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  1. Breathing Fresh Air - Intake R&D, Part 2: 3D Scan

    Breathing Fresh Air - Intake R&D, Part 2: 3D Scan

    As the weather here in Delaware continues to get colder,
    I've resigned myself to only leaving the house to avoid starvation or getting
    fired (and it's not even really cold here). As much as I hate the cold, I'm
    reminded every morning that my turbocharged car loves it. The only thing better
    than cold, dense air for a turbocharged engine is more cold, dense air. Once
    the winter months turn into spring and summer, more of us will be out enjoying
    the warm air, but your 2.0T Jeep JL will be longing for the cold of winter. At
    Mishimoto, we've been working to give your Jeep the cool air it needs to
    perform its best all year long.

    The first post on our 2018+ JL 2.0L turbo intake focused on every aspect of the stock intake system. If you missed that post, I suggest

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  2. Prepare for Adventure - Catch Can R&D, Part 2: Design

    Prepare for Adventure - Catch Can R&D, Part 2: Design

    Imagine driving your brand-new 3.6L Jeep Wrangler JL up a
    steep, rocky grade. Your tires struggle to grip the rocks and loose soil, but
    you persevere, steadily making your way to the top. You look back to see the
    faces of your friends, hoping they'll be amazed and thinking the same thing you
    are, "Wow, this Jeep can take on anything!" But you can't see them, because
    they've been enveloped in a plume of blue-white smoke that's still billowing
    from your exhaust. Instead of impressing everyone and selling at least four JL Wranglers in the
    process, all you've manage to do is drive up a hill in a James Bond-esque smoke
    screen.

    Before you start worrying about piston rings and head
    gaskets, you might want to investigate your CCV system. Blow-by accumulation
    can wreak havoc on your intake and upper engine (and the lungs of anybody
    spectating). Even a properly functioning CCV/PCV system can allow a large
    amount of blow-by to pass

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  3. Breathing Fresh Air  - Intake R&D, Part 1: Stock Review

    Breathing Fresh Air - Intake R&D, Part 1: Stock Review

    There's something about hitting the road, leaving the smog and haze of the city, and breathing in the crisp, fresh air of the wilderness that brings a person to life. The Jeep Wrangler JL, like all Wranglers before it, was built to take you there. To let you escape those everyday boundaries and breathe fresh air. And for the JL equipped with the new 2.0L turbo engine, breathing fresh air is more important than ever.

    While you're taking a deep breath in and enjoying the view, your Wrangler's two-liter engine is using that same air to drive you both forward. It breathes air in through its intake, compresses it with the turbocharger and even more in the cylinder, ignites it with fuel and a spark, then breathes out through its exhaust. In this never-ending cycle, air is as vital to your Jeep as it is to your lungs. And it all starts with the intake system.

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  4. Prepare for  Adventure - Catch Can R&D, Part 1: Stock Review

    Prepare for Adventure - Catch Can R&D, Part 1: Stock Review

    "What's the point?" A question commonly asked by those who see cars and trucks solely as a means to get from point A to point B, from where they are to where they want to be. Those people look at a Ferrari and a Camry the same way. There are speed limits and traffic, so what's the point of having a fast car? They look at off-road capable vehicles and ask, "What's the point?" We have roads and highways that get you wherever you need to go, why would you ever want to leave them? What those people miss, however, is that with the right vehicle, every inch of Earth is your road, and any drive can be a journey. No vehicle better embodies that idea than the Jeep Wrangler.

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    Any Jeep owner knows that one of the greatest rewards of driving a Jeep is that it can turn a simple journey into an adventure. But adventure

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