Progress Thread TxFireman’s Electric Red Coupe refresh

TOOLOW91 said:

Same one i have , Really helps with the bracket flexing when the belt has tension. These are the Renegade brackets.

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Yep

Got some work done on the fuel lines to the rails, and started assembling all of the front accessories to verify proper alignment. The engine bay sure fills up fast! At least it’s starting to look closer to complete. Once everything is mocked up I need to figure out catch can placement and line routing for it. Once I figure that out I should be able to start putting everything together for final assembly! I have the AC delete pulley on there for now just to get it going, then I will be buying all new AC parts for it.

CarMichael Angelo said:

I don’t understand what I’m seeing.

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Like I said I’m still mocking everything up and it’s not completely assembled. Are you by any chance an engineer? I get that vibe lol

CarMichael Angelo said:

It looks like solid tubing coming off the outlet of the S/C w/ no silicone coupler...

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again, it’s just mocked up not finished. I have a

CarMichael Angelo said:

and the tube that is butted up to that w/ a bov isn’t attached.

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Again, it’s not finished, just mocked up, I have a 2” hose that runs from discharge to the bypass valve (not a BOV)

CarMichael Angelo said:

It’s also puzzling to see the tube exit through the fender apron when you have no intercooler.

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There’s nothing going through the fender apron except for the power pipe which has the filter inside the fender well and attaches to the inlet of the supercharger on the other end.

CarMichael Angelo said:

I’m guessing that you intend to weld these all together at the outlet?

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None of my piping will get welded together. Here are a couple of pictures showing what the Anderson Power Bypass setup looks like. And before you even ask, no I don’t have a mass air meter, the Holley EFI setup is speed density. If I did have a mass air meter it would be on the end of the inlet pipe with the filter. Here’s a link to the Anderson Power Bypass

Finally decided where I wanted the baffled 12an fittings on the valve covers. Mounted those up, ran the 12an catch can lines and made a oil fill tube and cap for the passenger’s side cover.

Reddevil91 said:

I’m guessing that is the mondo BPV? Could one run a BOV instead of the bypass on these centri sc setups?

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you can run a BOV on a supercharger but if you are still running a Mass Air setup the BOV has to be before the mass air meter. So it would have to be a blow thru setup. This setup would not work with a BOV because the mass air meter would be on the end of the power pipe behind the fender, aka “draw thru” setup. You cannot vent to atmosphere after the mass air meter because that air has already been metered and it will throw things off. That is why it uses a bypass valve. It takes the air “Bypasses it” or puts it back into the system. That’s the whole purpose of a Bypass valve.

now mine is a little different because I’m running Holley EFI which is speed density not mass air. But I’m still bypassing it for noise purposes. BOV’s are loud, especially for a car that is driven a lot. Sounds good at first but gets annoying pretty quick lol