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The RIPP Black Ops Stage 2 Supercharger Kit with Intercooler is for those of you that

have a 2007 to 2011 JK, that are looking for a way to add some boost to get more power

out of that 3.8 liter engine.

This is going to be a very complete kit that is designed to be very, very easy to install.

You can do this in your driveway in anywhere between six and eight hours if you choose

to install it yourself, which is a very nice feature of this kit.

This isn't going to be dramatically more or less expensive than a lot of the other Supercharger

options for your JK.

They all fall really in the same type of range as far as the cost of the system.

So whether you choose to go with the centrifugal Supercharger like this, or a root-style twin

screw blower, you have a few different options, and it is really up to you, depending on how

you want to do your build.

Now, what sets this apart from some of the other Superchargers is the fact that this

is the Black Ops edition.

This has a black compressor as well as a black intercooler.

So you're not going to have quite the same flash of seeing that intercooler sticking

through the grille.

It's going to be a little bit more subdued, a little bit more of that stealthy look, if

that's what you're after.

Again, I'm going to give this a strong two out of three wrenches, but I'm not even going

to go three out of three wrenches on this Supercharger install.

This is going to be a very easy kit to install, even in your driveway at home.

Like I said, it's going to be a very complete kit.

You're going to get all of your plumbing.

You're going to get your tuner.

You're going to have all of your belts, your hoses, everything that you need to get this

thing installed in your Jeep very easily, and start making more power.

So as I mentioned, this is going to be a centrifugal Supercharger.

So this can look to some people like a Turbo.

It's not.

This isn't belt driven.

This is a Supercharger, not a Turbocharger.

But, because this is centrifugal, what that means is that the compressor is not mounted

on top of the engine.

It doesn't take the place of the factory intake manifold on the vehicle.

So what this allows you to do is not open up the engine at all.

You're going to mount this.

That's going to tap into your accessory belt, so it's going to drive off the belt, and you

really just have some plumbing to go from the Supercharger, through the intercooler,

and into the engine.

So not having to pull anything off the engine does make this install very easy.

Now, because you do have that piping between the compressor here, the charge going through

the intercooler and into the engine, you do have a little bit of lag for that boost that

you don't have with the root Supercharger that is going to be more instantaneous because

it is bolted directly on top of the motor.

So some pros and cons there.

Again, there are a lot of options.

The pricing is going to be very, very competitive between one style and another style, one brand,

another brand.

So the style you choose, the brand you choose is up to you.

If you are looking for something that is a nice, easy garage install at home, I really

like the RIPP kits for that.

So again, a fairly easy two out of three wrenches for this installation.

This is pretty much going to bolt onto your Jeep.

There's a little bit of disassembly that you're going to have to do to make some room for

things.

There is a little bit of cutting out of the back of the grilled in order to make the intercooler

fit, but other than that it's really just bolting up some brackets, and doing some plumbing

and a little bit of wiring to get this installed.

Of course, this does come with the tuner that you're going to flash your ECU with in order

to make everything start up and run right.

So it is a very all inclusive kit, a very easy kit to install.

This kit's going to run your $600.

It's a little bit more than the other Stage 2 kit from RIPP for those 2007 to 2011 3.8

liter.

Because it is the Black Ops edition, it does bump up the price a little bit.

If you don't care what color things are, you can go with the other version.

If you're into the black, you have a little bit more to spend for the visual impact of

the Black Ops edition, then go this direction.

Overall though, for a kit that's as complete as this one is, and as easy of an install

as this one is, I think you're getting a good deal here.

If you purchase one of the other Superchargers and you didn't feel comfortable or weren't

able to install it, you're gonna have to pay somebody a lot of money to install it.

So you might have saved a little bit on the Supercharger, and had to pay a bunch more

for the install.

If you're somebody who takes a look at the instructions and decides to install this themselves,

because that's really what this kit is built for, to install by yourself at home, then

even if you have to spend a little bit more for the system, it's going to be worth it

in the end because you don't have to pay somebody to install it for you.

So if you are looking to get more pep out of your JK and you want to go forced induction,

I would definitely recommend taking a look at this kit from RIPP, and you can find it

right here at extremeterrain.com.