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Cliffs? This thread is a bangerYou have to be chatting with our favorite skirt wearing angry Luddite.
Cliffs? This thread is a bangerYou have to be chatting with our favorite skirt wearing angry Luddite.
Way too accurate.If the TJ came stock with the intake sucking air from the grill area the title of this thread would be “Why does the TJ have the air intake located where it’s prone to water injestion?”.
Not only that, but they'd be bitching about how much water it can ingest.If the TJ came stock with the intake sucking air from the grill area the title of this thread would be “Why does the TJ have the air intake located where it’s prone to water injestion?”.
I guess I didn't get that memo .If the TJ came stock with the intake sucking air from the grill area the title of this thread would be “Why does the TJ have the air intake located where it’s prone to water injestion?”.
If the TJ came stock with the intake sucking air from the grill area the title of this thread would be “Why does the TJ have the air intake located where it’s prone to water injestion?”.
Nice! I’ve had water to the top of 35” tires plenty of times and over the hood a handful.I guess I didn't get that memo .
At the top of Devil's Punchbowl:
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The Animas River near Animas Forks, Colo.:
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I rarely drive in water deeper than the bumper, so I've haven't had a water ingress issue.
I really do like this...
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and there is always this
a snorkel made from exhaust pipe
I hope to one day start a thread like this. One that asks a relatively on-the-rails question, albeit odd, and turns into a treasure trove of gems from the inner bowels of the WranglerTJ forum introverts who come here attempting to propagate their “social” abilities.
If the TJ came stock with the intake sucking air from the grill area the title of this thread would be “Why does the TJ have the air intake located where it’s prone to water injestion?”.
Searching is for google. Forums are for interaction and with that comes each individual's personal way of doing that. If that wasn't the case, forum would be a data base with the info grouped in sections of FAQs and answers.
...after making a few prototypes for testing, I never did anything further with it. But recently I lent the molds to someone who is having a fiberglass shop make a few, if that goes well maybe more will be made.
@Chris @zebra12 we have to organize a group buy....A few months ago my "Cool Cowl" cold air intake cowl design came up in this thread. There were questions about whether it was in production or not and at the time I said:
About a week ago I got my molds back - unharmed, which is good . And today I received one of the cowls - the person who borrowed the molds had several cowls made for himself and friends, and one for me which was a nice way for him to say thank you. Much appreciated.
The fiberglass shop did a nice job on the cowl. There are a few minor things I would suggest that the fiberglass shop do differently if they were to make another run of these, but as molded and once trimmed and painted these will fit great, work well and look fine.
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A quick fit on my test tub shows that a little trimming is required, but that's to be expected - the fiberglass shop doesn't have a TJ handy to test the fit on.
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The bottom side showing the ducting; they did a fine job with the duct.
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I don't make parts for sale or sell anything myself, I just design this stuff and make prototypes for my own use and testing. I've never lent out molds before so this was a bit of an experiment. Other than taking longer than expected due to the virus, it was a successful experience from my side and hopefully also for the person that borrowed the molds.
I like this... this could almost take some of my money...I had planned to do a snorkel in fiberglass to go with the Cool Cowl, and prototyped one using parts from several MOPAR air intakes to get an idea of the dimensions but I since it didn't look like the Cool Cowl would get to market I didn't go through with it.
Here's the rough prototype snorkel, the fiberglass one would be much more form-fitting to the cowl and the Jeep than this rough prototype.
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What's nice about the idea is that a snorkel could be installed without cutting any holes in any external sheet metal.
And with attaching a snorkel in mind, I also created a prototype Cool Cowl with a side port - the side port would be a much better looking place to attach a snorkel.
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Bet ya big money it won’t be the same story for this It’s form and function!We tried that for the JL and CJ grille and there wasn't enough interest