I'm curious if anyone has every run one?
Home-Made of course.

So my question really being;
Where is a good intake for one?

I've heard of people running them through the firewall, but i'm not sure if I want to hear the damn thing sucking air all the time. And with my 460 it might suck all the air out of my cab and i'll suffocate.

I've heard of the conventional type out the side of fender and up the cab.. but i'm worried about rain getting in that. Obviously I won't have it like a smoke stack, but there is a ton of rain in Washington, i'm sure it could find some way down the pipe. Lol.

Any suggestions where to place it? I'm thinking just out the fender and up the cab but i'm not sure how I should have the end of the snorkel..

 

Mine runs inside of the cab. I do t run it outside because it is not a look that appeals to me. Many that do run either a flap or they turn the end down so water cant enter. Water traps are also used.
I highly doubt that your giant fire breathing 460 us going to create such a vacuum that you will run out of air, or make so much noise that you will find it annoying.
Yes there is some related noise to an interior mounted filter, but this is just a small price to pay. I cant hear the intake in my orange truck. Exhaust is too loud to hear much af anything.
As you mentioned running out of air as a joke, this may not be too far off from actually being a problem. Its not running out, but having enough flow to supply the engine without changine the calibration. Ever try to breathe through a garden hose? Ahhh, c'mon all kids have tried this right? Very difficult to do right? Well, it is, even through a rather short hose it becomes difficult to do.
Larger hoses or pipe can remedy this problem, but the long run will have an effect on air flow, and this can be a negative affect. Any restriction equals lost power. We strive to increase air flow, then add some long honkin pipe with some sort of trap that prevents water from entering but we dont consider that it also limits air.
The cab is about the last place that anything ever gets really wet. I mean if yo are stuck in water that deep then you have more electrical problems that are far worse than your intake problems will ever be.

For do it yourselfers, creating a seal at the carb is the toughest.


Here is the one I use on my 557. Very short run to through the firewall, and into the cab. Very low restriction, though I did see a drop in both HP and torque at rpm's under 2500 on the dyno. I figured it was a reasonable compromise.

 

Mine too is run inside the cab. Mine is all home made, and 5 inch pipe. I don't have any of the factory heater stuff, and have the air filter behind the glovebox. Don't have any pictures, but could get some for u if u need.

 

Is it IN the glovebox or behind?

 

Behind the glovebox. No heater under the dash so there is lots of room. I'll have to take a pic for u.

 

No heater for mine either, in fact, no glove box, nor do I even have a glove box door. Only a flat panel where my MSD boxes (spare ignition box) and other electrical components are mounted.

 

Oh damn. I've got a heater and have no plans to remove it. It gets too damn cold winter time when all the wheeling is.

I'm too much of a wuss to wheel without a heater. :P

 

O I have a heater, its just not the factory crap. I have toyota heater box bolted between the front seats. It puts out enough heat to stay warm, and keep the front window melted off. Looks like I have a couple of pics to take to show u the setup I'm runnin.

 

Alright. I'll need some pictures. A toyota box? Why arn't you running factory heater?

 

I ripped all the factory crap out when I had the dash out, when I ripped all the factory wiring out. I made it symple. It had a/c in it, and it took up too much room. Also took all the stuff off the floor, so its just metal with floor mats on it. I was going to find a factory non a/c style box to put in it, but never came accross one. So I just use that little toyota box.

 

What was the point of the swap in the first place? Were you fixing something or just get an itch to make thigns easier.

 

Mine is Toyota heater core also. A simple cable for the heater control valve, and a small electric fan like those used on computers is all it takes to keep the frost off of the windshield.
We hardly see anything real cold, but the differential temps when in the mud can cause the windshield to fog up real bad. The little bit of heat that the yota heater core puts out is more than enough to keep it defrosted.
Both of my trucks also run bedliner material inside. Easy to wash out with a fire hose.
Bare bones is the way to go with a purpose built rig.
Not sure if the OP is gonna get this extreme and want to run something that bare bones.

 

Well I took all that crap out maily due to running a 92 cab on a 78 frame. Don't need a bunch of wires with a carb and dura spark ignition. Like said already bare bones.

 

Alright. I'm interested in the pictures you have of thewhole setup.

If possible.

 

I can't find any right now, but I'll take some pics for u.