homemade snorkels

[chrome]

hi there, has any of you lot made one of those chopped down pipe snorkels where you split a steel tube down the middle and weld in a plate the length of it creating a low profile tube??

[coxsy]

sound good, but engines need air volume

[chrome]

im sure i read it somewhere, something like a 90d tube and ya chop out about a quarter of it, i might do some calcs and work out some volumes. whats the usual size at the neck of a snorkel hat?

[coxsy]

they come in 3'' upward in inch sizes

[chrome]

well its been a while but i will try and figure out how to find the area of a chord. some brain box on here might be able to help hopfully

[chrome]

http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/QQ/databa ... arry4.html

ouch its been a long while

[chrome]

turns out that a 90mm dia tube with a chunk cut out 70 mm wide is the same area as a 3inch tube. that must drop the profile down a bit so it wont stick out so far

[coxsy]

got to change mine the top mounts only a bit of plate screwed to the winscreen frame realy needs a L shaped brket to take bush impacts

[chrome]

got any pics of yours coxey, did u use mild or ss

[Sadam_Husain]

Is this for the Zuk or the Playdoh?


if its the zuk can you run the intake through the firewall and mount a pod filter so something inside the cab?

[flyingbrick]

use PVC. heat along length with heat gun and then press into ground to create flat spot.


Just be careful because it burns out heat guns.

[mroffroader]

I have a 2" snorkel you can have chrome, its the one on my green sj. Will be ok for what you want, but im going to 2 1/2" now because of the 4age

[rokhound]

Why do you need to flatten it?
I have a 3" dia steel snorkel on my 90 series Playdoh and the same size on the new surf build and both them are contained within the front guard and only exit as they go up the pillar. No noticebale blind spot on the Playdoh, but there will be a slight one on the surf as I have to allow for the exo cage as well.

[coxsy]

just caught up again, mines stainless 3'' for the most part free only bit i paid for was the ram hat

[chrome]

Why do you need to flatten it?
I have a 3" dia steel snorkel on my 90 series Playdoh and the same size on the new surf build and both them are contained within the front guard and only exit as they go up the pillar. No noticebale blind spot on the Playdoh, but there will be a slight one on the surf as I have to allow for the exo cage as well.

i dont need to flatten it really, i just think it would look nicer thats all

[rokhound]

Here's the one I made for the Prado, but the surf one will look better I reckon. I personally think a big ugly arsed hunk of pipe hanging off the side of your rig looks like shit, which is why I spent farkin ages making them fit inside the gaurds.

[DaveM]

Must admit, I do like the of that when compared to the full length snorkel.
Anyone know who has made one for a VX like that?

[chrome]

yeah i like the look of it dropping in on the guard early too. it looks good

[coxsy]

yer but i have fuel filter, vaccum cans, a big ass battery, inside was not an option

[chrome]

ha fair call. im thinkin now just cutting the tube parrelel down its lenght and inverting the offcut. itl give a inside corner to fit down the piller and keep it in nice and close, at the endof the day if i dont like it some plonker on trade me probably will,

[DaveM]

yer but i have fuel filter, vaccum cans, a big ass battery, inside was not an option

Isn't Rokhounds running inside the guard, not the engine bay though?

[rokhound]

Dead right Dave. It runs inside the guard, only goes into the engine bay at the air filter canister.

[Smurf]

Dead right Dave. It runs inside the guard, only goes into the engine bay at the air filter canister.

Rokhound, Do you have any photos of the snorkel inside the guard or how you bent the snorkel as it goes through the guard and turns to head forward?
Yours looks bloody tidy.

[rokhound]

On the Prado it was a mission form hell. Just below the level of the guard there was something like 23 cuts and bends and I had to reduce the 3" wall to a D shape with a 68mm radius. I don't think I got any pics of it, but will have a look.
The surf is a different matter and is just going through the finishing touches now. You have to chop a reasonable amount off the firewall/bulkhead cowl that is just under the guard, but you can reinstate the metal further in. I'll get some pics of that when I get some time and flick them up here.

[Smurf]

Cheers Rok, would be good to see a few pics. Would be good to see/read more on your surf build too.

[rokhound]

Better late than never, I finally got some pics of the new snorkel setup on the Mutt.

With the inner guard on and the snorkel mounted to it. I had to chop a reasonable amount out of the scuttle area where the drain is.




And with the guard on. I wanted to be able to remove the front clip complete with the snorkel, airbox and both inner and outer guards as one unit, so the snorkel itself does not connect to the a pillar at all.

[92 safari 17]

Found this link while lookin at designs on google, im gonin to do this for my GQ, thort it was a good idea to reses it into the gard, im goin 3"oda SS for mine.
http://morkzmedia.com.au/web/snorkle-recessed.jpg

[flyingbrick]

hey dude.

Nice idea but the problem is you'll very greatly reduce the strength of that guard.

only an issue if you intend to rub up against stuff with it i guess.