I recorded some video today. Ride shotgun in my turbo Jeep and enjoy the turbo sounds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TCzCAcfajU

 

Oops... looks like this should be in the "show and tell" forum instead of "modified tech". Can a moderator please move this?

 

Good vid. I work at Botsford Hospital and take the 5 home every day!

If you ever see a big silver 4 door with 37's that's me

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I've been to the Botsford ER a few times If you're interested in checking out the turbo, we could arrange to meet up sometime.

You also asked about the install in a comment on the youtube video, so I'll copy/paste the answer for that here too:

The install took me quite a while. 2 days to install stage 1, then another day upgrading to stage 2. This was all done in my driveway with mostly basic tools with only jackstands to make a little extra room to crawl underneath. I'm not an experienced mechanic, but a fairly competent DIYer.

Here's a very long forum thread detailing the install + more: Prodigy Performance 3.6 Turbo DIY Install

I still add updates to that thread as I make changes. Some of the info in that thread is outdated because of revisions to the turbo kit.

Prodigy Performance is working on a series of videos that shows essentially the entire install procedure. Look for the numbered install videos here: https://www.youtube.com/user/855TurboJeep/videos

If those videos had existed when I installed mine, it could have saved me some time and frustration.

 

Thanks for the info. I'm deciding between this and the RIPP for this slob of a 3.8 with 37's.

Regear to 5.13 coming this Spring then a good, reliable power adder.

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Good move. Forced induction is not a good substitute for proper gearing. I think the best approach is to gear it properly so that it performs well at low speeds (both on and off road), and don't insist on lugging the engine when you have the ability to downshift and/or use 4LO (4LO option for slow off road stuff only, of course). The biggest benefit of forced induction is improved on-road performance at above-crawling speeds.

 

Just a clarification: mine has the 3.6 Pentastar, so my Jeep's performance, my install experience, and the install videos I linked to are not directly applicable to the 3.8 turbo kit. There's a few aspects of the 3.8 kit that I think make the install a bit easier. Some of the details in the install videos would still be applicable, like the process of adding a turbo oil drain fitting to the oil pan and mounting the intercooler.