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I put this up in my build up thread, but i dont expect everyone to read that, (its in my sig if your so inclined) so i figured id re-post it on its own
While my truck aint done, ive wanted to run a snorkel since day one, and having the front all apart anyway i figured id do it now rather than have to take anything apart again
Theres a couple of good snorkel threads on this site (DasFrem Con Seann3ry JDraper dman726749 comecaminos splodo49 i know theres more, but those were handy)
so i stole a little bit of eveyone elses ideas to come up with mine.
The snorkle is an arb head, on 2 pieces of 45* bend 2 1/2" electrical conduit. The flex pipe is 3" semi-rigid aluminum duct.
For the air box i dremeled a hole to fit a piece of 2 1/2 conduit for the hose to atach to. I sealed the stock snorkel tube location with a peice of scrap sheet metal and sealed the drain holes on the bottom with silicone. The conduit coming through the box had to be clearanced, i miterd it to folow the iner wall of the box on the inside to alow the air filter to sit properly.
As a precaution i put vaccume tubing around the holes i cut through the body to prevent the hose from chafing on it.
I didnt do the greatest job on the hole through the fender, but it works i miss judged when i measured for the first cut, hence the gap to the rear of the snorkle. just another lesson to measure 3 times (2 apparently wasn't enough) and cut once. if it bothers me enough ill make a trim piece out of some thin sheet
While my truck aint done, ive wanted to run a snorkel since day one, and having the front all apart anyway i figured id do it now rather than have to take anything apart again
Theres a couple of good snorkel threads on this site (DasFrem Con Seann3ry JDraper dman726749 comecaminos splodo49 i know theres more, but those were handy)
so i stole a little bit of eveyone elses ideas to come up with mine.
The snorkle is an arb head, on 2 pieces of 45* bend 2 1/2" electrical conduit. The flex pipe is 3" semi-rigid aluminum duct.
For the air box i dremeled a hole to fit a piece of 2 1/2 conduit for the hose to atach to. I sealed the stock snorkel tube location with a peice of scrap sheet metal and sealed the drain holes on the bottom with silicone. The conduit coming through the box had to be clearanced, i miterd it to folow the iner wall of the box on the inside to alow the air filter to sit properly.
As a precaution i put vaccume tubing around the holes i cut through the body to prevent the hose from chafing on it.
I didnt do the greatest job on the hole through the fender, but it works i miss judged when i measured for the first cut, hence the gap to the rear of the snorkle. just another lesson to measure 3 times (2 apparently wasn't enough) and cut once. if it bothers me enough ill make a trim piece out of some thin sheet
