AlbertaRaptor
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Well as some of you may be aware I am one of the few lucky guys to have hydro-locked a 6.2l Raptor.
Long story, stupid moment, never going to happen again.
Here's why:
If you remove your headlight and look behind it you see this:
Too damn low and catches all the splash from around the wheel.
I cut the factory inlet here:
Attached a 3" coupling made of rubber like so:
Then I rigged up a 3 inch diameter by 26" piece of PVC attached to a 90 degree bend seen here in this crappy photo. I never should have rested it in the air box for the photo , it was just sitting there. It is not attached:
Drilled some drainage holes just incase the water makes it into the tube:
Wrapped it in foam by butchering a humidifier filter and threw on some duct tape for the Red Green fans out there. I wanted to cushion the movement in the inner fender and I wanted to block partially the ability of those holes to suck in mud and debris while allowing water to drain out of the tube before the air box:
I then slid the two parts together using that coupling:
So it looks like this from behind the headlight now:
If you look down the fender from the top side with the SVT vent removed it looks like this:
And with the vent back in place:
No snorker exists, it may not be pretty, but it does work fine and pulls air from a much higher source.
No adverse effect on power or economy or anything. You wouldn't even know it's there.
BUT...
I'm not blowing up another 6.2
Jeff
Long story, stupid moment, never going to happen again.
Here's why:
If you remove your headlight and look behind it you see this:
Too damn low and catches all the splash from around the wheel.
I cut the factory inlet here:
Attached a 3" coupling made of rubber like so:
Then I rigged up a 3 inch diameter by 26" piece of PVC attached to a 90 degree bend seen here in this crappy photo. I never should have rested it in the air box for the photo , it was just sitting there. It is not attached:
Drilled some drainage holes just incase the water makes it into the tube:
Wrapped it in foam by butchering a humidifier filter and threw on some duct tape for the Red Green fans out there. I wanted to cushion the movement in the inner fender and I wanted to block partially the ability of those holes to suck in mud and debris while allowing water to drain out of the tube before the air box:
I then slid the two parts together using that coupling:
So it looks like this from behind the headlight now:
If you look down the fender from the top side with the SVT vent removed it looks like this:
And with the vent back in place:
No snorker exists, it may not be pretty, but it does work fine and pulls air from a much higher source.
No adverse effect on power or economy or anything. You wouldn't even know it's there.
BUT...
I'm not blowing up another 6.2
Jeff
