Supercharger

[VX-157]

Rob G'day mate good to have another aussie on this site. i just sent you a email, could you look out for it please.

Oh if i dont sell my pride and joy i am very keen to see about getting it SC. now is it cheaper to ship the car to you or to ship the SC here and have my machanic fit it......

Cheers matey

[Gussie2000]

Well,seems that this S/C project is taking shape though.

Rob,please keep the pace & have us informed with any updated news.

[Robbomaz]

Ok folks, sorry for the delay!
I have manifold pricing - Price is Aussie dollars.

Qty 5 - AUD1278.
Qty 10 - AUD1205

I am sorry this is a bit over what I estimated, apparently the cost of the raw aluminium is responsible.

We are not quite finalised on some small details, but I am now satisfied enough to start taking payments from interested parties.

Please PM me for details on how to make secure payment.
Please post any other questions here.
Blown Soozoos here we come!

[newthings]

We should go over what is required to have a complete kit--

The M90 - $275 USD from EBAY
Bypass actuator with shaft and butterfly disk. From Magnuson
Inlet housing for mounting the throttle body, bypass actuator
(Or not, if side positions are used. Consider conflict with EGR Valve)
Inlet housing gasket
Belt
Oil
An idler pulley with supporting adjustable bracket
A crank pulley
A manifold between the S/C and the heads with injector ports
Manifold to head gaskets 2
S/C to manifold gasket
A nose housing with a bearing supported shaft and pulley
A nose gasket
Fuel rails with housing for fuel pressure valve -2
Brackets for throttle cable mounting
Fuel rail connection hose and vacuum hoses
Various bolts of suitable lengths

I have probably missed things. Others can chime in.
The manifold and inlet cover are the largest cast aluminum items.

The Old Alpine kit cost about $3600. USD with S/C.

Your plan was –
"I envisage the cost WITHOUT the SC to be around AUD $2000-2500, (About 1000 USD) add that USD 275 S/C and you have a bargain basement price installation!"

"We plan to supply every specialized part (snout support, idler pulley, crank pulley etc) you need in a kit from here, and a comprehensive list of the SIMPLE hardware (fasteners & hose clamps etc) required, as well as the EXACT spec of the SC which you can then get from Magnusson at their '48 states' pricing
So you order a kit from us, and the SC from Cali, and the fasteners from a local supplier - 3 phone calls instead of one, and you save hundreds if not thousands of $:bgwp:
I understand this would not appeal to everyone, and a full turn-key kit may follow later, but I know after the Aus and US govts have finished with us the kit will be expensive - even leaving it a no margin sideline - in the order of $6K or more."

If the manifold now will cost $1000 USD rather than $500 USD.
How much will the back inlet housing cost?
How much will the nose and pulley cost from Magnuson?
The Kit US import costs?

Can you bring this into better focus?
Thanks, Roy

[Robbomaz]

Roy
Thanks for your interest

Alpinesport have mentioned that the inlet pipe and throttle body mounts *may* be included in the manifold price. Sorry to be vague, they are very enthusiastic about doing this, but at the same time have been hard to pin down.

MSC quoted me USD325 for nose & pulley assy. Snout dimension on this app will be a standard generic MSC dimension, whether this is achieved by purchase or rework of the Ebay snout

MSC quoted USD63 all up for all bypass parts

Bypass mounts on the left of the SC looking at the car from the front. It clears the EGR

Snout support, idlers and drive pulleys looking to be around AUD600

US import costs I have no idea. For me to bring items into Australia as personal imports if the $ value is below AUD1000 there is no duty or tax levied, the US may have something similar. It is not something I have been able to get a clear answer on. Like bureaucrats the world over, if they don't know the answer saying 'you pay' is safest for them!

The old Alpine kit was underpriced - Alpinesport said as much to us, but they used more "interesting" language! The USD/Rand exchange rate ended up killing it.

The exchange rate varies from day to day....the trend has been for the AUD to increase in value against the USD - it has been as low as 50c - currently 80c, so it isn't as cheap for you as it was a few months back

Anything unique to this project we will make available, anything generic we will provide enough detail to enable sourcing.
Hope this helps
Rob

[Robbomaz]

Rob G'day mate good to have another aussie on this site. i just sent you a email, could you look out for it please.

Oh if i dont sell my pride and joy i am very keen to see about getting it SC. now is it cheaper to ship the car to you or to ship the SC here and have my machanic fit it......

Cheers matey

Send it to us
I'm sure your mechanic could do a great job but I've never seen a VX in the metal

[Gussie2000]

Rob you're the man !

I got two things to ask for

1: Can you post few pics of the manifold ? If any is avalaible

2: post a list with all the parts to go with this S/C which seems to vary from the original alpine kit

My horse is going to have the valves lash readjusted at the end of august so after this is done am gonna focus my attention on this matter.

[Robbomaz]

Expecting manifold drawings back from Alpine for checking this week!

*Happy dance*

[Petos]

Hi, Rob!
It's been almost a month since your last post.. Any updates for us hopeful S/C owners?

[Robbomaz]

Hi, Rob!
It's been almost a month since your last post.. Any updates for us hopeful S/C owners?

Yeah sorry folks! I haven't been well for nearly 3 weeks.....

Manifold layout is 'signed off' - next step involves melting some Aluminum For those who know someone with a Alpine kit, the rear of the SC will be in the same place as those

I am currently working with Alpine on the inlet pipe casting - it has to be changed slightly to suit the new SC - looks like we may be able to supply this in the quoted manifold price

Rob

[Robbomaz]

Don't know if I posted details of my jalopy before? With old age comes memory loss.......what was I saying?

Anyway rather than load up this server too, heres the link http://forum.australia4wd.com/index.php?showtopic=16467
Go look, let me know what you think

[Gussie2000]

Don't know if I posted details of my jalopy before? With old age comes memory loss.......what was I saying?

Anyway rather than load up this server too, heres the link http://forum.australia4wd.com/index.php?showtopic=16467
Go look, let me know what you think

Hey rob !

We haven't heard about you since your last post.

What's the current status of the S/C project ?

Any progress as of today ?

Log in & give us some insight of what's going on buddy.

Hope you are ok

[Robbomaz]

Hey rob !

We haven't heard about you since your last post.

What's the current status of the S/C project ?

Any progress as of today ?

Log in & give us some insight of what's going on buddy.

Hope you are ok

Yeah I'm fine thanks mate!
Sorry folks, haven't forgotten this, but not a lot to report! Slower than a diesel Hilux with a broken turbo.......
Trust me we are as excited about this as ever
Pilot manifold is finalised and should be cast by now. Expecting to hear from SA that a sample manifold & intake pipe to be ready any day now!
That will be DHL'd here, it will get bolted on for final position checks & we will really get on the gas
I'll have some more pix for you guys too
Rob

[Ldub]

Yeah I'm fine thanks mate!
Sorry folks, haven't forgotten this, but not a lot to report! Slower than a diesel Hilux with a broken turbo.......
Trust me we are as excited about this as ever
Pilot manifold is finalised and should be cast by now. Expecting to hear from SA that a sample manifold & intake pipe to be ready any day now!
That will be DHL'd here, it will get bolted on for final position checks & we will really get on the gas
I'll have some more pix for you guys too
Rob

With a wee bit of past experience with Alpine to draw on...

I'll say that molasses in January might be considered speedy by comparison...

[Robbomaz]

LOL!
We will get there I'm sure