I think that $400 for a snorkel is a bit much.
I'm thinking of building one myself.
Does anybody have a home made snorkel on their 60?
Pictures would be great...
Exhaust shops here make snorkels out of exahust pipe and they work decently. Some people even make them of larger diameter tube and fit the safari type intake on top. They're not as pretty as a Safari, but they do the job and take punishment better than PVC. Let me see if I can get you a pic.
I've seen fiberglass counterfeit Safari snorkels too, this guy I know sells them for approx $150 US, but they crack too easily.
Ive thought about running the intake into the cowl area, i mean if im in water over the hood im probably screwed already. I figure you could find a peice of intake hose in the junkyard that is like a 3 inch hose that comes to a wide 1 inch taper and cut a hole right in the top of the cowl under one of the vents and stick the tapered end into it. That way, any water or junk that gets into the cowl will collect under the inlet until its getting sucked up into the intake tract. That way, you would have cold air induction from a very high point on the truck, without ugly s*** hanging off the side. Plus, there is a high pressure zone at the base of the windshield, so youd probably get a little free supercharging at high speed. What do you guys think about that idea?
I've seen a cool set up where the air cleaner and intake were routed into the glove box! The door of the glove box was fashioned with some sort of mesh and the filter resided inside the compartment.
it was a mus bogger's set up I think, cool idea.
Toad
A mate of mine ran like that for ages, he reckoned that it was good up to bonnet height with a blanket on front bar......
I wouldn't do it on my truck though.....
But it did work.
A mate of mine ran like that for ages, he reckoned that it was good up to bonnet height with a blanket on front bar......
I wouldn't do it on my truck though.....
But it did work.
Why wouldnt you do it that way on your rig? Do you just like the really deep stuff or did he run into problems? I just like the cowl idea because its clean high pressure air and i kinda think snorkels look goofy the 95% of the time they arent in use.
I got mine from cruiser outfitters here on the board and i think it was less than 350 shipping included. I don know about duty but someone in canada has to cary the product.
He swears by it and as far as wheeling and stuff goes he has seen and done most of it, watched him do a C.V. (birf) with a snorkel and face mask on in about 3 feet of water in just over an hour, or else we were there for the night, but personally i prefer the snorkel. as it gives you a bit more (perceived??) security and when a motor is involved i like em safe as i can make em.
You can do a pretty nice job with mandrel bent exhaust tubing. If you powder coat it afterwards and put a cyclonic prefilter you could spend the $400 easily bu doing it yourself. Alternately, shopvac hose works pretty well for less money. Rigid Pvc can be molded to look pretty good if you have a heat gun. That used to be been my preference.
On my current rig I'm using the factory Toyota snorkel because I finally learned to spend my time making the cool stuff I can't buy and bolting on the stuff I can. Home made snorkels fall into the 'false economy' category for me.
Haha, the camo snorkle goes great with the feather in the antenna hole. What kinda thing is that on top of it? And what is that goopyness all around the base of the snorkle, silicon? Your engine bay may just top mine for mud coating.
hey i have got a 83 landcruiser fj60 and i just built a snorkel for it and it works great i have already went threw the boise river all i did was get about 5 feel of pvc and in the engine compartment some flexible 2 inch hose to come out to the side of the vehicle then i have one 90 degree elbow and one 45 degree elbow the 90 for comeing strait out from the engine compartmentand then the 45 degree for up at the front window. the hardest part was cutting the hole b/c i did not have a hole saw. hopefully i will be able to get some pics to you
I found some pics of my old BJ60 circa 1997. I moved the aircleaner to the roof to make room for a Pro Heat which we used to heat a hot tub in Rubicon Springs.
Haha, the camo snorkle goes great with the feather in the antenna hole. What kinda thing is that on top of it? And what is that goopyness all around the base of the snorkle, silicon? Your engine bay may just top mine for mud coating.
I built the thing on top.
i used 3" pipe. i cut it at angles, trimmed the part i cut off, reversed it, and welded it. the round bars are exhaust hangers cut down.
and the screen part is the air filter grill set up that edelbrock makes. i just cut it to fit and braze welded it on.
that goopy stuff is toilet bowl sealer.
it worked really godd for a while, but recently as it gets hot it melts.
and that truck has never seen a hose or soap in the 5 years ive owned it. im afraid it will fall apart.
Running your air inlet inside the cab means that you have to listen to the air intake howl and moan. Gets old quick.
Running it under the cowl means that you want to avoid water over the hood for any but the briefest duration.
Sneering at homemade snorkles pretty much marks you as a 4x4 catalog posuer in my book. Sorry guys, but it's true. Like most other mods, the originals were all homemade and the mass produced commerically manufactured ones came along afterwards. I've got no problem with someone who prefers to spend money instead of time and skill. But you can make better snorkles yourself than you can buy. Run a Safari snorkle through some thick alders and see how it fares compared to a good sturdy hand made one. BTDT with both types along on the ride to compare. Compare how a built smallblock will breathe through a Safari snorkle as opposed to how it can breath through a properly sized hand made unit. Done that too.
That's not to say that there are not some good-awful ugly and hacked together home made snorkles out there. Some that will make you flat out cringe to look at. Some that don't work worth a damn too. But there is no reason that a hand made shorkle can not work perfectly and look as pretty as you wish. Nor does it have to cost an arm and a leg.
Form follows function when all is said and done.
We run a lot of snorkels on our rigs. And we use them regularly. And most of them are homemade. And so far as I know, none of our guys who have the home made ones have any desire to switch.
