Updates...boost has happened!!
Didn't update much the last 2-3 weeks, just finished collecting and modifying parts, stripped down the unnessasary stock stuff, and started the install last week. I'm lazy right now, so I'll just copy and paste my post on EF:
Ok, we got a decent amount of tuning time in tonight (and by we I mean I just drive and Ryan works his HPT magic lol). The car has some serious balls on the 3.1 pulley, I'm especially impressed on the amount of torque from a 2nd gear pull..though 1st gear is almost pointless, at 5 psi the tires were spinning.
If I remember correctly, and I'll let Ryan chime in to verify, my IATs hung around 117ish cruising and hit a little over 140-145 on a hard pull (running close to redline). We still have some timing pulled, I think we started off on 15 degrees, but It looks like we'll be addic a few degrees back in tomorrow. Virtually no knock at all, the places where we see some it's so minimal it's barely even on the maps.
We had to initially fool with the PE delay, the afr wasn't dropping quickly enough as I got into boost, and we want to get down there before boost. After a few runs, Ryan got everything dialed in pretty nicely...car has a very smooth transition in and out of boost, temps drop back down to the 120 range very quickly after a hard pull, and the car overall feels great. I'm excited to keep working on the tune tomorrow. There's still a funky idle after boosting, and sometimes the idle initially hands at about 1800rpm, we're assuming the computer just hasn't had a chance to relearn since we're constantly reflashing.
A few progress pics from over the last week or two, I'm not gonna post a ton, as we all know what a supercharger install looks like, lol.
Painted the head, power steering pump, etc. Note, this is a major pain in the ass to do while the motor is IN the car, especially to prep it properly...I was going to skip this since the le61 will be going in this winter, but the exterior surface had tons of oxidation and buildup from when the car was still a DD and I really wanted to get this as clean looking as possible.
I still have a bunch of random bolts/nuts I'd like to replace with SS or anodized ones just to clean things up and keep them nice looking. Mainly anything visible around the head (ps pump nuts, valve cover bolts, etc). This will happen here in there as I get around to it.
Threaded IAT sensor:
Here's the blower and tb bolted up. I still have a lot of clean up to do, the bay looks better than before, but still too messy. I'm gonna do something with the brake booster hose to hide it more, and I'd like to tuck the injector harness up under the rail more, as well as reroute some vac lines.
Temporarily mounted the catch can where the air box used to drop into the fender. I don't like it here, but I did it to save time so we could get the car running. I will be picking up the Metco oil cap adapter, then T-ing that and an AN hose from the valve cover to the can, at which point I'll relocate and mount the can. I'd like to mount it up by the radiator under the cross bar, so it's out of sight, but still easily accessible for draining. I may temporary drill a hole in the cap so the system can actually vent, as I realize now all the pcv system is doing is pushing out the VC port while boosting:
I still have a few odds and ends to address, mainly cleaning and organizing. As long as the weather nice later this week I'd like to wash down and clean the whole bay thouroughly, maybe reroute a few lines.
Once we're done tuning, it's on to body work and paint. I'm relocating the gas filler and mooting a meth tank with the filler neck in the trunk jam, shaving the antenna, swapping in Malibu door handles, gmx side skirts, then repainting. At that point I can call the car finished, at least for the time being, lol.
...and my favorite pic
More to come!