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#271548 - 13/05/05 02:39 AM
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anyone has picture of stock x with 32"?
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#271549 - 13/05/05 02:46 PM
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(Stone's stock height rig w/32's)
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#271550 - 13/05/05 05:50 PM
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Did it hydrolock? Please tell that story because that baby is in DEEP.
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#271552 - 13/05/05 06:46 PM
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#271553 - 13/05/05 07:01 PM
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#271554 - 13/05/05 07:08 PM
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Mine didn't......... (Thanks TJ!) Stone
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#271555 - 22/05/05 05:13 AM
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Interesting...all these pics show submerged Xs, the query was about 32s. It occurred to me: What is the max fording depth for an X...water in up to the doors, headlights, or drivers neck? Is there a decent snorkle kit available for the X?
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#271556 - 22/05/05 05:29 AM
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There are two. TJM and ARB. I've installed both. Both are good quaility. The Arb goes all the way to the front of the fender to the intake, while the TJM goes halfway down and uses a secondary tube inside the fender. I have the TJM and it works great.
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#271557 - 22/05/05 05:52 AM
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I see the intake is mounted on the driver's side. ANy problems interfering with line of sight? Do they mount only on left? How much did it cost and how long to install?
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#271558 - 22/05/05 07:29 AM
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What is the max fording depth for an X...water in up to the doors, headlights, or drivers neck? ** DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!** In a 3" lifted '01 on 32s (at the time), I drove the X for approximately 30-40 yds underwater. At the deepest (approx 51-53"), the water was 3-5" up the sides of the window, in essence, just below my shoulder as I sat in the drivers seat. It was over the hood and up the windshield as well.. ** Again, It's not recommended that anyone try this as catastrophic engine failure may occur ** This message brought to you by Jim Beam Distilleries, producers of Knob Creek Bourbon
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#271559 - 22/05/05 07:54 AM
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Originally posted by DBAX: What is the max fording depth for an X...water in up to the doors, headlights, or drivers neck? ** DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!** In a 3" lifted '01 on 32s (at the time), I drove the X for approximately 30-40 yds underwater. At the deepest (approx 51-53"), the water was 3-5" up the sides of the window, in essence, just below my shoulder as I sat in the drivers seat. It was over the hood and up the windshield as well.. ** Again, It's not recommended that anyone try this as catastrophic engine failure may occur **
This message brought to you by Jim Beam Distilleries, producers of Knob Creek Bourbon Yeah... I would have to be drunk to try that, really really really really really really drunk. You're insane Dan!!!
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#271560 - 22/05/05 08:27 AM
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I have forded to a depth where the bumper was pushing a bow wake and the fan was throwing water. Serpentine belt squealed a bit until things dried out. How far do you figure his went before it seized up (assuming it had no snorkle)?
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#271561 - 22/05/05 08:33 AM
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If you're referring to me, my engine was fine . Not sure why, but by the grace of G-D, nothing bad happened. No, no snorkle either, and I run a Stillen intake which is in a box, but the box is not fully sealed. It's open on the top and through the driverside fender..Wierd, I remember hearing the fan slapping and the engine chugging from inside the truck too. Very surreal moment as it was nighttime and the water was clear, but illuminated around me. Like being in a fishbowl..
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#271562 - 22/05/05 08:56 AM
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Originally posted by DBAX: What is the max fording depth for an X...water in up to the doors, headlights, or drivers neck? ** DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!** In a 3" lifted '01 on 32s (at the time), I drove the X for approximately 30-40 yds underwater. At the deepest (approx 51-53"), the water was 3-5" up the sides of the window, in essence, just below my shoulder as I sat in the drivers seat. It was over the hood and up the windshield as well.. ** Again, It's not recommended that anyone try this as catastrophic engine failure may occur **
This message brought to you by Jim Beam Distilleries, producers of Knob Creek Bourbon i would love to see some pics of this here.... damn that souds crazy and would look neat as hell.. talk to you later.. BOOM
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#271563 - 22/05/05 09:01 AM
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Sorry Boom, no pics from that voyage to the bottom of the lake..All of my fellow campers were kinda' hammered also and just stood along the shoreline, mouths agape in disbelief too..Make no mistake, there are witnesses Just no pics
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#271564 - 22/05/05 10:12 AM
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If you didn't take any precautions to prevent water damage, keep the water below the transmission hump...your little black box full of expensive electronics is about that height, under your dash. If you make sure your firewall penetrations and seals are in good shape, headlight hieght water is about the limit for all but short immersions...the shot I showed was of the 32's under water, and the open element (Not a sealed box air intake or snorkle) getting wet and stalling the engine. He didn't hydrolock, but it did take us hours to get him back out of the Barrens, as stuff was really wet (Water poured out of his door when he got out...) Sorry I started the (hidden) 32's on stock theme, seemed to get out of hand.
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#271565 - 22/05/05 01:29 PM
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Originally posted by copperlake: I see the intake is mounted on the driver's side. ANy problems interfering with line of sight? Do they mount only on left? How much did it cost and how long to install? You really can't even see the snorkle while driving, you have to look for it, so it doesn't block your view at all. They go on the left because that is where the airbox is and is only designed for the drivers side. Cost was around $300 and took me about 7 hours to install. If I had to do it again, it would take a lot less time. The hardest thing is figuring it all out so that it all lines up.
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#271566 - 22/05/05 02:20 PM
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Well here is one of my crossings, No problems here either, constant speed was the factor that made this one successful. I have done deeper since, But no pics of them , at least that I have.
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#271567 - 22/05/05 02:32 PM
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You guys are insane. I would be afraid I would go completly sub-marine!
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#271568 - 22/05/05 02:59 PM
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GrnX's shot shows a good bow wave...notice how the water is headlight deep in front, and is visibly shallower as you move back on the truck?
If you keep the water at the headlights or lower, and have that effect, you're golden as long as you have a stock or closed airbox.
Another point if you're afraid of going too deep...don't drive through water unless you know how deep it is....take a stick or a branch, walk it and poke/sound the depths...and, what the bottom is made of.
You can still get into trouble of course, a hidden rut or submerged hole, etc...but, at least you are not just diving into unknown waters.
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#271569 - 26/05/05 09:25 AM
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Originally posted by DBAX: What is the max fording depth for an X...water in up to the doors, headlights, or drivers neck? ** DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!** In a 3" lifted '01 on 32s (at the time), I drove the X for approximately 30-40 yds underwater. At the deepest (approx 51-53"), the water was 3-5" up the sides of the window, in essence, just below my shoulder as I sat in the drivers seat. It was over the hood and up the windshield as well.. ** Again, It's not recommended that anyone try this as catastrophic engine failure may occur **
This message brought to you by Jim Beam Distilleries, producers of Knob Creek Bourbon DAMN, I wanna try that! of course I would need to do some work to make my truck water proof first
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#271570 - 26/05/05 10:06 AM
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This message brought to you by Jim Beam Distilleries, producers of Knob Creek Bourbon [/QB][/QUOTE] Since we've allready gotten off topic, I live half a mile from the distillery. It smells delicious except for when they are making Pucker of course!
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#271571 - 26/05/05 10:58 AM
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when you guys are in water like that (say up to the headlights), are there problems with water coming in through the doors?
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#271572 - 26/05/05 11:04 AM
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If you forget to close them... Make sure the seals are in good shape...if they're torn or ozone degraded...you will let some water in...slowly. It comes in MUCH faster through firewall penetrations if the grommets or other holes are open.
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#271573 - 26/05/05 11:42 AM
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When I used to take my lifted Cherokee to Livingston, KY some of the water crossings got to be just past my windows. I had the ARB snorkle and could drive all day long with water up to my chest as long as I siliconed all my electric. The X is different though because of height and well it's just plain better looking and I dont want to screw it up. If you silicone distributor caps and plug wires and make sure the truck can breath u are cool. A lot of people will put the air intake inside the cab to prevent hydrolock, but seems very hard to do on the X.
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#271574 - 26/05/05 03:53 PM
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are there problems with water coming in through the doors? Yes. Even if you are maintaining a constant speed, if the lower door seals are submerged, they will fail. They're not meant to waterproof your interior, more to stop air from rushing in I suppose. But, if the situation allows and you can have your windows up with the air on a while before the fording, a "pressure barrier" can be built up which will in fact retard the deluge of water. Not stop it, but keep it from coming in as quickly as it would've without that happening. And silicone around grommets in the firewall help, as well as spraying down the electric system too. Bottom line is continual deep water crossing is hazardous to your vehicle, and it can and will F up your truck sooner or later in more ways than one.
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#271575 - 26/05/05 04:47 PM
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Originally posted by ripcurl2151: when you guys are in water like that (say up to the headlights), are there problems with water coming in through the doors? Only if you lose momentum and get stuck. Stone
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#271576 - 26/05/05 06:22 PM
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The comment about maintaining momentum is important. Enclosed objects tend to float and the buoyancy will reduce ground pressure, that stuff that keeps you stuck to the bottom and not being swept away by the current. The current at the bottom may be much faster than the surface conditions indicate and it can really rachet up the pucker factor when crossing something deep and feel the wheels begin to break loose and you begin to hope like heck the engine doesn't stall.
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#271578 - 27/05/05 07:39 PM
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Xorand: nice rig. Are those radial rover RVs? Any trouble getting them in the wheel wells? LSD or no?
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#271579 - 16/06/05 10:00 PM
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Can anyone see the pics TJ posted (p.2)...i cant... just want to know if it is my computer or not..
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#271580 - 20/06/05 08:00 AM
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sorry to go back to the water crossing subject, but has anyone had any trouble crossing water with an aftermarket intake? I have an AEM brute force and it came with a heat shield(which is installed) and it has a rubber piece on top which is flush with the hood, but it is open on the other 3 sides. i havent done any water crossing yet, and was just wondering if anyone had any problems.
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#271581 - 20/06/05 09:00 AM
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I have the K&N FIPK, and I have had some minor problems with water and mud. Try to construct a simple shield that will block the water from rushing in past the heat shield, that you can insert when you anticipate a water crossing. I used a piece of roofing flashing bent to block the bottom where most of the water will rush in. It won't keep it all out but will stop quite a bit of it. It helped me out a month ago when this pic was taken of me.
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#271582 - 22/06/05 08:15 PM
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Wow, that is some grey slop you are going through there, 04xtse. Looks like really fine slity stuff. when running through that kind of mud, what kind of post-service do you so the bearings and such dont eat themselves?
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#271583 - 23/06/05 06:32 PM
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Originally posted by copperlake: Wow, that is some grey slop you are going through there, 04xtse. Looks like really fine slity stuff. when running through that kind of mud, what kind of post-service do you so the bearings and such dont eat themselves? It wasn't as bad as it looks. Just a short distance through rushing water but there was a lot of mud in it. I don't do that that often to really have to worry about the extra maintenance required. Just normal maintainance and a lot of cleaning out the radiator with a hose.
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