ProCharged Can-Am : It's Street Legal

[CanAm Dave]

Hi All

Just returned from taking the Can-Am for its first MOT and it passed with flying colours. After sixteen months off the road and lots of hard work it's great to finally drive it again. Still lots of jobs to do before Stoneleigh including heat shields, lots of engine mapping and a day on the rolling road. Its a relief to finally get to this point. Its also nice to know its the only supercharged Can-Am in the world. Unless anyone knows different!



Regards Dave
www.v8yes.co.uk

[highflyer]

Congratulations Dave !! hope to see you about

[gtrclive]

CanAm Dave said:

Hi All

Its a relief to finally get to this point. Its also nice to know its the only supercharged Can-Am in the world. Unless anyone knows different!

You've only gone and said it now.... there be 10 more by next year now....

[tuxman]

Hi Dave , great news can't wait to see it ,enjoy it while the suns out .simon

[Norbury90]

[Graham-P]

Good news That's one job out of the way, only another ..................to go

[CanAm Dave]

Graham-P said:

Good news That's one job out of the way, only another ..................to go

Not wrong Graham, still plenty of jobs to do before Stoneleigh.

Regards Dave

A better pic or two.



Took it on the trailer as speed bumps on route.

Edited by CanAm Dave on Tuesday 17th April 19:29

[steve_d]

I'm really impressed when I see such attention to detail.
I like the yellow gearbox.
I like the contrast of the blue inlet air pipes.
I like blue vent pipes held with yellow cable ties.

But the real winner is the yellow and blue box to stand the laptop on.

Steve

[crafty]

Well done Dave..... the car looks great!!! You must be pleased.

[chuntington101]

great work dave. cant wait to see what it makes on the dyno.

[ultimad]

Can't wait to see how you've fitted all that into a Canam. Remind me - what BHP add do you think it'll give you ?

[CanAm Dave]

Thanks for all the nice comments. Just hope I can get all the outstanding jobs done before Stoneleigh.

ultimad said:

Can't wait to see how you've fitted all that into a Canam. Remind me - what BHP add do you think it'll give you ?

Hi Andy

I will be looking for 650-700BHP. I could go higher but that will be enough for me. Once I have finished the mapping the engine as it stands now with a 4.25inch pulley, I can work out what size I need to give me the desired BHP. With the 4.25inch pulley at 6,500rpm the supercharger will spin at 48,087rpm. The D1-SC Procharger has a max speed of 63,000rpm, so I can drop plenty of pulley sizes yet. It,s running 50lb injectors at the moment. I have some 65lb ones waiting in the wings if needed.

Regards Dave

[BoRED S2upid]

Fair play fella and you fitted all that under the original engine cover. These Ultimas amaze me.

[GTWayne]

All been said before I know but the CanAm realy does look tidy Dave. It may have been a fair task to create but the really hard part is yet to come; Keeping the bugger looking that good!
Why did you opt for such large injectors Dave, I would have thought 36lb'ers to have been ample? Please explain your rationel, I am keen to know.

[CanAm Dave]

GTWayne said:

All been said before I know but the CanAm realy does look tidy Dave. It may have been a fair task to create but the really hard part is yet to come; Keeping the bugger looking that good!
Why did you opt for such large injectors Dave, I would have thought 36lb'ers to have been ample? Please explain your rationel, I am keen to know.

Hi Wayne

It comes down to the difference in Brake Specific Fuel Consumption (BSFC). Which as you probably know is the lbs of fuel an engine consumes per HP per hour. For your normally aspirated engine with race heads it would be in the region of 0.39 - 0.45. For my supercharged engine it is in the region of 0.55 - 0.65.

So the formula for a 600HP supercharged engine is

(600 HP)x(0.57 BSFC) = 47.5 lb/hr
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(8 injectors)x (0.9 duty cycle)

The sum of what's on the top of the equation divided by what's below. This is based on using 43.5 psi fuel pressure. So this is the reason for my 50lb injectors. I am aiming for around 650HP so I am using a little more fuel pressure and a rising rate regulator. I hope this helps. I believe your Kinsler system uses much higher fuel pressure.

Regards Dave

[GTWayne]

Thanks for the explanation Dave and yes, you are correct about the Kinsler system, 70 p.s.i. is the rail pressure but I do not know the size of the injectors. I will look into it and find out what size they are

[eliot]

which day are you going to stoneleigh dave?
out of interest, i'm running 60Lb injectors - just checked my most recent log, At 7psi 5500rpm injectors were at 60%dc @ 11 afr. (hmm, afr is supposed to be 12, better keep an eye on that)

[CanAm Dave]

eliot said:

which day are you going to stoneleigh dave?
out of interest, i'm running 60Lb injectors - just checked my most recent log, At 7psi 5500rpm injectors were at 60%dc @ 11 afr. (hmm, afr is supposed to be 12, better keep an eye on that)

Hi Eliot

I sent you a mail a few days back asking you which day you were going!
I guess you didn't receive it. I'll be going on Sunday. What about yourself?

At least the AFR is staying on the safe side!

Regards Dave

[eliot]

CanAm Dave said:

I sent you a mail a few days back asking you which day you were going!
I guess you didn't receive it. I'll be going on Sunday. What about yourself?

No didn't see anything.
I may have to do some overtime on the Sunday - just waiting for confirmation though.

[Puppetmaster]

Looks great Dave! Keep up the good work!