Stillen hi-flow Intake Installed last night
03-09-2001, 03:13 AM
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It was a piece of cake.... the hardest part was separating the MAF from the throttle body (I thought I was going to rip the engine out of the bay!). Stillen's instructions are excellent and it took me 20 minutes from start to finish. I love this mod for 1 reason and 1 reason alone: if you drive the car gently, you'd never know it's there. It only starts to growl as the revs climb past 4K, and when you really stomp on the gas it will growl loud enough to scare you! I can't tell how much performance gain there will be as my test loop last night was in rush-hour traffic.
03-09-2001, 05:16 AM
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congrats, you should take the car out for a spin after midnight or so when the traffic is clear. i had a jwt popcharger and it sounded great when you were doing 90 in 4gr or whatever high rpm. it works and you will feel the power gains because i know i did.
03-09-2001, 09:09 AM
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I really agree with you on the intake. It's excellent. And yes, you should have a performance gain. After I got mine put on I pulled out of the shop (where there convieniently happens to be an immediate straightaway) and floored it all the way through 3rd gear. It was so much faster that I was cracking up out loud to myself. It was even quicker than I thought it would be. The only thing I dont get is, you only hear it after 4000RPM? If you stomp the gas in mine you'll hear it start to growl as low as 2K. The other thing I love about it is how it gets really, really, really loud after 6000.
03-09-2001, 11:38 AM
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I doubt it'll ever get wet
the filter is so high up in the engine bay that you'd have to drive it into the ocean to get it wet. It's also shielded underneath by the fenderwell where the stock airbox tray used to live. Perhaps you have it confused with the CAI? I didn't want to go the CAI route as it would be difficult to uninstall when I sell the car.
03-09-2001, 04:26 PM
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You removed your MAF unit? When I installed my JWT POP charger (same as the Stillen), I just removed the stock airbox. Didn't have to touch the MAF or throttle body (which is located after the MAF). For me, the metal velocity stack goes around the opening of the MAF and the filter goes on top of that.
03-09-2001, 05:52 PM
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looking back at my install, i would imagine that it probably would have been easier to remove the maf, then bolt on the pop charger(jwt), then connect up maf again
just think about it, bolting it onto a removed maf or bolting it onto a still connected maf inside the engine bay. ...i dunno about everyone else, but the lower right hand bolt was a biznitch to get to
just think about it, bolting it onto a removed maf or bolting it onto a still connected maf inside the engine bay. ...i dunno about everyone else, but the lower right hand bolt was a biznitch to get to
03-10-2001, 08:14 AM
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Originally posted by ItchyRichy
It was a piece of cake.... the hardest part was separating the MAF from the throttle body (I thought I was going to rip the engine out of the bay!). Stillen's instructions are excellent and it took me 20 minutes from start to finish. I love this mod for 1 reason and 1 reason alone: if you drive the car gently, you'd never know it's there. It only starts to growl as the revs climb past 4K, and when you really stomp on the gas it will growl loud enough to scare you! I can't tell how much performance gain there will be as my test loop last night was in rush-hour traffic.
It was a piece of cake.... the hardest part was separating the MAF from the throttle body (I thought I was going to rip the engine out of the bay!). Stillen's instructions are excellent and it took me 20 minutes from start to finish. I love this mod for 1 reason and 1 reason alone: if you drive the car gently, you'd never know it's there. It only starts to growl as the revs climb past 4K, and when you really stomp on the gas it will growl loud enough to scare you! I can't tell how much performance gain there will be as my test loop last night was in rush-hour traffic.
likes its sound............
03-10-2001, 05:50 PM
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How much did you pay???
Hey....just curious where you got the intake and how much u spent for it..... I just put in the Apexi WS catback and and RT converter....and think the intake is the next logical step for me....
-sergio.
-sergio.
03-11-2001, 05:54 AM
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Re: The stillen has a better support bracket
Originally posted by ItchyRichy
for the stack & filter. I hasd the extra $$, so I went with the Stillen.
for the stack & filter. I hasd the extra $$, so I went with the Stillen.
What does the Stillen bracket look like? I don't see how it could work any better than the JWT bracket.
03-11-2001, 09:18 AM
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NmexMAX... where can I get the stillen intake for around $100-110... I thought they were around $160????? Thanks for the info...
**...think one can get a better look at the stillen bracket by goin'to maximadriver.com and checkin' out the how2 section....
**...think one can get a better look at the stillen bracket by goin'to maximadriver.com and checkin' out the how2 section....
03-19-2001, 11:43 AM
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03-19-2001, 04:57 PM
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Originally posted by NmexMAX
You could get a JWT for ~80 bux, and a stillen for maybe 20-30 more, not much diifference between the 2, jus that the Stillen uses a name brand K&N filter.
You could get a JWT for ~80 bux, and a stillen for maybe 20-30 more, not much diifference between the 2, jus that the Stillen uses a name brand K&N filter.
03-19-2001, 05:53 PM
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youre right... when im going low speeds ill press the gas and it barely does much, then after a certain point the rpms jump and you move but i dont like that too much, i dont want to be revving high all the time just to get it to move... im also thinking about gettin rid of it... its like youre losing horse instead of gaining.. i dunno
03-19-2001, 10:41 PM
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Originally posted by NmexMAX
You could get a JWT for ~80 bux, and a stillen for maybe 20-30 more, not much diifference between the 2, jus that the Stillen uses a name brand K&N filter.
You could get a JWT for ~80 bux, and a stillen for maybe 20-30 more, not much diifference between the 2, jus that the Stillen uses a name brand K&N filter.
03-20-2001, 04:06 PM
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is the intake worth it
Originally posted by JoesMAX
youre right... when im going low speeds ill press the gas and it barely does much, then after a certain point the rpms jump and you move but i dont like that too much, i dont want to be revving high all the time just to get it to move... im also thinking about gettin rid of it... its like youre losing horse instead of gaining.. i dunno
youre right... when im going low speeds ill press the gas and it barely does much, then after a certain point the rpms jump and you move but i dont like that too much, i dont want to be revving high all the time just to get it to move... im also thinking about gettin rid of it... its like youre losing horse instead of gaining.. i dunno
03-20-2001, 04:35 PM
#24
im still tryin to figure out if i want to keep it.. ill probably keep it in but i wanna see how it rides cause i was surprised that it was actually slowing me down at lower speeds.. ill give it a few weeks and see what i think.. if i was racing, i would have the extra hp because youre pushing high rpms but for normal driving it feels more sluggish...
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