Yup. It's a bad idea. In an accident the hood bolts can shear and send ur hood neck level through the wind shield. theres a reason all cars have hoods that sit flush with the Cowl. Besides, unless you reroute the intake its not going to do much good for getting a cold air intake.

 

Yeah I would say that sounds like a Horrible Idea!!

 

ok wont do it

 

If you're looking for a good CAI and you don't wheel in waters or heavy mud that reach your headlight, then do what I did.

Go to A/Z and use their spectra performance air junk and just use the stock air box as a heat shield.

I used a larger diameter metal pipe (also by spectra) and removed the little square coming from the air box, made the hole just big enough to fit the pipe, and then mounted/sealed it to the air box. Then, I completely cut away the stock air box's fitting that went to the TB and made a hole large enough for the new CAI pipe. Slide the pipe through the hole and seal it (just like a big o-ring or something... not RTV), and then mount a cone filter on the inside of the box.

Insulated from heat, insulated from debris except at the original entrance between the headlight, and drawing in cool outside air.

 

Get a throttle body spacer it's fairly cheap and increase 2-3 miles per gallon I believe rustysoffroad has them.

 

...........or not.........What exactly do you believe that they do? Cause I'm damn sure that it's absolutely nothing.

 

If you have a cold air intake... Make sure the filters clean, i noticed the difference after i cleaned mine

 

Every car does not have the hood in-line with cowl. Matter of fact most sedans have the hood over the wipers, in a direct line with the glass. Besides the wiper arms would be in the way of the hood and the glass on an XJ anyways. On top of that the hood is designed to buckle in its stock location, what difference does raising the hood an inch do? That logic means the hood bolts would shear in the stock location. Ever seen that happen? Didnt think so.

Example of hood in-line with the glass.

 

Free flowing exhaust can give you 2 or more miles per gallon... but its mostly your matience and driving habits... and only make right turns... you may lol but google it...

 

Your absolutely right. I made a sweeping generalization. My apologies to the OP for the misinformation. Perhaps I should have said your Jeep was crash tested with the hood in its OEM location. So there is no telling what would happen if you modified it from its original location. It COULD end up neck level through the wind shield. ( And FYI.. I work in emergency services and have been too ALL kinds of accidents, including decapitations).

Just like the sedans that were mentioned. They too where crash tested with the hoods in the OEM location and any mods may have unknown results in a crash. I did notice that this particular example shown was not up against a cowl. I also noticed that the hood is designed in such a way that it loops down in front of the radiator and creates not only the grill but a pinch point. During a front end collision.

However I know that is just one car and I'm sure there are cars out there that are not designed this way.

So again.. To the OP and all the toes I stepped on. I'm sorry. If you want to lift the back of your hood. It's your choice. That was just one opinion of an unknown person on an internet forum.

 

sea foam???
some one tell me about this!!

 

cleans carbon, sludge and gunk buildup on surfaces. doing so, it reduces the resistance of moving parts until they get dirty again.

 

you just dump it in your gas tank?

 

gas tank, oil, suck it into the intake...

 

X2! Best cold air intake imaginable.