well finally managed to get some time under the bonnet this weekend and get the first look and a proper idea of how this things gonna go down.



first thing i did was strip the supercharger down and take off all the mercedes related tat. heres what it looks like bare. shouldve put something next to it for scale but its smaller than i was expecting. anyway, car wise i took the aircon rad and pipe work out, and the radiator fan (ill be fitting a slimline one, probably on the front for clearance). i then took the aircon compressor off and oil filter (ill be fitting a stubby little oil filter in future as the std one is in the way), and offered up the supercharger in the space. i couldnt get any pictures because i didnt have enough hands but it was pretty snug. to give me a bit more room ive tucked the bottom of the rad in closer to the front crossmember by trimming the forward edges of the mount and bolting it on using the rear holes on the bracket with the front holes on the chassis leg, which gives me about another 2inches. as you can see in this picture this stretches the rad hose a little, which is in the way anyway, so ill make up a new rad hose up in due course. crap pics sorry!





this gives me enough room to comfortably mount the blower with the oulets facing downwards, to make plumbing easier. ill be using the outlet with the bolt on flange, and chopping off the other inlet and that corner of the inlet tract, along with the rear mount.


ive sussed out how the mount is gonna look, the pipework and intercooler. just need to get the relevant steel and start making mock ups, then get the supercharger chopped up and welded. as for the fueling i think i might end up going for a 5th injector and piggy back ecu. mainly because management that is capable of keeping the vct isnt cheap, and i want to keep this a cheap car!