W.O.M.P. Supercharger for 2.0L proteges
November-14th-2004, 07:25 PM
#256
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progress?? sure, why not
Well, after 3 days of 21hr days the blower is hanging, the ps pump is hanging, the brackets are finished, the tensioner is finished, the ps lines re-routed, and this HUGE blower is huffing some air.
I was forced to use a real shotty belt since we were practicing differnt lengths to see which would work best. We got it up and running but the belt slips around 4K rpms. from 3700-4200 it'll squeel but above 4200 it sticks and runs like a demon.
This blower is huge. I can't stress this enough. A LOT of air is going to be moved with this thing. We had the discharge tube blowing straight down inder the car and at about 5K rpms the air was blowing tools all across the shop floor.
Next step is to get it back to B'ham and throw a good Gates belt on there and weld up the charge piping so we can get the tires spinning and the clutch smoking.
I was forced to use a real shotty belt since we were practicing differnt lengths to see which would work best. We got it up and running but the belt slips around 4K rpms. from 3700-4200 it'll squeel but above 4200 it sticks and runs like a demon.
This blower is huge. I can't stress this enough. A LOT of air is going to be moved with this thing. We had the discharge tube blowing straight down inder the car and at about 5K rpms the air was blowing tools all across the shop floor.
Next step is to get it back to B'ham and throw a good Gates belt on there and weld up the charge piping so we can get the tires spinning and the clutch smoking.
November-14th-2004, 08:40 PM
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holy crap man, thats freakin insane! definately need a vid asap. all that work finally paid off! im happy for ya!
November-14th-2004, 08:42 PM
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looking good, any more pics????
November-14th-2004, 08:49 PM
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November-14th-2004, 08:53 PM
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Get your *** back here ASAP bitch. I'm gonna give you a call tommorow afternoon.
November-14th-2004, 09:18 PM
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OMFG!! Screw the A/C - where's my checkbook!!
November-14th-2004, 10:16 PM
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Originally Posted by rktktpaul
OMFG!! Screw the A/C - where's my checkbook!!
November-14th-2004, 10:51 PM
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I third that, Matty I am gonna kill you I am coming down this weekend, really. I almost nadded when I saw those pics.
November-14th-2004, 10:55 PM
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hey did you polish your headers you naughty boy? They look awfully shiny now or did you get new ones. oops stay on topic I know I know
November-15th-2004, 12:57 AM
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ummmmmmm
holy ****
holy ****
November-15th-2004, 05:47 AM
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Matty, those pics look awesome... and your right that blower IS huge !!
Any pics of the other side so I can see where you relocated the PS pump to and how the rest looks ?
Keep up the good work mate!
Any pics of the other side so I can see where you relocated the PS pump to and how the rest looks ?
Keep up the good work mate!
November-15th-2004, 10:40 AM
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And oh yes congratulations. Good work Matty. And thank you Dave B.
November-15th-2004, 07:20 PM
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sorry guys, just walked in the door from a 11hr drive from Lake Eerie to Middle of Alabama...I almost traversed the entire height of our country today. I averaged about 28mpg in doing so also!
First things first:
HUGE THANKS goes out to the Bodde family who opened their home up to me and treated me so warmly. You would not believe their families generousity. Dave also has probably the nicest p5 I've ever seen. It's immaculate and has many custom pieces which he designed and created himself. He is a masterfull craftsman. You guys would be lucky to one day watch him work. I starred at him like a deer in the headlights as he explained to me the in's and out's of CNC machining and how everything was working together. His work speaks for itself and those rings are nothing compared to some of the pieces this guy has made. I was awe-struck. Truely. His family is so nice and welcoming. People of this quality are too few and far between.
Secondly, you wouldn't believe the lengths Dave went through when measuring and designing this stuff. I'm not joking when I say that we pulled a 12hr day and (2) 20hr days. Most of it was measuring and trial fitting. To give you an idea of what this would cost...52 hours of work at 75/hr + materials...that is $3900+materials. There is a LOT of detail in these pieces.
Thirdly, I drove back home today with the belt off and no ps. The pulley we made (6psi in the videos) was very slightly out of alignment with the crank and it would walk off the pulley and start slipping. That was the squeal you could hear in the videos. This is a very simple fix and I told dave I would ship him the stuff back so he could finish final details like radiusing the edges and reducing the weight of the brackets while still maintaining the strength. Once we are finished with all of the small adjustments the charge piping will be welded up and shipped to Wagners for mandrel bending. I can't wait! We're getting real close.
Fourthly, Everything shown was on our (estimated) 6psi pulley. I figure that 1psi per 1k rpms would be plenty for initial testing. It proves to be MORE than plenty. When we fired up the engine at 3K rpms the discharge air was blowing all of the tools around the workshop floor. Mind you it's also a 3.5" inlet and 3" outlet on the compressor.....if you can force enough air to move tools around out of a 3" opening you're blowing some serious air.
Lastly, I'm very tired but very excited to see/hear what you guys think. I'll stay up as long as I can to answer questions
First things first:
HUGE THANKS goes out to the Bodde family who opened their home up to me and treated me so warmly. You would not believe their families generousity. Dave also has probably the nicest p5 I've ever seen. It's immaculate and has many custom pieces which he designed and created himself. He is a masterfull craftsman. You guys would be lucky to one day watch him work. I starred at him like a deer in the headlights as he explained to me the in's and out's of CNC machining and how everything was working together. His work speaks for itself and those rings are nothing compared to some of the pieces this guy has made. I was awe-struck. Truely. His family is so nice and welcoming. People of this quality are too few and far between.
Secondly, you wouldn't believe the lengths Dave went through when measuring and designing this stuff. I'm not joking when I say that we pulled a 12hr day and (2) 20hr days. Most of it was measuring and trial fitting. To give you an idea of what this would cost...52 hours of work at 75/hr + materials...that is $3900+materials. There is a LOT of detail in these pieces.
Thirdly, I drove back home today with the belt off and no ps. The pulley we made (6psi in the videos) was very slightly out of alignment with the crank and it would walk off the pulley and start slipping. That was the squeal you could hear in the videos. This is a very simple fix and I told dave I would ship him the stuff back so he could finish final details like radiusing the edges and reducing the weight of the brackets while still maintaining the strength. Once we are finished with all of the small adjustments the charge piping will be welded up and shipped to Wagners for mandrel bending. I can't wait! We're getting real close.
Fourthly, Everything shown was on our (estimated) 6psi pulley. I figure that 1psi per 1k rpms would be plenty for initial testing. It proves to be MORE than plenty. When we fired up the engine at 3K rpms the discharge air was blowing all of the tools around the workshop floor. Mind you it's also a 3.5" inlet and 3" outlet on the compressor.....if you can force enough air to move tools around out of a 3" opening you're blowing some serious air.
Lastly, I'm very tired but very excited to see/hear what you guys think. I'll stay up as long as I can to answer questions
November-15th-2004, 07:48 PM
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whos car was that in the video?
November-15th-2004, 07:58 PM
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looks real good man, good to see someone is trying diffrent things, make sure to get a **** load of pics, also do you have any more pics that i can see???, im interested in the setup.