LostWoods
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The stock setup isn't actually connected so it's not like drawing water through the front will force it into the airbox. It's more a ram air type situation to get cool air up into the general area where the airbox does draw in but since there's a pretty large gap between where that tube ends and the airbox, there's no vacuum as you get with a sealed system and not nearly enough pressure to force water up into the airbox.The stock intake box gets its supply from a tube that pulls air from the behind the lower left-most grill slot area that is actually lower than the intake box itself. So there is a definite (I'd guess 8"-12") height gain over stock even with the low profile head.
Plus this snorkel relocates the intake further back where it is both well known and visible to the driver, as well as moving away from that initial dam of water that pushes up against the grill as the Jeep is fording.
From where the stock airbox is taking in air, you're really only gaining a few inches.
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