Supercharger possible project Questions! ??
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Hi all,
I've been thinking of adding a small supercharger to my car, however I don't know lots about superchargers as i've never worked on one! I understand how they work but I can't work out in my head if what I'm thinking has any flaws! So i'll lay it out;
I want to add a super charger to my engine that would be side mounted, so not directly connected to the air intake system but instead connected by piping. I'm not sure this would work because of the increase of pressure as the air is compressed through the charger, would need some strong metal piping?
The other issue is remapping the Ecu for the change, if i put the air flow meter after the supercharger, will the Ecu automatically calculate that it needs to compensate for the change?
Not definitely going ahead with this, I just wanted some feedback and advice to work out if it is a good idea or not!
Thanks - Alex
I've been thinking of adding a small supercharger to my car, however I don't know lots about superchargers as i've never worked on one! I understand how they work but I can't work out in my head if what I'm thinking has any flaws! So i'll lay it out;
I want to add a super charger to my engine that would be side mounted, so not directly connected to the air intake system but instead connected by piping. I'm not sure this would work because of the increase of pressure as the air is compressed through the charger, would need some strong metal piping?
The other issue is remapping the Ecu for the change, if i put the air flow meter after the supercharger, will the Ecu automatically calculate that it needs to compensate for the change?
Not definitely going ahead with this, I just wanted some feedback and advice to work out if it is a good idea or not!
Thanks - Alex
Ah okay well if it's been done before thats a good sign!
I've been looking at the chargers off of the mercedes 1.8/2L 'kompressor' models to fit to a Mercedes 3.2 engine, I'm not looking for massive gains because I don't think the internals can take a massive increase.
It only has a Air flow sensor from what I can see and what I've read, I guess I'll get the system set up but disconnected until I can afford the Remap too! cheers for the advice!
I've been looking at the chargers off of the mercedes 1.8/2L 'kompressor' models to fit to a Mercedes 3.2 engine, I'm not looking for massive gains because I don't think the internals can take a massive increase.
It only has a Air flow sensor from what I can see and what I've read, I guess I'll get the system set up but disconnected until I can afford the Remap too! cheers for the advice!
Ah this is true, and it will start getting expensive and complicated when I have to start switching over the ECU.
The car is Mercedes CLK320, I was planning on selling it but the problem is that the car has depreciated so much in the past 5 months that won't be getting a much better car without having to put a lot more money in!
Hence why I was thinking of charging it but at the cost and effort I'd be better off getting another car or a different CLK.
The car is Mercedes CLK320, I was planning on selling it but the problem is that the car has depreciated so much in the past 5 months that won't be getting a much better car without having to put a lot more money in!
Hence why I was thinking of charging it but at the cost and effort I'd be better off getting another car or a different CLK.
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