DIY snorkel

[TobyJug]

well just bought this here

so that shud make a nice end of my DIY snorkel will post pic's when it's here and I put it on..

at least it's the right colour....

LMAO

[The Lovely Boyo]

Here's wot i done

Buy one of these off ebay



chain drill and chisel a hole in your inner wing



fit pipe



refit wing and fit some drain pipe



cover with speaker grill to act as fly trap



finished - 47'' from floor to vent

[KERRSURF]

Yeh....but it's only 4" higher than the original air intake behind headlight on n/s.

[The Lovely Boyo]

Yeh....but it's only 4" higher than the original air intake behind headlight on n/s.

And ask yourself

1 - how many peeps with snorkels have ever been through 4 foot or more of water

b - deep water flows over the bonnet and down past the vent - even when headlights are submerged, which is what happens on the Strata.

thirdly - when in 4 foot or more or water, you ain't worrying about your snorkel, as your tootsies will be getting moist (oooo, errrr)

[chrisinflight]

I like that flexi-hose idea. What is the item on ebay and diameter etc?
cheers,
chris

[TobyJug]

Here's wot i done

Buy one of these off ebay

chain drill and chisel a hole in your inner wing

fit pipe


refit wing and fit some drain pipe


cover with speaker grill to act as fly trap

finished - 47'' from floor to vent

Nice yeah I still got one of them..
I was just going to sit this little chimney on my wing..
was not going to run it all the way up either..

I do like how u have done that tho....
I have allready bought my chimney now so will do it the way I was but I will keep that in mind..
Looks good..

Thanks for that Andy..

[PDR]

When I was into Series Land Rovers a lot of guys bought Defender snorkel tops and then fashioned their own snorkels using lengths of black drain pipe and bends from B & Q and the end result usually looked quite good.

Boyo, I know that yours is a DIY modification...... but I’m sorry to say it actually “looks” like a DIY mod done by some back street bodger. Somehow I don’t think there will be too many people rushing out to copy you

[Apache]

A snorkel (IMHO) is an insurance against badly misjudging a bow wave and getting a wave over the headlamps, thats all.

The fact that it sits at the top of the screen is irrelevant. If its above the wheel arch, I aint going in. Its my daily drive, why would I want the interior to stink like a wet dog just for the sake of bravado and a pic proving I'm a plonker in the back pages of TOR?

Therefore, Boyo's mod to his old truck works.

[TobyJug]

I agree with u Andy..

I think Boyo did a good job and to be honest it looks good too..

I am gonna stick me little chimney on and that will do....
If I had seen Boyo's before I wud have done it that way too me think seen as I still had one of them pipes...

[biosurf]

and in between times I think if you remove the stock air intake pipe that exits behind the headlamp you can turn ith through 180 degrees so it exits at the very rear of the engine bay. I think it just fits and as Apache says you're going to have to be pretty screwed anyway to get much water that far back. And its free

[TobyJug]

and in between times I think if you remove the stock air intake pipe that exits behind the headlamp you can turn ith through 180 degrees so it exits at the very rear of the engine bay. I think it just fits and as Apache says you're going to have to be pretty screwed anyway to get much water that far back. And its free

Yeah that is all ready done that is the reason I did not get water in the air box when I was out with Animal last weekend...

But my chimney shud be here on monday or tuesday so will have a little snorkel then...

hehe

Gives me the weekend to put the new CB in the ashtray slot..

[JUDWAK]

cv boots thats what i used has a water tight joint think they cost £2 each needed 2
and a few bits of down pipe
this is me on a test run to see if it worked

http://s288.photobucket.com/albums/l...3-08_14011.flv

[TobyJug]

cv boots thats what i used has a water tight joint think they cost £2 each needed 2
and a few bits of down pipe
this is me on a test run to see if it worked

http://s288.photobucket.com/albums/l...3-08_14011.flv

that is not bad either..

I am just going to fill the edge of my chimney with Silicon tho....

hehe just looked at ur pic's...

nice...

[Chillitt]

that is not bad either..

I am just going to fill the edge of my chimney with Silicon tho....

hehe just looked at ur pic's...

nice...

Need a hole in your bonnet to fit the chimney through????

[JUDWAK]

that is not bad either..

I am just going to fill the edge of my chimney with Silicon tho....

hehe just looked at ur pic's...

nice...

£11.50 that whole thing cost