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Emerson
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In my case (FZJ80) I installed one for cooler air; some engine configurations may get hotter than others; I've measured more than 30 degree difference
intake air temperature before and after; got the data from the DashCommand OBD2 scanner.
I case of very silty and dusty roads; i just flip the top intake backwards, very seldom BTW.
The subjective "cool" factor is a secondary pro/con.
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BooJumMan
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FZJ80 here as well and have one. I used to cross a river every trip in Central Baja every year until about 10 years ago. It has been bone dry for
quite some time. Waiting for the storm that breaks through.  It does help as a
cold air intake.
In that pre-Google Earth and social media epoch, The Code was adhered to. It was based on a simple verity: if a locale had been transformational for
you, and you had put the hard yards in to get there and to learn it, to know it, why in god�s name would you broadcast the news, thus ruining the
future experience not only for yourself, but for future adventurers?
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chuckie
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That makes sense to me...Better than some of the heat boxes they sell as CAI's....Cold air is good...
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BajaBreak
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Living in Los Angeles I cringe when I see one. Maybe 1 in 100 times I've thought the vehicle may have seen or would see water.
That being said, i do like the idea of pulling air outside the engine compartment, because i have a midsize dodge with a v8, so it gets rather heat
soaked in there. I'd like to make something i could easily extend with water bottles and duct tape, for those rare minutes i may actually want a
snorkel. Make that tecate cans and tin snips if we're talking about crossing Mexican waters .
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motoged
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Snorkles......essential mod for poseurs 
Don't believe everything you think....
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chuckie
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Prevalent on incredibly clean Land Rovers....
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StuckSucks
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Could not have been said better.
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4x4abc
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the entire 4x4 field is like a bunch of 13 year olds rambling about sex - a lot of enthusiasm, no knowledge.
And then there a few older guys who know. But they decided to sell junk to the kids.
Harald Pietschmann
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TMW
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Just in time for DavidK.
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AKgringo
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I have been playing with the idea of running the air intake to inside the cab, near the steering wheel. That way I can quickly do some rescue
breathing when my Kia starts to choke. And yes, I said when, not if!
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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chuckie
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Mine will go as close to my dogs butt as I can get it without surgery....How is that cute thing for the Takoma going to keep snow out? looks to me
like it is a gatherer of such....
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David K
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No thanks TW.
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mtgoat666
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Which looks more stupid on a 4x4, snorkel or testicles?
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Frigatebird
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Quote: Originally posted by chuckie  | | ....How is that cute thing for the Takoma going to keep snow out? looks to me like it is a gatherer of such.... |
Just spin the top intake around, or drive in reverse. 
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bajabuddha
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No one'th mentioned the $800 added expenthe of rear-leaf airbagth and comprethor inthtallation to carry thothe mathive juevothe that grow from having
a thnorkel thticking out of the thide of your thuper big Thtud-Mobile. * Inthert Tim Allen Grunt here.* 
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
86 - 45*
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BajaBreak
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| Quote: Originally posted by AKgringo | | I have been playing with the idea of running the air intake to inside the cab, near the steering wheel. That way I can quickly do some rescue
breathing when my Kia starts to choke. And yes, I said when, not if! |
My brother did that with his race truck years ago. Ran ductung from the manifold to a cone filter. Was very effective, but rather loud inside.
As for all the other posts between the above and mine, you are all hilarious! Thank you for that, I needed a good laugh!
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BajaBreak
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The snorkel adds more of a blind spot also, so it gets extra stupid points.
Really someone needs to develop a snorkel with testicles attached to the base. That would really make a nice package for those 'hardcore off-roadewrs'
in need of ego supplementation.
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Ken Cooke
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I thought about having one installed on my Jeep after crossing the swamp on the Mission Impossible Trail in 2008. I drove into the swamp in 2WD and
being that the Jeep is fully manual, I could not shift into 4LO. My engine stalled eventually after hitting some mud, and I was completely stuck.
Opening the hood of my Jeep, water from the swamp was just inches below my CAI.
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4x4abc
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why would anyone after leaving pavement chose 2WD?
Harald Pietschmann
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willardguy
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you want to get somewhere fast? check with the SCORE or LOORRS boys
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