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Old Mar 18, 2014 | 07:42 PM
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Originally Posted by kylelangereis
Ok I must be confused on what's considered the cowl then
Keep in mind, I'm a newbie to jeeps
Its not a problem. As long as people are willing to listen, there's always knowledge to gain.

And yea, the cowl can dispense of alot of water. Ne er really a chance of it clogging since the cowl has the covers. Even a hose pointed right at it doesn't even let any water fill up in there
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Old Mar 18, 2014 | 08:42 PM
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Originally Posted by sycoglitch
As long as people are willing to listen, there's always knowledge to gain.
Boy, isn't that the truth.
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Old Mar 18, 2014 | 09:14 PM
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No problems with mine in over a year. Snow, water, mud... No problems. I might try to go up to their larger sealed filter to get a little more air to the stroker.
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Old Mar 18, 2014 | 09:39 PM
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Is there advantages to routing the intake to the cab versus the cowl or vise versa?
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Old Mar 18, 2014 | 09:40 PM
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And I'm more then willing to listen. That's the whole reason I joined this forum, to learn
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Old Mar 18, 2014 | 09:42 PM
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I have never seen an intake inside the cab.
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Old Mar 18, 2014 | 09:48 PM
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Earlier in the thread someone talked about it. Maybe I misunderstood them
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Old Mar 18, 2014 | 09:53 PM
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Yea I guess I just read it wrong. Would it be practical to just drill through the firewall and hook up an intake to pull air from the cab though? I mean sure it'd be loud but, for an off-road buggy, it doesn't really matter.
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Old Mar 18, 2014 | 09:56 PM
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Originally Posted by XJmike0122
I have never seen an intake inside the cab.

Seen it on a 4runner once. PVC pipe out the fender, up the a-pillar and into the roof. Look ridiculously stupid.
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Old Mar 18, 2014 | 10:01 PM
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Originally Posted by kylelangereis
Yea I guess I just read it wrong. Would it be practical to just drill through the firewall and hook up an intake to pull air from the cab though? I mean sure it'd be loud but, for an off-road buggy, it doesn't really matter.
on a Cherokee? if you take the dash out and you've got room for it I suppose.. you're talking about a really stripped down rig here. I don't see the point unless your engine cage takes up too much room and you just can't manage to fit a filter under the hood

works better on a purpose built desert truck. lots of dust out there. it's nice knowing that you're drawing clean air from the cab

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Old Mar 18, 2014 | 10:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Atmos
$100 shipped for the spectre?
Where is that??
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Old Mar 18, 2014 | 11:16 PM
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Where is that??
no where. I was asking outlaw if he would sell me his. should probably actually PM him...
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Old Mar 18, 2014 | 11:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Atmos
no where. I was asking outlaw if he would sell me his. should probably actually PM him...
Got me excited for a moment!
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Old Mar 19, 2014 | 05:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Atmos

no where. I was asking outlaw if he would sell me his. should probably actually PM him...
Already gave it to a friend for theirs. Welded up a plate so it bolted to a Renix TB. Sorry.
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Old Mar 19, 2014 | 11:04 PM
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Originally Posted by kylelangereis
Is the cowl intake routed to take air from the cab? Or is there other models because I've heard of them being hooked to the vents at the bottom of the windshield and to me that's just looking for problems
For the '97+ cherokee the spectre cowl intake is routed so that the intake hole goes through the firewall on the passenger side underneath the cowl "vent" and above the lower surface of the cowl. In stock form the vent on the driver's side is a true vent and the "vent" on the passenger side is just a solid piece of plastic that is designed to look like the driver's side (no actual openings).
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