Richard Paul

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Say, didn't we "inject" fuel "that far away" when we had carbs.
How far away were those cross ram carbs on the Dodge wedge engines of the mid '60's?? If I remember right the port to plenum was 29 inches. The short ram were 25". But they were still the same distance from the engine, they just joined the two ports earlier.

deppenma

So you are still looking at adding the adational fuel before the compressor so the factory compoents would not be modified except the new fuel supply line to the new injector(s).

I thought one of the main advantages of an axial is that fact you can add fuel before the compressor unlike the infeior compressers out there.

Richard Paul

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I would like to inject it there and someday we will. Just right now the electronics are not making it easy. So we are limited to doing it like everyone else.
There are prospects on the horizon for modifying the stock ecu to work with the SC.

mike1324a

You mean like ecu reflashing right? How close is this horizon?

Hymee

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"The horizon is at infinity"
- Hymee's professor for "Geometrical Drawing and Perspective".

In fact I have made no secret of our intentions towards this goal, in terms of the sCANalyser product suite. But I have to keep progress a secret :p

Cheers,
Hymee.

california style

Go ECU!

I am enamoured of my future supercharger, but it wont happen for me till there is an effective reflash for it, regardless if Hymee or RP have finished their SC's and offer them to me for free..... (hehe lets see if they try and test this theory)

mike1324a

Hahaha. I guess staying in the dark so to speak is better than you telling me it isnt happening.

Richard Paul

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Hard to see with the naked eye.
But with optical help??

rotarygod

If you'd wear your glasses, you'd be able to see better and get done with it faster Richard!

Richard Paul

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I only need glasses to see up close.
It'll happen to you too, around 40 yrs old it'll go so fast it will make your eyes water.

RCW

What kind of time frame are we talking about here? Six months, one year, five years? We have already been waiting for almost two years since this thread was started. It would be nice to have some kind of date we could look forward to, even if you have to revise that date from time to time. It would be nice to be able to check your web site and see what the estimated production date for the supercharger currently is.

Aseras

you want a rushed piece of crap? Seems to me the supercharger is done it's the integration that is being delt with. The ecu/managment and install are where the finesse is at. Building something is cake,. making it integrate well with a "black box" isn't.

Moostafa29

I think Richard is better off not giving a date. Not sure if you were around at the time the interceptors first came out. But we were told a date, and didn't receive them until about 2-3 months later. We weren't happy, but when it finally came all was well. Anyway, I definitely recommend not giving a date.

Socr8tes

Not a date, per se, just a timeframe...

faffy

5-28-2004
I think this qualifies as one of the biggest understatement of this forum.

zoom44

how tall are you?

Hymee

iTrader: (1)

LOL! It doesn't matter. It is always at infinity

Cheers,
Hymee.

kristopher_d

While no one wants a rush job, if the Super Charger is ready, then right BUSINESS choice would be to market with a piggy back system. That was the plan mentioned more than several months ago, and recent developments with regard to reflashing the stock ECU are, at present, strictly speculative. There is, without a doubt, such a thing as over perfecting. Yes, reflashing the stock ECU would be ideal, but not an absolutely component. I will guarentee that sales have been lost due to the wait. Especially the wait with no indication of the wait ending. I know the engineers want it to be absolutely perfect before it goes to market. I also know that when companies wait to "perfect" a product, they sell considerably fewer of the product than the marketing types expect because the people who simply want the benefits offered will find another supplier. Anyone who gets upset when target dates aren't met is bound to get upset regardless, so give us a target date. There is less than ZERO risk in publishing "target" dates. There is huge risk in silence. The engineer in me sympathizes. The businessman in me hasn't become impatient, yet, but that's more due to a lack of funds on my end than anything else.

swoope

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rp,
check pms.

beers

robertdot

Money back guarantee? Jump on it, RP!

Unfortunately, that is almost everyone on this forum. There are only a handful of sympathetic people. Target anything leads to backlash, whether that is date (petite), power (Mazda did a buy back!), fuel consumption (do a search...), or whatever. Racing Beat has taught us that respectful silence (by silence I mean details on the progress of the project) is far better than "braggadocios" targeting.

robertdot

I thought he was a guy...

swoope

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i dont agree, this has been marketed for a long time, and still is!!! the post didnt say sell, did it?????

i would prefer it to be done right the first time, and i think rp is that kinda guy, as hymee is.

or it could be rushed out like the greedy and the early adopters pay the dues.

the other two turbo options, have had lame excusees and nothing has been put out....

i figure it will be done when is is done. and that is a GOOD thing.

beers

swoope

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full moon.

beers

rxeightr

In this case, silence is not golden.

I have had an interest in this supercharger from the 1st post. All along, for me there have been only two options for FI on my ride: RP's supercharger or Hymee's supercharger.

With Richard's comments over the last couple of months, it appears he has either a) lost interest in finishing this project, b) engine management is too difficult a beast for him to handle, or c) does not have the capitol to invest and keep this project moving in a timely manner.

So what is it Richard? Why are you not giving this project your attention? How do you plan on moving past the obstacle(s) ?

Richard Paul

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Yesterday two guys came by to get shifters installed. One was jrb I think and I don't know the forum name of the other. If you guys are paying attention to this thread then tell everyone else what you saw while here.

I'd rather have someone else tell you so you'll know it's not BS.
If they don't I'll take some pictures later and post them with someones help.
I still have computer problems. Mostly from my stupidity.