6bt cummins NV4500 1996 LX450 swap
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Will Van
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Wow! Cool project!
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Thank you! There’s always something new to learn about.
I'm just like Amazon Prime, but with 1,607,998 fewer employees.
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Today, I spent a few hours hacking on my fender. Pucker up buttercup…. Measure twice, cut once. I found a good price on a 4 inch snorkel to match up with my 4 inch turbo, and decided to pull the trigger and buy it.
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You couldn’t just cut one 4” hole in your fender and run it fully outside the fender instead of that giant hole where it’s half in and half out of the fender??
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This one was made in Australia (link below). It was designed to be set in the fender. I’m still trimming the fender and putting the moulding on. It should look like this when I’m done.
Stainless Snorkel to suit Toyota 80 Series Landcruiser (Long Entry)
4” Stainless Steel Snorkel Long Entry – Toyota 80 Series LandCruiser This snorkel kit is fabricated in-house using TIG welded 304-grade stainless steel, with Long entry designs. Whether you're running a Radius Fabrications unit, or an aftermarket airbox, we supply the correct silicone hose to...
radiusfabrications.com.au
It really doesn't look right at all having the snorkel tubing hang 4" off the side of the fender. Recessed in like that is the way to go. It's just tedious to trim the fender perfectly if you want a precise look.
Here, the tape measure is against the front edge of the cowl, where it meets the hood.
If you look at the opening in the inner fender, the opening machined into the airbox aligns with that opening.
Judging from your pictures I think it would work.
The intention is the airbox lines up with the air intake opening in the inner fender and a strip of 1" foam seals it. The airbox is cast extra thick so it can be drilled and tapped to attach a snorkel adapter.
There isn't a lot of room here (as I'm sure you know lol). The Cummins needs a big air filter and that puts the airbox right against the inner fender.
The ultimate endgame for the cast airboxes was to design and cast an aluminum housing with a flange to flush mount in a giant hole you cut in the fender, forming the horizontal run of the snorkel and the transition to the airbox while looking amazing. Then the 4" pillar part of the snorkel would slip in and seal with a gland.
There's a lot of things going on between now and when that happens, but we're gaining some real momentum.
Hopefully that explains why there isn't a snorkel flange, but you can roll your own.
This minute, no. Five left on the shelf are all dedicated to builds, but not officially sold. I'm waiting on a mountain of mandrel bent 304 exhaust kits and intercooler tubing sets for the 12 valve and new commonrail kits. We are 7 months past due on delivery... Which means cummins 80 series kit orders cannot be billed or shipped until we get past this bottleneck. I'm told by end of this month, but I heard that last month lol.
The airboxes are trouble to cast in small runs. They need to done about 100 sets at a time. I'll pull the trigger on that once my tubing gets here.
