Blagave

Fuel pressure and volume is calculated and should be good to go. Appreciate the the additional information....love the support��

SwayBar

Instead of doing pistons and rods, you can install a bigger cam with more duration which will lower your dynamic compression ratio making the engine less prone to detonation on pump gas, even if you stay at a max of only 8 psi.

A cam is relatively cheap, and does require a tune, but you're already going to do that with the blower, so that cost is a wash.

Blagave

Blagave

Received the new intercooler, which is gorgeous. Started the mount, I cut out a third of the cross member and welded in a stiffener. I think with my cross stiifener I built and the welded in stiffener the structure will be sound. I am very happy so far with the fitment

Imo000

The shoes, the shoes!!!!!

Blagave

Got the intercooler mounted. Very secure and rubber isolators to allow for a liitle movement. I didn’t have to modify or move anything, which was nice.

Blagave

Have about 90% done on the intake. Just need to make end cap and grind down welds. I will have painted to match car color.
Everything clears with a little room to spare.

Blagave

Imo000

Too late now but if you ever get another intercooler made, have both intercooler ports at the top. This way you can lower the radiator and have the intercooler pipes go over the top of the radiator. Instead of squishing both pipe, like you have now, they can stay intact or maybe just slightly elongated if they are over 2.5" in diameter.

Blagave

In order to lower the radiator, you would have to cut approx. 1" of the cross member from side to side in addition to the "Z" mounts in order to drop the radiator. I am running 3 1/2" tubing for the intake to throttle bottle and have equal to or greater the volume in comparison to the 3 1/2" round. The bottom pipe to the inter cooler is 3" and ovaled to 1 1/2". My guess is that the pipe sticks down as far as dropping the radiator, so either way would work, but there is much more going on than meets the eye.

Thanks for the suggestion.

V2Rocket

if possible see if you can't fit a velocity-stack type shape to the transition from the IC outlet->TB oval pipe, and round the forward end to make it look like a "cobra head".

(or just buy one, http://www.intakehoses.com/mm5/merch...gory_Code=CHEW)

just rounding the inside radius of that turn from IC to TB pipe will make a big difference in airflow quality vs the sharp 90 as in the photo.

hacker-pschorr

FYI - Here is how Turbo Todd lowered the radiator on his car - 2" drop.
On his red car he dropped it 3":



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Blagave

Thanks Hacker
That is a very nice setup. I think Todd has a few more options in where to mount the turbo and running the pipe to the inter cooler verse the super charger being fixed in one location and the inlet and outlet being limited in there orientation. In hindsight, there are a few other ways I could have gone, but I wasn't sure I was going to add the super charger until later, after confirming it was smog legal........ at that point I already purchased the radiator / oil cooler.
I am fairly happy with how everything is going together and will take V2Rocket's suggestion about trying to get more of a slope in the tube from IC to TB.
As always, appreciate the input and suggestions

hacker-pschorr

Here is his supercharged car, this one the radiator was dropped 3 inches.

I think this supercharger is sitting up a bit higher than yours is though:




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skpyle

Hacker, that segmented headlight pod cross shaft on Todd's supercharged car is pretty slick.