RIPP Superchargers has been in business under one name in one place for 20 years in the high performance aftermarket industry. For the last 14 years we have been Supercharger Kit manufactures for various vehicles. We have earned Certified Third Party Engineering by Vortech Engineering. Which means we work hand in hand with Vortech with new kits. This kit we are introducing is actually the Vortech kit going forward for the 2012-2014 SRT Jeep. Vortech commissioned RIPP in charge of the SRT Jeep line and we couldn't be more honored. We are currently the most popular Jeep Wrangler Kit on the market for the 07-2014 JK (3.8 AND 3.6) WITH OVER 3000 kits sold worldwide. We also have a very extensive Dealer Network with a strong reach (worldwide)
YES - We will be doing the 3.6 and 5.7 Grand Cherokee Later this year
Our approach to these systems is a little different than our advertising competitors. We actually have a very minimalist approach when it comes to our system they install real easy and perform within the parameters of the vehicle. The vehicle never feels like it working outside it power handling capabilities. Our kits are minimally invasive, in fact there is no cutting at all with our system and it install in about 5 hours. The kits come complete including tuning. This also means if you need to revers it out for any reason, there would be no trace it was ever in there...:thumbsup:
The picture included is of our in house 2014 SRT (WE OWN IT). It is a Proto-Type - it is not a Production unit. It is a working Prototype and we have run it on the dyno and daily drive it. At the moment the kit is set up at 4spi and has produced 506RWHP with stock manifolds, cats and Exhaust.The drive-ability is perfect, there are no burps hesitation weird stalls and most important no check engine lights. We are going to continue to test this and move onto 6psi, we are concentrating on the transmissions integrity constantly monitoring the temps and shift quality. The power comes on like a freight train and never stops all the way to red-line.
I love the work, clean, mean and something I'm considering....
Might be a stupid qn but I'm assuming with the charger at 5psi the running gear can handle it?
Wouldn't want sh1t breaking a few thousand kms after an install.
Went to Ripps shop last a week. Spent well over an hour there with Ross the owner and got a tour of the shop and a test drive in his 2014 Jeep SRT with the kit installed. Nothing but good things to say. Good people and awesome product. Fit and finish on the kit was excellent and keeps the stock like appearance. Performance is ridiculous. Everybody tends to call their rigs a beast. It's not truly a beast unless you have one of these kits installed. Needless to say I have one preordered and hope to pick it up before the end of the month and install it with it friend. Will give updates once I get to that point if anyone is interested.
Great feedback! Very interested in this. I'm in Manhattan next week and may try to arrange to visit them. Live in Harrisburg, PA right now but would drive my Jeep to their shop if they could do the install.
Highly recommend stopping by and checking it out if your in the neighborhood. Just don't take up too much of his time or my kit will take longer to get done...lol. They have a small shop but do installs. Matter of fact he has another forum members 5.7 Durango there getting the kit installed. My plan is to do install myself as I'm a DIY guy and install looks pretty straight forward. Then I'm gonna drive back up to Ripp and check everything with some dyno time.
No real news to speak of yet. The kits have not been fully produced and aren't ready for distribution yet. They are supposed to be available with in the next 1-2 weeks. I have one preordered and will be picking it up as soon as I get the phone call that it is ready to go. As far as performance goes...went out in Ross' truck with the prototype if this system on it. Felt amazing. His truck only has 1700 miles on it so I can imagine it's only gonna get faster with mileage. If you really want info from him...don't bother emailing. Just pick up the phone and call. They answer everytime. It's only a small 5 guy shop so I think production is keeping them all busy right now and they answer a phone when they hear it but don't necessarily sit down everyday and take the time to check emails.
The W5A580 has been in SRT vehicles from the beginning. There are a couple of companies who make upgraded versions. SHR Viking seems to be a very popular choice, but there are others.
On a new note, is the AWD unit the same as the last gen? If so, where will we run into issues with it power wise?
RIPP, chance of getting the intercooler in black like I have seen for other applications I believe you have on your site. Don't really like the big silver piece behind the front grill.
At the moment we are offering silver - mostly because its an in your face mod... its not hard to get them coated in black and we could offer it. But to be honest people freak when they see it. We've been taking pics of it at dead straight angels to show it off... But in reality, you don't see it when your standing at normal levels...
Besides - whats better than pumping down the HWY in whats an already feared machine and then noticing the FMIC... #justsayin
The W5A580 has been in SRT vehicles from the beginning. There are a couple of companies who make upgraded versions. SHR Viking seems to be a very popular choice, but there are others.
On a new note, is the AWD unit the same as the last gen? If so, where will we run into issues with it power wise?
Again, the AWD really starts to have problems at 600+whp where the metallurgy starts to weaken. At the point we are right now, we are ethically working within the limits of the machine. As we all graduate to wanting more, we'll all have that info available to us.
The last time we tested it was 3.5 0-60 - but it had 1500 miles on the odometer - we will have to retest it once we crack 2500 miles. Its getting close. The product is listed on our site and there is a shipping calculator.
...and I was speaking to an installer who tried to leave me with the impression that a centrifugal supercharger was not ideal, something about boost not being linear but I glazed over at this point.
To me the description of this kit seem to tick all my boxs as the SRT is my daily drive (and don't want any issue):
- Bolt on to Stock SRT
- Low chance of problems with a Stock SRT
- decent bump in power
WOW - That's pretty crazy - If a centrifugal is not linear...what is?
We find the Centrifugal literally so predictable its scary. In the shop we take bets on HP numbers on new builds. Lets look at it this way - in reality to make 6psi (out of the Vortech unit they produce for us) and an additional 145RWHP (650-/+ CRANK HP) its costing you 25HP at the crank. A positive displacement (roots or whipple) will cost you 60-70 Crank... Period, no one will argue. So next to a turbo the centrifugal costs you the least and yields the most and is the safest.
There is no way industry pros can even begin to argue the aerobatic efficiency of a centrifugal over a other "pumps". Beside, should the centri break down just take the belt off and run stock, you can still breath through it. What happens if a roots or a turbo goes? The Roots closes and you have a 50/50% of closing shut and turbo.... well there's a host of stuff (oil lines, metal through the engine, heat) its just conditions at $20k we don't particularly want to be subjected to as adults and owners of a daily driver "exotic". At the end of the day we want to keep the Jeepness of our SRT and rely on it daily. Then, when its time to lay into get that smile on... :thumbsup:
The silver does stick out, but I think most will want a black intercooler. Many like the blacked out look of the grill and take the time to black out the grill rings. Putting a silver intercooler behind it takes away from the look IMO.
Yea - the black also retains more heat... and there is limited grill space... Lets get a few out there and see what guys think, its an easy fix. We hope guys want to show of the signature RIPP Intercooler. We retained the same end tanks as our Wrangler program behind the 7 Slot Jeep Grill...
...and I was speaking to an installer who tried to leave me with the impression that a centrifugal supercharger was not ideal, something about boost not being linear but I glazed over at this point.
To me the description of this kit seem to tick all my boxs as the SRT is my daily drive (and don't want any issue):
- Bolt on to Stock SRT
- Low chance of problems with a Stock SRT
- decent bump in power
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