
Diy Supercharger Running
#1
Posted 22 December 2009 - 08:14 PM
would like to use an electric pre heater & i see that vmax do one is this made in house? have looked at various
k&n sites but no one lists them.
What do you think?
#2
Posted 22 December 2009 - 08:22 PM
how much power did you have before you put it on?
the only problem with them is the carb iceing up, the original design of the engine bay was to have the engine the other way round but the carb iced up so they changed it, now weve got damp electrics

i guess supercharging you just get the worst of both worlds haha.
get a video up of it running, and let us know how much power increase you get
#3
Posted 22 December 2009 - 09:13 PM
if was that mine used to ice up even in the summer , but never caused a problem
you used to be able to buy a carb spacer plate with a heater wire in it for cold climites but you dont make them any more and are hard to find
#4
Posted 23 December 2009 - 01:06 PM
you say the carb was icing up do you mean the inlet from the carb to the supercharger
if was that mine used to ice up even in the summer , but never caused a problem
you used to be able to buy a carb spacer plate with a heater wire in it for cold climites but you dont make them any more and are hard to find
VMAX sell an anti icing kit. not sure if its any good though.
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#5
Posted 23 December 2009 - 01:17 PM
#6
Posted 23 December 2009 - 01:27 PM
#7
Posted 23 December 2009 - 11:25 PM
easy to do and would warm up the whole inlet tract
#8
Posted 24 December 2009 - 12:15 AM
but as i discovered if its really cold this dont work it looked like the antartic under my bonnet the other day
#9
Posted 24 December 2009 - 08:45 PM
The inlet track was starting to ice up. then tick over started to drop so i took off the k&n filter & the carb itself was iceing up all round the butterfly.
i did think about using copper pipe round as you say.
I have had another idea of using a glow plug inside the filter, maybe with a variable resister & switch. just need to find one small enough to go in the filter.
i might not have the same trouble when the weather warms up a bit
freshly built van & engine is not going out on the roads just yet, can't wait tho
#10
Posted 28 December 2009 - 12:51 PM

#11
Posted 05 January 2010 - 11:13 AM
From RS Components - you will need 12-24v element but not sure of the watts involved - cheap enough though!
#12
Posted 05 January 2010 - 11:20 AM
#13
Posted 05 January 2010 - 11:28 AM
http://uk.rs-online....ting#breadCrumb
From RS Components - you will need 12-24v element but not sure of the watts involved - cheap enough though!
they look like would work inside the filter
the 20w gives of 40C the 80w gives of 100c surface temp
#14
Posted 07 January 2010 - 01:03 PM
#15
Posted 07 January 2010 - 08:52 PM
I have an rs store just down the rd from me will have to check that out. Thanks for that.
Yes i made the manifolds myself & has been said here a complete arse to make right.
Unless you have a lot of free time & patience i would advice to buy one.
VERY REWARDING WHEN IT FIRED UP SECOND TIME!!!!

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