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What is the purpose of the snorkel in the engine bay of the 3.6 liter engine?
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if ur talking about what i think you are, i'd imagine that it is there for the same reason as it is on the 3.4L...to help draw cold air from the outside directly into the intake in order to prevent the uptake of hot air from the engine bay. Note that the EVOMS intake also has a similar snokeling function as does the more expensinve Champion Motorsport intake for the 997 as i recall.
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