self build supercharger kit

[joe_589]

hi, have had this done for a couple of weeks now, but just thought i would let you lot in on the fun..

this was all done by me but mainly my local neighbourhood Vocky who is a legend!

here is the mod that you have to do to the 100amp alternator. You have to take plastic cover off and also trip down the thread where the red wire goes. You can leave about 5mm of thread there but as the inlet manifold is metal kind off didnt want to risk it

below is the mod that you have to do to the pipe (water pipe i think) we used a vauxhall omega v6 water pipe as Vocky happened to off brought it along and it was a perfect fit. As you can see all we had to do was like the pipes together using a metal water pipe connector

Below is a picture of where you have to run the pipes through the door sill (driver side) The best thing to do as said earlier, is to use a bit of 1/2 inch copper pipe tape the pipe to the end and push it through, then take the black seal off (the black plastic with triangle bits on inside the cabin) then un-tap it and thread the pipe through two holes that you have to make - very painful! do not attempt if you have big arms!)

Below is a picture of a bosch water pump along side a second coolant tank of off a ion/cobalt

below is where we moved the ECU to (my ECU is possessed!)

below is a picture off where the pipes come out of the sills

below is a picture of the mounted pre rad in the crash box

below is a final picture of the front end

fitted an oil catch tank. below shows qwhere it is mounted

below shows the gauge bit that you can see through my side pods thumbsup

here are a few pictures of it finshed (well for now )

here is the one you have probably been waiting for

not looking bad considering been out for a 450ish mile trip

here are a list of mods that i have to this date:

current mods

turbo spoiler
turbo side vents
turbo splitters
TAT long diffuser
fog lights converted to air brake cooling pipes

16/17 speedlines with r888 tyres
GAZ adjustable shocks
fast road GEO
engine mount poly-whatever inserts
mintex 1144 (soon to be 1155)

full 2.5" piper exhaust system with 200 cell cat and 4-1 manifold
ported head
+1mm wasted stem valves
piper cams (260 if i remember correctly)
m62 supercharger
75mm intake pipe with a KnN cone
courtenay sport custom remap
let injectors

Full aluminum radiator
small pre rad
lsj header tank
bosch water pump (for pre rad)
gearbox breather with air filter
oil catch tank with air filter
EGR cheater

near future mods

eagle rods
rebore and fit bigger weseco pistons
harrop charger
smaller pulley
remap
full size aluminum pre rad with twin fans
much bigger header tank for pre rad
duel pass mod
balance deletion
lightened flywheel
4pot front brakes
harness bar and harnesses
mog seats or similar

the bit you lot are probalby waiting for is:

thats 270.13bhp at the wheels

hope this helps you self builders out their

 

[Sjdickso]

Awesome !!!

You and Vocky have done a great job.

I thought that people didnt get on with regrinds with forced induction.

270 is very very good result.

 

[Matt]

That's fecking superb! 270 at the wheels must be mental.

 

[Hannibal]

how much does the VX weigh ? thats gona be pretty nippy

 

[joe_589]

it weighs around 850ishkgs and indeed it is very nippy!

just cant unleash the full 270bhp until vocky can change the rods and pistons for me and while he is there might aswell do a balance deletion and flywheel, new clutch etc

should be a good beast!

 

[Drakey]

I`d say, top/neat job you`ve done on that.

 

[JohnnyN]

Very well done there. Are you sure that's 270bhp at the wheels?? I would have thought that the figure is the calculated flywheel figure. If thats 270 @ wheels, it would make the flywheel figure well over 300bhp. Looking at the torque figure of around 220lbs it would indicate a BHP flywheel figure.

 

[Muncher83]

Surely that's a flywheel, not wheels figure?

 

[JohnnyN]

It does state 'clutch power' and 'clutch torque' on the graph so it would indicate that its is actully a flywheel figure.

 

[sdbutler10]

wow good results there but must be at flywheel.
love the colour of the car and the car its mental.

 

[vocky]

thats just wishful thinking by Joe

it's certainly 270 bhp at the flywheel, which is bloody good 8)

 

[rik1083]

is the extra oomph from the ported head and valves? or does it have a smaller pulley?

 

[joe_589]

my bad i thought they said wheels! i want a refund

yup the extra oomph from the ported head, valves, cams, and full 2.5" system... soon to be changed though

 

[JohnnyN]

what cams are you using?

 

[JohnnyN]

what cams are you using?

 

[Sjdickso]

what cams are you using?

piper cams (260 if i remember correctly ) from his spec list at the top

 

[vocky]

they are my original piper 266 degree cams and ported head with +1mm wasted stem valves 8)

 

[techieboy]

thats 270.13bhp at the wheels

If that was an "at the wheels" figure, the volume of your exhaust and your MOT status would have been the least of your worries, me thinks! You'd be getting very intimate with the innards of your engine.

It did go bloody well though, I'll give it that.