
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DiabloStinger
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They can record a video all they want. Unless it is redesigned it just isn't worth it.
WildBill
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I turned it to be half way in between the intake and the AC lines. Don't have the cover on yet but I think it will help.
White marks used to be right on top.
White marks used to be right on top.
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WildBill
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Nice, Diablo, nice. We all know that your pissed. We get it. Thanks for the help.
To that fact, I thought I was somehow sailing through this install without problems until I went to tighten up the clamps on the drivers side assembly. (everything seemed to fit fairly nicely before tightening) Like the others have said the aluminum elbow kept popping out of the filter. There is no straight section of the pipe to clamp the filter on and the coating on the tube is too slippery for the filter to get any gription.
My remedy was to add a flange to the filter end of the aluminum tubes. I took a crescent wrench, tightened the wrench down so that it was open just wider than the thickness of the aluminum, slid it about 3/16" onto the tube and gave it a slight tweak. Do this the whole way around the tube and you have a flange that won't let the filter slide off. It takes 5 minutes at most to do both sides. I decided to do both sides out of an abundance of caution. You probably only need to do the drivers side.
My list of what I did different than the directions:
1- Of course the flanged pipes as described above.
2- Rotate the radiator hose on the drivers side to add clearance to the intake. Just split the difference between the intake and the AC lines. Picture is a couple of posts above.
3- I put the hose for the drivers side blow off valve back on backwards, it seemed to fit better that way. The location Stillen places the fitting for that BOV input is not ideal.
4- I used a different screw to mount the front of the shroud on the drivers side. The instructions make it sound like you should use the hole that is left from taking out the OEM air filter but the screw next to it is a much better location. The picture is taken from behind. Use the screw on the left, not the hole on the right.
Other thoughts:
-Took me a little less than 3 hours by myself. Some of that was puttering figuring out the flange thing (a muffler expander did not work) I'd say its a 2 to 2-1/2 hour job.
-For the drivers side I would mount the silicone elbow to the turbo rotate it so that it touches the radiator hose and tighten it down, rotate the radiator hose away from the intake as mentioned in #2 above, install the filter on its support, then place the aluminum elbow into position. Tighten the clamps on both ends of the aluminum elbow, install the 3 rubber lines. (The lines leading to the BOV and the one that goes to the front of the block both get reversed)
-For the passenger side I'd mount the silicone elbow to the turbo, snug it but give it some play to turn, install the filter on its support, place the aluminum elbow into position (work it around to get it all to fit). Tighten all the clamps, install the line to the BOV.
-I didn't really have any issues other than #4 above when installing the shrouds.
Now it's time for me to go do the first test drive!
To that fact, I thought I was somehow sailing through this install without problems until I went to tighten up the clamps on the drivers side assembly. (everything seemed to fit fairly nicely before tightening) Like the others have said the aluminum elbow kept popping out of the filter. There is no straight section of the pipe to clamp the filter on and the coating on the tube is too slippery for the filter to get any gription.
My remedy was to add a flange to the filter end of the aluminum tubes. I took a crescent wrench, tightened the wrench down so that it was open just wider than the thickness of the aluminum, slid it about 3/16" onto the tube and gave it a slight tweak. Do this the whole way around the tube and you have a flange that won't let the filter slide off. It takes 5 minutes at most to do both sides. I decided to do both sides out of an abundance of caution. You probably only need to do the drivers side.
My list of what I did different than the directions:
1- Of course the flanged pipes as described above.
2- Rotate the radiator hose on the drivers side to add clearance to the intake. Just split the difference between the intake and the AC lines. Picture is a couple of posts above.
3- I put the hose for the drivers side blow off valve back on backwards, it seemed to fit better that way. The location Stillen places the fitting for that BOV input is not ideal.
4- I used a different screw to mount the front of the shroud on the drivers side. The instructions make it sound like you should use the hole that is left from taking out the OEM air filter but the screw next to it is a much better location. The picture is taken from behind. Use the screw on the left, not the hole on the right.
Other thoughts:
-Took me a little less than 3 hours by myself. Some of that was puttering figuring out the flange thing (a muffler expander did not work) I'd say its a 2 to 2-1/2 hour job.
-For the drivers side I would mount the silicone elbow to the turbo rotate it so that it touches the radiator hose and tighten it down, rotate the radiator hose away from the intake as mentioned in #2 above, install the filter on its support, then place the aluminum elbow into position. Tighten the clamps on both ends of the aluminum elbow, install the 3 rubber lines. (The lines leading to the BOV and the one that goes to the front of the block both get reversed)
-For the passenger side I'd mount the silicone elbow to the turbo, snug it but give it some play to turn, install the filter on its support, place the aluminum elbow into position (work it around to get it all to fit). Tighten all the clamps, install the line to the BOV.
-I didn't really have any issues other than #4 above when installing the shrouds.
Now it's time for me to go do the first test drive!
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WildBill
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FYI, Draggy says that I dropped a little more than a tenth 0-60
0-60 = 4.93 before, 4.81 after
AWD using launch control, same exact spot.
I'll try and get 1/4 mile comparisons tomorrow.
Note: Under moderate boost it sounds more line wind whipping through a window screen or through the the branches of trees during winter. Not a typical turbo spool as I expected.
0-60 = 4.93 before, 4.81 after
AWD using launch control, same exact spot.
I'll try and get 1/4 mile comparisons tomorrow.
Note: Under moderate boost it sounds more line wind whipping through a window screen or through the the branches of trees during winter. Not a typical turbo spool as I expected.
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@WildBill Good idea to flange the piping.
That should make it easier to hold that side together for sure. I'm sure there will be a few tweaks Stillen can make to allow the product to fit as intended. I wonder if they marked the silicone parts with a white line for proper positioning on the turbo inlets (one line to align to striaght up) if that would also help.
That should make it easier to hold that side together for sure. I'm sure there will be a few tweaks Stillen can make to allow the product to fit as intended. I wonder if they marked the silicone parts with a white line for proper positioning on the turbo inlets (one line to align to striaght up) if that would also help.
WildBill
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That's your take, but it fits my needs and it takes 5 minutes.
No big deal to me. If I wasn't 100% confident in the solution I wouldn't feel that way.
Though I agree that Stillen should change their design and send out a new elbow to all that have bought the first gen kit.
They should not leave their kit like it is now.
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