Cold air Intake
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From: ConnectiCut
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 I6
Cold air Intake
Around here they call me a smart shopper so I see all these K&N intake kits for a couple hundred which seems expensive IM0. DOes any one run this kit or have it/seen it on other jeeps? In theory a cold air intake is just a larger pipe with a filter on the end correct? So if someone buys a K&N are they just paying for the brand?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/JEEP-GRAND-C...=mtr#vi-ilComp
TLDR; This air intake on ebay is only 35 ducks compared to a K&N intake.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/JEEP-GRAND-C...=mtr#vi-ilComp
TLDR; This air intake on ebay is only 35 ducks compared to a K&N intake.
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From: Indianapolis
Year: '99 and '91
Model: Cherokee
If you want to buy one, look at one that gets air from a place that's actually cooler than the stock setup.
One that routes up to the cowl.
Spectre and THOR (I think) are the only two that make one. You could also DIY your own version.
One that routes up to the cowl.
Spectre and THOR (I think) are the only two that make one. You could also DIY your own version.
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From: Pahrump, NV
Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L
I run the spectre. In my old car I ran a actual cold air, down pipe to bottom of bay, and filter was down at the belly. I didn't offload that car, but when it started raining, I had to pull the pipe off an run filter in bay. You do not want to suck up any water!
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From: Colorado
Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
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The problem with cold air intakes is that they are drawing the air in from the engine bay which is hot air. In order to truly get cold air, you have to either use a snorkel or a cowl intake. Both of these methods draw air from outside the jeep. Another point against cais: they'll accidentally suck in water much easier than you stock air intake box.
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From: Seal Beach, CA
Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 HO Straight Six
A cold air intake is not just a long tube with a cone style filter on the end. It is whatever routing it takes to get to a place where you are pulling in colder air than a stock intake. So as suggested, either a cowl intake or a snorkel style are the two more common intakes when it comes to cold air intake.
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From: Canastota, New York
Year: 2015
Model: Cherokee (KL)
Engine: 3.2l
Here's a question. How troublesome would a cowl induction intake be for those that live in states with heavy snow in the winter? I'd imagine that the intake would suck up just as much water/snow as if it were routed towards the bottom of the engine bay.
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The problem with cold air intakes is that they are drawing the air in from the engine bay which is hot air. In order to truly get cold air, you have to either use a snorkel or a cowl intake. Both of these methods draw air from outside the jeep. Another point against cais: they'll accidentally suck in water much easier than you stock air intake box.
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From: Colorado
Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L
There are two cowl vents; one is fake (I want to say the passenger's side vent) and the other is a true vent. They both open to the same cowl. You position the opening under the fake vent preventing rain, snow, etc. from entering your system.