(First posted on MX5 nutz forum in February 2016) After placing the intercooler and rad in and measuring up I sorted some spacers for the rad and mounts for the intercooler. and made a bracket to hold the left hand side of the intercooler where there is an existing threaded mount. the end […]
(First posted on MX5 nutz forum in February 2016) It’s intercooler fitting time. Well almost. Got to make space for it first. It was bound to end up getting knocked around while trying to fit it so I did this as a bit of protection. After a fair bit of staring and moving […]
(First posted on MX5 nutz forum in February 2016) The original washer bottle is in the way of the supercharger inlet so it had to go. It’s a bit big to find another home for it in the engine bay so I had a look for an alternative. And picked up a 9 quid kit […]
(First posted on MX5 nutz forum in February 2016) Intercooler. What to do????? Google images was a good start and I looked at the universal intercoolers kits available. I was pretty sure over the radiator would be the best plan for me though. Less piping being the main reason so less hoses and clamps to […]
(First posted on MX5 nutz forum in February 2016) The tensioner plate needed a bit of tweaking to get it sitting right so the belt didn’t want to run off the idle pulley but once I’d got that aligned right and was happy it would work I tidied it up a bit so it looks […]
(First posted on MX5 nutz forum in February 2016) I read that a hot side supercharger setup like I am building can suffer surge on overrun and that is remedied with the use of a bypass valve just as you will find on the original setup of these superchargers on the BMW Mini. It basically […]
(First posted on MX5 nutz forum in February 2016) Firstly eyeing up where the supercharger is going to live. There’s not much option on it’s position. It either goes where it fits in the available space with the pulley lined up or it doesn’t go at all! Having figured that out. On to fixing […]
(First posted on MX5 nutz forum in February 2016) Picked up a wideband. Will need to keep an eye on fueling at some point so best to get this job done early. Gives me a chance to see what the standard ECU is doing with fueling too which might be useful to know later on. […]
(First posted on MX5 nutz forum in February 2016) I know power isn’t everything but I’m finding 115bhp minus the horses that have escaped over the last 25 years a bit slow for my liking so I though’t I’d have a go at doing something about it. The only trouble is whatever I do has […]
(First posted on MX5 nutz forum in February 2016) Jem and I wanted to do a trip around Cornwall and thought the Mazda would be perfect for that so we booked a trip staying in various different places for a few nights at the beginning of October. Unfortunately we had to postpone the trip and ended […]