To get true cold air on an XJ, you really have to run a snorkel, right? Well, that means you have to cut fenders and relocate the wiper resevoir of course and this is something many do not want to do. What if you took a snorkel top, ran it through the hood and right into the airbox? It would lift with the hood, but fit snug upon closing. If pointed twards the windshield, the risk of rain getting in is diminished. If someone is good at molding plastic, it could be made low profile and not so obtrusive to your field of vision.

What are some of your thoughts?

Post edited 5:14 pm – September 14, 2010 by Ozric762

I thought about some type of foam ring or rubber gasket that the bottom of the tube could seal up against a while after I posed. I mentioned the snorkel top only because it's the only thing I know of that exists already. I wish I had the means to mold plastic to get the top correct. The airbox could just have a hole cut into it and afix the said foam or rubber "gasket" to the hole.

Those are pretty cool.  I think there would need to be something to protect against water getting into the intake though. I'm thinking like something similar to what you see on top of chimneys, but much lower profile.

Those are both interesting ideas. Thanks for sharing. I was originally thinking something like the Hummer style to protect from rain and the occasional car wash. Perhaps a marriage of the different ideas could be figured out.

So where do you get black pvc or abs in 3"? The big box home inprovement stores just carry white pvc or the corregated drain pipe. I know the white could be painted, but it scratched pretty easily.