Avenger Supercharger
- Thread starter Choo_31
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- Columbus, In
If you search i believe there are a couple people who have done it. Most people just go the smart route and Turbo theirs.
- Location
- Thornton, CO
Care to elaborate on that................:dunno:
wolfpackjeeper
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- 500' and 500KCAS, RAF lakenheath
I think the M90 off the 3.8 super coupe will work as well. Might be a cheaper used option for you
BIgDaddyChia
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- Round Rock, TX
j99xj
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- Location
- Colorado Springs, CO, USA
I've driven by their shop a few times. Seemed like a clean enough place but looks like a stucco igloo.
The only reason people around here spend more time talking about turbos than superchargers is because it's a heckofallot easier to modify a header for a turbo than to modify an intake manifold for a supercharger.
Conceivably speaking, you can bolt-on a supercharger to your intake manifold, hook up the fan belt and drive away making power. You really can't do the same with a turbo. Turbos are more efficient, but they also require some serious massaging to get them to run properly.
Conceivably speaking, you can bolt-on a supercharger to your intake manifold, hook up the fan belt and drive away making power. You really can't do the same with a turbo. Turbos are more efficient, but they also require some serious massaging to get them to run properly.
- Location
- Columbus, In
Just a personal opinion i guess i was just being a Jackarse!
a supercharger scavenges power when a turbo is free power and with the turbos nowadays turbo lag is not bad at all. Plus, like everyone else has said its way easier to put a turbo on it. I'll be good with a stroker no boost for ze Jeep! I guess i should have been smart and used easier instead of smart.:doh:
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JJacobs
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- Location
- Fort Collins CO
I have heard of less than 5 running turbos on xj's out there, and maybe 10 Avenger setups. It's pretty rare either way.
turbo= topend power
supercharger=lowend grunt
Turbo more effecient more work- custom manifold-piping-oil line-compressor maps to fit engine output- fuel tuning depends on compression
supercharger- custom intake- drives off belts-hood clearance- dont have to dick with exhaust
Either way u do it takes time and money. The pros and cons are almost even. Its all in what u want out of it.
supercharger=lowend grunt
Turbo more effecient more work- custom manifold-piping-oil line-compressor maps to fit engine output- fuel tuning depends on compression
supercharger- custom intake- drives off belts-hood clearance- dont have to dick with exhaust
Either way u do it takes time and money. The pros and cons are almost even. Its all in what u want out of it.
- Location
- Thornton, CO
REDXJ4FUN
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- Location
- fredericksburg VA
the whole mtyh that turbos are only good for topend power is just bs. a proper turbo set up will give plenty od power on the bottom end. If they didn't my cumins wouldn't be able to put down torque in the 1000lbs rang at alittle over 1200 rpm
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- Columbus, In
Variable geometry turbos FTW!!!! I'm not positive but i don't think cummins runs one on the 5.9 or the 6.7. Thats bad, i work for them and I don't know that!
REDXJ4FUN
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- fredericksburg VA
the 5.9 doesent but the 6.7 does have a VGT.. I have one off a 6.7 on a self right now waiting for me to figure out how to make a decent controller for the variable system so I can use it on my 5.9 and maybe if I do a all out drag jeep I'll use it on a 4.0.
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- Columbus, In
Hell yeah i was damn sure the 5.9 didn't have the VGT but it makes sense that the 6.7 would. My dad's 06 pulls mighty hard without one though!
igotanxj
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- Citrus heights
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You can't generalize stuff like that. You can tune a turbo to have low end grunt but no high end hp just as much as you can tune a supercharger to have high end hp.
diesel's are a completly different animal. Um talking about gas engines. But for offroad use torque on the lowend would be more useful then on the topend like a turbo. Unless its a dune jeep or mudder jeep were high rpm and horse are needed to pull through.
