Spectre customers are awesome. Our guest blogger today is Michael Diaz from Helendale. Mike recently posted on jeeping forum, HighDesertOverlanders.com, about his experiences installing a Spectre Cold Air Intake on his off-roading jeep.
“The product is great and the feedback I am getting from the jeep guys is that they really like it.” Mike tells us. “It’s cool how it removes the stock intake box so Jeep guys have more room for their on-board air compressor where the stock intake use to be. The total install time was one hour, and very easy.”
Here’s Mike’s step by step install in his own words and pictures:
“So I got the intake in the mail yesterday and was pretty excited about the install. After reading through instructions I decided I was ready to go.
Since I already had a shorty intake I unbolted the one bolt holding the intake steady and then the clamp off the throttle body and everything was cleared out of the way.
The directions say to unbolt your battery ground and bolt it onto the motor ground over near the master cylinder. The reason is where the bolt is for the ground is where the hole you will be cutting will eventually be. I also unclipped my wiring harness from the bracket just so that I can have a little more room to play with.
I then slipped the throttle body adapter ring into the 3 inch coupler and clamped it on the throttle body. Once on, I slipped the assembled intake onto the throttle body. I messed around a little with the intake lining it up to the back of the firewall until I found the spot I wanted to use for the intake entrance.
Once I found the spot where I thought would be perfect I marked it, then just eyeballed the center and began cutting. Once I got the hole cut I cleaned it up a little with a dremmel and slipped the plastic duct into the firewall, marked my holes for my screws and drilled the holes. Once holes were drilled I slipped on the aluminum duct and then bolted them both down.
I assembled the intake fitting it into the duct and tightened it all up. I then installed the 5/8 breather hose and all was done.
Total install time was 1 hour and except for me climbing into the engine compartment to cut my hole, it was pretty easy. I went on my test drive and the motor sounded like I had a turbo installed, it was great. I stepped on it and it just seemed like the motor was flowing with straight power. Very hard to explain but the little 4.0 sounded like a 5.0 muscle car which was cool. It sounds better than it ever sounded with my stock or previous custom intake.
It’s a very clean and excellently made product and I am extremely happy with it. When you open the hood it’s great to see the intake there. It looks awesome. When I step on it, it moves out and puts a grin on my face. I haven’t dumped it on a highway yet only local roads so I can’t tell you the high end difference but on the local roads I am impressed. Lastly, the look just gives the Jeep some pop. I never thought I would say that I want my Jeep motor to look like race car but that’s the look it gives it and I like it a lot.”
Thanks Mike! Happy Jeeping!
