cowl snorkel home made vs store bought
02-24-2012, 03:25 PM
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cowl snorkel home made vs store bought
ok im trying to decide between making my own or buying the kit from spectrum i cant decide are there any advantages or dissadvanteges to either which one is louder is my main concern
02-24-2012, 04:39 PM
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Homebrew. Way cheaper and they'll function as long as you do it correctly. Do a search for cowl snorkel and you'll find a bunch of info. Here's good place to look.
https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f67/my...snorkle-67919/
https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f67/my...snorkle-67919/
02-24-2012, 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by meancherokee
why would you do a cowl snorkel and run the stock crappy airbox? makes no sense. THOR makes a decent unit and bypasses the crappy airbox unlike alot of people here do
02-24-2012, 06:16 PM
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still cheaper than a k&n kit though!! If the filter is still in the engine compartment....i don't care how many walls you put around it...its still not a true cold air intake.
02-24-2012, 06:19 PM
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Originally Posted by askingxforxit
still cheaper than a k&n kit though!! If the filter is still in the engine compartment....i don't care how many walls you put around it...its still not a true cold air intake.
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02-24-2012, 06:22 PM
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Originally Posted by no rdplz
Purpose of a snorkel is to raise the intake point. If you want a CAI, buy a honda
lol honda is junk, I have a 300zx which came from the factory with a cai
02-24-2012, 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by UsmclovesXJ
Make a link for the Thor airbox?
02-24-2012, 06:26 PM
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currently running the thor kit and i love it, keeps my engine alot cooler and i can def feel a difference in horse when rly needing to accelerate quick. it is very loud though when at high rpm's here is a pic installed
02-24-2012, 06:28 PM
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Looks good! Just get some sound dampening material from a radio shop and slap it in the cowl. I think that stuff has a sticky back cuz it goes in door panels and whatnot
02-24-2012, 06:45 PM
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been thinking about this but one thing that i was wondering about is rain water. how do you keep the filter from sogging up every time it rains. my buddy has a little black plastic cover over is cowl on his tj and thinking something like this might do the trick.