Hyde Motor Works’ (HMW) “4-Cylinder V4 MOAB Kits” have now entered production and will be available from end of May 2020 on. The team around Phil Ehlinger, sponsored by Hyde Motor Works, will participate at the “2020 American Endurance Racing”, which will now likely take place in May 2020*. Hyde Motor Works urges all people worldwide to help flatten the curve of the COVID-19 pandemic by practicing social distancing.
After nearly a year and a half of delays, and many revisions at the HMW K.C. production house, we are finally ready to announce the release of our V3 Eaton M62 and M90 Supercharger Bracket Kit for the BMW M5x and S5x series of engines.
The V3 was originally meant as an budget friendly alternative for the European BMW enthusiast wanting to get into forced induction. The V3 natively supports the small case M62 and M90 superchargers that are commonly found in the Mercedes Kompressor models as the 230, the Jaguar XJ (X308), the Aston Martin V8 Vantage and the Ford Thunderbird among others. The small Eaton M45 from the BMW Mini can also be retro fitted although due to its smaller displacement, it’s not officially supported.
As with all HMW kits, The V3 was developed around support for the 6 Cylinder M50, M50TU, M52, M52TU, M54, S50, S52, S54 Motors. The M90 Requires the use of a Custom HMW SS Manifold while the M62 fits under the M50 & M52 Manifold, the M54 users will be required to switch to the earlier M50 & M52 Manifold or the HMW SS Manifold to gain full clearance.
The HMW V3 kit will shortly be available to purchase from the HMW Official Shop as well as directly through us or our distributors.
As of 1st July, The Rev 1 of the HMW M122H KC kit is available to order. Things have been rather slow at our end to announce this primarily due to Keith’s mother having suffered a major stroke. We decided to put things on halt for a few weeks, all while having to catch up on some pre orders. There are now a few builds on the main bmw forums based on these kits and we are finally able to take orders on these.
HMW V4 M.O.A.B – Supercharger Kit for the BMW 4 cylinder
We are now also working on a 4 cylinder supercharger kit that is made for the M42, M43, M44 motors found commonly in the 316i and 318i’s and all their relative models. Code named V4 M.O.A.B- Short for Mother Of All Brackets, its based off the original V2 designs. Throughout the past decade there has been a few SC kits offered for these motors, The most prominent being the DASC kit using the Eaton M62, which is an 1L roots blower. The HMW V4 will be something spacial for the 318Ti & Z3 enthusiasts. Not only are we building our most comprehensive & modular kit yet, but with support for the 1.5L SC14. Making it the largest commercially offered supercharger kit for these cars in history.
Currently in prototype stages this kit supports 4 different superchargers, ranging from the AMR 500, SC14, Eaton M45 & and M62, with intent of having future iterations that support the M90 and M122H. The boost will range from an humble 5PSI for the stock motors wanting to use the smaller AMR500 to an astonishing 12 – 20PSI. The Kit itself will maintain the AC, The Alternator, the Power steering. The SC14 & AMR500 will retain the stock manifold, while the Eaton M45 & M62 will require replacing the top part of an M42/M44 Manifold with the custom HMW mini plenum.
Its a project I have personally overseen after having bought a little 318ti from a local club member, upon release I intend to make them a very well priced option that costing a fraction of anything else out there. In a future post after the CAD & Production team goes through them I will update you all on future progress. We expect to have them ready by the end of August.
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