Supercharged MR2 Spyder build
Thought it was about time i put this up here, I only started this build almost a year ago and its been a very slow progression so far.
Anyways the car:

And the "Complete supercharger kit that came off the sellers corolla" :

After a lot of hunting on the web trying to find the install instructions that were not included i ended up getting them but could only find them in Japanese, Google was able to translate it but deleted all the photos in the process.
Anyways as i had pictures i could run off i started to make sure everything was there and i discovered that two brackets, all the wiring harness but 2 were missing and the fuel management piggyback that came with it was DOA (not like i planned o using it anyways) and other various pieces were missing too.
A few weeks later and lots of welding, grinding and macgyvering i had it in and was getting ready to take it to the tuner i had been using
Before:
After:
So on the first dyno attempt the stock ECU prevented the tuner from tuning the uni chip properly due to the Uni Q not having a injector driver and not having 100% control of the injectors, despite the fact I was meant to actually have a Uni Q plus...
After lots of saving i purchased a AEM EMS4, a AEM wide band fail safe,
DeatschWerks 440cc injectors( the charger was suppose to work on a completely stock corolla) and a AEM water/Meth injection for cooling the intake charged (can't inter-cool)
The second dyno attempt was done after a new heavy duty clutch was installed with the help of Joel but i had electrical gremlins half way through the tune with my battery light coming on, i also found out that despite this supercharger kit being designed to only make a max boost pressure of 7.25 (.5 bar), on my car it reached 9.9 psi??? The boost was confirmed by both the EMS4 telemetry and the AEM fail safe built in boost meter, I used the pullies that came with the kit and the charger itself has a electromagnetic clutch pulley so it can't be changed without a lot of work going into it.
YouTube video of the car running on EMS4, it it still running quite rich but drivable
hereThat whine is addictive :D
Not long after that video I had to take the entire supercharger assembly out to get to my alternator out to test it as the battery light had started to come on a lot.
All but the rectifier was within spec with the rectifier not having continuity between the B+ pole and any of the screws that connect to the copper windings
Charger out:
Charger in:
I purchased a re-manufactured 2zz alternator from denso hoping that it would fix the issue but sadly after reinstalling everything the battery light still on.
I tested the fuses and the were fine and the fuse holders are passing a current.
It has again been removed and i gave it to my works auto electrician to have a look at to see if the alternator itself is the issue or if something was damaged during the weekend when the motor and transmission was dropped to swap the clutch as the issue did start to arise not long after that.
Hopefully i get news about the alternator soon and i can start to figure out what is causing the alternator not to energize and charge like it should
post edited by kiwi - Monday, September 28, 2015 11:49 AM