ok AZ has an edelbrock chrome air cleaner for just 35 bucks, i just need to get the bent piece of rod for it.

but my question is do they suck in water easy? i like my mudding, and i noticed i have mud on the top of my stock air cleaner from my mudding trip a couple days ago.

Im just worried that if im getting mud and such up there that the round air clener will suck in water...

any advice on this?

 

i dont hink youll have a problem unless you completely submerge it....sure you might suck up little bits, but not enuff to hydrolock

 

Do NOT go mudding with a 14x3. You WILL ruin the filter, and you might suck water into the intake. The first time I went mudding with my 14x3 the filter got so soaked that it choked the engine off. I had to drive home with no air filter. I went through 3 filters in the 4 months that I had my 14x3. 2 of them were soaked on the trails, and one was ruined when I hit a puddle just driving down a main road.

K&N makes a cover thingy that is made to slide over open element filters. I've been told it works pretty good, but I've never tried it myself.

 

I think they call it a "prefilter". People have been offroading for years with carbed trucks and most had the 14x3. You do have to be careful. I had a buddy that when he went offroading he used panty hose to cover.......same thing as a prefilter really.

Also I bought a 14x3 and also an aftermarket filter for it, so I just plan on throwing the paper one that came with the 14x3 in when I go hunting and there is a chance.

short story long just be careful

 

just use the k&n sock deal and a paper filter when you go mudding.
for the s bolt you can buy a piece of 1/4 20 threaded rod and cut it off with a dremel or hack saw and bend it with a vise or a couple pairs of channel locks.

 

or go to a junkyard and get the stud of an older Dakota, purpl made a thread about it a while ago

 

i wouldn't use the stud. the point in the fastman throttle body is to remove any obstructions that can cause turbulence in airflow through the throttle body and that stud covers part of the throttle body bores. so it probably isn't as good as an s bolt.

 

It's about the same. Anyways it eh extra metals an issue just grind it down and smooth it out.

 

I can confirm, water WILL get into the intake with a 14X3. I have a 14X3 and a while back, I went through some flood waters. I was even going that fast but enough water spashed around in the engine bay that some got sucked in and caused the engine to start stuttering and struggling. I pulled over, flipped it into nuetral and gave her a bunch of gas to burn out the water. It eventually cleared up and has run fine ever since.

I plan on ditching my 14X3 because I don't want to worry about it. Will probably get an Air Raid or go back to the stock box.

 

are you sure it was getting into the intake and not the distributor cap?