Used Whipple kit for $1200??

[01yukon]

A guy in my town is selling a used Whipple supercharger kit off of his 01 Tahoe for $1200. I want it very bad, but don't know what problems to look for on it. Anybody have any idea's?? Thanks!

 

[BOSS]

I would make sure it has all it's parts, ask for a receipt or something to show when he got it so you have an idea of how many miles are on it as it might need some maintenance. That's pretty cheap

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[Bromaguire]

Thats a great price. With a few changes to my whipple I am making almost 500whp.

 

[03_Denali]

If you are not mechanically inclined, I would stay away from the whipple. Like Bro said "With a few changes to my whipple"

1. Their fuel management sucks and has to be deleted and tuned to get it running properly.
2. They generate alot of heat.

Just my 2 cents.

 

[Bromaguire]

If you are not mechanically inclined, I would stay away from the whipple. Like Bro said "With a few changes to my whipple"

1. Their fuel management sucks and has to be deleted and tuned to get it running properly.
2. They generate alot of heat.

Just my 2 cents.

The kit as it comes from whipple isnt that great but theres more potential with the whipple blower than anything else for the same price.

Changing the fuel injectors and getting a new tune is no big deal at all. They generate a lot of heat yes but it just needs some sort of cooling whether its from an intercooler or adding meth. I ran my blower without either for over a year or so and I was very happy with it.

The only tweaks i've made to the whipple kit were

-Different injectors
-Custom tune (you would need this anyways if you decided to upgrade at some point)
- Added an intercooler


Other than those couple changes all I have done to the motor was add JBA shorty headers and a corsa exhaust. Theres still a bunch of bolt on I can do to get more power like a bigger throttle body, better intake manifold, port the inlet on my whipple. Those three things I would guess could gain me anywhere from 25-40whp.

 

[chistoso]

I never had any issues with mine. I ran it for about a year and was heavy on the skinny pedal... Good times..

 

[01yukon]

Thanks for the info Bromaguire. You mentioned changing your intake manifold, I thought the supercharger replaced that.

Also, will the supercharger from a 5.3 fit a 6.0??

Thanks!!

 

[foreverfalcon40]

How did you add a FMIC with a whipple?

I thought only way was an A2W I/C...

Just make sure the kit is complete. I paid 1,200 for mine it had 30k on it. I still need Fuel Controller, TB with the 2 Exta Injecotors and belt. basically putting it near 2k.

Not a hard install on my OBS Either...

 

[Bromaguire]

Thanks for the info Bromaguire. You mentioned changing your intake manifold, I thought the supercharger replaced that.

Also, will the supercharger from a 5.3 fit a 6.0??

Thanks!!

No the whipple blower bolts onto the side of the engine so you keep your stock intake manifold in place.

Yes it will fit a 6.0.

 

[foreverfalcon40]

The kit as it comes from whipple isnt that great but theres more potential with the whipple blower than anything else for the same price.

Changing the fuel injectors and getting a new tune is no big deal at all. They generate a lot of heat yes but it just needs some sort of cooling whether its from an intercooler or adding meth. I ran my blower without either for over a year or so and I was very happy with it.

The only tweaks i've made to the whipple kit were

-Different injectors
-Custom tune (you would need this anyways if you decided to upgrade at some point)
- Added an intercooler


Other than those couple changes all I have done to the motor was add JBA shorty headers and a corsa exhaust. Theres still a bunch of bolt on I can do to get more power like a bigger throttle body, better intake manifold, port the inlet on my whipple. Those three things I would guess could gain me anywhere from 25-40whp.

Hows you add an FMIC?