I applaud their effort for bringing more FI to the s2k community. However this appears they are at best a year away from release: prototype isn't complete and then you need thousands upon thousands of miles on a least a few motors to get an idea where the kit is at regarding reliability/failure points in assembly and/vs design . I wish them the best of luck.

 

Me too, i'm really hoping they can bring this to fruition. Even if it takes them a few more years. FI is on the list for me but its a long term goal due to other mods i want to do first and the money i have to save up for it. This is super attractive for me especially if they can come out with a CARB legal version.

 

[QUOTE=xxyion;24566084CARB legal version.[/QUOTE]

Now that a pipe dream.

 

Not at all, they supposedly have it in their sights as a long term goal.

End of the day though even if it isnt i'll probably still run it if it ends up being reliable.

 

If Science of Speed cant find a feasible way to do it ( arguably the most prestigious/largest FI company on the market today) and discontinued Comptech, Vortech and Greddy were the only ones who managed to make it happen because they were huge companies which had an initial preemptive corner on the market, I will eat my shoe if this guy makes it happen while he is still essentially in the cardboard mock up stage of the design. Its nice to have a dream, but one has to be realistic about things like Carb legal licencing in the aftermarket, and most definitely in the FI market. I think those days are long gone for this car my friend.

But yeah if you dont have to have a carb approved system, and there is still many that dont, the kit should sell like hot cakes if its design is reliable and it proves itself to fill that hole in the market s2000 guys have all been waiting for, with a positive displacement blower that makes more then the 350whp peak the old and only centrifugal alternative from SOT back in the day.

 

There is a video of it running on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BoostEngFab/videos/382905765798851/
There are also showing an intake with integrated air-to-water intercooler for other applications:

 

^^^Umm, a bit concerned about that motor with all the visible blow by. Usually not a welcomed/good sign

 

Don't you have blow-by on a full boost pull? It is one of the reasons I think using a Total Seal gapless top ring might be worth trying on a blown engine. A better fix would be a dry sump, maybe pulling some vacuum so the crank and rods ran in a low aero drag environment rather than an oily mist.

 

Nope, at least not to that degree. Id have a mess under the hood if I did, since I run a front breather and stock pcv system still. Never had any visible vapor/blow by signs up to 18psi that ive run. That's why im concerned looking at it spewing out like that from both the vented catch can and front breather. Last F22 I had do that to me was trashed.

 

I'm not trying to give them a difficult time, but there looks to be blow by even at the very beginning of the video. That motor looks hurt; however, this is development motor so I would expect something like this. It's pushing new boundaries. I'd be disappointed if they didn't find the upper limit of this setup.