My god...for that much money I'd just buy a 350z, haha. But seriously sounds pretty crazy. Hope the whole install goes well! Post lots of pics!
Austiida's Supercharger Thread
Fellow Versa/Tiida owners, welcome to my thread for the next few weeks of serious mod time!
After almost 12 months of planning, saving, researching and more saving, I'm finally ready to take the Tiida to the next level!
Supercharger will be a Rotrex supercharger (similar to Bob @ Versaspeed, many thanks to him for his help across the miles!) and will be a full, custom install.
This Friday the new exhaust system goes on, consisting of OBX headers, dump pipe, and a Varex, variable electronic exhaust (see pics below). I'm also replacing the two oxygen sensors, something EVERY car owner overlooks after 100,000kms.
Next week we fit boost gauge, Air/Fuel gauge, custom tablet and OBDII reader (so we can see what's happening once the charger goes on) and some carbon fiber race seats.
Then the following week we start fab work on the intercooler and piping, then hopefully the charger gets here and we can start working on the mount etc.
I shall update this thread as the project goes on, but to start with here's the exhaust and the Varex muffler. The Muffler is remote controlled and has a gate which allows you to basically have a straight through, no restrictions muffler, or by pressing the remote you can quiet it down to a hush hush (perfect for when the boys in blue are around). Pics of it in action soon
After almost 12 months of planning, saving, researching and more saving, I'm finally ready to take the Tiida to the next level!
Supercharger will be a Rotrex supercharger (similar to Bob @ Versaspeed, many thanks to him for his help across the miles!) and will be a full, custom install.
This Friday the new exhaust system goes on, consisting of OBX headers, dump pipe, and a Varex, variable electronic exhaust (see pics below). I'm also replacing the two oxygen sensors, something EVERY car owner overlooks after 100,000kms.
Next week we fit boost gauge, Air/Fuel gauge, custom tablet and OBDII reader (so we can see what's happening once the charger goes on) and some carbon fiber race seats.
Then the following week we start fab work on the intercooler and piping, then hopefully the charger gets here and we can start working on the mount etc.
I shall update this thread as the project goes on, but to start with here's the exhaust and the Varex muffler. The Muffler is remote controlled and has a gate which allows you to basically have a straight through, no restrictions muffler, or by pressing the remote you can quiet it down to a hush hush (perfect for when the boys in blue are around). Pics of it in action soon
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lol, in Australia your talking $3000 to $15000, so not much of a comparo mate (as much as I'd DIE for a 350Z in my driveway!) You guys forget that in Aus we pay rude amounts of dollars for most things you lot take for granted
Plus working in the auto trade I'm not really paying retail for too much
And all that aside, I LOVE being the only hardcore modded Tiida in the country
Hate being in the square, love thinking outside it!
Plus working in the auto trade I'm not really paying retail for too much
And all that aside, I LOVE being the only hardcore modded Tiida in the country
Hate being in the square, love thinking outside it!
I'm in my mid thirties and don't give too much of a shit about what other people think, usually the ones that cause issues are the sort of people I'd happily meet down a dark alley anyway. One guy already had a laugh at me then drove off in his old piece of crap Hyundai. For me, I get the last laugh there.
It's a huge project yes, and I'm not expecting to win any drag races or anything, I just wanted to be different and squeeze a bit more power out of her as she's awesomely fun to drive. If i wanted real power I'd have invested in a car designed for it.
For me this is just another reason for me to be different, to have something not every other crank-handle has on the road (over here it's all Skylines and 180SX's) .
Will keep you posted with pics and footage as i go as i know there are a few people at least half interested in the project, and for those that aren't please refrain from making yourselves look silly
It's a huge project yes, and I'm not expecting to win any drag races or anything, I just wanted to be different and squeeze a bit more power out of her as she's awesomely fun to drive. If i wanted real power I'd have invested in a car designed for it.
For me this is just another reason for me to be different, to have something not every other crank-handle has on the road (over here it's all Skylines and 180SX's) .
Will keep you posted with pics and footage as i go as i know there are a few people at least half interested in the project, and for those that aren't please refrain from making yourselves look silly
I see what you're saying and I agree 100% :goodpost:I'm in my mid thirties and don't give too much of a shit about what other people think, usually the ones that cause issues are the sort of people I'd happily meet down a dark alley anyway. One guy already had a laugh at me then drove off in his old piece of crap Hyundai. For me, I get the last laugh there.
It's a huge project yes, and I'm not expecting to win any drag races or anything, I just wanted to be different and squeeze a bit more power out of her as she's awesomely fun to drive. If i wanted real power I'd have invested in a car designed for it.
For me this is just another reason for me to be different, to have something not every other crank-handle has on the road (over here it's all Skylines and 180SX's) .
Will keep you posted with pics and footage as i go as i know there are a few people at least half interested in the project, and for those that aren't please refrain from making yourselves look silly
Okay so Friday we test fitted the system....and put the old one back on for now. The OBX system replaces the cat, but the Oxygen Sensor hole they provide is no good as the new pipe sits much higher in the tunnel and the O2 sensor doesn't fit, so we first went ahead and welded the original hole closed, then created a new one in a much better location.
The aftermarket headers aren't a lot bigger and to be honest I actually was quite impressed with the stock ones as they're quite a good design and not much worse than the performance ones.
There is very little room back there to fit a turbo, I think a trail-back system (mounting the turbo rearwards of the vehicle) would be the only really good solution without a fair bit of chop work.
Anyway, that shiny Varex muffler we managed to fit, but due to its size had to mount on its side. A quick test run and it's loud, crackly and horrible without anything else in the system (ie the Varex was it), so we've ordered a bullet high-flow cat and a high flow resonator which will hopefully arrive tomorrow. This'll provide some very much needed back-pressure and should get rid of the cackle we currently have.
My new RDA dimpled and slotted rotors arrived Friday afternoon, so they went on yesterday. They have a sexy gunmetal finish to them that I quite liked.
Since the plan in the long term is motorkhana events, heavy breaking isnt necessary as high speed aren't a huge issue, and with the vehicle being relatively light still, I opted for a softer street pad rather than anything race or track related as the pads probably won't get hot enough quick enough to be effective.
So below a pic of the rotors fitted, and then hopefully some pics of the new exhaust tomorrow
Supercharger still has not arrived, will be probing the supplier about it tomorrow.
The aftermarket headers aren't a lot bigger and to be honest I actually was quite impressed with the stock ones as they're quite a good design and not much worse than the performance ones.
There is very little room back there to fit a turbo, I think a trail-back system (mounting the turbo rearwards of the vehicle) would be the only really good solution without a fair bit of chop work.
Anyway, that shiny Varex muffler we managed to fit, but due to its size had to mount on its side. A quick test run and it's loud, crackly and horrible without anything else in the system (ie the Varex was it), so we've ordered a bullet high-flow cat and a high flow resonator which will hopefully arrive tomorrow. This'll provide some very much needed back-pressure and should get rid of the cackle we currently have.
My new RDA dimpled and slotted rotors arrived Friday afternoon, so they went on yesterday. They have a sexy gunmetal finish to them that I quite liked.
Since the plan in the long term is motorkhana events, heavy breaking isnt necessary as high speed aren't a huge issue, and with the vehicle being relatively light still, I opted for a softer street pad rather than anything race or track related as the pads probably won't get hot enough quick enough to be effective.
So below a pic of the rotors fitted, and then hopefully some pics of the new exhaust tomorrow
Supercharger still has not arrived, will be probing the supplier about it tomorrow.
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