Originally Posted by TSaxMan113
Thanks, x'ed. I've employed the help of a friend of a friend who knows even more than I do about FI, and he's a Mercedes buff, to boot. We're in the process now of locating all the parts. The guy I'm working with knows of a distributor that will sell me a rebuilt AMG blower for $250. This is a steal considering the unit will be in certified, working order.
There are quite a few more parts necessary to get the car up and running than I had originally thought, but I figure the entire project can be completed for under $1500. Of course, you'll have to run low boost without an engine rebuild, but my research tells me that there's no reason you shouldn't be able to tack on an addition 60whp or so without any problems.
I'm probably displaying a lot of ignorance here, but wouldn't a 5-7psi boost be enough to get our cars around the magical 300hp mark, without stressing our engines? I don't see any reason why we couldn't run a supercharger with 6psi pushing an extra 80-100hp, which would bring us somewhere between 298 and 318hp (assuming the car is still stock - my hp figures are a rough estimate of 15hp per 1PSI, with a little bit of play on either side).
I'm also curious if adding a blower would effect those of you who have aftermarket chips in your car?
Thanks for doing all this research for us - You got a fan club watching to see how it turns out!
--X