Hamburger's Supercharger experience?

[JohnnyUtah]

Other threads have claimed the vendor went radio silent.

I saw in one of your jeep groups that one of the guys at Hamburgers who did a lot of jeep shows and responded to forum and facebook posts passed away.

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[Orangecrush03]

Hello,

Been a while since I’ve been on here. Went through a divorce and just stayed away from pretty well anything Jeep.

I can’t tell you about the long evity of the supercharger but here’s what happened. I drove my gladiator for about seven or eight months with no issues and then all of a sudden I started having electrical issues on the dash. Lacewood come on, it wouldn’t shift, etc. etc. I took the jeep to a local dealer and they kept him for two weeks and couldn’t figure it out. I took the jeep to Richard petty racing and they kept it for three weeks and couldn’t fix it. Hamburger supercharger was extremely concerned and very helpful, they sent a rollback down from New Jersey to North Carolina and pick up my jeep. They kept it for two weeks and after two weeks, they thought they had it fixed. I picked it up on a Friday and it was great and then on Saturday, the lights all came back on.

Honestly, I’m not sure it had anything to do with the supercharger or any of the insulation or the wiring. At the end of the day, I traded it in for a raptor and kept the raptor for a year. I’m now back to a diesel gladiator.

Like I said, I can’t imagine that there are any problems with a supercharger south but hamburgers technical support was more than anyone could ask for.

Mark

 

[Orangecrush03]

For anyone considering a supercharger, I will tell you this. It definitely helps for daily driving, it makes it much more fun but it didn’t do anything to help me pull my 5500 pound pontoon boat. Even with the supercharger and all the extra horsepower and extra torque, I couldn’t pull my boat over 58 to 62 miles an hour. With the diesel in a tune, I can drive 70 to 75 all day long.

I wouldn’t hesitate at all to put a supercharger on it if it’s just a daily driver. If you plan on towing, I think you’re wasting your money.

Mark

 

[Austingobi]

For anyone considering a supercharger, I will tell you this. It definitely helps for daily driving, it makes it much more fun but it didn’t do anything to help me pull my 5500 pound pontoon boat. Even with the supercharger and all the extra horsepower and extra torque, I couldn’t pull my boat over 58 to 62 miles an hour. With the diesel in a tune, I can drive 70 to 75 all day long.

I wouldn’t hesitate at all to put a supercharger on it if it’s just a daily driver. If you plan on towing, I think you’re wasting your money.

Mark

That's rhe info I needed. I want power to tow at lower RPM and more confidence. Drives fine as is on daily.

 

[csomberg]

I'm out shopping for a supercharger and like everything I see for Hamburgers product.

How are things going today for everyone? Is the company still strong and going?

I do have an aftermarket bumper and winch .... any new issues?

Thanks!!

 

[Kevin_D]

I do have an aftermarket bumper and wench .... any new issues?

Thanks!!

So how's that aftermarket wench working out?
And I didn't know anyone still sold wenches...

Kevin

 

[csomberg]

So how's that aftermarket wench working out?
And I didn't know anyone still sold wenches...

Kevin

Gosh, I love voice dictation .....

 

[DAVECS2]

With good tuning a supercharger would make that engine a much better work horse.

Jeep all but makes this virtually impossible. I am working on a 22 at the moment, and they have made yet another roubd of foundational changes to the operating system. I am getting it figured out, bit it is so frustrating.

At any rate, if a person came up with an aftermarket controller for the drivetrain, I believe that alone would make the jeep 100% liveable for everyone who enjoys customizing jeeps, which I would think is a significant part of the market segment.

Yeah if you keep it mostly stock especially under the hood, there is a fair chance the controls you have will work with that partucular jeep, and work well. If you have any issues and updates start being made, all bets are off.

I don't think jeep even understands what updates work with what bandaids.

 

[csomberg]

Thanks for the great write up. I appreciate the suppprt. Now I just have to find someone good in the SF Bay Area to do the install!!!

I will post updates when I get it done.

 

[River2016]

Thanks for the great write up. I appreciate the suppprt. Now I just have to find someone good in the SF Bay Area to do the install!!!

I will post updates when I get it done.

What Dave said about updating I believe whole heartily. My ripp supercharger got dyno tuned and I’m really pleased with it. There is no way I’d let the dealership near it with an update to anything that would adjust it. I think the shop did a great job and I don’t want to change anything about that. You get it installed and tuned as best as it can be and leave it the hell alone. For what it’s worth I did have them back my boost down a bit because of the inability to tune the trans. It may not make any difference at all but it makes me sleep better at night and at 340 rwhp I’m content for the truck.

 

[JarHeadLV]

I'm out shopping for a supercharger and like everything I see for Hamburgers product.

How are things going today for everyone? Is the company still strong and going?

I do have an aftermarket bumper and winch .... any new issues?

Thanks!!

Better confirm this with hamburger, but my local shop said they recently had an issue with a Hamburger supercharger and they will flat out DENY any claims if you have "oversized" tires

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