I took a journey today

[algoesfast]

So, I have removed air snorkels on other vehicles with no excitment what so ever. But with the elantra it was like going on a journey. I looked down on the intake air box lid. And my adventure began. I followed the duct around by the battery and through the metal. I then was amazed that I couldn't figure out just from looking which way the duct went. So then I removed the wheel well skirting. And was amazed to see that huge box. I searched with no success to find the hole that the air would enter this device. Then wow! There is a flex duct leaving this box. I thought to myself "could this be some sort of ram air" My heart started pounding as I attempted to confirm my suspisions. With what could only be described as a big bear hug. I followed this flex duct over and up to were I could not see. Determined not to be beatin. I removed the shroud connected to the air box lid. What did I see? There it was. Not ram air but just a snorkel sitting there sucking in hot air just a foot away from the filter. But somehow and for some reason the air haD to go on a 4 foot journey. So my journey ended with me shorting the air's journey. By removing all that nonsense. Thank you for reading, about my journey.

[rckozma]

You could have saved yourself about an hour of wasted time if you would have searched here first. But finding out for yourself is half the fun. Good job!

[PSUsouthpaw]

Yeah, the snorkel sucks. Mine is in a landfill in florida somewhere.

[slyderdai]

do you need to get rid of all this junk for the cai ???? I have a short ram but plan on the accord intake soon......i guess it will come out anyways for the weight reduction. I plan on getting rid of a lot of unnecisary ? weight this week

[04 elantra cvvt]

do you need to get rid of all this junk for the cai ???? I have a short ram but plan on the accord intake soon......i guess it will come out anyways for the weight reduction. I plan on getting rid of a lot of unnecisary ? weight this week

In short... YES. For the Accord CAI, you need to take all of that out becuase that is where the filter will end up.

[ghrpdx]

Ha! A nice adventure in learning a little more about your Elantra. I figured it out for myself as well. It was one of the very first things I did along with a K&N filter.

[algoesfast]

Yeah lots of fun. I removed snorkels in ford products before and they were just inside the wheel well turned back towards the doors. That is why I was so surprised to see all that junk. I too have installed a K&N filter.