Headsex Donating Members 2,528 Member For: 19y 3m 6d Gender: Male Location: Melb Posted 21/09/08 11:11 AM Share Posted 21/09/08 11:11 AM (edited) Now, back as late as last December, you may have remembered me talking about Tuning a "Blower Kit" for our BA+ Boss V8's. It as it was still under development at the time, I kept quiet about the company.Never the less, Back Last december, At Autotechnique with Mario, I tuned Harrops development BF XR8, fitted with their blower kit, of 8psi (or maybe 10psi, cant remember now), to a power of 349rwkw on a totally stock XR8, sure there was probably more in it by putting exhaust on and tuning more timing into it, but that wasnt the goal of this setup.This weekend has been quite busy for me, and Christian.. Subject: FG SuperPersuit 315kw, with 3500k's on the clockAfter a weekend of fitting the kit, and drinking for my birthday.. This is the end resultIts all complete, the intercooler water system is filled and tested for leaks. but all that remains is to get the correct belt, as the one supplied was for a BA/BF XR8. The FG Super Persuit has a larger (underdrive) waterpump pulley on it (not sure if this was the same with the BA/BF GT).Another thing to note is that The FG needed some more custom parts fabricated to suit, namely the water/intercooler infront, which was done by HERROD Motorsport.More details to come soon! Edited 21/09/08 11:26 AM by Headsex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headsex Donating Members 2,528 Member For: 19y 3m 6d Gender: Male Location: Melb Posted 21/09/08 11:14 AM Author Share Posted 21/09/08 11:14 AM By the way, the alternator isn't mounted because we are waiting for the correct sized belt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dico2020 Guests Posted 21/09/08 11:17 AM Share Posted 21/09/08 11:17 AM vellll nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 3d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 21/09/08 11:17 AM Share Posted 21/09/08 11:17 AM A whole weekend...looks like more piss was drunk than work done... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike XR6T iTs alL DaRDy........ Donating Members 780 Member For: 17y 2m 12d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 21/09/08 11:20 AM Share Posted 21/09/08 11:20 AM killer mateI love it I want itu bet me to itI was going to ask if u were running one of those new radiator mounted alternatorsheheseriously thou that's some great kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratter Member 6,793 Member For: 18y 5m 21d Gender: Male Location: @ my laptop Posted 21/09/08 11:36 AM Share Posted 21/09/08 11:36 AM How was the fit up of the kit Danny, I'm assuming being Harrops, it would be fairly straight forward and things would fit precisely.Did they allow for the underdrive pulley when supplying it for a certain boost level or is it get and and see what it does?Should be an interesting car ride when finished, keep us informed of your progress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xr6t_ute Donating Members 2,281 Member For: 17y 4m 23d Gender: Male Location: south east suburbs Posted 21/09/08 11:38 AM Share Posted 21/09/08 11:38 AM Brand new Pursuit,that looks awesome, Is this the first FG to have a blower kit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senna_T Forged Member Lifetime Members 15,818 Member For: 17y 9m 10d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 21/09/08 11:38 AM Share Posted 21/09/08 11:38 AM If anyone knows someone whinging about modifying their car while under warranty - give em a Teaspoon of cement and show em this thread! Looks tuff as boys! Keep us updated on the tuning progress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSYCHO XRT THE PSYCHO XRT Donating Members 1,275 Member For: 18y 11m 9d Gender: Not Telling Location: At the lights! Posted 21/09/08 11:45 AM Share Posted 21/09/08 11:45 AM (edited) Top work guys. This thing's gonna sound awesome. What power levels are you guys expecting to achieve with this blower kit? Edited 21/09/08 11:46 AM by Varaitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headsex Donating Members 2,528 Member For: 19y 3m 6d Gender: Male Location: Melb Posted 21/09/08 11:51 AM Author Share Posted 21/09/08 11:51 AM How was the fit up of the kit Danny, I'm assuming being Harrops, it would be fairly straight forward and things would fit precisely.Did they allow for the underdrive pulley when supplying it for a certain boost level or is it get and and see what it does?Should be an interesting car ride when finished, keep us informed of your progressIt was fairly straight forward.. There were a few things I did not like which I will feedback to Herrod and Harrop about the fitment of the kit, But one of the issues, I'm unsure of its because its a FG.There's 2 water lines that run in the manifold valley to the heater core in the dash, these steel lines are replaced with Harrop supplied ones because it would foul with the new harrop manifold (being deeper because it contains the water intercooler). I dont know if the firewall spacement from the back of the motor has changed, but I used my own rubber hose there instead. I also feel that that section of behind the motor is rather cluttered, with the 2 water lines from the intercooler, those 2 waterlines going to the heaterbox, and the wiring loom behind the motor.. A bit of frigging around, we got it all neat.The kit comes ready for a BA/BF, but because of the change in the FG, a new water intercooler needed to be fabricated to suit, HERROD supplied this (as he dummy'd this kit on his own FG). So all the intercooler and water hose routing was our design.Keep in mind no instructions were provided, anyone with good mechanical sense (and seen how the alternator reverse mounts prior) will understand how to put it all together.Brand new Pursuit,that looks awesome, Is this the first FG to have a blower kit?I believe this will be the First Running FG kit. Rob Herrod originally dummy'd this up on his FG, so he could make the appropriate needed changes to the kit to suit the FG.If anyone knows someone whinging about modifying their car while under warranty - give em a Teaspoon of cement and show em this thread! Looks tuff as boys! Keep us updated on the tuning progressYeah.. Harden the F&$% Up!Christian has never worried about warentee.. And wont mind if it blows up... Not that it will But the high 10.8:1 compression is a little scary!But in saying that, He is willing to push it also, and has spoken to Herrod about Rods and pistons... The car has not even been started yet!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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