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air intake

Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 12:24 am
by oljamesyboy
i do quite abit of river crossings so im after abit of advice on intakes.

i have herd of people putting the intake into the cabin? i have searched but havn't found much helpful info on it.

so my question is how is this done? can anyone show pics of there set up if similar?

iv got 93 escudo injected 1.6

thanks

Re: air intake

Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 10:57 am
by Sadam_Husain
you need a bit of ducting, a hole, a large hose clamp, a bit of sealer and maybe an offcut of tube to make a flange through the firewall so it looks pretty :mrgreen:


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Re: air intake

Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 11:07 am
by Jerry
if its thru the firewall it may be a wof issue (if the truck is road legal), have you waterproofed all the electrics (plugs etc) as well?

Re: air intake

Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 10:55 pm
by oljamesyboy
Jerry wrote:if its thru the firewall it may be a wof issue (if the truck is road legal), have you waterproofed all the electrics (plugs etc) as well?


yea got some water proof electronic grease crap and put in plugs etc works good and also did the old glove trick on dizzy

and yea is road legal so ill prob end up making a metal snorkel

what size type of pipe would be best?

Re: air intake

Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 12:49 am
by Bubba
Dude, do some more more research from those that have actually done it and you will see that you don't (edit) have to go through the firewall at all. Do a search for Mr O's (mroffroader) Vitara build from a few years (and about 80 vehicles) ago for starters

Re: air intake

Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 4:22 pm
by Swamped
Can't make a tube snorkel at all? Be a bit more work but not a warrant issue and you'd be able to talk in the cabin still with there being no loud intake?

Re: air intake

Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 4:51 pm
by Bubba
Out the side, along (inside) the LF panel and in behind the Firewall, into the cab, put it where you want from there, an yes it nosey, but i used to like the sound :mrgreen:

Re: air intake

Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 7:51 pm
by churchill
You might be able to pick up a new snorkel for $350 if you look around. As Swamped says, it's road legal and it's the most common method of getting the air intake up away from any water.

Re: air intake

Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 9:06 pm
by nstacey
This is the Vitara thread Bubba is talking about,
http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/Forums/ ... =18&t=3992


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I guess its probably one of those mods that one WOF guy might be ok with but not another

Re: air intake

Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 9:13 pm
by Swamped
That is a cool mod.

I'd have thought that would be sweet for a wof as it doesn't go through the firewall. Would just have to be sure your door seals work.

Re: air intake

Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 7:43 pm
by oljamesyboy
ill talk to my wof guy. but ill prob end up making a snorkel

churchill wrote:ou might be able to pick up a new snorkel for $350 if you look around. As Swamped says, it's road legal and it's the most common method of getting the air intake up away from any water.


only ones i have found are plastic dont know how long that will last with some of the overgrown tracks i do

Re: air intake

Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 7:57 pm
by suzookyman
Mine is stainless steel, just a 2 inch elbow and strait pipe welded
and the welds filed smooth so no join showing and painted matt Imageblack with a snorkle hat-looks mint.

Re: air intake

Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 8:20 pm
by oljamesyboy
suzookyman wrote:Mine is stainless steel, just a 2 inch elbow and strait pipe welded
and the welds filed smooth so no join showing and painted matt Imageblack with a snorkle hat-looks mint.


thats looks real mint might go along the same lines as that

cheers all for your help