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Old Mar 1, 2012 | 02:01 PM
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Can water be a problem with these?
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Old Mar 1, 2012 | 03:00 PM
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Originally Posted by jayjos
http://www.quadratec.com/products/17006_7101_07.htm

Can water be a problem with these?
I'm currently running a short ram cone filter and want to upgrade to this. Water should only be a problem if it comes crashing over the hood so you cant go WOT into a creek. Definitely an upgrade over your current warm air draw IMO and it is a lot higher off the ground from the water than anything else besides a true snorkel. As far as rain i'm not too concerned with it since it is filtered and it hardly ever rains where I live. For added protection I was going fab my own cover over the vent kind of like a wrx hood scoop to keep out snow and rain when it is sitting and rush cold air in better when driving.
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Old Mar 1, 2012 | 03:23 PM
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The side it pulls from isn't vented so water isn't an issue, its a great upgrade and worth the money
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Old Mar 1, 2012 | 03:28 PM
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id make a homemade snorkel with it, id attach another peice to it once its in the firewall and run it up out of the vent cover (after i cut a hole out ) and use pvc to come straight up and throw on a top on it and bam! u got urself a home made snorkel
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Old Mar 1, 2012 | 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by JaggerXJ
id make a homemade snorkel with it, id attach another peice to it once its in the firewall and run it up out of the vent cover (after i cut a hole out ) and use pvc to come straight up and throw on a top on it and bam! u got urself a home made snorkel
Good write up

https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f67/my...snorkle-67919/
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Old Mar 1, 2012 | 03:36 PM
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It say it won't work with a throttle body spacer. Is it worth taking it out?
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Old Mar 1, 2012 | 03:41 PM
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It say it won't work with a throttle body spacer. Is it worth taking it out?
Doubtful it will fit mine barely does with no spacer. I've read quite a bit TB spacers don't do much justice for the 4.0 anyway.
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Old Mar 1, 2012 | 04:10 PM
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hah it is a good idea, it works eh?
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