I think you should do a documentary on it... it will be so cool..

I have the "back yard blitz" theme in my mind :D

 

So how often do you plan on giving us updates here, mate? :D

 

Bring us your tired, your torque poor, yearning to breathe free...

We want FI =)

 

Update as of 17th August 2004

I have ordered (and paid for) the compressor, and the modular parts for the intercooler.

Next step - wait for them to arrive.

Cheers,
Hymee

 

Cool. Keep us updated Hymee.

 

Hymee,
Glad to know you are not the type just to sit still.
100 HP ! That is some serious gains.

I'm here in the states to help in any way - just give the word.

 

Good luck Hymee, and keep us updated!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Update as of Sunday 22nd August, 2004

The Compressor and the Intercooler components should arrive by Wednesday. They shipped from the US last Tuesday. You think for $300 shipping it might be a bit quiker than that!

I'll post some pics then. I will also reveal the brand of components I am using.

Preliminary 3D CAD drawings done for one of the castings.

Cheers,
Hymee.


Cheers,
Hymee

 

Hey man, this is great news. I was thinking about supercharcging rather than turbo b.c it's easier on a stock engine, and i was not looking to replace everything in the engine so it will hold. Either way I was going to see if acosta would go in with a supercharger, since they are already boosted from turbos, but seeing you have started already, Ill wait and see yours. Any idea of an estimated american price on the kit.... I was thinking around 3 grand. What do you think? Well anyway, good luck, and I will be watching this thread everyday. ::cheers:: Rob

 

Is it a KB supercharger?

 

Keep us posted on prices and ETA of completion.

Thanks,
Jamie

 

No offense, but dream on man. It'll take a few years for any FI kit to drop to the price of what you can get a cheap Honda kit for. Sure would be nice, but ain't gonna happen for a while.

 

Hymee, you think like me! I really want to see an intercooled twin screw supercharger setup for the car more than any other type of forced induction.

 

Hymee

God being Rotary god has given his blessings to the intercooled twin screw supercharger , so you must be on the right track, we hope . :D

cheers
michael

 

If this helps AT pick up a lot faster I might be interested.

 

Forced induction would benefit the AT engines too. Look what forced induction could do for the much lower power 13B!

 

Update. Tuesday 24th August 2004

The compressor and intercooler parts have arrived in Australia. Bit of a hit with custom clearance, but I was expecting that. I should receive them tomorrow. I'll post pics and reveal the "brands".

Cheers,
Hymee.

 

Go HYMEE Go!

 

Wow, I got my bits and peices today.

Here is an overall shot of the twin-screw blower, showing pulley end and discharge port:



Intake end, showing profile of male and female rotors. Note - It is not a "roots" style:



Top view of blower showing the discharge port and rotors:



Bypass valve assembly:



Close-up of heat-exchanger core for water-air intercooler. We will use multiple cores:



Now for some more details...

Compressor:
We are using an Autorotor Twin-Screw compressor. The main casing is machined from billet, not cast. These are often reffered to in the USA via the Kenne Bell brand. The same group of companies that make the Autorotor (Opcon) also make the "Lysholm" twin-screw blowers. These are a lower cost version of pretty much the same thing. The main case is machined from billet, not cast. For a nice technical comparison between KB Autorotor and Lysholm, have a look at this page:
http://www.kennebell.net/techinfo/fo...RvsLYSHOLM.pdf

Now - what about "Whipple"?? The "Lysholm" brand units are sold in the US under the "Whipple" brand.

Mr Lysholm invented the twin screw principle many years ago. Autorotor makes their twin screw under licence.

Intercooler:
We are using the Laminova modular heat exhanger cores. The design of the cores is protected by world-wide patents. They are very high efficiency design, and can be made quite compact. There are some other billet extrusions we used around them, and then we will fabricate our own casing.

For more technical details, refer to this document:
http://www.opconab.com/download/laminova/docs/core.pdf

Autorotor and Laminova are both part of the OPCON group. I'm not advertising for them, I paid the asking price for the bits. I'm just trying to give some information and credibility to decision as to which parts I chose. I am not sponsored by them in any way.

Hope this is good info!

Cheers,
Hymee.

 

schweet

 

Hymee, how did you get those pictures to post like that???
I can't even get one at a time unless they are reduced.

 

Hymee uses the img link... read the code menu. It goes "[img] url of the image [/img]" like this.

ok?

Hymee, nice photos... real professional pic - did you take it yourself?

 

Taka,

Photos are taken by Hymee, and hosted by Hymee. Just another indication of Hymee's Quest for Quality.

BTW - In the Olympic baseball game I saw AUS play JPN, I saw a Japanese batter named "TAKAHASHI"

Richard,

I always resize to 640 x 480 pixels. Then I upload them to a web-server and post the [img] tag/link. You need access to a web server to host files like I do.

 

Well, even if this project busts (which I don't think it will), it sure is a pretty setup.

 

I'll make a prediction which we'll look back on in a few months time: It won't go bust.