9294Forrest

ok! Got a new project. Need some ideas from all yall...

Hood scoops bring cold air into an engine comparment, specifically a cold air intake.. but they are suceptable to water...

Lets design a way to have hood scoops direct air into a CAI without directing water with it as well.

Remember must be hood mounted, not a snorkel.

wiggles

If it faces forward and is basically a ram air scoop it will pull water too, it just will

9294Forrest

Thats the kind of comments that should not be said, if you don't have an idea then don't contribute.

When there's a lot of minds thinking about something, we can invent something

94XjSport94

Yeah Logan lol

You only want air on the intake side?

wiggles

Than find a air dryer for a large compressor and then figure a way for it to flow enough to make the whole setup worth it

highmileage

What about using the cowl induction off of an old Firebird or Camero. You could set the flap on a manual cable and open or close it at will, and bonus it seals.

hankthetank

do this...lol

highmileage

You get your inspiration from Hot Wheels? LOL

Alpha 1-4

Just run flex tube from the forward facing scoop down to the original air box, any water that makes it in the scoop settles in the bottom of the airbox leaving nice cold fresh air to go through the filter to the intake.

kirknd4spd

Cowl induction, with the inlet for the air intake filling the opening on the cowl scoop, running down to a factory style air box with the filter in it.
But water can still get to it, even though it isn't facing forward.

thatXJguy

Use a spiral pipe design to resist water with a sharp propeller at the beginning of the intake to break water particles into a mist.

Let anything that comes through collect at the bottom of the air box and drain out.

ckysodkorn_xj

stuff the scoop with something like very fine mesh.

5-90

- Rear-facing scoop inlet, so you don't get ram air bringing water with it.
- At the lowest point in the air ducting, have a sump to catch water. Have a drain valve of some variety (spring-loaded poppet is easy - pull it until water stops coming out) and drain it just like you would with an air brake reservoir.
- I would probably go so far as to put a baffle in - it would catch water heavier than "humidity," but still allow air to go past. The baffle bottom should be right about at the "downstream" edge of the sump, so that any water caught by the baffle would drain directly into the sump to be purged later.

First thoughts, anyhow.

9294Forrest

It would be Soo much easier to find a scoop with a closeable front....

I don't have a factory airbox, just a CAI

9294Forrest

These are all great ideas but remember tberes only inches from the hood to the cai filter when the hoods closed