supercharged 420a eclipse roots style???

[ryan summers]

just wanted to move this over to the correct location, started my build about 3 months ago maybe 4. car was already supercharged when i got it, but it was not in good shape and a really bad paint job on the engine and everything else, glad they did not mess with the interior , ive spent so many hours sand blasting and stripping paint off these parts its crazy, im shaving the valve cover and supercharger, doing lots of neat stuff with this car. and just to let everyone know before you start posting, i removed the body kit, it came on the car, did not like it so i bought replacement factory bumpers, no more side skirts either. so with that said here she is. from the start till now, when i bought this car i did not know anything about tuning it or what kinda tuning was available, i figured sense it was running already with the sc that it must have been tuned already, guy said it was running 18 psi which i found to be untrue, it was running between 8-10 psi. with no tune, no aftermarket fuel pump, no ems, nothing other then a supercharger, not even an intercooler, might be why i found a bent rod, but dont worry, thats all about to change. soon ill be running my sc and a turbo setup. really just going for the different factory, both will be running low boost. im a full time mechanic in charlotte nc. so i have the tools and a garage to do all my work in, i dont pay people to do anything so if you see something done in a pic i done it. thanks and i hope you guys like my ideas and how it looks.

 

[ryan summers]

how she looked when i first got her home!

 

[ryan summers]

pics of me pulling the motor, look how many colors it was , i only pulled it because of the paint looking all nasty and i wanted to check the motor out before i put realy boost to it, was told it was built, but it was not, and you will see how and why i found that out in a bit.

 

[ryan summers]

this sc had so much paint on it it was nuts. took about 2 days to get it all cleaned up, i bet i got atleast 5 hrs maybe more into it in the two days, then i started shaving the numbers off the top, getting ready for paint.

 

[ryan summers]

i removed the engine harness and cut it down shorter so i can tuck the harness. now let me tell you what, thats a pain in the butt trying to fit that whole thing inside the car, i want to move the fuse box into the car also so i gotta tuck the driver side harness to, but heres some pics of before and after on the engine bay area, it was completely nasty, so i sand blasted, primered and painted it all

 

[ryan summers]

pics of the motor, they even painted the dang transmission , took forever to get the paint off, as you can see in the last pic i almost got it all off, its repainted black now, i went with flat black

 

[ryan summers]

atleast it did have crane cams and aem cam gears on it, heres some pics, do you see anything wrong with the pistons?

 

[ryan summers]

and that motor mount was shot in the pic above, the guy wondered why it kept throwing the sc belt off , now ive got the prothane red bushings installed. and heres some of the motor before and the valve covers im working on, shaving the cover, sand blasted them both off already

 

[ryan summers]

looks like a junk yard in my garage, its all on tables and boxes now. i hope it wont be long before my last few parts get here so i can put her back together

 

[ryan summers]

theres the new grey factory seats, took those red ones out, cause my new paint color wont look right with red seats , also look at all that paint on them coolant and egr hoses in the pics above? wth were they thinking heres a before and after on stripping that green and blue paint off

 

[ryan summers]

exhaust stud kit installed on the head! i broke a bolt off getting the old header off, so i decided after getting it out i wanted studs, so i got them and installed them, as you can see i was in the process of getting that blue paint off to, its all gone now, i gotta take some new pics of it all painted up tomorrow

 

[ryan summers]

remember when i asked if you seen anything wrong with the pistons? go back and look again and you will notice the one all the way on the right in the pic is alittle lower then the far left piston, they should be at the same height, so i removed them and found that piston was bent on number 1 cylinder. heres the block all cleaned up and ready for rebuild and you can see the new flat black engine paint thats on it, no more green or blue

 

[ryan summers]

changed out my factory fuel pump with a walbro 255, heres the old and new

 

[ryan summers]

im gonna be running two seperate fmic's, sense my sc came off a thunderbird im gonna run a factory thunderbird fmic and this little one for my ebay turbo setup, just untill i get it all tuned up then i can worry about better turbos and stuff

 

[psycho]

Veeeery interesting. I like unique setups. I'd like to see the bracketry that supports the supercharger.

 

[psycho]

Veeeery interesting. I like unique setups. I'd like to see the bracketry that supports the supercharger.

 

[ryan summers]

here it is. but its before i put more supports under it. its stainless

 

[ryan summers]

in that pic it has reinforcements under the bottom side. but i put more to hold it up on the radiator side. kept poping off sc belts

 

[ryan summers]

ok well heres some of my parts i just got in, some ive had, just got the eagle rods in and the msv2, cant wait to get the motor back together so i can start the paint job. my new eagle rods, msv2 megasquirt, aem air/fuel wideband, manual boost controller, gasket set, timing components lots of stuff

 

[dsmcrzy]

I love my mechanical tensioner. Good choice there.

 

[ryan summers]

now heres the progress with my valve cover, got it all shaved like i want it, leaving the 2.0l.

 

[ryan summers]

thanks, yeah mechanical just seems to last alittle longer and easier to setup

 

[miliman13]

Wow you don't see this everyday. Very nice.

 

[ryan summers]

thats how ive always been. try to be different. i just want to build a quick daily driver. and it look good

 

[ryan summers]

got the sc shaved