Hi all
It’s been along time since I last left a post on here (sun 31st April).
And I have noticed that the post has had a lot of comments left from other peoples about their experiences with superchargers
Well caring on form where I left off. I left oxford at 8.30pm Sunday and headed straight for Vienna. It was currently set up at 380bhp with some fancy Australian super charger fitted funning about 8 psi boost.
The car ran like a dream all the way through south England, France, Belgium, the Netherlands & on the German autobahns. This is where I managed to catch up and over take a few of the cars on the gumball, including a few lambos and a Ferrari Enzo!
I also engaged a new m3 in Belgium but soon lost it when I reached 130mph. But this was not the top speed I reached. Coming home through France I reached 160 (gps verified) but due to slight probs I didn’t push it any more despite having at least another 10mph left in her.
However when I reached Vienna the thermostat failed on the car and it overheated. Not a massive problem, but the car wasn’t the same afterwards and was constantly over heating. Nevertheless I did manage to coacher her back home, only for her to fail completely just out side of Norwich, Norfolk.
The thermostat had stuck shut and the engine over heated completely warping all the heads, splitting the silicon hosing and wrecking the supercharger.
So for the past 8 months the car has been in for a total over hall, a new engine & a vortech supercharger which should be arriving in a few days from the states.
So full update of stats, pics and any other questions you could have will soon be answered.
But approx bhp will be 550 for everyday use but can be tweaked to 600-800 if the urge takes me
Heinrich