Last night my idle pulley melted off on a trip to Davis to San Francisco (over 100 miles) I know that I'm not the only one this has happened to. To all those that have the same problem, I was wondering if anyone was interested in a class action lawsuit against Stillen for their unwillingness to recall defective parts. As you may know, I'm still in northern California, but if you are interested in contacting a lawyer together for this lawsuit please email me at chebosto@hotmail.com. It ****es me off that I have to spend my time and money to repair something that is their fault due to their defective products.

 

Stillen Customer Care = Nissan Customer Care =

Sorry to hear that, Cheston. I haven't heard great things about the V2 reliability either.

 

Damn,know I actually don't want to do, I HATE the sound of the V1, and te V2 seems to have HORRIBLE reliablility. Hmmm... Either way, time to stick it to Stillen.

 

ok stupid question...did u change the pulley?
if u did you might not have a leg to stand on in court..stillen may drop that don't change the set up blah blah paper work in the fine print.

 

Is the Stillen kit 50 state carb legal? If it is, you might have something. If it's one of those off road racing only, then it's supppose to off road

 

Sorry, to hear about the pulley...... we're calling you right now (got your message).

Yes, the SC is CARB legal for 95-98 Maximas.

 

It seems that the magazines and test drivers love the Maximas that Stillen produces. I'm beginning to think that Stillen does not use the same parts that they sell in their kit.

 

I don't think the Stillen car gets nearly as much mileage as reg owners do. As if they do have problems, it's probably just relaced with another and kept hush hush.

 

I think most people who have the idle pulley problem due to the result of changing to a smaller pulley. So, does this means people using the stock pulley shouldn't have to worry?


I wish there is an aluminum pulley option out there for us. I heard someone is in the process of making that a possibility, but who knows when/if it will be done.


Sorry to hear about your problem Cheston.

 

if stillen sells you the smaller pulley it should work with the s/c no matter what. if you know a machinist you can prolly get one made for not too much money. My nos is working fine. no problems at all,

 

If thats Ethan's SC i think it already has a smaller pulley.. which voids the warranty so you won't have a leg to stand on..

if you guys want an aluminum pulley.. phil96se already said he can get them done if you contact him

 

I think the smaller pulley's are purchased directly from Vortech

 

What is Phil's email? I don't care if it's expensive, I WILL get it if it's available now.

 

pstockmal@pgh-maximas.com or AIM: phil96se

 

everyone should get the aluminum one regardless.

 

You are correct, they do not use the same parts....they have metal pulleys.

 

I can tell you a guy locally had one custom done, and it started to melt by the belt. He has the upgraded 3.20psi pulley I think or whatever it was. He now is working on getting one made in titanium.

 

When you upgrade the s/c pulley don't you have to upgrade the idle pulley? Can't you get a metal pulley from another company the size you want?

 

if you could i'm sure that people would have done this already.

 

you don't read very well do you? i already said it has been done

 

Cheston, get people together and contact the Better Business Bureau in Cali.

 

If there are any mods, he doesn't have a leg to stand on. Damn, Sprint is right AGAIN!!

 

it has a smaller pulley.. his warranty is out the window

 

I figured that he is complaining about the stock pulley.

Yo-its-ok,

I remember that story and thats when I decided to boycott them and not buy anymore of their stuff. Although I have their rotors and pads, I will be going else where the next go 'round.

 

i meant commercially avaiable.

 

If he SELLS them, they are commerically available. NEXT!!

 

grrr, widespread easily avaiable, you know what i mean.

 

Nope, usually no one knows what you actually mean, we all just shake our heads and say 'Yes Steve'.

 

if you email him he will get it to you.. how is that not widespread available?

you have a better chance of getting a metal pulley from phil than ordering a Supercharger and it not be on back order

 

whatever.

 

hogan its great to see you are developing stuff, the only qualm that comes up with me when you say powerdyne, is well the fact that it is not a vortec. I know several people who have powerdyne SC's on their M3's and well some of those guys have to get it serviced quite frequently. I do not know the extreme details of this but i know they are not happy.As opposed to the guys who have a vortec, and they are very happy, someone i know has put a vortec on his e46 3 series and it runs well and he hasnt had any real problems.

Is there any experiance's that you have with powerdyne that you wouldnt mind sharing, so as to make people, if not the people at least me, feel better?

 

from what i read out of all this is it isn't so much a problem with the blower itself but the maker of the kit, i.e. STILLEN.

 

i say u go for it. stillen is expensive and they dont even know wta customer service is. dam stillen

 

you mean Vortech?

 

Hey dude I have a lot of respect for you, and I know you're frustrated with Stillen. BUT I would highly encourage you to seek alternative remedies before you start talking about lawsuits.

Because if you get a bunch of people to jump on your bandwagon, don't be surprised if they stop offering the product.

It would seem to me you'd be shooting yourself and other Max owners in the foot.

I humbly suggest you exhaust all other remedies before you SUE.

 

no the blower is a vortech unit but the rest of everything else is a kit supplied by stillen, right?? so the blower hasn't had too many problems, maybe a person here and there. but it seems EVERYONE is having problems with other parts of the kit.

 

So, I was curious to find out if and how this issue was resolved?
Or maybe it is still in pending mode...

 

Gee I missed reading this thread...you mean that Stillen also sells their own modified Maximas? I thought they only sell kits.

 

Naw, I was talking about the Stillen Rep car. If it is even around anymore.

 

Chebesto,

Have you talked to Stillen about your pulley problems? Are you the orginal owner? How long have you had it on your car? Who installed it?

Just for kicks say the part is defective, you'd have to prove its the part and not the install. Hopefully Stillen installed it? They could also say that you messed with it and can show a history of messing with stuff. They could prove that easily by looking at your web site.

If you proceed to sue keep in mind Attorneys, in particular Class Action Attorneys aren't cheap. I'd doubt you'd make much on it.

The sad thing is that a pulley's cheap. Lawsuit isn't. They could easily replace that pulley. Any how best of luck Chebesto.

wizeguy