Markuson
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What’s the point then?
Markuson
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Our 5.7 V8 engines cost about $20,000+ to replace. That's point enough for me.
indycole found that out the hard way… The other damage that can happen on the interior, though, can real real bummer to deal with all on its own…so its definitely worth taking water intrusion prevention into account.
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If this one rolls up in your driveway, s***'s about to go down. Thats a Police/Tactical Response version..... All those platforms/bars etc are for a bunch of heavily armed dudes to be hanging onto as it arrives in your doorway...
TheGrrrrr
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Living in AZ and running a lot of dusty trails, the snorkel and precleaner make a big difference. For a water crossings like the one I did yesterday, the snorkel is simply protecting the engine internals. The alternator in particular is still at risk based on its location and was my biggest concern. Fortunately that wasn't an issue. Quite a lot of water made it on top of my engine (splashing) which means the location of the stock air intake would likely have seen some water forced into the area, so the snorkel did its job. People always see the videos of 200 series with water up to the hood, but anything past the door sills can create big problems if you don't keep moving enough for the truck to keep pushing water away.
Apologies for LOL as I assumed you were poking fun at the snorkel and its limited (but important) utility.
Our 5.7 V8 engines cost about $20,000+ to replace. That's point enough for me.
20 grand???
I’m not denying water can get in and I don’t plan on taking my LX through stuff that rough. But I see plenty of old LCs with snorkels around here.
Oh no worries! Just genuinely curious. 200 can ford about 2.5 feet of water stock.
I see snorkels here all the time but it’s definitely not the desert nor is there any “dusty desert air” here.
On my old Tacoma I just thought they looked cool and used the "dust and river crossings" to justify it, if you know what I mean. I had run out of money for real mods like long travel so a snorkel was a relatively cheap cosmetic upgrade.
On my old Land Cruiser I actually didn't want to get one... until I added 35s and had to chop up my fender liners to fit. Toyota has the stock air intake in the fender so I started sucking in dust, found it in my air filter box and intake. Added a snorkel and the air box cleaned up significantly.
(This is my buddy's cruiser but I ran this and several other crossings on the trip without a snorkel)
We have quite a few river crossings here in Utah and I've run them both with and without snorkels without a problem. Water level, here at least, isn't as much of an issue. I'm always primarily worried about the mud at the bottom and if I'll get stuck - such a pain winching out of the middle of a river. Then as people mentioned, the next worries are frying your alternator, getting water in the cabin, and getting water in the diffs. You can always tell who is serious about water crossings if they've extended their diff breathers. The biggest worry though in terms of depth for Utah rivers, is that if the water is deep enough to require a snorkel, it's probably running at such a high CFS that you're in danger of being swept away. I just avoid rivers during the rainy season.
Here's a pic of my 200 so we're back on track, just got new tires this morning:
What size RGs are you running?
Re: snorkel: Lol I was watching Dante's Peak last night, what's funny is that modded, lifted, snorkeled Suburban had some serious off road chops, way more so than Linda Hamilton's stock 60 Series.
LT 285/70/R18 which are 33.98" or 34" .. with BORA 3/4" aluminum spacers to clear the KDSS.
Markuson
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On my old Tacoma I just thought they looked cool and used the "dust and river crossings" to justify it, if you know what I mean. I had run out of money for real mods like long travel so a snorkel was a relatively cheap cosmetic upgrade.
On my old Land Cruiser I actually didn't want to get one... until I added 35s and had to chop up my fender liners to fit. Toyota has the stock air intake in the fender so I started sucking in dust, found it in my air filter box and intake. Added a snorkel and the air box cleaned up significantly.
(This is my buddy's cruiser but I ran this and several other crossings on the trip without a snorkel)
We have quite a few river crossings here in Utah and I've run them both with and without snorkels without a problem. Water level, here at least, isn't as much of an issue. I'm always primarily worried about the mud at the bottom and if I'll get stuck - such a pain winching out of the middle of a river. Then as people mentioned, the next worries are frying your alternator, getting water in the cabin, and getting water in the diffs. You can always tell who is serious about water crossings if they've extended their diff breathers. The biggest worry though in terms of depth for Utah rivers, is that if the water is deep enough to require a snorkel, it's probably running at such a high CFS that you're in danger of being swept away. I just avoid rivers during the rainy season.
Here's a pic of my 200 so we're back on track, just got new tires this morning:
Stock Suspension? If so, you must be running a spacer up front? Mine in stock form has too much rake. Planned to do BP51 immediately but none to be had for months it seems.
Which island? I don't say this often, but that's a damn good looking 5th Gen as well.
Jaw dropped that that LC made it through. Wow! My god!
Bahia Honda Key ..
Markuson
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Sounds awesome. I’m not far from south jersey. Maybe a dumb question, but how does one navigate the pine barrens? Do you go off-roading there alone or with a group?
I’m fairly new to off-roading so wouldn’t want to do it alone.
