Torero
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This thread is to share my experience as it develops with a forced induction Wrangler JL Rubicon.
First of all the supercharger was not afterthought. I wanted a capable SUV, daily driver with a MANUAL Transmission and 4 Low. My closest candidate was the Range Rover Supercharged. (My wife for some reason hates the GC). But none of them was manual transmission, and that was a must. Then we saw a Rubicon at auto show and wife says: look that’s the one, it got the stick! The wrangles was not even on the radar at the time. (Ridiculous experience with a Wrangler 1987 back in Costa Rica that got laughed at by the Toyota FJ40s)
Well, I said yeah, but that thing has no guts. Then she asked, whats more difficult, to make a RR manual or to swap an engine on a Jeep? One week later we drove home a loaded Rubicon. I drove for 12000 miles and loved the thing. Pleasure to drive. Got to keep shifting and keeping it high on the RPM to make it go, but it was a good experience.
Don’t get me wrong, nothing wrong with the Rubi stock, but please remember where I was coming from, I wanted more HP before I even drove it.
I keept reading and waiting for the first supercharger bolt on option for the Rubi and ProCharger came thru.
A couple of emails later I decided to pull the trigger and drove to Kansas City to ProCharger headquarters. I didn’t now what to expect, but I was pleasantly surprised.
This is a well established company where proCharger is just a small portion of their business. I toured their factory and their lab. It built up my confidence.
First of all the supercharger was not afterthought. I wanted a capable SUV, daily driver with a MANUAL Transmission and 4 Low. My closest candidate was the Range Rover Supercharged. (My wife for some reason hates the GC). But none of them was manual transmission, and that was a must. Then we saw a Rubicon at auto show and wife says: look that’s the one, it got the stick! The wrangles was not even on the radar at the time. (Ridiculous experience with a Wrangler 1987 back in Costa Rica that got laughed at by the Toyota FJ40s)
Well, I said yeah, but that thing has no guts. Then she asked, whats more difficult, to make a RR manual or to swap an engine on a Jeep? One week later we drove home a loaded Rubicon. I drove for 12000 miles and loved the thing. Pleasure to drive. Got to keep shifting and keeping it high on the RPM to make it go, but it was a good experience.
Don’t get me wrong, nothing wrong with the Rubi stock, but please remember where I was coming from, I wanted more HP before I even drove it.
I keept reading and waiting for the first supercharger bolt on option for the Rubi and ProCharger came thru.
A couple of emails later I decided to pull the trigger and drove to Kansas City to ProCharger headquarters. I didn’t now what to expect, but I was pleasantly surprised.
This is a well established company where proCharger is just a small portion of their business. I toured their factory and their lab. It built up my confidence.
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