Jp Magazine – October 2019

56 Jp jpmagazine.com OCTOBER 2019

Many Jeep fans are now

gathering up the email torches

and pitchforks they keep locked

away just for this sort of moment. We’re

talking about supercharging a Jeep.

We’ve seen them on the trails doing some

pretty phenomenal wheeling, and regard-

less of which way you go on this matter,

there is no denying the power gains avail-

able. They’re not for everybody or every

Jeep, but if you’re looking for more power

fast, a supercharger can give you more

than an engine swap might.

We recently had the chance to join

the guys from ProCharger as they

installed the company’s supercharger

system designed for the 2018-and-up

Jeep J L Wra ng ler w it h t he 3.6L V- 6.

Having developed a supercharger kit for

the 2012-and-up Jeep years ago helped

ProCharger be first with the same for

the 2018-and-up Jeep JL. The kit is

340hp V-6 Jeep

We supercharge a

Jeep JL 3.6L V-6

and make it feel

like a V-8

By Stuar t A. Bourdon

[email protected]

Photography: Stuar t A. Bourdon

based around the ProCharger P-1SC-1

centrifugal-style supercharger that

features a self-contained oiling design

(no external oil lines required) and

helical instead of straight-cut gears (an

opt ion i ncluded for t h is Jeep J L bu i ld)

for quieter and smoother operation. It

also has a billet aluminum impeller and

gear case, and for this application it runs

at 7 pounds of boost.

The parts list for the complete

system takes up four pages, ranging

from the main and alternator brack-

ets with all their associated mounting

hardware to the intercooler and all of its

hoses, tubes, brackets and their collec-

tions of hardware. You get a new MAP

and adapter, new spark plugs and fuel

injectors, complete new inlet and air

tube kits, surge valve and filter, wiring

looms and extensions where needed,

and more zip ties than we knew what to

do with. In fact, other than tools and

coffee, the ProCharger 1JL214-SCI

supercharger system for this 2018 Jeep

Wrangler JL 3.6L V-8 came with every-

thing we needed.

T h is i nsta llat ion bu r ned up a good

day and half (most pro shops can do it in

a day), and although it’s a semi-compli-

cated job, the instruction book was highly

detailed and well illustrated. We’ve hit the

highlights here and offer a few tips and

tricks we learned from doing this installa-

tion with the pros from ProCharger. Take

a gander at how we got the job done.