and might I say, damn that thing is tiny!

i guess i should've resized them a little, haha.. *reinstalls photoshop*

 

i guess i should've resized them a little, haha.. *reinstalls photoshop*[/QUOTE]


Well I guess. It's hard to see this way. Besides it really shows how dirty that engine is.

 

wow. nice work, Richard

 

looks very good.

keep it up.

beers

 

Wow, that looks really good. It's such a small thing to be blown up so huge on the photos. Way to go Ajax :p Thanks for the updates Richard and thanks for posting the pictures Ajax, you da man.

 

LOL. I'm installing photoshop now. They'll be resized in a few minutes.
Sorry bout that. Went out drinking with some friends.

 

better? :b

 

Thanks, it is easier to see the way it sits now.
Myself and Hymee will always forgive you for going drinking with freinds. Include RotaryGod in that too.

 

RG isnt here yet. He's prolly still stuck in traffic on his way from houston but we shall see fred soon enough and i'm sure he'll want to party with us as we're all a bunch of lunatics.

Beer = gud.

 

You guys stay dry on the outside anyway. :D

 

Richard, is the inlet on the front top in the photos?

 

No, that is the old design. The new design will have a 40 degree side inlet and rear axial outlet. The one you see has the outlet in the front. This doesn't package well in the 8. (Don't even say it Fred)

Since the new one does not exist yet we used the old one for mounting. It doesn't matter since the change comes after the nose piece. The legnth is made up for by adding a stage to this one to make up for the added space the new front volute will take up.

Since I'm designing it I can make the new part the same added legnth as a stage.
That way I can be lazy and not have to make a spacer.

Now comes the manifold which is going to be fabricated from ali tubing and machined flanges. This is a little bit of work, the kind we don't normally do in house anymore. In order to gear back up for this sort of work we have to build a few fixtures and get a new heli-arc. We don't have enough amps to weld thick ali flanges.

 

I never saw those photos until now. I hope to see the supercharger in person in less than 2 weeks Richard. Remeber it's Sevenstock time. I'll be in LA the morning of Friday the 7th. Bring it out on the 8th.

 

I ment about the front inlet you always said would fit better. Geeezzz you can't even take a left handed complement.

I'll be at sevenstock with a blower to show. And some single stages to view.

 

Fred! Takes lots of pictures please! :D

 

Lots . . . he means LOTS

 

damn Richard, that is one small blower. combine that with a air to water IC like pettit has and your kit is still smaller than some twinscrew S/C's

how did you find a Renesis engine in a junk yard? I didn't think that was possible yet. What did that cost?

 

I have one question.. isn't that going to get SUPER hot there? Oil cooled?

 

Talk about weight savings

What does it weigh?

 

I think he bought his own RX8, I don't remember him finding an engine in a junkyard

 

mazmart has engines if you want one

 

because there haven't been any rx8s wrecked yet, right?

^^^mazmart is an mazda specific auto salvage.

 

I found the engine local not 10 miles from here. It is a bone yard specializing in high end imports. They had at least three there. Plus one they were puting back together. They had a bunch of WRX's too. Says they get more money for WRX engines then Rx8's.
This one had 7000 mi on it and I got it for $2500 cash.

It wouln't get any hotter there then anyplace else in the engine compartment.
It is oiled for the gearset in the nose. It is cooled by the air going through it.
It's hottest time is after you shut it off, heat soak.

Don't know the final weight yet but around 11lbs. 12 max.

 

Out of all the blowers, yours has me the most intrigued. The weight savings and small size is a plus in my search. I'll wait for this one - heck it will aleady have a friend in the car - my shifter!

How about cold air intakes? I have the Racing Beat REVi with CIA, so I assume that has to go with your setup?

 

I like the idea of being able to use the RB and espically its CAI with this blower.