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Old 05-02-2013, 04:16 PM
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I need to get my intake outside of the engine bay and am looking at mounting a precleaner on a very short riser pipe coming out of the cowl. It is an OM617.951 in a Jeep Wrangler. I hate the look of snorkels, but I want it out of the engine bay due to heat swamping...

I have searched extensively and can not find good info on what CFM this engine needs. Anyone have any idea???? Is the 120CFM one way too small, or just fine???
The stock air filter flows 450cfm.

I can tell you definitively that the engine is fine with a much smaller filter.

If you read though the following thread you can see the empirical data used to make this determination -

Getting rid of the old air cleaner. Any tips, tricks, or warnings?
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