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    rite i spoke to a lad at the weekend whos got a super charged vw lupo and its running 195 bhp at the wheels ive also seen a couple of astra gsi s on the web that are super charged so wot would i need to super charge my c20xe red top engine and then would it fit in my nova and would a mini cooper s charger be any good as can get one feahly easy let me no wot u think

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    Somewhere to mount it
    Custom inlet
    Belt and pulley
    Coolant system

    You'd either nee to remove the firewall or reverse the engine for it to fit IMO

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    mini cooper chargers are shoite!!!!!
    They use the (H)eaton one which generates sooo much heat its silly.

    I'd use a Rotrex personally, but they are about the same price as a genunie Garret :D

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    could i use some bits off a let like top hat and wot about mounting it where the pas pump goes and was only lookin at a mini one as me mate just busted a mini up and can i run standard internals

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    do you want to simply lash it up and see what it does, or do it properly?

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    lash up job=mini cooper s/charger.
    Proper job= might as well fit a LET :beer:

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    Quote Originally Posted by spanishfly
    lash up job=mini cooper s/charger.
    Proper job= might as well fit a LET :beer:


    Both sound tempting imo

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    there's a project on mig, a dutch guy who ran a corsa B c20ne with eaton m64 last year. he's now building a c20xe with eaton m90.

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    so whats bein said is to do it properly ur goin to spend as much super charging the xe as u are goin to spend on a half decent let and if i was goin to do it it would be done properly

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    the mini's eaton charger is a bit small for the xe full stop. on a small block xe the mini charger would be perfectly suited.

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