[Gilhooligan]

The win is strong with this thread.

 

[Cerberus]

I skipped a whole step. It was worth it, the testing was far too amusing not to share as soon as possible. Is it wrong to chuckle every time I play the video back?

To get to that stage There were a few things to get done. Including chopping a huge lump off the charger!

Outlet blanking plate attached and charger secured in the vice. I'd even brought myself a new hacksaw frame just for the job.

Deep Breath!

Going well!

The secret is to let the blade do the work. If you force it the blade will wander off line.

Aaaaaand Boom goes the dynamite.

The cut went pretty straight not too much cleanup to do.

Ten minutes with a hand file. Job done.

The outlet pipe rested in place. You have to subtract the height of the bolt heads but as you can see there is now plenty of clearance.

With that done it was time for a final clean and then on to reassembly.

The blanking plate did it's job no swarf found it's way into the lobes. A final pass round with the baby wipes and it was good to go.

Speshul red gasket goop as supplied by Steve (Raydar27) Many thanks for that mate. One of the hens teeth of this operation.

No pictures of reassembly. You have seen them all before really and I didn't have a hand free. All the nose bolts were tightened to 20lb/f (as per some thread I found on turbomiata. Got to love trusting strangers on the internet)

Today's task. Make an mdf version of the rear blanking plate. It won't work on the final install but it will keep the poop out of the rear housing while I work on the mounting and I will be able to draw round it to make the steel version.

 

[cardaftrab]

That cut is so clean, looks like there wasn't a bracket there in the first place

I'd also like to congratulate you on your 10,000 view breakthrough and also would like to point out I had the 200th post on your thread! Its a proud day for me, well that day was a proud day for me, today not so much, but I'm getting there.... Maybe.... Quite possibly not.... But who cares........ I don't really know to be honest.

Anyway, Yeah, Awesome, makes me want a supercharger even more, even just to take it to bits, looks amazing fun, i love exploding things to bits, repairing and rebuilding, 1 of my strange favourites so far was a Dyson DC10 Vacuum Cleaner, was quite interesting to take to bits and I got the thing for nothing because previous owner said it was knackered and well i repaired it so free Dyson for me.... YAY! Anyways I'm rambling now so yeah byeeeeeeee

 

[Nas]

Cracking attention to detail there , keep up the good work

 

[Cerberus]

With the charger back together and sealed. Time for a little wash.

Came out ok.

Then I had a little a look at the bypass valve. It needed a little tickle from a wire brush in a Dremmel. The vacuum is set up a little differently with dual throttle bodies. The vacuum nipple on the bypass isn't used. The vacuum instead comes from the intake manifold. So I hacksawed off the vacuum nipple. Drilled out the remains. Tapped the hole. Then plugged it with an rtv smeared bolt of the correct size.

It's the bolt on the left.

There is another unused hole on the charger. That needs plugging.

I'm going to tap it to M10 and seal it with an Allen head M10 bolt.

Little steps.....

 

[docterozlo]

what an awesome thread

just spent couple of hours reading this ! have to say hello kitty has grown on me now since reading

and the testing of the supercharger was the best test ever

 

[Gimmeablackun]

Top job mate. Really good work

 

[Cerberus]

I'm going to tap it to M10 and seal it with an Allen head M10 bolt.

Famous last words!

I picked up a nice new set of HSS drill bits. A decently expensive set. Much nicer to use than the usual disposable sort.

I selected a bolt to blank off the hole M10x1.5 The rule of thumb is select a drill bit that is the M minus the pitch. So for the M10x1.5 that's an 8.5mm drill bit.

I had an 8.5 in my shiny new drill bit set so that was easily done.

Then run the tap through it. Simples!

Except my tap kit appears to have been forged from the finest cheese and is utterly rubbish. All it did was chew the first few mm of the hole and refused to start a nice thread.

So in desperation I drilled the hole to 9mm to give it more chance. Which worked in that the tap now cut a thread. Except the thread was utterly useless. Argh.

So I shut the door on it for a few days and gave Shogun a call to see if he had some taps made of real metal. He did! Yay!

We decided the best bet was to drill up to M12 and start again with a proper tap. With a tap of decent quality the job went much more smoothly!

One M12 allen head bolt, smeared with RTV sealant and tightened into place.

That saying "A bad workman blames his tools"? It's total bollocks! Without decent tools you just cant do a decent job.

With that done I trial fitted the TRL intake and second throttle body.

The MDF blanking plates are the prototypes. The, laser cut, metal versions are on the way

 

[cardaftrab]

Looking forward to this getting bolted into the car and up and running, this is all about to get even more interesting :dance:

 

[Cerberus]

It was all supposed to be so easy.......

Actually a lot of it has been made very easy. I have to say thanks to some of our own home grown talent. (I'm looking at Valentinik and Raydar in particular because they are the guys who's time I have been taking up!)

I'm in no way forging new ground here with this supercharger.

But....

Oh. My. Gosh. Why is it always parts supply that kills me on things like this.

Ordered a 135degree silicone elbow to fit on the second throttle body to attach the air filter.

Will need cutting down to clear the bulkhead. To avoid confusion I opted for an eBay seller who sells the pipe with two t clamps included. Saves me making a foul up and ordering the wrong ones right?

Seriously?

:wallbash: :wallbash: :wallbash:

So after two days of email tag the seller is now refunding me the grand total of £2 for clamps which are too small.

I have measured the pipe and ordered two replacement clamps. Total cost including postage - £5 :wallbash:

Then there are these little swines

The elbow I ordered is branded 'emotion' so I ordered 2 emotion branded pipes from the same listing. Click the box - Quantity 2, sit back and wait.

Ok so the wrongly branded one is fit for purpose, it will do the job. But if you have met me (you poor poor bugger) then you know my OCD was, yes, going *BEEP BEEP BEEP* :wallbash:

Two more days of email tag with seller. "If you don't like autobahn pipe we will refund you £3.08". Yes, I'm sure they think that is quite lovely of them. It probably is. But I don't want £3.08 IWANTTHECORRECTPIPEYOUGOATFIDDLER!

Then.....

Yes there is more....

At the same time I ordered some clamps for the 38mm pipe. I was a little too trusting and somewhat lazy and I brought them from an auction that described them as for '38mm internal diameter silicone pipe'

Do they fit?

I'll give you all a moment to answer.........

Quite correct, they are, in fact, far too big.

:wallbash: :wallbash: :wallbash:

I obviously need to be a lot more careful with my eBay purchases. I wish there was a high street shop that sold this sort of thing. It is SOMUCH easier to go in and talk to a real person and hold the product in your hand. You get the right thing much more easily and you don't spend half your life and many expensive litres of petrol delivering bits of red card to the sorting office in exchange for your package. I'm sure they are supposed to deliver things to me? Isn't that how that's supposed to go?

All I can think of is Demon Tweeks.... they are in North Wales? About a two hour drive away?

Anyone know of a supplier of silicone hosing and clamps and other bits and bobs in the same genre that have a retail outlet in the West Midlands?

And.
Breathe.

 

[cardaftrab]

I feel your pain with eBay sellers, I don't understand why they can't just supply what they advertise, surely having accurate descriptions matched with correct in the flesh items will lead to repeat orders like any business. It baffles me why they think that shoddy 'any thing will do' will work best for them, I always try to stick with UK sellers as much as possible, I once ordered a small CCTV camera from an eBay seller in China, 3 weeks later a jiffy bag with 3 fake LEGO men turned up, so i contacted the seller and the broken English response I got back was just about legible and eventually managed to get a 2nd camera sent out.... 3 weeks later, some fake LEGO women turn up in another jiffy bag, I tried to contact them again and the responses became more and more illegible so I finally gave up, I just couldn't be bothered arguing with him any more about a £5 camera ... I did though then have 3 lovely couples, I then felt the need to build them a LEGO house out of the little sisters old LEGO blocks in the cupboard... I had took a picture but it was on my old, now fried, laptop lol Another thing that annoys me about them is the delivery estimates etc, for example, I ordered a set of tuner wheel nuts for these new wheels and the ebay seller I bought them from had on his advert FREE & FAST DELIVERY on or before Thursday 25th April, 24H Courier.... Now looking at my order once I actually ordered them, it says before the 29th April..... Thats 4 days of a difference, this irritates me highly, I don't like things being late, I'm hoping they do turn up today as I want to test fit my wheels at least, but if they don't then I shall be moaning, even though the delivery is free, the reason I bought from them in the first place was because it was a fast delivery/next day delivery. Pain in thee bottom!

Rant over.... apologies for clogging up your thread with my empathetic moaning :soapbox:

 

[cardaftrab]

Ok I can't moan too much about these guys selling me nuts, as they've just turned up :dance:

 

[Vindi (Russell)]

Anyone know of a supplier of silicone hosing and clamps and other bits and bobs in the same genre that have a retail outlet in the West Midlands?

Ashley Exhausts usually carry this sort of stuff? Do a search on Ebay for MX5 Cage and they are the ones selling bits of bent tube that you can make up into your own cage, think their ebay ID is pepper performance or something. They are in Walsall somewhere, give them a call they are usually quite helpful.

Edit - here they are and they have a few silicon bits etc on their ebay pages

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/PepperPerformance/Silicone-hose-Alloy-Joiners-/_i.html?_fsub=4349367015&_sid=359821205&_trksid=p4634.c0.m322

Russell.

 

[Cerberus]

Anyone know of a supplier of silicone hosing and clamps and other bits and bobs in the same genre that have a retail outlet in the West Midlands?

Ashley Exhausts usually carry this sort of stuff? Do a search on Ebay for MX5 Cage and they are the ones selling bits of bent tube that you can make up into your own cage, think their ebay ID is pepper performance or something. They are in Walsall somewhere, give them a call they are usually quite helpful.

Edit - here they are and they have a few silicon bits etc on their ebay pages

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/PepperPerformance/Silicone-hose-Alloy-Joiners-/_i.html?_fsub=4349367015&_sid=359821205&_trksid=p4634.c0.m322

Russell.

Top tip, Thank you! Have added them to my favourite sellers list

 

[D4masta]

Pure awesome this had made me think about a BGW for my silver 94 lol, and I also have more holes in my front bumper than a block of holey cheese lol

 

[Cerberus]

Well that's me back from my holibobs! Seem to have brought some sunshine back with us too Did ya miss us?

Painting weather!

Best get the charger masked up then....

Plus the new nose oil may as well go in. Saves me disturbing the drain plug after paint.

The next question was how on earth to hang the charger for painting. Inspiration began at two lengths of threaded rod. But what to suspend them from? Then I spotted an old wooden tv stand I have in the corner of the workshop.....

Bring on the primer!

It's had a couple of coats and seems to have covered well. Will be left for a few days now to go off before I apply the top coat.

Unfortunately I spent a bit of supercharger funds on jumping a quad bike over sand dunes in the Sahara. Which will slow down parts supply for a month or two. Oh well!

It was worth it

 

[Wilson C]

that is nice photo

 

[Vindi (Russell)]

Very nice photo... weston super mare? :sarcasm:

Russell.

 

[Cerberus]

Cheers guys LoL not quite Weston

Charger is painted. Colour is Ford Nimbus Grey

Quite pleased am I!

 

[Cerberus]

Powder Coat - Any fans of it here? I suspect a hand or two has gone up.

I have to tell you.... I hate it. It's crap. Look at this supercharger bracket.....

Crap. Total crap. Powder coat never bonds to the metal and it flakes off in huge chunks. Then you have to repaint the part. But then the powder coat changes its mind and clings on to the part like a tantruming three year old clings to your leg in a sweetie shop.

There is only one answer...

However.....

"Before we use any power tools, let's take a moment to talk about shop safety. Be sure to read, understand, and follow all the safety rules that come with your power tools. Knowing how to use your power tools properly will greatly reduce the risk of personal injury. And remember this: there is no more important safety rule than to wear these - safety glasses."

(Couldn't find my goggles but I could find BV's!)

And one side of the bracket succumbed to my attentions in double quick time. Then I looked at the time 8:15pm. Fucksticks!

On to the silent paint killer... Nitromors...

Have you ever stripped powder coat with Nitromors? Top tip, Don't bother. Powder coat laughs in the face of chemical strippers.

But I was desperate.

Three applications of stripper...

After two hours of scrubbing and scraping it was back in bare metal. Just in time to give it a coat of good old fashioned primer.

It will get a topcoat of satin black once it stops smelling of paint.

Bloody powder coat. I hate it!