Homemade supercharger for mx5 engine

[richardm6994]

I just thought I'd share my latest project which I've just finished.....
Supercharger project for a mx5 engined roadrunner sr2 that I've made for a friend ....it runs a treat, produces 7.5psi of boost (smaller pulley) and first indications on the rolling road are suggesting +250bhp and 280ftlbs.... just waiting to hear the final rolling road results....I'll let the photos do the talking;














































































And there is a couple of videos on my facebook page to like and share
https://www.facebook.com/red7autoengineering

[richardm6994]

Thanks for the compliments....it's great hearing praise from like minded people who know what they are looking at the the work gone into the project.

The first rolling road result gave 213bhp and 181ftlbs at the wheels.....this was with a mild map and 5.5psi of boost throughout the Rev range.......Now working on a more aggressive map and still hoping for 250bhp.

Although the new map hasn't been run yet....a change of air filter has produced another 2psi of boost so it's now running 7.5 right the way through the Rev range.

The charger / engine setup runs twin throttle bodies.....the tb on the charger and the original tb on the engine's inlet plenum. The outlet on the charger is piped to an intercooler at the front of the car and then this feeds back to the engine tb / inlet plenum.

The ecu is 'canams'.

I will put some photos up of the finished installation next time I'm with my friend (I've built this charger for his car)....the facebook pictures where taken after i installed and ran the charger first time but before it got plumbed in properly.

Edited by richardm6994 on Sunday 11th January 16:45

[richardm6994]

Thanks for the compliments....it's great hearing praise from like minded people who know what they are looking at the the work gone into the project.

The first rolling road result gave 213bhp and 181ftlbs at the wheels.....this was with a mild map and 5.5psi of boost throughout the Rev range.......Now working on a more aggressive map and still hoping for 250bhp.

Although the new map hasn't been run yet....a change of air filter has produced another 2psi of boost so it's now running 7.5 right the way through the Rev range.

The charger / engine setup runs twin throttle bodies.....the tb on the charger and the original tb on the engine's inlet plenum. The outlet on the charger is piped to an intercooler at the front of the car and then this feeds back to the engine tb / inlet plenum.

The ecu is 'canams'.

I will put some photos up of the finished installation next time I'm with my friend (I've built this charger for his car)....the facebook pictures where taken after i installed and ran the charger first time but before it got plumbed in properly.

Edited by richardm6994 on Monday 12th January 14:00

[richardm6994]

I rarely turn down work....please contact me through my redseven Facebook page if you'd like to discuss a project;
https://www.facebook.com/red7autoengineering

[richardm6994]

Here are a couple of photos of the finished installation courtesy of roadrunner racing who are currently mapping the ecu

[richardm6994]

Final rolling road results are in.....230bhp and 202 ftlbs.

Things have taken a little longer as the project came to a stop due to a stage 2 clutch being required.

Now that's fitted, final tuning in the rr done and all is good.

It's done about 35 miles to bed things in and it's fair to say 'smiles all round'

If you'd like to see more, please visit my facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/red7autoengineering

Im just starting out and so all the publicity, likes and shares I can get really make a massive difference!
Many thanks in anticipation