Inside Matt Field’s Drift Assassin Nissan S14

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The engine is force fed air at 20 PSI by this Vortech V-7 YSI supercharger.  The blower can spin at up to 65,000 rpm and is capable of 30 psi of boost. It can flow 1600 CFM and provide enough air for 1200 hp. The compressor has a great peak efficiency of 78%. 

The blower fed CBM engine makes 1063 whp and 950 lb feet of torque at 20 psi of boost.

 

High boost competition cars tend to blow charge pipe couplers off all the time, even if proper beading and hose clamps are used. Vibrant VanJen clamps eliminate this possibility by providing leak free O-ring sealed coupling, a union sleeve that allows for up to 12 degrees of misalignment, and a spring loaded clamp that allows for vibration tolerance, misalignment and movement.  

The VanJen Clamp is a really cool piece that can solve a lot of problems and Matt's car uses them on all of the charge piping.

 

The Treadstone intercooler has an electric fan on it to help keep it cool and to maintain air circulation in the engine compartment to reduce the effects of heat soak.

Some of the air from the intercooler fan also blows through a power steering cooler.  Drift cars put a lot of load on power steering systems so large coolers are a must to prevent the steering from overheating and pumping up.

 

The Vortech supercharger has an optional cogged belt drive kit.  The cogged belt prevents slipping of the blower which takes more than 50 hp to spin when it's going at full boost.  Any big power centrifugal supercharger system should consider this. 
A large CX racing engine oil cooler helps keep the sump temperatures at bay.
Here is another look at the power steering cooler.  The team has set all of the heat exchangers pretty far back in the engine compartment for protection from damage and to keep excess weight off the nose of the car.  

Drift cars do not get good air circulation though the heat exchangers due to their sideways driving attitude and the coolers rely on the big intercooler fan to get some air circulation. 

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