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Sounds good. Horsham and Norris both good

You're welcome mate. I'm also in Newbury regularly, occasionally in Leicestershire and around the country with my job so needn't necessarily have to drive quite so far to have a look.

Nice! *waves*, quite literally! Love a tidy 350 — yours looks great! Pity about the weather for traction and sound!

Evening Bodyboarder81! The short answer: nothing. I've had nothing extra to make it all work. The Stillen kit is a turn-key solution, i.e. everything you need is in the kit. Snail, Injectors, belts, mounts, pipes, tuning licence for UpRev etc etc etc.. The lot. However, I upgraded from the standard kit. My 370z is running a 9lb pulley (the standard kit is 8lb), we can have more boost here in the UK because we have easy access to decent fuel (V-Power nitro+ etc.). I also got a decat fabricated up to reduce the back pressure in the standard exhaust. Neither is necessary, but as far as upgrades go it wasn't much on top of the kit price. Stillen's tech support have been helpful in my queries about the kit. I have something like 200 emails between us as I grilled them about every concern. Crankcase ventilation, engine internals, cooling, you name it I asked. Even whether the snow button on my 7AT would switch the engine map (it doesn't). If you have any concerns about the kit, I would reach out to Stillen directly by email. Simon and the team at Norris also very savvy. The clincher for me was Simon saying that he's not in business to make unreliable tunes. He's right. The tune is reliable.

Hello Adrian! Yes, the car was indeed tuned by Simon at Norris Designs. Simon and the team did an excellent job, and the level of service was above and beyond what I would expect — so professional! The torque tables would be fantastic to compare. I really want to get this sorted, because the change is quite jerky TBH. Stillen sent a terrible map to start with that wouldn't hold any power at all. This updated map just seems like someone banged up the numbers to high values but haven't really done much driving to fine tune them. I wonder if I can get a similar torque table sorted for mine? If you don't mind my keen-ness, I wouldn't mind popping up one evening to compare transmission shifts... Geeky, but I hope fun. That's the same diff that I found too. My notes are on my blog at http://370zgt.tumblr.com/ I really think a nice set of 18" ultraleggera wheels with some good rubber, the diff and the PCV would be a good addition. Your car sounds epic! That torque figure especially

Hello, I've done 11k miles on the Stillen/Norris Designs supercharged setup so far. Here's what I've learned: + It is fast, linear and reliable. I still love it. In fact, it still surprises me how quick this thing is. It is utterly ridiculous. + I've grown to like the slightly raspy sound of the decat. (I'd rather have lighter wheels than a posh exhaust). + Nissan Westway Aldershot HPC have been fantastic with the service. They are real advocates of the modified car, and have been reasonable in charges for the extra oil changes (each 4500 mi) and supercharger fluid change. + No issues with oil temps as yet. Yes it rises on high load or enthusiastic driving but it has not yet touched 110 degrees on the dial. - The air/fuel could use a trim at light load. Simon Norris has agreed to trim this FOC when I next visit. It manifests itself when the engine is fully hot through, on moving off under light throttle. It sounds like some very light pinking that disappears with load, and does not reappear until the car has been sat idle for a minute or two. - I've had a two couple of slow starts on cold mornings, the engine turns a bit slowly compared to usual, then bursts into life. Simon has agreed to take a look at this for me too. - Whilst the stock PCV system is okay in this supercharged application where the boost matches the revs, there is a little puff of smoke when I drop down a few gears and give it beans. I am looking into a better crankcase ventilation setup, which will also require an adjustment to the tune as this affects metered air. - I have the 7AT transmission. The torque tables supplied increased line pressure throughout to hold the power and slightly increase the shift speed, and a fine job it does of it too. However I think that the approach that Stillen took is a bit blunt — at low to mid power the shift is overly harsh, banging into gear rather like pinging off the clutch too quickly on a MT. I would like to see about updating the torque tables such that there is some slush/progressiveness at light load/lower power ramping up to the full squeeze at high power. Graphs of the torque tables are on my blog. +/- Fast begets faster. I'd like the to get lighter wheels (18" for traction and ride) plus a better differential. However my wallet needs time to recover. Any questions, please ask. HTH. Dominic

Nice silver Z. Waved from my 370 Dominic.

I live on Shortheath Rd, so was probably almost home/going out!

Hey richy! That's me, probably. Really needs a wash now!

I'll figure out how tomorrow zzzz

Dynamicturtle all the prices I paid are documented on my blog for the car. 370zgt.tumblr.com - I've a PM thread with nissanman312 on this topic too, as he's debating this! Maybe we should make the discussion public?

White 370 convertible outside Waterloo station, South bank. Lovely car, thumbs up back. As in town, a pedestrian unfortunately so my car not present also

Nice car. *waves* whether or not someone on the forum

Thanks Tricky. I'm interested in this. I still have to make a decision on what to do with PCV/OCC for my supercharged 370z, and I thrive on info so share away If you have any recommendations on what to install for my situation then I'm all ears too. I will prioritise elegant/practical functionality over needlessly shiny engine bays as this is not a show car.

Mine doesn't have an audible dump. I think this must be the standard configuration for the kit.

Spotted by my OH, parked outside our flat. Nice looking motor.

Hello! Newbie to the forum here! I would like to learn more about crankcase ventilation with FI. I've got the Stillen / Vortech V3 setup. Trent Noller at Stillen told me today "Better crankcase ventilation will always help but it isn’t necessary with our kit." The thing is, I consider me car a keeper, so I'm keen on things that aid reliability/longevity as well as the usual go faster mods! Does anyone have any further recommendations on PCV, oil catch cans etc? (I've searched and read the earlier referenced post too) Cheers!

Usually see at least one a day between Farnham and Reading / Newbury.

Nice! I always wave or flash the lights. Often it's the other 'z driver initiates before I do though. Friendly bunch.

I've heard that 18 offers a better ride quality, and traction in some circumstances. I'm finding out what I can and should report back. Quite like the look of the motoiq project car which is running on 18s

Resurrecting an old thread to say that I've done this. Stillen supercharger on my 2012 GT Edition. A fabulous result at a good price.

It really is! I have two measures so far, neither hugely accurate so I'd love to take the car to Santa Pod or somewhere similar to have a go with some proper timings. (This probably counts as 'taking my car on a track', which I said I don't do :-S) Measure 1: The uncontrollable swearing/giggling/maniacal laughter when you floor it, followed by more swearing when you see how fast you are going. Measure 2: Using the Wi-Fi OBD2 monitor + 'DashCommand' on an iPod. This uses the car's internal data to report the speed, so my time is recorded with this on a straight level bit of road.

As a certain opinionated yorkshireman with bad dress sense once said: "POWERRRRRRRRR!" He's not wrong.

That's my thought I get bored easy I did — my car history is on the blog (link below). Changing cars every so often is also crazy expensive, so this is my "I really like this car, and I'm not selling it stop buying bloody cars" statement*. Stubborn mode engaged. * Unless by some freak of economics I could run a 997 GT-3 RS 4.0. Love that car. Even with that I'd keep my 'z

Hey Kev. That's interesting — are these off the shelf products or custom fabricated? If the former, where are they from. I'd like to find out more about this (to satisfy my own nerdy curiosity!)