more supercharger talk

[macka]

you're doing mine next eh?  Are you doing a full plate or a rib and gusset to reinforce the blower mount?

[truckinwagen]

I am going to box the sides in with plate so that the pieces of pipe are the corners of a box(ish shape)

I might put a diagonal inside the spacer too if I feel like it.

-Owen

[macka]

that shouldn't move at all

[truckinwagen]

thats what I think too.

the G60 had a mount from the back of the supercharger too that attached to the block at the breather.

the G60 guys on the vortex think that it is vital, but I am not so sure after looking at this thing mounted up without it.

-Owen

[Turbinepowered]

Holy crizzap! That thing's hanging way out there! 

[truckinwagen]

yeah, it is.

but thats just about as close to the block as I can get it before i interferes with the injection pump.

[G60ING]

yeah, it is.

but thats just about as close to the block as I can get it before i interferes with the injection pump.

interesting. I like how the G60 is finally used with a motor that has the RPM range that the G60 likes most. With that having been said I'd suggest you try mounting that in an engine bay to see if it fits. I think you will have core support & hood fitment issues.

[truckinwagen]

I think it will miss the hood, but the core support will have to be modified.

I am also using an upright radiator that will fir on the other side of the engine bay.

if I need to, I will put a hump in the hood to clear it.

[Turbinepowered]

yeah, it is.

but thats just about as close to the block as I can get it before i interferes with the injection pump.

And I'm sufficiently unfamiliar with the spaces in transverse cars that I'm going to ask the obvious question: you couldn't make up a plate to slide it vertically down and in at all?

[truckinwagen]

the reason I didn't make a bracket to slide the charger down is that the bolts are not on the same plane, so spacers would be necessary anyway, and keeping perfect belt alignment would be difficult.

also moving the bracket down would make keeping the belt in contact with the water pump more difficult.

as for sourcing the right belt, I will measure the length with a strip of paper, and bring one of the pulleys in to get a belt the proper length with the proper profile.

-Owen

[truckinwagen]

and, thinking about it more, I think I can take about an inch off of the spacer if I trim up the supercharger and IP brackets a bit.

[RabbitJockey]

thats not looking so great, might have to put it in a fox or something, the alternator barely fits on an ac car, i think you're gonna need to cut a lot, good luck tho, i really wonder how this will run.  My brother has a supercharged vr6 corrado, and honestly i like turbo cars better because you can build boost at lower rpms, like when ur lugging up a hill at low rpms you can build full boost, with his corrado you have to down shift and get into a higher rpm to make the supercharger to make boost.  but his car has a big valve head and a few other goodies, so it really boogies, probably around 275hp

[RabbitJockey]

eh, maybe it will fit, hard to say.  i just know its hard to work in the front part of the engine bay.  its not like my gfs mini cooper tho haha

[Rabbit on Roids]

i will be surprised if you can fit that huge hunk of G60 behind the radiator and grille. i had to mount my radiator up side down to clear my alt after i put my intercooler in. now my alt and radiator are a few box hairs away from each other.
looks like you will have to run a super narrow radiator to be able to clear the s/c. a 90's civic radiator might be narrow enough, but who knows if it has enough cooling capacity for a diesel.

[truckinwagen]

I have a 94 civic radiator that actually fits between the motor mount and the frame horn on the drivers side.
this clears out in front of the supercharger completely.

I have no problem cutting up the core support a bit, and I was thinking about replacing the front motor mount with something thinner to bring the front of the motor down to clear the hood.