Supercharger worth the purchase??
10-31-2014, 02:25 PM
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In my case free of charge. How do I know? I paid for the install up front ( not a requirement, my preference). So there was no way the got worked into the price as he didn't know about any of that.
10-31-2014, 05:36 PM
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Hi he didn't charge me for it. The shop that installed my lift had it so screwed up the handling was terrible. Robbie said he wouldn't send it back to me driving like crap with over 400 HP because it was dangerous to drive like that. When I got it back it drove fantastic.
10-31-2014, 07:16 PM
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There's no way in hell that my wife will let me get a V8. It'll be hard enough to get her to agree to SC when I start my stretch. I'm jealous guys. Very jealous. I'd love to test drive an LS Jeep, but I'm afraid I'd stop loving mine if I did.
11-01-2014, 06:44 AM
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I'm thinking about eventually getting a supercharger. Would I love to do a LS swap? Absolutely! But honestly I don't think it's a fair comparison or even something I'd consider saving for.... $20000.00. I would never be able to justify that to myself. 5 grand however is doable for me at some point in the near future.
11-01-2014, 07:03 AM
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I've never driven a supercharged jk so this is just my speculation. I have seen some in person and on the trail tho.
I was giving serious thought to adding one awhile back but the biggest thing holding me off is that I still don't think I will have the power where I want it and thats low end grunt like a v8 or the old I6 4.0L. It would probably enhance my road driving greatly but the jeep will still not be a sports car. If it were a cheaper mod I'd prob go for it but for 4-5k they want for a lot of these kits its a good sized chunk saved for a v8 swap imo.
I was giving serious thought to adding one awhile back but the biggest thing holding me off is that I still don't think I will have the power where I want it and thats low end grunt like a v8 or the old I6 4.0L. It would probably enhance my road driving greatly but the jeep will still not be a sports car. If it were a cheaper mod I'd prob go for it but for 4-5k they want for a lot of these kits its a good sized chunk saved for a v8 swap imo.
11-01-2014, 07:20 AM
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I've never driven a supercharged jk so this is just my speculation. I have seen some in person and on the trail tho.
I was giving serious thought to adding one awhile back but the biggest thing holding me off is that I still don't think I will have the power where I want it and thats low end grunt like a v8 or the old I6 4.0L. It would probably enhance my road driving greatly but the jeep will still not be a sports car. If it were a cheaper mod I'd prob go for it but for 4-5k they want for a lot of these kits its a good sized chunk saved for a v8 swap imo.
I was giving serious thought to adding one awhile back but the biggest thing holding me off is that I still don't think I will have the power where I want it and thats low end grunt like a v8 or the old I6 4.0L. It would probably enhance my road driving greatly but the jeep will still not be a sports car. If it were a cheaper mod I'd prob go for it but for 4-5k they want for a lot of these kits its a good sized chunk saved for a v8 swap imo.
11-01-2014, 07:27 AM
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Unless you do the swap yourself, it's not realistic for a lot of people....me included. At one point I looked at doing the install myself and it came at around $12k for a Hemi with the AEV kit and misc parts etc. Could probably be done a little cheaper though.
2011JKUR with stuff.....
2011JKUR with stuff.....
11-01-2014, 07:38 AM
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I've got an 11 JKU w/ 40k miles 10k w/ RIPP, 4" lift, 37", 5:13. +2 mpg city, +4 mpg hwy (but don't drive it much on hwy) w/ RIPP addition. It's not V8 power but didn't cost me $20k. I like the power it makes but I'm not a full throttle wheeler
11-01-2014, 08:24 AM
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Hi he didn't charge me for it. The shop that installed my lift had it so screwed up the handling was terrible. Robbie said he wouldn't send it back to me driving like crap with over 400 HP because it was dangerous to drive like that. When I got it back it drove fantastic.
That's awesome that he hooked yall up. That's great customer service. Good to hear
11-01-2014, 12:56 PM
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Sweet. I wasn't trying to imply anything bad about robbie or his company. But those are just legitimate concerns that do happen quite often in just about every industry. Hope it didn't come across the wrong way. Lol.
That's awesome that he hooked yall up. That's great customer service. Good to hear
That's awesome that he hooked yall up. That's great customer service. Good to hear