Heat reduction hoods

#61
I'm glad to see this thread revived. Since I replaced my front fenders and inner fenders, my gas mileage has been awful. I could not use the stock airbox, and have a cone filter on the original intake tube. My suspicions have been that the underhood temps, and the hot, less dense air, being drawn into the engine were causing this. I have been driving around with a scanner plugged in, to allow me to monitor intake air temperature. The temps have reached over 200 degrees. I am trying to come up with a cold air intake that will fit the available area, and not collect mud, bugs, rain, etc. I can't help but feel that cooler intake temps combined with decreased underhood temps will help.
Snorkel kit ... J/K
 
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