I'll be watching this fo sho.
2004 Cavalier Sedan
Damn Chris, thinking outside the box, love it. Can't wait to see more progress.
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Chris, I was waiting for this. It has only been months now. lol
If you need help let me know man.
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My only concern is if it will fit between the rad and the motor if it is staying as it is in the picture.
Phillip - it won't! Did that measurement already...
Since I'm removing the A/C the condenser can come out which leaves room to move the rad forward. It barely doesn't clear the rad by about 1/2" so I'm going to move the rad forward about 1.5" or so... I want to give it extra "just in case" space.
It'll be tight down there. I'll have to tilt the rad forward / remove it just to install it and the brackets once it's all made - but it will just barely fit. I've seen guys with Turbo 2.2s and 3800 v6's in a J stuff more under the support by moving the rad forward a bit.
That was one of my next questions - I know moving the top of the rad isn't too hard - what about the bottom. Anybody done it?
-Chris-
-Sweetness-
-Turbocharged-
Slowly but surely may some day win this race...
SweetnessGT wrote:Phillip - it won't! Did that measurement already...
Since I'm removing the A/C the condenser can come out which leaves room to move the rad forward. It barely doesn't clear the rad by about 1/2" so I'm going to move the rad forward about 1.5" or so... I want to give it extra "just in case" space.
It'll be tight down there. I'll have to tilt the rad forward / remove it just to install it and the brackets once it's all made - but it will just barely fit. I've seen guys with Turbo 2.2s and 3800 v6's in a J stuff more under the support by moving the rad forward a bit.
That was one of my next questions - I know moving the top of the rad isn't too hard - what about the bottom. Anybody done it?
-Chris-
Awesome chris! I am watching this, I am excited for it to run.
Awesome Chris.
What I'm really thinking is: "Yay. You get another boosted car."
1996 Chevrolet Cavalier SOLD | 2002 BMW 330i SOLD | 2004 BMW 645i
My buddy bolted a "rotrex" centrifugal supercharger in place of the AC unit on his 3400 cav, worked like a dream.
No reason this shouldn't work, good luck!
Newt - I know Mars did that... his little build inspired me to go looking for a junkyard centrifugal since I'm not going to fork out what they want for a rotrex! lol
I also loved his BOV. My fav one that I've ever heard in person.
-Chris-
-Sweetness-
-Turbocharged-
Slowly but surely may some day win this race...
This is pretty f-ing cool. In for more updates fo sho.
Easiest way to move the bottom is to just refrabricate the bar. It bolts to the "frame" of the car with 2 bolts on each side. That will allow you to place the holes for the bottom mounts where ever you want. You could even leave the radiator at a slight angle if you wanted.
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Talk to fetter, he made his own radiator and talked about changing it up and going to a smaller one so his old one might be for sale, not sure if it will help you but he also made a custom radiator support. not sure if it moved it up or not, but its got quite a bit of room up front.
another question.... do people run into much belt slippage with just the regular belt like that?
A couple of thoughts for you. Would a shorter belt work? Also for the radiator how about 2 6"x3" pieces of steel welded to the current lower support projected forward drilled out with a rubber grommet to hold the lower part of the radiator? The only.issue I would see is clearance on the good latch support member. Which could be redesigned to kick out and around the radiator.
Thats exactly what I was thinking for the lower rad support. Welding on 2 tabs for the factory grommets to sit in would be a about a 20 minutes job and would give you all the clearance you need.
As for the hood latch, dont even worry about it. Without the AC condensor infront of it, you have TONS of room before they would make contact.
I will swing by sometime this week and we can bounce some ideas around.
I say just wrap the belt around the charger 360, then move to the next pulley
I can't wait to see this!
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Dear god those superchargers are a nightmare... Hope you have spares just in case. They tend to destroy themselves very quickly.
Quit messing around and get a Lysholm...
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Qwik2k2z24 wrote:Dear god those superchargers are a nightmare... Hope you have spares just in case. They tend to destroy themselves very quickly.
Quit messing around and get a Lysholm...
I thought the firetruck was coming when I heard that. lol
Very cool build! I read over this in the boost forum when you posted, glad to see this actually happening. Subscribed for sure!
You know there's a reason why most VW guys run kicking and screaming from those things, right?
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