Its supposed to just give more unrestricted airflow to the engine. Add about 2-4 HP in this setup. What it actually did..TDot wrote:I've always meant to ask
1/ What exactly is the Stillen Intake System supposed to do?
2/ What do people ACTUAllY get out of it?
3/ What is your issue with it?
Sorry didnt hit quote up top.. I will let you know once i have the springs on, I decided to wait and do the springs at the same time as the BBK.. why remove wheels one extra time. Im trying to sell some of the stock parts rims etc so i can continue building this thing Parts for this car are $$$$$$ lol anyone want to set up a donation fund? hahaequetefue wrote:Congrats on the car. I love mine too. The thing I hate is the 4x4 look I have. Those tanabe springs are for just for X models? how much they run and what made you choose those over the eibachs? Also are you having alignment (camber,toe) issues?
Like the CAI. What dont you like from it?
Ed
I guess in this case beauty is in the eye of the beholder.. on my other car a nismo CAI added 13hp on the dyno. that was big it was noticeable all the way through the power band. In this one really until you hit mid 4's i dont see anything but id have to get it on a machine to tell you. As far as worth the # compared to k&n drop ins youll find many people argue about this on the forums so its a matter of preference. In this case hell no. I dont think it was worth 400 dollars for it and unless they send me something that changes my opinion i will be ripping this out and putting it up for sale here and/or on ebay maybe a G owner can take it off my hands. I think what happened was they tested it in a G and said hey M same engine just put an M sticker on it and call it a day. Really annoyed with stillen right now for this. I expected more from the company. Im driving around praying the shroud doesnt rip or plain disconnect somewhere and damage my car.. Im waiting for them to reply if they dont give me something concrete its coming off and a big nasty amount of hate mail/calls will be coming their way.TDot wrote:Does more unrestricted airflow to the engine do anything more than that little bit of HP? Is 2-4 HP noticable/worth the price? Is that HP hitting from the jump, or do you have to hit 6K rpm like the uprev stuff?
I think anything under a 50whp gain is hard to notice, depending on the car. CAI are good from the box but perform better when it gets tuned afterwords. As for Uprev it doesnt kick in at 6k RPM's I had gains through the whole powerband, meaning from 1k+.TDot wrote:Does more unrestricted airflow to the engine do anything more than that little bit of HP? Is 2-4 HP noticable/worth the price? Is that HP hitting from the jump, or do you have to hit 6K rpm like the uprev stuff?
I decided to do it all at oncekermit the guy wrote:thats alot of goodies!
mexillis wrote:I think anything under a 50whp gain is hard to notice, depending on the car. CAI are good from the box but perform better when it gets tuned afterwords. As for Uprev it doesnt kick in at 6k RPM's I had gains through the whole powerband, meaning from 1k+.TDot wrote:Does more unrestricted airflow to the engine do anything more than that little bit of HP? Is 2-4 HP noticable/worth the price? Is that HP hitting from the jump, or do you have to hit 6K rpm like the uprev stuff?
OP the mods will make your ride even nicer, sucks that stillen didnt make supporting brackets for the M37 and hopefully they will send you something better. how did you measure the 2-4hp gain, did you let the car adapt to the new flow yet or reset the ecu? Check out this you tube of another CAI for your car. Only thing is this is in Japan and would be expensive to ship.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qLwWrr6JPA[/youtube]
Spoke with stillen today, I was right they just used the boxes from a g37 setup and slapped an M sticker on it. They will be re-designing and sending me new boxes with better fitment hopefully .mexillis wrote:I think anything under a 50whp gain is hard to notice, depending on the car. CAI are good from the box but perform better when it gets tuned afterwords. As for Uprev it doesnt kick in at 6k RPM's I had gains through the whole powerband, meaning from 1k+.TDot wrote:Does more unrestricted airflow to the engine do anything more than that little bit of HP? Is 2-4 HP noticable/worth the price? Is that HP hitting from the jump, or do you have to hit 6K rpm like the uprev stuff?
OP the mods will make your ride even nicer, sucks that stillen didnt make supporting brackets for the M37 and hopefully they will send you something better. how did you measure the 2-4hp gain, did you let the car adapt to the new flow yet or reset the ecu? Check out this you tube of another CAI for your car. Only thing is this is in Japan and would be expensive to ship.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qLwWrr6JPA[/youtube]
Rides like stock.cycler wrote:How do you like the ride with the lowering springs
Can you tell me which Eibach you went with and how much did it lower the car? And why did you change your mind from the tanabe to the Eibach?ddiimmaa wrote:Rides like stock.cycler wrote:How do you like the ride with the lowering springs
Ended up going with an eibach setup. YES the eibach springs that are for the S work on the X. Im living driving proof of that. And no there are no problems with it at all.
ddiimmaa wrote:Rides like stock.cycler wrote:How do you like the ride with the lowering springs
Ended up going with an eibach setup. YES the eibach springs that are for the S work on the X. Im living driving proof of that. And no there are no problems with it at all.
wideopn11 wrote:Very nice, I'm looking to get the eibachs also. Glad to hear that they fit on the AWD.
Nice, I don't know if I'll do the full kit but I am def getting the spoiler.ddiimmaa wrote:wideopn11 wrote:Very nice, I'm looking to get the eibachs also. Glad to hear that they fit on the AWD.
Theres more! Im waiting for a sunny day, but i pulled the trigger and splurged on the aero kit. with hid fog conversion Pics coming soon!
Isn't that always how it happens. There is always something better available after you make your purchase. I did get my 2012 a hell of a lot cheaper though, bought it as an executive demo with 2,400 miles on it. About 20K less than the 2013 MxS will be on sale for. I'm happy with my purchase...just need a few mods.maximus35 wrote:nice car but if you wanted the sports awd model you should of held out a couple of months . the m37xs went on sale in august.