Curtis -

Those units would be great - they're M62s - same as what I'm using, but the arse end of them is too long - won't fit in the available space. Here's a picture of one:

For comparison, look at how simple the design of the Magnacharger housing casting is for inlet port attachment (you can click on the drawings for enlarged view):
MP62

I also tried an Xterra MP62, but the overall casting was a little too long - plus the inlet port was on the wrong side. Here's a Nissan unit I bought on ebay, decided it wasn't the best choice and sold it for a small profit <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />:


The only cheapo unit that will work is a 3rd Gen M90 as found on T-Birds, but unless you want mega boost, it's too big. You can slow it down, but then you get lag off idle.The really critical part of this is the overall length of the unit and the lack of space in which to install it. The transverse mounted engines have it easy because of available space side-to-side in the engine bay. Here's one example - you can see what I mean:


The length of the nose drive is highly critical if the inlet piping is kept within reasonable shapes. As an example, I want to use 90* elbows to make the inlet turn at the rear of the unit instead of a square box. A box inlet saves space, but I'd think the square corners would inhibit good air flow somewhat. In order to use the elbow inlet, the nose drive must be shorter. All of a sudden, you start running out of fore'n'aft space. None of the available M62 blowers have a stock nose drive in a length that will work. By the time I buy a custom replacement nose drive in the right length, I've spent a lot of money and still would have a used blower with maybe questionable bearings and rotors that would need to be rebuilt for reliability and best performance.

I'd like to (and can) build it on the cheap, but I don't think it's necessarily the best way for what I want out of it.

Frank