Icon Vehicle Dynamics not compatible with Etorque?

[crux360a]

Have a 22 Rubicon Unlimited coming later this year and want to put an Icon Vehicle Dynamics Stage 7 or 8 lift. I have used their products on other vehicles and like them quite a bit. The issue is that the lift kits with remote reservoir shocks say they are incompatible with E-torque engines. I cant for the life of me guess why they wouldn't work. I sent an email to their tech support and all they responded with was "R and D said no" just wondering if anyone has used the lift kit on a E-torque engine or not.

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[John VonJeep]

Very helpful answer! Jeez.

All I can think is that something in the kit bumps up against a cooling line for the eTorque system.

It’s also likely that they simply don’t know the answer, and so they’re saying no out of abundance of caution.

 

[OSCAR II]

Very helpful answer! Jeez.

All I can think is that something in the kit bumps up against a cooling line for the eTorque system.

It’s also likely that they simply don’t know the answer, and so they’re saying no out of abundance of caution.

Or the battery

 

[TxJeepers]

The kit doesn't come with bump stops. Install bumps for 37s and you'll be fine. Prove me wrong.

 

[IdahoJOAT]

Or the battery

I'd guess this is why, as they have that aux battery that sits super low on the passenger side.

EDIT: I'm mistaken and thinking of the non e-torque aux battery.

 

[BDinTX]

It probably flexes more than my AEV lift so I'm going to go with the driveshaft bumps into the battery pack at full flex.
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[niJL]

I'd guess this is why, as they have that aux battery that sits super low on the passenger side.

The E-Torque replaces the small aux battery with a 48V battery on the underside of the jeep to the side of the rear driveshaft.

 

[TxJeepers]

It probably flexes more than my AEV lift so I'm going to go with the driveshaft bumps into the battery pack at full flex.
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Aftermarket driveshaft should resolve that

 

[BDinTX]

yeah I thought about it but it's not too high on the priority list. my wife doesn't take that that one offroad too often anymore, she prefers that we beat up mine lol

 

[kah.mun.rah]

I'd guess this is why, as they have that aux battery that sits super low on the passenger side.

The eTorque does not have an aux battery under the passenger wheel well like the non-eTorque does. The eTorque 48V battery is under the Jeep opposite of the gas tank.

 

[kah.mun.rah]

Page 2 of the reservoir instructions talks about attaching a heat shield and reservoir bracket to to the frame rail. As @John VonJeep mentioned above, there might be eTorque battery coolant lines or other things in the way where they intend this heat shield and reservoir bracket to attach. This might prevent the design intent install but a good shop should be able to come up with an alternate solution/location to mount the reservoirs if this is the issue.

https://images.iconfigurators.app/pdf/Icon_Dynamics/I27821P_REVD.pdf

 

[crux360a]

Thanks for the replies. It has to be something with the remote reservoir location/mounting. The stage 4 kits that have regular shocks don't note any restrictions for the eTorque engine.

 

[John VonJeep]

Thanks for the replies. It has to be something with the remote reservoir location/mounting. The stage 4 kits that have regular shocks don't note any restrictions for the eTorque engine.

Curiouser and curiouser. All I can figure is (as I said earlier) that it's related to the cooling lines for the eTorque. I'm surprised that anything eTorque related could cause a problem with the front shocks. If anything, I'd think all the wiring and battery at the rear would be the culprit.

 

[Roky]

Where does icon mount the front resis, the rear are piggy back, can’t imagine they would interfere…….. figures, I’ve installed about every kit known to man, except this one… ….

 

[BDinTX]

Maybe compare the extended length of the fancy shocks vs the stage 4 ones.
I still thinking it's the battery box.
The cooling lines run right along the inside of the frame rail on the drivers side. They made it harder to remove the bolt for the UCA but that's it (for me).

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