Snorkels for Mavericks

[LSchicago]

I didn't say make a cheap ram air. The point would be to make something nice. We are still talking about a Maverick here and unless it is a short super deep hole which I doubt the Maverick would have the angles for, after a second or 3 that water is gonna come right through the grill and flood the entire engine compartment. I used to play around in rivers like driving where my ass is fully submerged. Rarely would the top of my hood get wet. No under hood air intake is gonna breath when you get to the point you are putting waves over your hood. Unless it is a deep down and up hole. Which not even the Bronco sport is likely to survive. Hell even he big Broncos have had various issues with deep water running. A modern vehicle built to modern safety and luxury standards just isn't going to last in the water like that.

As someone who towed for 23 years, the "waves" that come over your hood are usually caused by idiots on the other side blasting through. Usually not from your own vehicle. Either way it's stupid to even think a Maverick can go through more than a foot of water without getting totaled.

My rule with the Super Duties was the top of my running board. But even at that, the dumbass water cowboys on the other side would make a wake big enough to crash over the F550's hood.

Kids will always love playing in puddles though.

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[Maverickman74]

As someone who towed for 23 years, the "waves" that come over your hood are usually caused by idiots on the other side blasting through. Usually not from your own vehicle. Either way it's stupid to even think a Maverick can go through more than a foot of water without getting totaled.

My rule with the Super Duties was the top of my running board. But even at that, the dumbass water cowboys on the other side would make a wake big enough to crash over the F550's hood.

Kids will always love playing in puddles though.

Yeah I can't say I have ever gone places underwater where other people were going. Crossing rivers and creeks is on thing but driving around on roads in deep water is just asking to end up floating onto someone's porch.

 

[LSchicago]

Yeah I can't say I have ever gone places underwater where other people were going. Crossing rivers and creeks is on thing but driving around on roads in deep water is just asking to end up floating onto someone's porch.

That was what we did. We had to tow those that didn't make it.

 

[Maverickman74]

That was what we did. We had to tow those that didn't make it.

I was mostly driving around swamped fields, along the riverbanks in the flood plains. I did do some holes and hills mud bogging a few times. Go down to islands in the river and play around. Trying to see how far we can go without sinking, then pull each other back out. One time I crossed out into a part of the river I thought I could make it. Once I started floating I pulled the winch out and swam over in about almost 4 ft of water. Hauled myself up with the winch the last 30 ft then pulled my buddy's across in their jeeps. We ended up finding and old canal and lock from the 1800s and we had fun wheeling on that. Sometimes we would sink our motors and kill em. But just pull the plugs and jump start em and drive home soaked to the bone. Fun times jamming on the river. Just a bunch of old crappy home made lifted jeeps. I do miss my CJ days. Those buggers just literally went anywhere and made ya work for it.

 

[sunglint]

To answer the OP who does actually know that the main reason to get a snorkel is to keep fine dust out of your engine... yeah, probably. Air filter intake is just in front of it. There used to be kits to design your own cold air intake, could be used to redirect on the intake side of the stock filter. Probably still have to cut something. Might be able to just cut the grill, take it to the side then down the hood. If I did offroading/lived in a dusty area I'd be interested. Might be able to split it into two smaller snorkels coming up each side of the windshield. The air intake isn't pulling a hard vacuum so it wouldn't have to be thick walled material. Of course you can't go in to water over the center of your wheels, if you want that get a proper Trail-Rated Jeep, but it doesn't sound like that's what he wants to do.

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