nothing russian about this.. It is a dutch mx5 with jr supercharger.
I know this guy personally. The boy in the car is his son.
It is a school project (leaking out all over the internet)

 

This is a damn good idea. There is a huge market for cheaper 1.8 turbo kits as all of the begi and fm stuff (although good) is very expensive. If you could compete with the price of say a mp45 supercharger or a greddy kit then you would probably have trouble making these fast enough!

 

could be just valvetrain noise like what you hear when its time to change the oil. It makes a ticking which has been a good indicator for an oil change imo in the past, but it usually makes more noise at idle and cruise? ...

 

If it only happens in boost, it's detonation. Without timing control at 8psi, it doesn't surprise me at all.

 

with15* base timing, I don't see how it couldn't be detonation

 

That motor may not be long for this world.

Mark

 

urbansoot any deals on a gt2560?

 

loki, you have pm.

updates: intercooler is on! just need to cut some **** here and there and put bumper back on. god dammit! putting intercooler on 1.8L is such a job!!!!!

timing is at 5* now and car is slow :/
going to bum it back up to about 8-10* and hook up water injection. lets see what happens!

will get pics tomorrow most probably.

 

why didn't you flip the water lines to point towards the radiator?

 

i didnt have time to play with it so i just installed it the way it came. it works and thats what is important

 

 

i need new hood now - accidentally cut a hole in it :/

 

i have a stock red hood if ya want it....

 

How do you accidentally cut a hole in a hood? Kit turned out good. How do you like it?

Edit: Just looked at the pics again, realized it was probably done while notching the hood for the IC pipe.

 

right on my friend. and it STILL doesnt properly close! i think i need to switch to 2" pipe there because right now i have 2.5"

ps: i just covered it with boss frog sticker and it looks/works allright for now


just need to finish my megasquirt wiring and hook up water injection finally! and its done... by any chance, anyone in LA wants to give me a hand with MS wiring?

 

I see, If I was you I would have used 2" piping with the 2-2.5" coupler at the IC. Would have worked alot better I bet.
Just make that hood into one super kickass vented one. You'll want it for track duty and whatnot anyway.

 

Urbam you have a nice build going on there bud

 

please remove front grill; it hurts my eyes.

 

Probably kills airflow too...

 

it actually works quiet nice (grill). no airflow restriction because it has really large openings and very small mesh gauge. if i remove it, it exposes my intercooler to every cop around which is definitely not a good thing. with grill, it actually doesnt look that bad. AND, if i pop my headlights, it looks like my car is smiling

later on i am planning to start making those "bumper teeth" so once i do, i will make sure to fabricate one which will not restrict airflow and will hide my intercooler

as of cut on my hood - sticker works for now. if i decide to make it "vented" - it will be real pain in the butt because cut is about 1" from beginning of hood right next to (and a little bit over) driver-side stripe.

magna - thanks