snorkel fitting and waterproofing

[ranover]

Gday
I am trying to make a snorkel and was wondering if you can just attach a air intake hose straight to the standard oval air cleaner housing (once sealed) or should i make another air cleaner box. what else should be done to the engine to make it waterproof such as the dizzy,alt,plugs.
thanks fellas.
any pics would be a great help.

[HSV Rangie]

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Michael.

[THE 109]

i welded a 90degree 3'bend to a standard rangie air filter housing(muffler type) and put flexible reinforced tubing from there to the snorkel,you may want to put some silicone on the joins.with the dizzy i've found electronic ignition is more capable of handling moisture than the original points,i've run an airline to mine and siliconed the cap on.it runs fine through deep water crossings over the bonnet,even better would be to run about 2psi into the dizzy.

[BIg StEvE]

i welded a 90degree 3'bend to a standard rangie air filter housing(muffler type) and put flexible reinforced tubing from there to the snorkel,you may want to put some silicone on the joins.with the dizzy i've found electronic ignition is more capable of handling moisture than the original points,i've run an airline to mine and siliconed the cap on.it runs fine through deep water crossings over the bonnet,even better would be to run about 2psi into the dizzy.

I have heard of this to be quite effective. Would love to see some setups?

[Loanrangie]

Gday
I am trying to make a snorkel and was wondering if you can just attach a air intake hose straight to the standard oval air cleaner housing (once sealed) or should i make another air cleaner box. what else should be done to the engine to make it waterproof such as the dizzy,alt,plugs.
thanks fellas.
any pics would be a great help.

Something i noticed recently was that a stage 1 series 3 V8 uses a tube sort of T piece in place of the muffler type filter housing which could then be attached to hose and a filter box of some kind.
I have heard of using a small air horn compressor to pump air into the dizzy to pressurise it.

[ranover]

Thanks for the info lads. How do you waterproof the alternator i allready have elec ignition and the dizzy sealed. Also should the spark plugs be waterproofed in some way or just spray with displacement fluid when crossing rivers/creeks. Thanks

[THE 109]

don't know of a means to waterproof an alternater but the spark plug leads should be fine if they're of a good quality,the bigger the boot which slides over the plug the better.