Intake---DIY/homemade
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Intake---DIY/homemade
I have a 97 Ranger 4x4 with the 3.0...i know putting a different intake on it is not going to really do anything for power but I have some questions. I have a dry flow filter just lying around and figured i would put it to use on my truck. I know you need to use the MAF (the reason i am using the dry filter) with it. I plan on running it to just about where the stock intake box/cone is located. My questions/advice needed are/is: Will putting an open cone filter in the engine compartment make me a lot more vulnerable to getting water in the engine. I do have some fun off road and in puddles and i do not want to have to worry about water getting in (compared to the stock set up in the fender). How would you reccomend setting it up, such as location of filter and MAF. Also, are there some tricks to keeping water out? I searched the site already for some ideas but i figured i would post and see what everyone thought. Thanks in advance!!!
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An open filter will make you a lot more vulnerable to loosing power because you are pulling preheated air into the engine. An aftermarket intake kit is worthless if it doesn't draw in cold air from somewhere outside the engine compartment.
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i am aware that pulling hot air into the engine will create a loss of power. I was looking to see if there was anyone who has done a homemade intake for the 3.0. I am not a big fan of spending a ton of money on something that I can do.
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Just located the dryflow close to the fresh air openning. Cut up the stock airbox as to leave the bottom and maybe some of the sides to help protect the filter. I have allways purchased a good quality intake such as AEM brute force, but some have made thier own.
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I agree, utilize your stock air box, and say leave the top off of it. You are going to want to locate your MAF behind 3-4 inches of strait pipe, so you dont have any problems with turbulance effecting your MAF readings. But heck, go for it, should be a fun project.
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Also there is a lot of stuff in the way to deflect water, like the inner fender wells, but the more protection the better. So by all means utilizes as much of the stock box as you can. It's rare, but a hydrolocked motor means a new motor, and there not cheap. If you wheel alot in wet conditions, I would sugest you kep the stock box or or get a volant enclosed system. An once of pervention is worth a pound of cure. I wheel pretty heavy with the AEM brute force without any problems, but a another guy that wheels with us got in a little to deep into a stream and hydrolocked his taco. He had a K&N intake, however the only thing that would have saved him would of been a snorkle, common sense goes along way as well.
