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Yeah I remember that, although that was the early days of fuel injection, not sure how it would work with the Miriam of sensors the cars have now.

Looking at the design of the Mazda unit it's a...

Assuming I get the mounting alignment of the SC and the plumbing to and from aligned to current OEM parts in situ. In a perfect world I see the sc replacing the turbo, I can get pulleys machined to...

Indeed, all valid points.
I'm not going for all out power to be a D5, it was mainly to understand what would need to be modified to make it work.
The SC could be over/under boosted to match the...

Would the sc really generate that much boost at idle?

From a basic level, the car being "charged" would see no different, albeit possibly more boost at sub 3.5k (or whatever the c30's turbo starts...

You mean those horrid fan things off eBay??

Twin charging I can understand, but the electric fan I don't get??

On a outside the box thought, twin charging ie sc and turbo, but going for economy...

I've got the '07 version of the c30 it's the 1.6d, I think the new "e" versions are just better emissions

I only revisited the idea after seeing the new volvos seem to have a supercharger in the lineup from factory

Does the remap apply to the 1.6d or D2 block units too

Fair point,
On the Ic side, which is the best from volvo's parts bin to fit. I'm looking to keep costs relatively low (so he bolts an SC to it) and compatibility sorted

Wow two replies and I hadn't even refreshed the page.

Sure will post pics of the car.

Coming from previous car (bmw mini r53) I hankered for the sc as opposed to the turbo, I kinda miss that...

So bearataur.

I have a question, with many Eaton M45's floating about what's stopping any forced induction in the c30 range from dropping the turbo off and adding the supercharger?
This question...

Hi all.

New to the forum.
Recently purchased a Volvo c30 1.6d 2007

To challenge the mighty bearataur with his wise knowledge.

As it's turbo charged already, why couldn't I pop the turbo off...