Oops, I meant what suspension is justin's car riding on, looks pretty low...

 

Took the supercharger off to replace the pulley, then found out it made a mess of one of the brackets, so I'm taking the whole unit over to San Diego Superchargers and see what they can do. Once I figured out what I was doing, it only took about 5-10 minutes to have everything off. Should have her back on the road sometime this next week once I get the pulley deal straightened out. Anyway, just thought you guys would appreciate pictures of these superchargers. They're like turbos except instead of being exhaust driven, they are run off the serpentine belt. Pretty cool setup. And this is what it looks like all bolted-on.

 

JUSTINSTRIFE:

SWEEEEEEEETTT ******* PICS!, i appriciate the fact you posted, you kinda cleared some stuff up for me . niiiice i wanna hear a vid when its done!!!!

 

You're a gearhead so I knew you'd appreciate the pictures. I was completely foreign to these kind of blowers until 2 years ago. It's been a learning experience to say the least. They require more maintenance than turbo systems, but they're more street-able IMO. Everything's a trade-off of course. I'm looking into an oil drain system for the supercharger(it has it's own self-contained oil), and maybe getting a smaller supercharger pulley. I'm at 8psi right now, but could theoretically run 10psi on the stock motor. Awful tempting.

 

hahah yea,sweet. how do they require more maintenance then turbo?(jsut curious)


HELL YEA GO FOR GOLD!! 10psi ! have you dynoed the car yet??

 

Well you have additional tensioner and idler pulleys on the drive system that go with the supercharger, and it's added stress to the serpentine belt. The Serpentine belt drives everything. Water pump, power steering pump, alternator, supercharger, etc. So when a pulley or the belt goes, you lose everything(which is what happened to me). It's generally a good idea to change belts every couple of years, and check on the bearings for the pulleys every year or two to make sure they're still in good condition. Not a real big deal, but just something to keep an eye on.



This is the dyno from last year after I had a couple things tweaked(radiator relocated, stock rad fans put back in, changed the way the air filter was setup and built a shroad for the radiator). I've been running blown since early 07' and this is my first mis-hap with the car. The engine takes daily abuse and has gone on over a dozen mountain runs and has seen 160mph.

Hopefully this'll get me motivated to work on the poor FD. She's feeling unloved right now.

 

niice, that kinda sucks if the belt goes, then everything else does to..

damn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ******* beast !!! makes me want to go LS1 on my fc!

but i love my rotary toooooo much lol


GET THE FD BACK ON THE ROAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!





Heres some cleaning i did on my Housings.. i think it came out good

 

[Borat]Very Nice great success[/Borat]

Doesn't it feel great to do the work yourself? I would do absolutely every single piece of work on all my vehicles if I had the tools and facilities at my disposal. It's such a great feeling of satisfaction when you've finished, and you're that much closer with your pride and joy. Are you going to stay N/A with your FC? Or do you plan on boosting it in the near future?

Unfortunately my FD is starting to push me towards the LS motors. Considering in the past 2 1/2 years, it's only been driven 500 miles, and the C5 has been driven 12k miles... If I don't get her road-worthy by summer, I'm pulling the drivetrain and selling it, then piecing together an LS3 swap.

 

hell yea it does, doing all the work makes it that more special to me. and it will pay off in the end. not that many ppl can say theyve done all there work.

naw im throwing a 13B-RE in my GTUs, T70 turbo.
A preview for what is to come.......





Going to either get a new Vmic,
or re-weld this one..







LS3 would be ******* bad ***!!, but since you do got a vette already, i say just take your time on the FD, make sure its built right, and youll be good.



also click the link in my sig, theres plenty of pics of my build. i think youll enjoy that justin

 

I think I just creamed myself with that picture.

 

Don't tell me that engine is just sitting in the living room....

 

no its in my room

 

I've got all sorts of car parts in my room. What's it to ya?

Here's a madness I might be going down in the near future.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/1556132035-post362.html

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/1556132043-post363.html

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/1556136620-post378.html

His work is legendary in my circle...

 

hahah that dude reminds me of me. with all those SWEEEEEEEEEET PARTS in the house lol

 

hahahaha

 

 

how much^^

 

Glad to see other people keep engines inside the house

 

I got a set of ground control coilovers with 350lbs springs and camber plates (ground control also?) from the junkyard.... I think i set it too low, a lot of bump steer (no turn-in spacers).

 

hahah hell yea!! you gotta make sure nothing happens to it!! lol

 

here some pictures of my car back when it had coilovers and before the silver door (someone tired to brake into my car and dented the crap out of my og door)


most recent picture of my car

my engine

 

Finally, finally able to post some pics after almost 3 years of this project in the making. Far from complete, to be sure, but I'm finally becoming enamored with my FD.

What wing should go on here??? I like Feed or R1, which I've got, but with a carbon center section.







Finally!

 

What Wheels and size?

Something about those white FD's..

 

Can I post too? I'm looking to pick up an FD soon (maybe trading the M3) but heres what I drive now~

 

thats a very clean m3!

im thinkin about pickin up an e30 for a DD