SOLD!!!!

 

No interest in an extremely rare blower that fits under a stock hood?

 

Wats the price?

 

$2300 OBO. It's listed on the first line of the post. But I won't give this thing away. I don't have to get rid of it, just seeing if anyone would enjoy it more than me. I have no problem letting it sit in the garage until I can install it on my rig.

 

I dont see a price just where the retail is posted

 

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It won't fit under the hood of a Cherokee.

 

I've read it will. Do you have any experience with this blower kit? All I know is what I've researched. I'm thinking of keeping it and putting it on

 

For the record i dont see a price either till dude asked lol...

 

Weird, it's posted right next to the bold "Price" on the top line of the ad. I edited the post to make sure everything was correct, and hope everyone can see the asking price.

 

Just look at the pic of the TJ and see how tall above the valve cover the supercharger is. Measure the thickness of the 'adapter' box and the height of the supercharger and then measure up from the intake manifold/TB mounting pad.

Cherokee- no it will not fit under a stock uncut hood
TJ- yes it will fit under the hood

 

i see it... but only on my computer... thats weird... ill contact admin about that and see why the required fields dont shop up on the app... we dont own the app company so probly nothing we can do about that...

also i was under the hood of my buddies TJ yesterday and the TJ intake goes up and over the valve cover... if you do that on a XJ its not gonna happen... i would guess the charger wouldnt be any different unless a cowl hood was ran... than maybe it would fit... im not saying it will or wont but sure doesnt look like it at all to me... im thinking about stroking mine and adding some "help" on the intake side... just been wondering this myself...

 

Travis, the app has never shown the Bolded areas on F/S threads..why..IDK..dumb if you ask me. I dont know why they couldnt add that to the app. Anyways.. It would be bad *** to have a supercharged 4.0 But 2300 bucks isnt pocket change (at least for me). Any speculation as to gains in H/P with this beast?

 

An intake tube will fit over the valve cover, seen it many of times. Look up pictures of guys who run a Hummer style snorkel at the passenger side of the wiper cowl, they run 3" intake tube over the valve cover at the firewall.

I did the measuring, the body of the supercharger is 1/4" SHORTER than my current throttle body elbow sitting on a throttle body spacer, and my current intake doesn't hit the hood at all. The blower and adapter plates measured 7.5" and my intake elbow and tb spacer was 7.75" from the intake manifold up. So I know the blower body will fit, my only concern from day 1 was the blower pulley, since the hood angles down, you lose clearance the closer you get to the radiator. And it has to extend all the way to the belt. It's hard to look at how much room you have when closing the hood, but it would be tight.

So here are my ideas if the pulley does not fit. Right now, my hood vents sit farther apart than most peoples here. They are aftermarket, not sure which brand, but if I got another used JY hood, I could move the vents more inward, cut the hood, mount the vents, and position them right above where the blower pulley would be, essentially giving me another 1-2" of clearance. Technically yes, it's cutting the hood, but no it's not leaving it wide open for the elements to have easy access to the engine bay. My current vents don't let any water or garbage in at all, so I think this is a feasible idea if the blower doesn't fit. I may do a test fit this weekend to see how close it is.

ah I gotcha. I don't use the app on my phone, just the regular site. It's a bit harder at times, but everything works as it should.

I'm lost on why people say you can't run an intake over the back of the valve cover? It's been done many times on Cherokee's. Here's a link to a guy who did it with no clearance issues, besides cutting the hood pad, which I don't even have lol.

http://www.b2xj.com/write-ups/onboard-air-battery-swap

I thought about the stroker as well, but for the ease of installation of a blower compared to a whole motor, this setup is VERY cost saving in terms of labor. Maybe it's just me, but I rather spend a few hours installing this than a few days installing a new motor. That savings alone is worth the blower route. Plus you don't need anything more than hand tools, while with a motor swap you need a cherry picker($$) and an assortment of other tools that aren't on the cheap side. Isn't a new stroker motor more expensive than this blower price?

It's not, and mods like forced induction and stroker motors aren't necessary for our rigs either, so the people who look into these are usually looking for the next big mod to set their rig out from the others. My stock 4.0 has no issues in any trail, as far as power requirements, and I'm turning 35's on 4.88's and lockers. It's usually just the wow factor of having a stroker XJ or a blown XJ . But compared to the $5000+ you would be invested if buying this new, $2300 is a good deal.

And the HP gains are 50-70 HP from 5-6psi. With a twin screw supercharger, these power gains would also be seen down low, in wheeling RPM's since these style blowers are torque monsters. So it wouldn't be for just accelerating onto the highway, it would be very functional in the trails. This is why I went with the blower route over a turbo setup. I did a lot of research on turbo XJ's and IMO, they aren't good for trails. Spool RPM is too high and the power curve would be too aggressive and blow out the tires when trying to ease over obstacles in the trails. I have a good bit of experience with turbo's on my big turbo, cammed SRT-4, but it didn't seem like a good idea to slap one on an XJ or trail rig.

 

If only I had the money...I'll be in Raleigh next week too. I say you keep it and run it.