how do i make a snorkel?

86-surf · Post by **86-surf** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:33 am

hey im trying to make a snorkel what sorta piping should i get from bunnings to make it?? im going there in about 2 or so hours so yea i need to know fast ..

Im also making diff breathers i already know how to make them ill post som pics up of it and what you need to make it.

jase

oh and sorry about the double posting don't know where to put it sorry.

kaney · Post by **kaney** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:51 am

the easiest and most effective way i have seen is take make a peice of wire the shape you want your snorkle and take it into somewhere like autobend or somewhere and get them to bend you a metal one. its much stronger and still looks good

Steve_t647 · Post by **Steve_t647** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:56 am

You can use flexable pipe to move the intake to the back of the bonnet much further than that and you will need hole saws and solid pipe.

I have seen them made with all sorts of material the flexi tube is easy to run if it is protected in some way the external snorkles are more solid and a snorkle hat will set you back about $50.

Mine is metal just mild steel tacked then welded. The hard bit is figureing out how to attach the snorkle to the body of the car or where to drill holes.

If you run it into the cab you will get a lot of motor noise. Kaney has flexi hose run through the cab and out the back behind the cab and makes very little noise.

Good luck and with the double post post in one section, that way all the replies are in one thread and it can be moved.

Edit: Bloody Awefull Spelling!

SupraLux · Post by **SupraLux** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 11:39 am

If you are going the gash ugly cheap way then just buy a length of Marley 65mm downpipe and 2 x 45* bends and a 90* bend - that should be enough to cludge something together. Not sure what you'd use for a hat on it - could use a second 90* bend and just go with that...

Steve

86-surf · Post by **86-surf** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 1:43 pm

thanks . yes i know my spelling is bad i can't help it tho ive been home schooled my hole life and dont know jack shit so yea sorry

coxsy · Post by **coxsy** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 3:55 pm

you have confirmed what i think of home schooling , no 16 year old know everything, so don't panic, still not sure of what i know!

86-surf · Post by **86-surf** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 4:34 pm

im 15. lol and no one knows everything and it sux been home schooled no friends and you dont lern anything any more.

allovermud · Post by **allovermud** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 4:36 pm

yeh mate dont wory i got my 4wd when i turned 16 and i didnt know jack all but with the help of the guys on here youll learn alot!!!dont fret

86-surf · Post by **86-surf** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 4:39 pm

thanks mud you learn somthing every day well most people do any ways..

well i am just about to go get some parts for my diff breathers and am going to go get some pipe for the snokel but dont know what sorta pipe to get? any help plz?

86-surf · Post by **86-surf** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 4:40 pm

i shoulda read what lux said 1st hehe

86-surf · Post by **86-surf** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 4:43 pm

and umm lux i know how to make it look good. just get a can of cheap black spray apint that should do it haha! legit as haha

niblik · Post by **niblik** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:40 pm

i know it sounds stupid, but spend that little more and do similar to what kaney said and get a metal sucker bent up, if ya can leave the vehicle there, all the better.. last thing ya want when out wheelin is the thing to be hit by a rogue branch and it shatters or cracks...

just my 2 cents bro.. as you were.. :wink:

niblik · Post by **niblik** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:40 pm

p.s.. how'd ya get on with the breathers?

86-surf · Post by **86-surf** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:44 pm

ive got everything but to bits and i cant find them any where and its realy startng to get anoying but to morrow we are going to the most expensive tube joiner thingy know of so hopfuly they have the bits i i need and ill post pics of them up! then i know ill have some good breathers!:D

fweddy · Post by **fweddy** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:53 pm

86-surf wrote:thanks . yes i know my spelling is bad i can't help it tho ive been home schooled my hole life and dont know jack shit so yea sorry

To start with I don't think Steve_t647 was digging at your spelling, he was explaining why he had to edit his own post!

Homeschooling depends on the parents often, some parent's shouldn't home school, most do well. I too was homeschooled for a fair portion of my time. The youngest grad law student in NZ was homeschooled, and most homeschooled kids have less complications and are better focused.

The whole less-social thing is not a good argument - sure if your parents keep you secluded its not gonna work, but homeschooled kids have been seen to mix better with a range of different age groups and not just those their own age. In reality society is a mix of ages, in schools we get put with our own age group and kept that way every year until we hit the real world and then try to stay in our clicks - helps explain the generation gap.

Kids in the education mill get processed and the bright ones do well, the others fall by the way.

Regardless, its snorkels that count right now...

86-surf · Post by **86-surf** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:57 pm

yea i know that he was talking bot his spelling and why he edited (he emaild me) so yup it sure is about the snorkel