New ECU

[Gherkin]

Wings, I'm running a Haltech Platinum 1000. Next up is an electronic controller for my electric water pump, the supercharger install necessitates the removal of the stock water pump and thermostat. With the EWP running full time I have trouble getting the car to stay at a reasonable operating temp as winter approaches, all was good when running on 80*+ days. Once I get that set up I will move on to fuel delivery and another tuning session.

 

I am having trouble fouling the #4 spark plug; could be an injector or coil, I will be swapping coils around this weekend to see if the problem moves with the coil.

 

I didn't do the full build on the car, some was done when I purchased it and I'm finding several items that I would have done differently and should have redone while I finished the car but I was in a hurry to get it on the road...

 

Is your 327hp at the crank or at the wheels? The 250 I have at the wheels is an absolute blast, another 75 would be just crazy (crazy good...)!

 

Chris

Edited November 27, 2013 by Gherkin

[blubarisax]

Very nice looking set-up and great performance!

 

I have a question for you... What spark plugs and gap are you running? I have a supercharged 2.0 Duratec running 10 psi and have been trying to find the right plug/gap combination. Right now I have the factory Ford plugs gapped at .030 (I believe the factory spec is .055). With this set-up I have nearly eliminated all ignition misses but still have a slight one at about 4,500 rpm. Other plugs gave me pretty bad misses either low or high in the rpm range. The miss does move around with different plugs.

 

OK, one more question... Have you upgraded the factory Ford coils?

 

Thanks in advance,

Chris

 

What kind of supercharger are you running? What compression ratio? I need something to do over the winter. I'd love to see some pictures of your setup.

 

Thanks,

 

Karl

[yellowss7]

Karl, really now. a supercharger for a mere 18 hp?:deadhorse: Just get rid of those puny 8 inch slicks and move up to some big boy 10 inchers and you'll be a driving god. :seeya:

 

Tom

[Gherkin]

What kind of supercharger are you running? What compression ratio? I need something to do over the winter. I'd love to see some pictures of your setup.

 

Thanks,

 

Karl

 

Karl, I'm running a ProCharger system with a V8 Mustang throttle body, it is a really tight fit hanging off the front of the engine. I also have a water injection set up that starts misting water into the intake at about 4psi. The engine is a used unit with about 36,000 miles and is completely stock except for the stage II cams and oil sump.

 

And Karl, don't let any of these guys do anything to talk you out of more power, they seem pretty scared of you:D...

 

Chris

Edited November 27, 2013 by Gherkin

[yellowss7]

 

And Karl, don't let any of these guys do anything to talk you out of more power, they seem pretty scared of you:D...

 

Chris

 

 

Well he is 6 foot 8 and mean as a snake, but other than that we think he's a pretty nice guy. :rofl:

[Wings Aviation]

Hi Gherkin, that's 327 at the wheels (nothing else counts, lol). There's a bunch more in it, we have a very conservative tune and a lot of timing left in the engine. I'll get everything run in and then add a little more power, don't want to sacrifice the low end torque, we've actually got it a little better than the last dyno sheet I posted. As you probably have long since figured out having power in the Caterham is only half the problem, figuring out how to use it is a whole other issue. Going to run the car next weekend in a little hill climb and sprint for fun, should help get things run in and give me some good data to play with.

[blubarisax]

Crap, I have a dry sump tank right in the way of your placement. Back to my plan for four mini turbos!

 

Tom, no need to worry yet, I'm only 267 at the wheels, NA!

 

Great looking setup!

[Croc]

That is a really neat looking set up. Packaging is tight but you really have thought it through carefully as it seems to work. I guess this is not a plug and play exercise and involves a lot of custom fabrication, tuning, etc?

 

Despite not having any free money right now thanks to a few ongoing car restorations and a garage build I do have all this free space at the front of my engine that I could fill with something useful.....

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

[Wings Aviation]

Nice install. Do the new factory supercharged motors run an electric water pump? I need an accelerator pedal with about half as much travel as I have currently, anyone else swapped it out or fabricated a different fulcrum?

[TurboWood]

Wings, Chris,

Have either of you weighed your car? I would be curious what the penalty is for so much additional awesome.

 

Daniel

[Wings Aviation]

Haven't weighed before or after unfortunately. But, it's not hard to figure out turbo, dump valve, wastegate, inter cooler, tank with coolant and the plumbing. My guess is less than a tank of gas, would have been nice to have a beginning weight.....

[Wings Aviation]

Haven't weighed before or after unfortunately. But, it's not hard to figure out turbo, dump valve, wastegate, inter cooler, tank with coolant and the plumbing. My guess is less than a tank of gas, would have been nice to have a beginning weight.....

[Gherkin]

Nice install. Do the new factory supercharged motors run an electric water pump? I need an accelerator pedal with about half as much travel as I have currently, anyone else swapped it out or fabricated a different fulcrum?

 

I don't know about the factory supercharger set up, mine required removal of the factory pump since the SC sits in front of the engine facing rearward. Most supercharger systems on in-line engines hang from the side of the head and/or block but of course a 7 engine bay is really narrow for this approach. I believe it has been done with a different type of SC.

 

Daniel, when I had my car aligned and corner weighted it tipped the scales at 1,163 lbs. with about 3 gals of gas. Unfortunately I didn't weigh the supercharger and fairly substantial bracket during assembly but I figure these items are about 20 lbs and the water injection pump is maybe 5 lbs. I have since replaced the big Optima battery with a lightweight lithium unit, this shaved 30+ lbs from the car (40 lb battery replaced by a 9 lb unit).

 

Chris