Installing Imagine Automotive Super Charger on my 1998 2.5 Boxster

[drbodzin]

Although its not required, I bent the stock air pump bracket back so it was flush against the inner passenger wall
of the engine compartment. If the engine ground wasn't attached, I would have just cut it completely out. I did have
to install a new engine ground wire so it would not interfere with the intake pipe.

You can see how much more room I now have on the passenger side of the engine with the air pump bracket bent
out of the way. You can see the SC on the bottom right of pic. Also decided to order a 2.5" diameter flexible rubber
hose to run from the SC out port to the top of the engine compartment. The hose that came with the kit just won't
fit without a major fold in the hose.

[drbodzin]

Today I tackled getting the intake pipe installed. Let's just say, its a really tight fit. But I got most of it done today.

I also took the time to round out the inner edge of the pipes to reduce drag. Here is the stock edge with some of it
rounded it so far.



Here is one of the pipe edges after rounding it out.



Here you can see the intake pipes installed. I modified the pipes that came with the kit by shortening the one that
attaches closest to the filter by about 2 inches. I also installed the intake pipe that houses the MAF with the MAF
inside the air box. This made a cleaner install of the intake pipes. I will have to extend the MAF wire harness.



From this pic, you can see that the hose from the AOS will attach to the intake pipe instead of the throttle body.
I assume this is to prevent blow back. If someone knows the exact reason for this, let me know. I'm just making an
educated guess.