46 replies to this topic

[joe90]

Finally it goes!! just one problem the ambiant temp today was 1.5 deg c & carb started to ice up.
would like to use an electric pre heater & i see that vmax do one is this made in house? have looked at various
k&n sites but no one lists them.

What do you think?

[adam_93rio]

looks awsome, ive wanted to supercharge my mini for a while now, im only 19 tho so the inruance would kill me

how much power did you have before you put it on?

the only problem with them is the carb iceing up, the original design of the engine bay was to have the engine the other way round but the carb iced up so they changed it, now weve got damp electrics
i guess supercharging you just get the worst of both worlds haha.

get a video up of it running, and let us know how much power increase you get

[THE STIG]

you say the carb was icing up do you mean the inlet from the carb to the supercharger

if was that mine used to ice up even in the summer , but never caused a problem

you used to be able to buy a carb spacer plate with a heater wire in it for cold climites but you dont make them any more and are hard to find

[71Pickup]

you say the carb was icing up do you mean the inlet from the carb to the supercharger

if was that mine used to ice up even in the summer , but never caused a problem

you used to be able to buy a carb spacer plate with a heater wire in it for cold climites but you dont make them any more and are hard to find

VMAX sell an anti icing kit. not sure if its any good though.

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[Ethel]

Quite a few Rovers had abutment (induction) heaters, I think the SPI does and K Series.

[clambert81]

That looks very tasty. Cracking job. Let us know what it's like to drive.

[THE STIG]

i had thought that if it ever caused a problem i thought about forming some 15mm cooper pipe around the inlet tract and connect it into the heater pipe heater

easy to do and would warm up the whole inlet tract

[steble]

vmax scart do a heated air filter, its a normal k and n cone filter but vmax put a electric heater element in it to try and stop carb ice.

but as i discovered if its really cold this dont work it looked like the antartic under my bonnet the other day

[joe90]

thanks for the replys
The inlet track was starting to ice up. then tick over started to drop so i took off the k&n filter & the carb itself was iceing up all round the butterfly.
i did think about using copper pipe round as you say.
I have had another idea of using a glow plug inside the filter, maybe with a variable resister & switch. just need to find one small enough to go in the filter.

i might not have the same trouble when the weather warms up a bit
freshly built van & engine is not going out on the roads just yet, can't wait tho

[tcw_lk]

nice work

[shellspeed]

http://uk.rs-online....ting#breadCrumb

From RS Components - you will need 12-24v element but not sure of the watts involved - cheap enough though!

[paul6266]

this looks very tasty, i was thinking about making my own set up but from what i have heard the inlet is a bit of a arse to fabricate

[THE STIG]

http://uk.rs-online....ting#breadCrumb

From RS Components - you will need 12-24v element but not sure of the watts involved - cheap enough though!

they look like would work inside the filter

the 20w gives of 40C the 80w gives of 100c surface temp

[richardsoniscool]

did you make the inlet yourself??

[joe90]

That looks very handy!!!
I have an rs store just down the rd from me will have to check that out. Thanks for that.
Yes i made the manifolds myself & has been said here a complete arse to make right.
Unless you have a lot of free time & patience i would advice to buy one.
VERY REWARDING WHEN IT FIRED UP SECOND TIME!!!!