No, the AEV Snorkel is designed to be installed with either the stock hood or the AEV Heat Reduction Hood. Do I need AEV’s Hood to install the Snorkel?

It’s what whitewater kayaks, bulldozer bushings, and cutting boards are all made out of. Cross-linked polyethylene is virtually indestructible. I’ve heard plastic snorkels won’t take a beating off-road, is that true? Should a small amount of water ever make it through the snorkel, it will collect harmlessly in the bottom of the air box. This is a critical design feature and one that shouldn’t be ignored. The Air-Ram is designed so that incoming rain will hit the back wall of the Ram and then get channeled into carefully designed drains. The other advantage of this design is that it is compatible all models of Wranglers – Gas, Diesel, Hemi, LHD or RHD. The AEV Snorkel has no seams, no hoses, and no areas to leak. This creates at least two leak-prone joints that are often actually lower than the stock intake was to begin with. Other snorkels first go down the fender to a hose and then back up to the air box. This not only gives it a purposeful, industrial aesthetic, but the design has many inherent advantages. We took design inspiration from that and decided to have a notch in the hood and to run the snorkel body down the outside of the vehicle. The early M38A1 came with a small knock out panel in the side of the hood for a deep water fording kit that was used is some theaters of war. We took a bit of Jeep Heritage when designing the AEV Heat Reduction Hood and AEV Snorkel. Why does the AEV Snorkel run outside of the vehicle and then go through a cutout in the hood? What’s the purpose of this design? While the snorkel will provide plenty of dry fresh air for the engine, there are other things (electronics, axles, transmission, etc.) that will need to be protected from water if you intend to use the Jeep for deeper-than-recommended water crossings. For example, if you went from a stock 32-inch tire to a 37-inch tire with 4.5-inces of lift, you could safely go through water 37-inches deep and still be within Jeep’s recommended limits. If you lift your vehicle and install larger tires, you can effectively increase that number by the size of the lift plus half of the change in tire size. Jeep’s official testing and marketing materials state that the JK can slowly traverse water up to 30-inches deep. What water depth can I safely cross using the AEV Snorkel? Dusty conditions can wreak havoc on your air filter, choking your engine and reducing performance. In dry or dusty areas like the Southwest, dust is actually a bigger hazard to your air intake than water or at the very least a more persistent issue.

That’s the popular perception, but snorkels actually do much more. Is the AEV Snorkel just for deep water crossings? The second generation Snorkel provides substantially more airflow than our previous generation Snorkel. The most notable change between the two generations is the larger, 4” air inlet pipe diameter. Product FAQs How does this snorkel differ from the first generation? Bumpers & Accessories Silverado Bumpers & Accessories.Bumpers & Accessories Sierra Bumpers & Accessories.Skid Plates & Protection Canyon Skid Plates & Protection.

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