Thank you sir. Great thread there. Lots of unique intake ideas. Lol. Made me feel good about the cowl intake.

I checked out dukies build thread. I like the cowl intake of his. Simple. And doesnt look bad at all. But i really like the looks of that intake i linked to. And i like the fact it removes the factory airbox all together.

My only hang up now is that the included filter is like a k&n and needs oiled. Its a pretty unique shape and i dont know if i could find a paper replacement. But i will probably bite the bullet and get it this week.

 

hmmm but is it worth $150? IMO no...

 

by the way...it definitely works...only a little bit of waiter in to bottom of the box after I totally dunked the truck

 

I'm using the exact same one.



Love it, but a bit noisy. But then again I have no carpet/insulation so everything's noisy. If I hadn't gotten this, I would have followed dilutes write-up.

 

Can i use a 2000 motor in my 99??? Is it possible to replace coil setup with my distributor????

 

indeed it is. You may run into issues with the exhaust/intake mating up though.

Why are you considering the swap might I ask?

 

I want to design one like this:

It want to route mine through where the wiper motor is located somehow.

 

the head is cracked and i have been driving it to and from work as its my only vehicle right now dont want to chance doing just the head and have bearing failure soon after plus i found a sweet deal on a motor from a 2000

 

Nice! Was your filter wet at all? Just curious.

As for the cost of that intake. I don't think $150 is bad, when compared to ones that cost $250 and still take it from the engine compartment.

Another plus is I can then use my stock air box from my dd in my trail rig which needs one to fix the front end damage. Then I can make a cowl intake similar to yours. I wanted a snorkel but I just despise how they look.

 

Noisy as in you can hear it breathing in? Because I like that noise!

 

That would be easy enough. I was thinking of putting another hole on top of the cowl and do a cowl induction type reverse scoop with an extra spectre elbow left over from my wife's mustang. It already has a water baffle built in. Then make a high rise like a tractor for deep water. Shuck is seldom.

 

not a bit. The tidal wave over the cowl was actually the first time i've ever seen any water make it into the airbox with that setup, and it was only a tiny bit.

i hate how roof snorkels look also...thus the cowl mod.

 

Nice pics dukie, always nice to see the cowl intake in action! Or any XJ for that matter

Hah! Retailer here sells the official K&N kit for $530 :P

I take it you want to get rid of the stock airbox to free up some room? I just thinks it's crappy - I'm looking for a larger air cleaner from a truck or tractor that takes a canister style filter, but will still fit in the stock location. Like this: http://go.jeep-xj.info/HowtoAirFilter.htm

 

holy overkill

 

Yea more room (train horn?) and the cool factor. Lol

I will definitely have to find a paper replacement for the filter element. I dont want to deal with oiling a filter. Got enough fluids to keep track of.

Im pretty sure this is the one the kit uses:

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SPE-HPR9882/

Anyone seen a paper filter like that. ?