86ford
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- rocky river ohio
- Vehicle Year
- 1992
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- FORD
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- 4.0, abused and misunderstood
i recently aquired a free K&N knock off cone style air filter and reminants of a "cold air" intake from a friend. i have sucked water into my filter on my b2 before so since i got all of this stuff for free and my b2 is basicly a trail rig i decided to make a snorkel of some sort out of what i had. the b2s and most if not all have the air box on the passangerside. i removed the air box top but LEFT the bottom . i attached the 12-16 inch section of stainless intake to the factory intake tube. the 12-16 inch section of stainless intake had a 90 degree bend right at the end of it and happened to end right at the corner of my hood! i faced the 90 degree bend upwards and slowly trimed the hood corner until the K&N knock off filter cleared the hood and dident interfere with the hood opening and closing. after finishing i realized the filter was safer from rivers and mud but it wasent safe from rain snow or ice. i went inside and grabed a empty plastic foldgers coffe can cut the back 1/4 out of it about 2/3s of the way down from the OPEN end of it. i fliped it over and screwed it down to the filter top. now the filter is sheilded from mud splashing, rain, snow, and my favorite, rivers. in my opinion this is equally as effective as those long snorkels people run all the way to the top of the cab because if you get in standing water all the way above the hood your intake will be the least of your worries and it is more shielded from splashs because the intake portion of the coffee can that i cut out is facing the cab. it ended up costing me nothing but if you were to buy all the supplys needed all you would need is the piece of stainless intake or equivlent mentioned before and a cone style filter. now granted i ended up cutting a 8inchx8inch section of my hood out to allow clearance for the filter and the cover but it is very water tight intake and i can monitor the filters status from inside the cab due to the hole cut out of the back of the coffee can. i left the bottom half of the air box to support the rubber intake piece along with the stainless piece and keep it high enough that the alternator pulley and fan dident hit it. others mite need to get creative and find a way to lift the intake pieces higher to keep them off the alternator. i am yet to do much wheeling with this set up but i have driven in the rain without incident. it was very straight forward and will get the air filter out of the engine compartment along with make it visable for inspection. it took me under half an hr to figure out how to do it. if you dont like cutting your hood for air filter clearance (remember i said around 8 inches square cut from your hood, thats big) or having a big ugly coffee can sticking out of your hood this isent for you. this should work with all 2.8 motors and i believe could be slightly adapted to make work for any RBV.
I AM OFFERING NO PROMISES THAT THIS WILL WORK FOR EVERY VEHICLE OR MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR WATER TO GET IN YOUR INTAKE! IF YOU BREAK ANYTHING OR SCREW YOUR VEHICLE UP WHILE DOING THIS MODFICICATION TOUGH SHIT I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR STUPIDITY.
86
pm me if you need help or need pictures for a better understanding of what i did. if i go out wheeling and find a downside or up side to this modification i will make it a point to inform you guys. if anyone does this please inform me of any issues you have with taking in water or other on how to improve it.
i was very tired when i posted this so pm me if you need help!
I AM OFFERING NO PROMISES THAT THIS WILL WORK FOR EVERY VEHICLE OR MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR WATER TO GET IN YOUR INTAKE! IF YOU BREAK ANYTHING OR SCREW YOUR VEHICLE UP WHILE DOING THIS MODFICICATION TOUGH SHIT I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR STUPIDITY.
86
pm me if you need help or need pictures for a better understanding of what i did. if i go out wheeling and find a downside or up side to this modification i will make it a point to inform you guys. if anyone does this please inform me of any issues you have with taking in water or other on how to improve it.
i was very tired when i posted this so pm me if you need help!
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