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[Steve Crisp]

Thanks Anders, I shall think over what you say. I guess the first job is to strip down the engine and see what state things are first anyway! I want to ensure that I photgraph and document every action though, so it'll be a deliberately slow process... Steve

[Robski]

Steve I'm sure like many others on this site would like to undertake such mods to our cars, however, due to lack of know how we wouldn't know where to start! This seems like the ideal opportunity pull together a 'how to mod your 2.2' cd with lots of photos and descriptions. If you are documenting the rebuild anyway the info / photo gathering should not cause you too much extra hassle ... however I would certainly be happy to purchase a cd that showed me step by step how to carry out such a job. Perhaps there's a marketing opportunity in the new site shop - so it might be worth having a word with Thorney about that side of things? I'm not a techie (not yet sorted an avatar thingy!) but I'm sure there are people on the site who could help with the production of such a useful source of information. Good Luck Fella! Robski

[Steve Crisp]

Thanks Robski, Ok I was an engineering apprentice and had lots of equipment to use, but the only way to really learn is to swallow hard and do it. I spent many a happy Winter laying under my car in the snow changing gearboxes, etc! It's all in the planning. Decide what you want to achieve, and work out each stage on a bit of paper. There's no excuse nowadays for not knowing how to put things back together when you can document the stripdown with a digital camera! The problem that we all suffer from, is having the ability to take the car off the road for a few weeks or even months. I've now got a spare engine to do a very careful job, but bet you don't! Yes, I'll make sure that we'll benefit from my experiences, as Anders is doing now (thanks Anders). Steve PS. My original engine will stay original, and be stored away as I've done with all the original car bits. I now it would be nice to pass-on the spare engine, but I want to keep the engine number as per the original build.

[MonkeY_1972]

courtenay motor sports

are doing the supercharger for £5500 fitted...

have to see if Regal or AmD are also going to do it, (maybe even for less )...

certainly tempted, tho will probably go for brakes/suspension first...

[Thorney]

Pretty sure Courtenay have exclusive rights for this supersharger kit in the UK. Jon has promised me a look so I can write a report when it is ready.

[Steve Crisp]

I spoke with Regal recently. Chris said that the 2.2 was a bit small for supercharging effectively, so they are developing a Turbo kit instead. I asked if you lose any boot-space, but he hasn't replied yet. Steve

[Thorney]

I'm sure all the tuners will have different opinions Personally I'm just happy the market place is competitive enough so we all have a choice We'll have our favourites and there won't be a 'wrong' tuner so long may it reign

[speedyK]

Chris said that the 2.2 was a bit small for supercharging effectively

Wasn't the VW Polo G60 (supercharged) considerably smaller and went quite well IIRC?

[stevevx220]

Didnt someone also supercharge an Elise?

[MonkeY_1972]

i'd say ~200bhp/200lbft on a stock engine was pretty effective perhaps not in modded turbo territory, but then I'd have to pay double the cost to upgrade to a standard T... besides, be nice to have something different... off to courtenay I'll be going then methinks.. probably somewhere a bit closer tho for other mods...

[Steve Crisp]

I had a Shorrock 142B on my 850 mini in the late '60's. It blew a headgasket every week, but boy did it go! The 142B was meant for much bigger engines... Steve

[Ricky2772]

Didnt someone also supercharge an Elise?

at a track-day I've seen a supercharged S1 with a "low-boost" charger at about

Felix W told me few kits are out already.....I should collect mine soon...

another kid in the swiss forum is having a charger developed IIUC... around 250hp, variable boost switch, extra cooling and internal mods.....

[Ratspants]

The s/c is shown on their website >here RAAAAAH!!!!

Ben

[jneill]

Chris said that the 2.2 was a bit small for supercharging effectively

Wasn't the VW Polo G60 (supercharged) considerably smaller and went quite well IIRC?

Dunno about the Polo but the Corrado G60 was a supercharged 1.8L and generated 160bhp@5600, 166lb.ft@4000 as standard.

Apparently it also ran very hot (130c+) so maybe cooling will be an issue for a VXs/c?

James

[Thorney]

Seen plenty of SC Elises, seem to go well and stories of reliability seem to be a mish mash of fact and fiction. I've never seen one blow but been overtaken by a few

[Ricky2772]

I spoke with Regal recently. Chris said that the 2.2 was a bit small for supercharging effectively, so they are developing a Turbo kit instead.

yeah right, then what about the tuned-up Cooper S, 1.6 and 200-220hp....

[Steve Crisp]

Hey, I didn't say I believed him. He's got an angle like anyone else! As I said, I had a blown 850 mini, and sure as hell went good.... Steve

[Ricky2772]

The strong interest already coming from abroad, in particular from Italy, England, Sweden ....

mmmm... wondering who are those folks....

[Ricky2772]

Hey, I didn't say I believed him. He's got an angle like anyone else! As I said, I had a blown 850 mini, and sure as hell went good....


Steve

I know steve, you just quoted what you were told......

like around here everybody telling me....OOOOOHHHH....a supercharger.....CRAAAZYYY!!!! NOOOOOO!!!! sooo many troubles.....sooo complicated......
...even before I say anything about who developed it, how it works, how's made....
point is, everybody in the car-business will always steer his preferences/comments toward what they are marketing .....

same in every business really....

in my field, I get s*itloads of sciatica-patients, being hammered by their doctors with anti-inflammatory drugs..... mostly useless, along with "swiss-cheese-effect" for liver, pancreas and stomach.... .............but heck, Bayer, Hochst, Monsanto bring along major Maldive free-trips every year, once you fulfill the prescription quotas of such crap.....

[Mani]

in my field, I get s*itloads of sciatica-patients,  being hammered by their doctors with anti-inflammatory drugs..... mostly useless, along with "swiss-cheese-effect" for liver, pancreas and stomach....

Dont know what they are trying in Europe but here we use COX-II NSAIDs ...quite effective and a lot easier on the stomach

Mani