EcoDiesel Jeep Gladiator With a Mojave Hood & Functional Hydro Guide System?

[Eddi_Taru]

Hi everyone,

I know not many of us have the EcoDiesel engine in our Jeeps, but for those who do, I'm planning to install a Mojave or 392 Mopar hood on my Jeep Gladiator EcoDiesel. Since the intake on the EcoDiesel is located on the right side of the engine bay, similar to the Jeep Wrangler 392 with the Hemi V8, I was wondering how difficult it would be to install an air intake from a Jeep Wrangler 392 and guide it to the EcoDiesel engine intake location and make it functional with the OEM Jeep Wrangler 392 hydro guide system. I assume I could remove the engine cover plastic if needed. It seems like it might be doable, but how to go about it? And is it worth it?

Another option would be to consider not using the hydro guide system from the Jeep Wrangler 392 and simply installing an open-air grill in the Mojave/392 hood thus allowing more airflow and cooling. However, would that be a bad idea due to snow, rain, or dust getting under the hood? What do you guys think?

The hood is for sale and is becoming more and more affordable. Here is a link to a listing:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/386749302178?fits=Model:Gladiator|Make:Jeep&_skw=jeep+gladiator+392+hood&itmmeta=01J9BFP43V9206SQE8MVWG4HTC&hash=item5a0c0e05a2:g:sbsAAOSwWZZlwoFi&itmprp=enc:AQAJAAAA0HoV3kP08IDx+KZ9MfhVJKnRg8dAuSBy1mbqL7oPHwS/F1sDn1z+aPDOKM1wIpHXATJ/WlI1D/7k8sHQxnB14TQipJYqdUSgWfalV5txG343FQ2LLT7AE3HUktaCN6Ip+oJ3FjimE7TRNm2BBzwbtSNnBKk7IpvfjOWhO5AkTclsE1R6Z04kB+62J3Z0p7ehVCgEetNVWT0/HgjDK3JaadV1o7DwO6Bf/OxQ8U6d6JY4t8fmGVes37sWg6us2OYX8DqyB9SmyfFqk0mBN8mtoQ8=|tkp:Bk9SR4bC2O_KZA

Thanks for your input!

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[Wolf Island Diver]

Depending on clearance, with a large enough 3d printer and the right filament, you could print tubing to connect the hood to the intake. I’d really caution you about this. The Hydro Guide points the wrong direction. Where’s it’s located, assuming the clearance is even there it may be affected by the heat of the diesel engine. I’d want to follow as direct a line from outside the engine bay into the intake. The stock intake is on the far driver side. You can’t avoid crossing directly over top of the engine with this. Maybe most significantly, the Ecodiesel is sensitive to airflow. Without truly engineering a solution, and analyzing the air flow, data that basically impossible to come by, it’s hard to tell if this would result in issues, the minimum of which being thrown codes.

Personally, the Hydro Guide (actually the whole 392, itself) seems like an expensive gimmick to me. A more proven and cheaper (once you factor in all the prototyping and custom fab costs) solution that’s actually been tested on the EcoDiesel for a few years, and thousand of other vehicles for decades is a snorkel, of the design AEV sells. AEV indicates that their snorkel doesn’t fit the Mojave hood but people have done it. There’s a discussion on this forum. The space between layers of sheet metal is larger. You could print a bigger bezel for that among other modifications to make it work. The Sy-Klone prefilter on the AEV would be ideal for a desert runner.