4AGZTE winter project

[Mike n Rochelle]

I will check again as that is a possibility. It will be a case of trying a copper washer to space them if they are hitting the pistons. I think its only 2 hitting but as i said i will look again. I thought it was hitting the crank as the counter weight was at its closest point when it hit?

[Ash Kelly Barr]

Yeah have another look. Im 99% sure it wont be the cank. All 4A cranks are the same (except early 40mm) unless your've picked up a 7A crank..?

From momory the guy who did the write up had to notch them as much as 8-10mm , witch would mean they would need quite a bit of spacing down

[Mike n Rochelle]

No progress pics today as i have not taken any but i can report i have ground off the welds on the supercharger pulley\clutch and found that the clutch is working as it is supposed too . I have taken the inlet and outlet covers off to start prepping it for paint and found that there are marks on the rotors from what look to be contact and you can hear the rotors just contacting as you rotate them? There is almost no play in the bearings so i will take the end cover off as well to check and clean the gears.
Still trying to decide what cambelt to use and cam gears. I would love to put some genuine hks gears on but as i doubt i would ever actually have need to adjust them they would be just cosmetic. The belt is a biggie tho as i don't know if i actually need a uprated belt to support the power i am looking for???
The alternator will be mounted with a custom mount as i don't seem to have the right one for the job so i found pics of a gze with a home made mount that i will copy.

[Mike n Rochelle]

Blurry. Block has some paint and after a little bit of stuffing round making a mounting point i have the water pump rear pipe attached.

A better view wit the supercharger bracket mounted up

Freshly painted supercharger mounted with the pulley cleaned and refitted

Another view showing the 3sgte injectors fitted

Another view with the turbo sitting in place while i set everything around it up. Still needs to be rebuilt (only a $500 job alone).

A shot of the turbo from the compressor end hanging from the HKS exhaust manifold. From what i can tell this is the original from the twincharge kit along wit the HKS blow off valve i have sitting aside.

I have a gates racing cam belt on the way now i have a decision to make, Do I bother with adjustable cam gears and if yes where do i get them? Do I need them at all or are they just going to be there to make the engine look cool?

[JasonFriday13]

I have a gates racing cam belt on the way now i have a decision to make, Do I bother with adjustable cam gears and if yes where do i get them? Do I need them at all or are they just going to be there to make the engine look cool?

Unless your stock cam timing is out, or you have lots of time to tune the cams on the dyno, then I would just use the stock gears. I have found that I don't actually need adjustable cam gears for my car, but since they are already installed I'll just tighten up the LSA a bit from the stock position (they are currently setup wrong).

[Mike n Rochelle]

Cool I am not using stock cams but they came from a working car so i wont stress about it.

[Mike n Rochelle]

Pics a bit rubbish but this is approx where the cooler will sit over the gearbox with the outlet running to the intake with the hks bov in the middle

Another mock up of the plumbing, the supercharger outlet pipe will run across the top of the head and then down the end of the engine to the turbo. I have still to decide on the bypass setup. The turbo outlet will run over the inlet pipe and then twist round to the inlet of the intercooler

[Mike n Rochelle]

Its going to have all the heater plumbing deleted at this stage as it will create too much clutter it also it means i can use the central pipes to feed the water to air setup

[GDII]

I thought you had the whole HKS twincharge kit like the piping and bypass valve.
Like this kit.

[Mike n Rochelle]

Na i have most of the kit but there is some missing that is a bugger

[Mike n Rochelle]

I wish i could make out how all that works as i have what looks to be the bypass valve thats been setup as a blow off valve? Looks like the sc feeds into the ic and then????

[JasonFriday13]

Close. The path for the supercharger is basically the same as stock, and the turbo has been added between the afm and air filter, making a supercharger blow-through setup.

[Ash Kelly Barr]

Awesome process! Looking good
When I finally do get my bigger charger on ill be using two bosch bypass valves. These can be bought from VW n Audi or usually parts places pretty cheap, like 20-30 bucks ech so could be worth a look

[Mike n Rochelle]

That sounds like an idea i might look into that too.

[GDII]

Looks like the HKS setup either has a twin intercooler or no intercooler from the turbo.

It seems to go:
With bypass valve closed. Air Filter, Turbo, Supercharger, Intercooler, Intake Manifold.
With bypass valve open. Air Filter, Turbo, Bypass Valve, Intake Manifold.

A compound setup is how you are describing it Jason. Unless this is a compound setup and what I described is wrong. If it is then what is the bypass valve for after the intercooler?