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Oil and Water Cooling

If you are new to the build, it’s an Exocet that will be powered by a high revving supercharged 4 cylinder with around 500hp. The final curb weight will be around 1700lbs! Check out our other posts as well and follow our facebook page to be kept up to date. Now on to the post… Oil and Water Cooling One of the biggest factors in engine longevity and reliability is proper cooling. Water usually warms up first, with the oil…
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Custom Made Intercooler

Custom Intercooler When air is compressed by a supercharger or turbo, the process of compression increases its temperature by a significant amount. This is where an intercooler comes in. Intercoolers are placed in front of the radiator so they have access to ambient airflow. The ambient temperature air cools down the hot compressed air as it flows through the intercooler. As cooler air is denser, this enables the engine to make more power and also protects against detonation (knock). Most…
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Custom Made Supercharger Bracket

Supercharger/Alternator Bracket Here it is. This bracket enables the mounting of a centrifugal supercharger, which will give this engine 2.5 times more power (around 500hp). As stated in the previous entry, the forced induction option we chose for the build is supercharging. While there are some supercharging options for this engine, none of them work for this application. This engine came transversely mounted in factory vehicles, but in our rear wheel drive application the engine is mounted longitudinally. Water Pump Elimination  The…
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New Project Car Introduction!

Five hundred horsepower and less than 1700lbs? Welcome to our new project. As a promo/project car we are building an Exocet! It's a kit car that uses the double wishbone suspension and (typically) the drive train from a Mazda Miata.  Our build however is going to be far from standard, with lot's of custom fabrication and engineering involved, including a custom built forced induction system. And we will most certainly not be using the Miata engine to achieve 500hp! While…
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