SC kit for 308/328/Mondial

How did the officers treat you?

You guys need to get a LEO into your group.
Read this thread from the Corvette site they day after our outing last week:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=1815291

 

500 posts in this thread and then it just dies for a month??? Can't be so....
Luigi, how is the car running? You in jail or something???

Edit: Actually hope you're not dodging fires out there, hope all is well.

 

ALL IS WELL......Sorry, I was on vacation (scuba w/ turtles, manta rays, sharks, pilot whales...cocktails...aromatherapy massage....).....and then..in my engine compartment!!!

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=172258

 

A little video of "stage one" progress. (old, lousy quality, sorry..new camera on the way)
(stage 1 bolt on is 295+rwhp, 100+bhp gain)
Carl and I will be completing cosmetics and install procedure for "stage 1 kit" in the coming weeks.

-Luigi
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Gentlmen, I give you the QV in action.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HzHvqOrneQ

 

Lou my friend,
Congrats and Good luck with all.

As you know i am bowing out on the SC project, a little sad about it, so i'm not going to bore you on details.

But i will still "lurk" around here and keep a eye on your adventure.



Chris

 

Congratulations Lou! Looks like a lot of fun. I wish we had come out to see the track day. Maybe next time.

 

Just an update.

It took me about 4 hours to remove and reverse all the supercharger work and take it back to stock and smog legal (California). I took it to the test only station yesterday, and it passed with flying colors first run !! This truly is a bolt on (and bolt off) kit now. Once I get the pretty polished and powdercoated parts back from Carl, I'll post install pics.

-Luigi

 

bump.

I got the supercharger kit production parts back today, all shiny and nice !!! It goes back in this weekend !!!!

(a couple small additions and changes to make the stage one kit even better !!!)

Pics and Dyno charts soon.

-Lou

 

Supercharger is re-installed with a new reduced diameter intake and a slight pulley diameter change (sweet aluminum silver powdercoating). A little snafu with the tracking adjuster, but not a big deal. Should be on the dyno later this week !!

 

Stage one kit is done.

Pic of "Kit" installed.
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It looks Great! You guys did a good job and it appears to do everything you thought it would. Very nice!


I hate to say this but with all your talk of more stages, isn't that going to require a blower change? I think you said you were limited to 10psi which seems like a nice stage 2 kit and then you're out of air, no? Heck my stage 3 kit requires adding 80% more displacement to the engine

 

Thanks ! And it bolts on (no welding required, sorry ;-)

I'll keep the stage 2 info on another thread, but theres a little room to move above the "basic stage 1" kit with the RaptorV.

 

Looks nice

Is there no possibility of keeping the WUR in the original location?

Is the original harmonic balancer retained behind the new pulley that runs the supercharger?

Also, if the CIS is operating properly is there any need to make adjustments/modifications to it if you're only going for "modest" power gain (75~100hp)?


Thanks, Erich

 

I tried to design a new bracket to keep the WUR in or near the orig location, but the clearances were just too cramped. The new kit bracket mounts right up to existing aux air valve studs on the coolant tank.

The original harmonic damper is retained, with 2 dowel pin holes machined into its face (the only modification of a factory part required for the kit, and included if you ship the balancer to 928motorsports).

The Wur we are using includes boost enrichment to the CIS to maintain good air fuel ratio at higher rpm. The K-jet CIS in factory stock condition does work to about 6000-6500 rpm air/fuel redline, with a HP gain of about 90-100 bhp.

I'm sure Carl Fausett will be commenting here soon as he is putting the final touches on the prodution kit and install manual now.

 

Carl, you evil, evil man! I am VERY tempted! I really need to reduce some debt service, otherwise my tax return money would be going toward a unit. Maybe a little later in the year for me. Using an online quarter mile calculator and Lou's 322 rwhp dyno number on a Mondial QV, I came up with an estimated 13.3 second quarter mile at 102.7 mph. Lou's 308 GTS QV should be faster than that given its lighter weight...

 

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Certainly nice results! But Carl, we're well past R&D phase... please do NOT use the forums to make obvious marketing posts like this for what now is a production kit unless you become an FChat sponsor.

 

Except that's past redline rpm on his car!

 

YEP ! (it's quite fun!) Some track day video to follow.

 

Actually, if I keep my foot in it to to 8K on the dash tach, my LM-1data logger and the dynojet only see around 7700 rpm. But yeah, point taken, 7800 rpm redline. Regardless, it's 348/355 HP in a light and low go-kart 308. Belissima !!

 

I appreciate your comments and that such kits may be in continuous improvement and development, but you've been advertising these kits for sale commercially on both your website and eBay, so we reasonably have to conclude that they're commercially available as far as that goes, so no commercial posts here. Of course, feel free to contact Rob Lay regarding becoming a site sponsor.

 

Except it should be "write" !! Right?