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Sweet, I have got to get me one of those... Simon is a great guy, I spent many an hour (and quite a bit of cash) with him back in the day with my GTi-R I agree. Simon, Rob, Kelly and the team did some great work on my car, and even though my ECU let me down and Stillen were a bit of a pain to deal with Si went above and beyond my expectations. I hope that some of you might also benefit from the work he's done (over 20h on the rollers) on my car — that's a sweet map! Dominic

It is as controllable as the normal car. That's one of the reasons I chose my kit, you want crazy power, drop two cogs! You want to potter about, drive normally. Love it! Look at the power and torque (attached). Torque rises slowly then flat from about 4.5k, Power is a lovely straight line. This is slightly different from the 'normal' tune that you buy direct from Stillen. That's a turnkey install based around the 8 lb pulley. My tune is specific to the 9lb pulley on V-Power. Talk to Simon at Norris Designs for info. I'm pretty sure you could get the Stillen kit + 9lb pulley. I went for a decat but this would be very similar with a Berk HFC from what I understand.

Thanks! Yeah I've lurked for a while. Did a bit of interior refurb on the 350z - that paintwork is flaky! But I figured now is a good time to get involved a bit more, now I've not got a stock car

Should be okay from what I've heard from Stillen. I'm following the service regime strictly - * Inspect the Vortech V3 supercharger oil level every 2,500 mi * Replace the Vortech V3 supercharger oil at 2,500 mi, and every 7,500 miles thereafter. * Check the coolant level in the intercooler. Change it annually. * Change engine oil every 4500 mi (twice as often as normal) I'm not stressing the car regularly - for the most part it's 'normal' driving. We shall see how this pans out.

I have the latest maps and software on mine, and unfortunately it is still rubbish compared to TomTom etc. - missing roads, missing speed cams etc.

I'd love to see what some of the turbo cars are like. I like the driveability of NA so the centripetal SC route was a logical choice for me. However I also laugh like a crazy thing when I go out in friends Evos & get the crazy delay/boost/dump thing with every gear! No lag on mine, just crazy power running twin hybrid GT25/35 garrett turbos Wow! :-O

Tidy installation, tight in there though.

The car is stock outside

Evening! Love the blue. Nah I drive like an old lady round town... Only really open the taps on the twisty stuff / good visibility. That said there's a lovely pair of 90 degree bends out near Bentley on one of the back roads that has superb visibility. I have never once rounded those without smoke and drift

Evening! Love the blue. Nah I drive like an old lady round town... Only really open the taps on the twisty stuff / good visibility.

totally jealous dude, get some pics up asap Great bit o kit. Fine if you stick with the supplied tune too, I only got into some difficulties when I went for the 9lb pulley upgrade, as then stillen didn't supply the right map for my car. Happy to talk about my experiences.

+1 for the Surrey lot, I'm in Farnham! *waves*

So does yours! Nice wheels too

I'd love to see what some of the turbo cars are like. I like the driveability of NA so the centripetal SC route was a logical choice for me. However I also laugh like a crazy thing when I go out in friends Evos & get the crazy delay/boost/dump thing with every gear!

Cheers!

I borrowed 5k from my dad, paying him back at an affordable rate. Seems daft, but this is part of my "stop buying a car every five minutes" plan. Plus: Powerrrr!

@GMballistic the Stillen kit is based around the Vortech V-3 blower. I'll work out how to reply properly to a post soon. The iPhone version seems a bit limited for options! #noob

@ebized thanks! I'll take a look - one of the reasons I'm interested in wheels is I think the 19s are a bit overkill for the car, may consider 18s like the Enkei PF01 that I think look great as well as perform - http://www.motoiq.com/Projects/Nissan/370Z.aspx is a build with them.

To those interested in the Stillen kit, Simon and the team at Norris shared that it is a superbly engineered bit of kit - really well thought out, solidly made. You're welcome to look at it in the flesh. My car is intentionally stock from the outside. Sounds a bit different. Whine at the front, bark and pops at the back!

Evening all! A quickie: Oil temps are fine, it is my daily driver and used for a round trip from Farnham to Newbury. Obviously I give it some beans now and then on the journey because why not - it's like an impatient dog waiting for a stick! It's off to Westway on Friday for oil and supercharger lube change, other than that no issues to report. Brakes holding up well on the Vredestein Ultrac Sessantas but I imagine of I tracked it the brakes, oil and tx temps would all succumb in a hot lap or two. It got pretty warm but never exceeded safe parameters when I did the car limits day last year (& that was 33C ambient - the tyres were roasting in the sun!) Goodness you are a friendly bunch! BTW this is my second zed - I had a gorgeous black 350z with the VQ35DE rev engine (2007) love Zeds. Contemplated a 240z resto but decided on the supercharger work instead. One day!

Oh and yeah - let me know when is good for you. I know the area well.

You did see 3 seconds! The guys at Westway Nissan think the car is amazing - they're still servicing it for me at the HPC. The 3s run had some wheel slippage too. It's silly fast!

Wow! What a warm welcome - thank you all I'm away on holiday at the moment so limited access to pics etc but I've posted some of the build and stories on a blog I set up for the car; http://370zgt.tumblr.com/ I don't know if external links are allowed so apologies - I promise to read up on the forum rules ASAP Simon Norris and his team were excellent, actually. He did a sterling job with this tune with over 20h on the rollers. None of that should really have been necessary if Stillen had sent the correct maps and torque tables in the first place but the end result is a beautiful tune. Just gorgeous pics and meet-up soon!

Oops, because I appear to have used man maths to justify a bit of an upgrade to my trusty Z. I'm running the Stillen supercharger (the vortech v3) and a custom map around the 9lb pulley from Simon at Norris designs. Quite a journey to get to an amazing tune, as Stillen aren't the most helpful shop around. The end result though is amazing. Nice linear torque and power, tops out at 487.8 bhp. Damn! I'd recommend this setup, properly quick, easy to maintain and driveable power. Interested in wheels and brakes next. Should probably come along to a meet up.

Chaps, How much fitted (I'm local to you)? Also, worth changing the headers & adding test pipes at the same time? Many thanks. D