Fitting a Turbo or Supercharger to Gen4

Every Jimny has that feature as standard, but it's not going to help road holding with more power.
Auchenblae's experience of drifting wide in a corner is a grip issue, not related to engine power and it's unlikely that 4wd would have helped.

I wonder if that's part of the idea behind the Bridgestone Teflon that they get from the factory, the tyres are expected to slip so that you don't do too much damage in 4x4 and if you corner too hard they understeer? I have yet to set off either the abs or tc with my all terrain tyres but I can almost on demand set off the abs on dry tarmac.

l predict that if these supercharger kits become popular there will be a lot more late model Jimnys being broken for parts, so at least some good will come out of it.

Although there won't be many bumpers or other front end parts.

Setting off the ABS whether in the dry or wet is simply a case of too much pressure on the pedal. Many drivers experience this "panic braking" because they don't pay enough attention to what they are doing and subconsciously rely on the ABS to get them out of trouble.

Roger

But abs works by detecting difference in wheel speed and then pulsing the calipers rapidly using the pump. If the front tyres don't grip the road there is a difference in wheel speed front to back and the abs goes off.

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l think this would be a great modification. l am surprised nobody has ever offered it as an aftermarket upgrade on the Jimny.

lt would certainly help if you were planning to increase the engine power, but would also make the Jimny better on road in conditions such as rain, when you can't engage 4wd on the standard vehicle.

I'd guess it would need some R&D to fully work. The Freelander 1 essentially does this but on the rear prop. However the viscous coupling unit was a bespoke design. Thus I assume it is maybe not so simple as just using a generic coupling. There are also space constraints too that would need consideration.

I do like that Land Rover's are 4wd all the time. But for normal road use in dry/wet conditions. I can't say I've ever found issue with the Jimny's setup. There again I grew up on RWD cars, so maybe just more used to that kind of setup.