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Home made mx5 eaton 45 supercharger...pic heavy
richardm6994 - 8/1/15 at 07:41 PM

Supercharger project for a mx5 engined sr2 that I've made for a friend if anyone is interested....runs a treat and just waiting to hear the final rolling road results....I'll let the photos do the talking;











































































HowardB - 8/1/15 at 07:49 PM

looks impressive, is there a video?

coozer - 8/1/15 at 07:49 PM

Good work fella, very neat install.

You made it look a lot easier than some supercharger threads I've looked at.

maccmike - 8/1/15 at 08:06 PM

Great bit of kit.
You could sell many....

richardm6994 - 8/1/15 at 08:06 PM

Thanks guys....There is a couple of videos on my facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/red7autoengineering

marmot0 - 8/1/15 at 08:13 PM

Fancy making another one

ceebmoj - 8/1/15 at 09:09 PM

some great skills on display

Sierra - 8/1/15 at 09:20 PM

Very nice work, like said already you make it look easy.

Slimy38 - 8/1/15 at 10:07 PM

quote:
Originally posted by marmot0
Fancy making another one


I was thinking exactly the same! Nice work!

mark chandler - 8/1/15 at 10:38 PM

Very nice

MikeRJ - 9/1/15 at 07:38 AM

A lot of swarf being made there! Lovely job.

richardm6994 - 9/1/15 at 08:22 AM

quote:
Originally posted by MikeRJ
A lot of swarf being made there! Lovely job.


lol....so true!

The ali block for the outlet started off at 13.5kg and finished at just under 2kg!!!

I fitted a smaller pulley to the charger and the whole set-up is producing 7.5psi throughout the rev range.

richardm6994 - 9/1/15 at 08:25 AM

oh and I believe technically its an eaton m65 charger as found on the merc's....but its basically the same as the 45 just with a different body

garyt - 10/1/15 at 01:36 PM

Yes there is a big difference physically between the m45 and m65 . I tried to position my m45 like you but had clearance issues between the exhaust and bonnet, and didn't want a big hole in the bonnet. A guy on the us site put his m45 at the top and had to do that. obviously the m65 is less bulky.
I mounted my m45 lower down but then had to remake the exhaust manifold (pics in my photo archive)
did you use an intercooler?
I found that a Passat I/c fitted nicely .
still it is really neat work congrats as i'm sure many guys would be interested
gary

richardm6994 - 3/2/15 at 09:53 PM

Here are a couple of photos of the finished installation courtesy of roadrunner racing who are currently mapping the ecu



Dooey99 - 3/2/15 at 10:14 PM

that is absolutely beautiful!

beaver34 - 4/2/15 at 08:41 AM

looks nice, new rad would finish it off

richardm6994 - 16/3/15 at 12:36 PM

Final rolling road results are in.....230bhp and 202 ftlbs.

Things have taken a little longer as the project came to a stop due to a stage 2 clutch being required.

Now that's fitted, final tuning in the rr done and all is good.

It's done about 35 miles to bed things in and it's fair to say 'smiles all round'

If you'd like to see more, please visit my facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/red7autoengineering

Im just starting out and so all the publicity, likes and shares I can get really make a massive difference!
Many thanks in anticipation