BMW K1200RS - Possible supercharger conversion
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If you're only running for short periods of time, have you considered a charge cooler? You should be able to get away with a smaller, thinner heat exchanger radiator than that compaired to the equivilent intercooler. The heat capacity of water might be better with your higher engine bay temperatures?

David.

the scuttle is a high pressure area , i did a test.... its on here somewhere with bits of string and driving along .

wont cost anything to make a big hole in the front for the water rad ,and run a pipe to the front for the turbo ?

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

scuttle is negative according to this: http://www.carbonweezel.co.uk/testing/test...ini.html#bonnet

the trouble with running a pipe to the front is the MC's are right in the way and only give about 2 inch gap to do anything with...

The original cobra neck thing might work....

Definitely positive pressure at the scuttle. That link is telling you air will enter the engine bay from there not exit it which is exactly what you need for what is being suggested... maybe not for 'downforce' tho!

Id re-jig the whole lot and get a big IC in there but col air feed from the scuttle is perfect.

can the pipe to the turbo go behind the cylinders ,then along the inner wing ?

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

The cylinders are pretty much slap bang in the centre of where any pipe would go unless its got a crazy bend on it almost straight away. I had hoped it would be behind the MC's when i made the manifold but couldnt quite get it all to fit to accommodate that.

anyone got any experience of darkside developments intercoolers? Seems to be predominantly diesel tuning but this intercooler seems too good to be true.... http://www.darksidedevelopments.co.uk/prod...let-outlet.html

pretty large and only £80?!

which means it usually is....

ahh bummer , cannot move the cylinders forward at all?

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

oh , or take the reservoirs off ,and mount them somewhere else ,and just connnect them to hoses leading to fittings on the cylinders?

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.p...d=513074&fr=125

I used the compact remote reservoir master cylinders for both clutch and brake and did away with the dual master cylinder, but they create other issues not instantaniously obvious. I figured that the single circuit was as good as the dual circuit since all the braking is on the front, so if you loose your front brakes (or a wheel in Jim's case ), you're pretty much on youf own anyway

slight update.

Have bought one of the darkside intercoolers. 230 x 600 x 65 so a fair bit bigger than the previous one! Didnt realise it would be so heavy, its over 5kgs!


have mocked up the placement in order to buy pipework and bends etc and looks like it should all work quite nicely. Going to change the fan from a blower on the front to a sucker on the back i think too.



Have also been thinking about cold air box and filter for the inlet, but still work to do here with the plastic MC being way too big.




Finally, it all looks like it might fit under the front wthout too much faffing about which is nice .



Maybe one day the fundamental mechanicals will be done and i'll be able to spend some time painting and tidying up the car and garage!!

that IC will make a difference! it reminds me of a saying my dad had...
"theres a difference between farting and blowing your ares to peices..."

is that inlet to the turbo a bit small? or just perspective, somthing I have seen is a "bowl" on the end of the turbo to act as a plenum into it for tight spaces.

thats prob 10mm or so bigger than the inducer joe ,should be fine ....

looking at it, looks as if another blue silicone bend on the end if the first one would bring it round that reservoir?

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

Is there any reason that the brake master can't be rotated 180deg? Could be a cheap way to gain some space back there.

That would put the reservoir out of the way. Although, getting at all of the pins from the footwell is a horrible job.

In the 13's at last!.. Just

The brake MC isnt actually in the way, its the clutch. but yeah, faffing about with the pins is one of the main reasons i havent gone down that route as yet! it probably goes down as the worst job on the car!!!!

LOL not wrong there, can you lust undo the nuts, lift the cyl and rotate?

oh and remake all the hard lines of course....