Reply With QuoteHere's an account of the install and some pictures, which are apparently a hard requirement for this Forum.
I started Friday evening and finished up Saturday evening. I did take several breaks though... Everything came apart pretty easily. The only annoyance I encountered was when draining the cooling system. There's a point to attach a hose to drain neatly, but all of the coolant seemed to just poor out of the valve, rather than the drain. Oh well, I did capture some in the bucket, but there was a lot on the floor.
I had everything removed and ready to begin install when I quit Friday night. Installing the Sprintex unit was a pretty tedious task. Most of it went smoothly. There are some bolts on the back side that are a bear to get to though. I put the Supercharger on mid morning Saturday and had the install complete by around 6. Now for the bad news. After starting the engine with the stock tune just to check belt alignment and top off coolant. It idled smoothly, but of course it threw a few codes. Again... It was the stock tune, so I expected that. After that I plugged in the Diablosport tuner and it went through the process of backing up the original tune and writing the Sprintex tune.
Unfortunately that's where the events took a downturn. After writing the new tune, my Jeep won't start at all. I've emailed Mike with Diablosport and Gary with Sprintex. I got a very prompt, but short, reply from Mike today asking me for more information. I messaged him back around noon, but I'm sure I won't hear back from him again until the beginning of the week. I don't expect him to work on a Sunday. Oh well, I rented a fancy little Hyundai Accent to drive this week until the Jeep is sorted. Now for pictures...
The new parts in the box.
Everything removed and ready for the install.
New heater hoses installed and routed around the driver's side. The intercooler hoses go to the passenger side, so space is limited over there. It makes sense that they changed the routing.
Intake studs installed and wiring adjusted so the harness will be behind the supercharger.
The bottom side of the assembly. It's made of metal, whereas the upper is made of the same composite that the stock manifold is made of. The blower is obviously metal, as well.
The bottom of the blower and intercooler. (Upper manifold assembly)
The lower assembly installed.
The upper assembly installed. Tightening the fasteners on the backside removed much of the soft tissue from my knuckles...
The front support bracket with pulleys in place.
The cooler attached and plumbed.
The completed install.
The cooler is very close to the grill, but it all fits.
And now... The part you've all waited for... Mr. Whiskers, or in this case, Magnus the bulldog.
Originally Posted by JeepLab
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