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I was thinking of a couple ideas regarding snorkel hose routing, additional lines ran for front and rear attachments for hose airlines. I decided that the individual wheel wells was something I just didn't feel like doing and was completely overkill after all. I also was taking into consideration the addition of mounting the air filter like element intake also higher up and farther back on the firewall, heat sources of course and as well ingressed water into the engine bay.
So I got an email stating that my snorkel kit would be shipping before end of the month here so I decided I should start making preparations..
So today I spent a short bit mocking up my factory air box with utilizing some OEM parts and an idea I've been playing with. So far I am liking it in comparison to many of the hokey duct tape, PVC, and dryer vent ummm.. 'NOT' options in my opinion. There is definitely an advantage to being creative in the sense of not cutting corners and having a completely & properly sealed intake box and intake charge tube from the snorkel and I'm hoping to do a worthy write up of the whole process which will have to take priority before the OBA systems compressor bracket gets designed/fabbed appropriately.
Using the original airbox lower intake piece I disassembled the parts off of that would not be usable for my needs.
Cleaned up good.. rivets easily drilled out without melting the plastic too.
Like a glove ! well like an OJ glove but still a glove!!
Needing a little more heat to seal the bottom properly and then some black urethane or silicone should meet the needs
of water proofing up to this point and inside of the airbox itself.
Just the right offset to keep the snorkel piping/hose off the frame shotgun and keep airflow consistent.
Just need to seal the unit totally and test it for leaks and integrity.
More on this later when the snorkel comes in...
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