imagine you built a jeep with 14 foot tall snorkels

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08/30/2016 at 11:26 • Filed to: None

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would you position the exhaust so it is blowing directly onto the intake?

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Kinja'd!!! Montalvo > MonkeePuzzle
08/30/2016 at 11:29

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Nope, that was the very first thing I thought of when I saw it. Very entertaining though.


Kinja'd!!! For Sweden > MonkeePuzzle
08/30/2016 at 11:30

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More carbon in the intake = more carbon to burn = more power.


Kinja'd!!! Ash78, voting early and often > MonkeePuzzle
08/30/2016 at 11:30

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In the case of a project this insane, I'm guessing structural integrity of the masts is more important than a week bit of exhaust rebreathing :D


Kinja'd!!! djmt1 > MonkeePuzzle
08/30/2016 at 11:32

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I miss Scrapheap Challenge.

Fast forward to 35 mins in to see a car built from whatever was available in a junkyard in under a day, drive underwater.


Kinja'd!!! Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > MonkeePuzzle
08/30/2016 at 11:42

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DIRECT EXHAUST INJECTION


Kinja'd!!! Party-vi > MonkeePuzzle
08/30/2016 at 11:48

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I’m wondering how well the brakes and diffs/axles work under water.


Kinja'd!!! MonkeePuzzle > Party-vi
08/30/2016 at 11:51

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during the build they mentioned vents, which I know diffs and trans have, and discussed rerouting them. And the locker was compressed air instead of a compressor.

but brakes, I’m assuming standard discs would work VERY poorly in water, or even for sometime after getting out of the water.


Kinja'd!!! Echo51 > Party-vi
08/30/2016 at 11:51

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Axles have seals, some proper offroad gear probably exists that’s rated to last for submersions, the brakes shouldn’t be affected since closed loop fluid system. Maybe the breather/vent on the brake resevouir, i dunno.


Kinja'd!!! DipodomysDeserti > MonkeePuzzle
08/30/2016 at 11:52

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That’s awesome. I want to put an old 5 pot Merc diesel in my Jeep when the EGH in her takes a shit.


Kinja'd!!! RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Party-vi
08/30/2016 at 11:56

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Diffs/axles, depends on what the seep rate through the seals or vents is at about 5.3psi difference in interior/exterior pressure. They would be starting out full of air + gear oil. It wouldn’t be hard to rig a vacuum tank or something with a little air pressure to the vent. to displace. The brakes... well, they’d work a little bit.


Kinja'd!!! kanadanmajava1 > For Sweden
08/30/2016 at 12:08

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It’s actually good for NOx emissions to recirculate exhaust gasses. The notorious EGR stands for this.


Kinja'd!!! Chasaboo > Ash78, voting early and often
08/30/2016 at 12:53

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We have a winner.


Kinja'd!!! Party-vi > Echo51
08/30/2016 at 13:09

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I was thinking the silt and water between the discs and pads.


Kinja'd!!! McMike > MonkeePuzzle
08/30/2016 at 13:21

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I would just forget the snorkels and make myself a re-breather setup.

No bubbles, no boundaries. How low can you go?

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Kinja'd!!! MonkeePuzzle > McMike
08/30/2016 at 13:59

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a rebreather for the whole car would be an exceptionally cool thing


Kinja'd!!! Echo51 > Party-vi
08/30/2016 at 15:44

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For low speed-crawler use i’ll dare say they’d do fine enough, just step harder to press through the silt/water and then it should grind out once you get rotation, but no idea... What wonders me more is the hot turbo into water, but i guess they didn’t idle it for too long beforehand...