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Superchargers/compressors & Ford Fiesta's

I have bought a small supercharger from the net, great value and decent enough of a gain, the manufacturers quote that you are able to use them with stock internals, and they have a 5-15psi boost capacity.

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/passion...487a9d6f2b.jpg

I would like to attempt to diy fit the amr 500 on the, offside, rear of the engine, above and behind the crank. There is an extra crank pully that would have driven a power steering pump if it was sited there. This model does not have this pump and there is a space, sizely, enough to mount the charger.

My question is, I need to create a bracket from some alu, or steel flat bars, and, of course, fix it to the car. Is there any special, load bearing, areas where the brackets could be fixed to that were strong enough to withhold the tensions of a working supercharger.
I have created a mock up of the position I was thinking of mounting the Amr500 in. Would the areas marked with a question mark be viable places to secure the mounting frame to?

Any opinions, experience, or comments would be very welcome.

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/passion...866ca2a013.jpg

Interesting project. Any update?

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Originally Posted by rayben (Post 6826229)

Interesting project. Any update?

Yes. The engine overheated and is dead now. :grin:

Hi guys LULZ sorry no update, as of yet. Trying to find the time to get it done, been busy as of late but on a plus I have enrolled onto a level 3 engineering course which, I expect, will help with the fabrication and installation of mounting components. So no melted pistons yet!

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Originally Posted by FiestaForever (Post 6826250)

So no melted pistons yet!

When trying to drive your waterpump this way... they will.

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Originally Posted by XR2 (Post 6826252)

When trying to drive your waterpump this way... they will.

Oh ye have little faith....in mechanical engineering.

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Originally Posted by XR2 (Post 6826252)

When trying to drive your waterpump this way... they will.

Ok I have to say I understand what you saying now. I assume you mean the blue belt in the diagram. This is not an accurate routing in this picture, I should have probably mentioned that the mock up picture was not anatomically correct.

Yes, the auxiliary drive belt is routed in a way that the idler pulley, containing the water pump, is rotated in turn with the alternator and power steering pump. Power steering pump is missing from the engine in the picture. I reckon a good tuner, loads round here, could knock up a custom map.