View Poll Results: Would you be interested in a Supercharger Kit for your GS350?
Absolutely! I would purchase if available.
59
59.60%
I might be interested.
34
34.34%
Not really that interested.
6
6.06%
What's a Supercharger?
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GS350 STILLEN Supercharger Interested Thread/Poll
04-24-15, 10:20 PM
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Can't stress enough the importance of making this kit CARB legal like the 350Z/G35 and 370Z/G37 kits you made. If you do that, you will sell so many more than if it's not. MAKE IT CARB LEGAL PLEASE PLEASE.
04-25-15, 12:30 PM
#49
Very good news
This is awesome news. I've been waiting for more aftermarket support for this potent platform. I would buy in a heartbeat. Thank god I don't live in California. No offense. I could care less about CARB exempt or not. California businesses are flocking to Texas left and right due to their bureaucratic BS and obscene taxes. 
04-27-15, 04:41 PM
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If it fails the rest of the test though, then we're SOL.This is not out of the question but we can't justify the expense right away without seeing how the kits sell. The better the kits sell, the more likely that will happen.
04-27-15, 05:12 PM
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Yes it is a PITA. But let's look at the facts. Stillen is based in California. Every other one of their kits are CARB Legal regardless of how well they sell. He'll most of the stuff they make is CARB legal. So it only makes sense. Also no offense to the other states, but let's be honest, California would consume more superchargers than almost all the other states if it was CARB legal. STILLEN should swallow the development cost for making it CARB legal, it's not like they can't afford it. But that's all IMO and most likely won't happen. I guess we just need enough of you in other states to buy it so that Stillen goes for CARB ( if they can get it to and probably a year later).
04-27-15, 05:15 PM
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I cannot say much on this. I know that most Smog Tests are done at lower RPM's where boost is very low or non existent. So...you can extrapolate from there I guess. This is a bad thing to do and smog saves live
We do need a test car for development. It would end up being an extended period of time (2-3 months most likely and the would have to come back a few times after that). Anyone willing?
This is not out of the question but we can't justify the expense right away without seeing how the kits sell. The better the kits sell, the more likely that will happen.
We do need a test car for development. It would end up being an extended period of time (2-3 months most likely and the would have to come back a few times after that). Anyone willing?
This is not out of the question but we can't justify the expense right away without seeing how the kits sell. The better the kits sell, the more likely that will happen.
Basically it won't happen for years after the kit originally comes out, if it ever does, and given you CAN make it carb legal. That's great, let's initially screw the state that you are in and that (almost)everything else you make is legal for.
04-27-15, 06:41 PM
#54
No need to be so aggressive, it is all in the planning phases. If more power is that important to you, why did you buy a GS to begin with? 
04-27-15, 08:26 PM
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No not agression. I'm just trying to convey that there is a huge market for this kit in California and they will be pleasantly surprised at how well it will sell here if CARB legal. Granted I have ways of passing smog and visual if you catch my drift so I would still buy it regardless, but not everyone has that "option". As for power being important, it's not that major, but is it bad to have it when you want it? And as for why I bought the GS, why not? Buy an unreliable BMW or Mercedes instead? Or the hideous Q50S? Lexus has all other brands beat as far as reliability go (hey, its a Toyota! )and I happen to love the simple, refined Japanese elegance of the GS. It's doesn't have all those exaggerated curves of the Q50S or the drab predictable design of a BMW or Mercedes (IMO). I mean hell, why did you buy a GS yourself? Obviously power wasn't important, but by posting in this thread, hell even bothering to click on it and reading through it, you have to admit that you were interested in the possibility as well.
04-27-15, 10:07 PM
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I cannot say much on this. I know that most Smog Tests are done at lower RPM's where boost is very low or non existent. So...you can extrapolate from there I guess. This is a bad thing to do and smog saves live
We do need a test car for development. It would end up being an extended period of time (2-3 months most likely and the would have to come back a few times after that). Anyone willing? I live off the 5 fwy. Are you looking for a car for the supercharger development or coilovers? Feel free to pm me.
This is not out of the question but we can't justify the expense right away without seeing how the kits sell. The better the kits sell, the more likely that will happen.
We do need a test car for development. It would end up being an extended period of time (2-3 months most likely and the would have to come back a few times after that). Anyone willing? I live off the 5 fwy. Are you looking for a car for the supercharger development or coilovers? Feel free to pm me.
This is not out of the question but we can't justify the expense right away without seeing how the kits sell. The better the kits sell, the more likely that will happen.
04-28-15, 09:10 AM
#57
I think the poll should have asked if you live in California and are going to buy the kit!
Yes, another Californian here - READY to purchase a CARB legal version
Heck, I would be happy with a camshaft upgrade!!
Yes, another Californian here - READY to purchase a CARB legal version
Heck, I would be happy with a camshaft upgrade!!
04-28-15, 01:31 PM
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my personal thoughts;
- must be CA CARB legal, able to pass full inspection if I was to take it to a random smog tester in CA.
- price needs to come down a bit, $5-6k range. Preferably free install or at least for a limited time.
- must be CA CARB legal, able to pass full inspection if I was to take it to a random smog tester in CA.
- price needs to come down a bit, $5-6k range. Preferably free install or at least for a limited time.
04-29-15, 04:17 PM
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The key will be how Lexus prices the upcoming GS-F (I saw an RC-F in the showroom with a mid $70K sticker). The GS-F has a factory warranty with equal or more power.
04-29-15, 08:04 PM
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That's correct. If the GSF is priced low, then the supercharger price will be low. But we can expect the GSF to be about 80K, which even though I could afford it, as well as most other members here, it's not worth it. I would rather put my 80K on a new Z06/Stingray ( 80k base,120K fully loaded) and blow the ****ing doors off the GSF as well as most other cars. We just have to wait and see, IF they can even tune it. I called Stillen and a rep confirmed that an intake, exhaust and AP RACING BBK are in the works too.