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JohnC · 10-08-07, 03:35 AM

Doug, I live in The Woodlands also - it's a nice area. We've had the home for 15 years, but have spent about half that overseas.

The Holley looks a bit weird sitting up there, because the manifold is designed to take a supercharger, not a carburetor. Once the motor is broken in, the Holley and the EDIS8 will come off, and the supercharger, SFI, and EMS will go on, then it's back to the dyno for power runs.

FYI, in case you become interested in doing an Eaton, Whipple, or Opcon supercharger for your 1UZ, the source for these manifolds is Richwood Technology in Oz. Andrew Mueller runs the company, which is mainly involved in military and aerospace contracts, but they do some really interesting hotrod stuff too. I told Andrew one time that he must enjoy specialising in the weird, as he regularly does things like joining two PD superchargers end to end to make quad rotor units for big V10 and V12 applications. He holds patents in Oz for his superchargers and manifolds, and he's a very interesting and knowledgeable guy to speak with if you decide to go supercharger instead of turbo.

IMO, for a Vee engine, the installation of a PD supercharger is a lot cleaner and tidier than a turbo install. With the supercharger you can leave the exhaust side of the motor untouched - it's only the intake side, and fuel systems which are affected, and of course finding a mechanical drive for it. With a turbo, you have intake mods, custom manifolding for the exhaust(s), lots of custom piping between the turbo(s) intake and exhaust, the fuel system, etc.

Not to take anything away from turbocharging - I like turbo motors a lot & currently own (2) cars with inline turbo motors, but for a vee engine, IMO the supercharger just makes for a cleaner looking package.

10-08-07, 03:35 AM	#74 (permalink)
JohnC cribbj Missing a few cylinders Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Houston or Algeria GT40: Only the motor & G50, so far Posts: 228 Rep Power: 5	Re: 1UZFE for Superlite Coupe - Ideas? Doug, I live in The Woodlands also - it's a nice area. We've had the home for 15 years, but have spent about half that overseas. The Holley looks a bit weird sitting up there, because the manifold is designed to take a supercharger, not a carburetor. Once the motor is broken in, the Holley and the EDIS8 will come off, and the supercharger, SFI, and EMS will go on, then it's back to the dyno for power runs. FYI, in case you become interested in doing an Eaton, Whipple, or Opcon supercharger for your 1UZ, the source for these manifolds is Richwood Technology in Oz. Andrew Mueller runs the company, which is mainly involved in military and aerospace contracts, but they do some really interesting hotrod stuff too. I told Andrew one time that he must enjoy specialising in the weird, as he regularly does things like joining two PD superchargers end to end to make quad rotor units for big V10 and V12 applications. He holds patents in Oz for his superchargers and manifolds, and he's a very interesting and knowledgeable guy to speak with if you decide to go supercharger instead of turbo. IMO, for a Vee engine, the installation of a PD supercharger is a lot cleaner and tidier than a turbo install. With the supercharger you can leave the exhaust side of the motor untouched - it's only the intake side, and fuel systems which are affected, and of course finding a mechanical drive for it. With a turbo, you have intake mods, custom manifolding for the exhaust(s), lots of custom piping between the turbo(s) intake and exhaust, the fuel system, etc. Not to take anything away from turbocharging - I like turbo motors a lot & currently own (2) cars with inline turbo motors, but for a vee engine, IMO the supercharger just makes for a cleaner looking package.