Topic: Installing aftermarket air intake on 90 YJ

[robertsiii]

[stan98tj]

I did it hitting about 1' of water at about 40 mph. Came around a corner and there
was a plugged drain. Sucked enough water to stall the engine but it didn't get through the air filter.
The way the stock inlet tube was made it trapped about 1 qt in the airbox... I think the bow-wave
off teh tire is what did it... My bumper has a set of tabs on it now to protect the front from that happening again.

Dave

a bit off topic but do you have pics of those tabs. id be interested to see if i could do the same for my TJ if it in fact helps prevent too much water from coming up into the engine bay. ive gone through many a deep puddle and havent had a problem yet but one can never be too careful.

[chardrc]

temp. dropped 20 degrees ,quicker exceleration at low end , more speed at top end . 

did you just disconnect/ plug the vacuum line for the egr valve or is there more to it..

[dwtaylorpdx]

a bit off topic but do you have pics of those tabs. id be interested to see if i could do the same for my TJ if it in fact helps prevent too much water from coming up into the engine bay. ive gone through many a deep puddle and havent had a problem yet but one can never be too careful.

Here is a pic, Hosted from Photobucket...
I built the bumper from scratch, you can see the wing almost touching the root of the fender. It seems to keep the wave off the tire from flooding the winch area and piling into the grill/radiator.



Dave

[robertsiii]

Chardrc, i pluged the line.   there are some egr valve cap-off plates and tube plates on line or you  can fab  them your self, just use gaskets for templates. im still waiting to see MPG before going any futher. if i lose 1 MPG  i can live with that.