Adrian@TORQEN Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 I was laughing today with Mark about you, PMSL!!! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chubby Ninja Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 that extra 1hp will blow it lol. na only joking but itl be interesting to see what they both come away with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad Posted September 12, 2013 Author Share Posted September 12, 2013 It's not very nice to laugh about stupid people I guess they both should be around same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamN Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Awesome build matey! Looking to fit harnesses in my Zed but harness bars seem few and far between, and bloody expensive. I was considering drawing one up and getting it custom made but after seeing what you've done I may go down that route, it'd definitely be much cheaper! If you were to do it again is there anything you'd do differently? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren-B Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 He would have bought my SC kit & been done with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamN Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Haha. Sorry what I meant was just regarding the harnesses, whether he'd do them the same again or differently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren-B Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Sorry I gathered that but thought I`d take the opportunity to take the pee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad Posted October 30, 2013 Author Share Posted October 30, 2013 Thanks Darren I only require new compressor unit Sam, errrrm, no, I quite happy how it is, so don't think I would've changed anything... Let me know if you need any info, I'll try to help with what you need etc(well, it's all pretty easy and visible from the pictures) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamN Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 PM'd so I don't clog up your thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Well just spent the last 20 minutes odd reading through all this Vlad. Very interesting and some great pictures & of course mods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad Posted April 6, 2014 Author Share Posted April 6, 2014 Thanks matey Veeerrrryyyyy long update coming soon...ones i sort few bits out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-girl. Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Wow how did I miss this. Just like the rest of the people with taste and style Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad Posted May 8, 2014 Author Share Posted May 8, 2014 Wow how did I miss this. Just like the rest of the people with taste and style I might put another scratch on that black Z tomorrow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-girl. Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Wow how did I miss this. Just like the rest of the people with taste and style I might put another scratch on that black Z tomorrow... Dare you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad Posted May 8, 2014 Author Share Posted May 8, 2014 I'm not as horrible as you... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad Posted May 13, 2014 Author Share Posted May 13, 2014 (edited) Right then... I think I left it a bit tooooo long for an update! Since last one - I didn't have much luck with SC! When I got it running - took it to Mark@Abbey, couple hours n the dyno later - we (well,Mark did) realised that SC blower is knackered! Massive play in shaft = bearings are gone! Managed to get extra 7bhp! WOW! lol Adrian/Octet tried few times contacting seller in UK, going thru PayPal and US forum - to get some of the money back - but had no joy. It was past 45 days, so couldn't do PayPal dispute... after contacting seller - he said that SC was running fine when he took it off the car... Which is bullsh*t... as it was sounding rattly and noisy on 1st start up! And the fact that he didn't include oil feed/oil drain lines when i bought it - makes me think if lines got damaged on his car = no oil to SC, which caused failure and he decided to flog it. Long story short - he is a scub bag! And thanks a lot to Octet to try to solve it/get some money back! So got back from Abbey, straight away took SC off, stripped it in my living room, to find this Failed high speed bearings. Nightmare continues... Ordered a rebuild kit from SuperchargerRebuilds.com (AVOID AT ANY COST!!!) Kit arrived... on inspection - fond that high speed bearings had part numbers sanded down... so it could be anything! Rebuilt supercharger, new bearings, new seals. Fitted to the car, sounded better with no play in shaft.... took it for a quiet drive -all good. As soon as I put my foot down - high speed bearings failed! Contacted seller, asking for a refund... my argument was - that part numbers were sanded down, so it could've been any normal cheap bearing. Bearings that required needs to be 50-60k RPM rated. From the start he was saying that his bearings never failed and it failed because of wrong installation! He asked me to send him pictures of bearings - so he can see if there's a burn marks etc -which would indcate to wrong installation or lack of oil. I've sent him pics from every possible angle... bearings were clean, with no marks etc. After few more messages he agreed to the following: - I send my blower to him - He repairs it FREE of charge with new bearings -Only thing I have to pay is postage there and back and to repair output shaft hole, as it got damaged as well, and he can't do it himself, so he will have to send it off to get machined out and have new metal sleeve put in. So I've posted it to him...after waiting for over 2 months - he sent me an invoice for nearly 600 dollars.... which included cost of new high speed bearings... He said that he inspected failed bearings and he is charging me because they were incorrectly installed....But hold on a minute a ) from day one you were sure that they failed because of wrong installation and you still agreed to repair it free of charge b ) you had clear pictures of them from every possible angle - which clearly shows no damage etc So in the end, his answer was "well, you can just pay 250 dollars for the output shaft hole repair and 90 dollars for the postage and ill post it back to you and you can do it yourself"... that made me angry! I already wasted 100 quid on delivery, waited 2 months... and he is not sticking to his part of the deal. In the end i just paid him what he asked for, as all i wanted is my SC back. He also promised that it will be fixed and tested and all that... So I got it back, fitted... still quite noise, but felt solid. So I went back to Abbey for attempt number 2....which failed due to air leak! At this point we got it to 350hp@hubs Went home, week later spent all day finding air leak, found it, fixed it. Went back to Abbey...thought it will be 3rd time luck But i was wrong...air leak was fixed, but still not making enough boost... there and then i fitted smaller drive pulley, Mark ordered smaller belt...all fitted - got more boost, but still not as much as it should be! On the dyno graph you can see that SC maxing out... compared to other people graph's with similar setup - you can see that they running more boost at any revs.... so on 3rd attempt Mark managed to tune it to 368@hubs and thats what it is now. At the moment saving up for new blower and will be upgrading from V2 to V3... might as well while im at it Thats SC bit covered... Couple of pics ^^ I also polished blower myself while it was apart..so its nice and shiny! Shame that it doesn't stay shiny for long due to vents in the bonner and water getting on it. Other updates Changed my exhaust from K1 to Scorpion... and loving it! Bought twin pillar pod for gauges from Tarmac... so moved boost and AFR gauges there and left oil temp inside cubby ^^ and new gear knob made by Jay Few more things were purchased...car going into bodyshop this summer...so bits will be fitted, some bits removed, resprayed etc etc... so hopefully by end of summer Z will be looking fresh, with new bits and new SC Here how she looks now Edited May 13, 2014 by Vlad 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chubby Ninja Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 You've had a worse time than I had supercharging the zed. Makes me so angry dealing with Americans. Iv had nothing but problems with them. Your car is looking awesome though mate and still one of my favorite zeds. Apparently only the cool people get v3 kits first time round ;-P Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad Posted May 13, 2014 Author Share Posted May 13, 2014 haha thanks dude! Well, I'll be in your cool group soon I just wish I got it straight away... as wasted over 2k on repairing/posting/mapping! Oh well... live and learn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chubby Ninja Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 I know mate. There's always risk buying second hand. You put alot of trust in someone and when they turn out to be complete dikcs it's alot of money wasted. Never mind hopefully you will be over 400whp soon Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad Posted May 13, 2014 Author Share Posted May 13, 2014 Exactly! Yea....hopefully Here's dyno results Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chubby Ninja Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 It doesn't look very smooth lol. Mine is almost like a straight curve Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad Posted May 13, 2014 Author Share Posted May 13, 2014 Well, ones new blower fitted - hopefully it will be smooth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wasso Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 lovely pics Vlad, and such a shame you've had to suffer so much with the SC. Blame the Romanian, I would It can be very difficult dealing with the Americans. I was rather fearful of actually receiving a V8 and loosing a LOT of money. But all came good so far. Who's to say I have an engine shell but no internal parts..... Your resilience to issues is the sign of a true petrol head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 I could make a sensible offer to take it off your hands I'll just say she looks great mate as I have been with you all the way through the ups n downs of your FI build Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad Posted May 13, 2014 Author Share Posted May 13, 2014 (edited) Cheers Ian And yea, of course its all dodgy Romanian's fault! Oh well.... off to a better things now... like V3 Glad your's came ok! So you saved yourself a bit of stress for the later stage...fitting stage I think this place and people on here kept me going! With all advice and help! Keyser is definitely on speed dial on my phone I don't think I'll get away with just few donuts...might need to purchase whole factory for him ahaha Thanks all for your help so far... but be ready...more to come Edited May 13, 2014 by Vlad 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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