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cornish redneck
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:37 pm    Post subject: shogun snorkel Reply with quote

hi guys, just a few pics of the new snorkel, not the best job in the world but i cant complain when it only cost me £10!! a safari snorkel scoop from scrap yard, a length of gutter pipe, a couple bends and a load of silicone and doing a bit of plastiwelding, vuala we have a snorkel! any comments more than welcome.



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Drain pipe snorkels rule! Cool did you run it through the air filter first?? a few people put theirs straight to the turbo with disastrous consequences!!
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

sealed the air box with a ton of silicone and used the original rubber tube from air box into wing mounting plus couple jubilee clips, i get some more pics of inside and post up. tested lastnite in river but need to wait for big rain so river gets deeper!
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

to check its properly airtight, with the engine running cover the top of the snorkel and the engine will stop cos no air getting to it .

(ive never tested mine this way as i dont see how its good for the engine Shocked )

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

that sounds scary Shocked i give it a try but not let the engine die. think it should be ok though, used silicone on every joint and sealed every hole i could find.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

couple more pics, through the wing and in the engine bay.

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 4:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

idratherbesurfing wrote:
to check its properly airtight, with the engine running cover the top of the snorkel and the engine will stop cos no air getting to it .

(ive never tested mine this way as i dont see how its good for the engine Shocked )

just tried this method, didnt have the heart to kill the engine, me hand got sucked down onto tube pretty smartish and i couldnt hear any squealing or screatching so im guessing all is well sealed, all the rubber hoses got sucked in to near nothing so id say im happy with it Very Happy cheers for the idea though mate. Smile

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Did mine a few weeks ago.
cost about £30

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ah the stainles steel model, next model up from mine. done well mate, why people pay a fortune for something that does exactly same job is beyond me!! bit of a nightmare trying to get the angles as i didnt use any flexy joints, been tweaking it today as i didnt like the way it sat!!
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 8:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Blocking off the air intake with your hand is std practice to check for air leaks in the intake system
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 4:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well my snorkel was tested rather extremely on my way home from work.............
Water was about 2" up the windscreen for 150 yards and it was dark as my head lights were under for about 250 yards...........
Well scary

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 7:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

hell!!!!! thats extreme testing! atleast you know it works. i havent been that extreme yet but im sure i will find somewhere.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 12:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quick question for you guys who've fitted these DIY... How are you securing the pipe to the A pillar?
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 6:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i chose to use sticky cable tie pads with screws into the a pillar, (purely because thats all i had available at the time but also gives it a bit of flexibility aswell) many ways of doing it though, most commonly used i think is using a piece of metal rivetted to the tube and the a pillar.
hope that helps mate.

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 10:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I pulled out the side strip off the windscreen and put in tappers. The whole thing was screwed in tight to the pillar.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 2:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

just a quick update, didnt like the way everything looked so changed top end all around and made an intake myself.


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