Air intakes under WK?

[bmpeele]

Long and embarrassing story aside, I learned there are 2 air intakes underneath the engine on my 06 Grand Cherokee with the 4.7 L V8. Is there a cost effective way of removing these without major modifications to my engine. I'd like to avoid having to buy a new engine because of them. And if this is in the wrong section please move it to the appropriate area.

 

[TerryMason]

I'm not sure if you're looking for a full on snorkel, but they do seem to sell them (I don't have any first hand experience):
Safari Snorkel for 4.0L and 4.7L Non High Output Engine - ARB-SS1140HF

 

[TerryMason]

I was looking around for WK snorkels when I stumbled upon this:

I'll say that it's not like any snorkel I've seen before...

 

[bmpeele]

The first snorkel won't work as I'm going to put the HO heads on there later (later being as soon as I can get the spare time to find them and swap them out). That project, while definitely interesting, seems quite a bit above my skill level at the moment.

 

[Asifurmunnu]

i don't understand

 

[bmpeele]

The way it was explained to me is along with the main air intake under the hood, there are two more underneath the engine. I was unaware of this and went to go pull someone out of a hole and seized my engine by driving through a puddle that was only at about half tire on stock tires. Luckily Geico covered everything at no cost to me. When I get my jeep back I'll post pictures, but I'm trying to figure out if there's a way to get rid of these 2 intakes that doesn't involve a complete engine swap. If it's not possible I understand, I'm just looking to see if anyone has had the same issue of know someone that might know. Any help is appreciated.