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Snorkel, drvers or passenger?

Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 10:40 pm
by CHOPS1
I have a 1.3 and looking at putting a snorkel on and just wondering if i do a 1.6 conversion later if the snorkel will still be ok on the drivers side?

Chop

Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 11:22 pm
by CAP51Z
assuming you mean sierra 1.3, & Vit 1.6, yeah, you will have to switch sides later on. Due to the airbox being on the passengers side in the vits. That said, you could probably run a longer air flo around the engine bay or something, i havnt seen it done before tho. I dont know how it would impact your air intake either, by increasing the distance it has to travel.

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 5:35 pm
by Red_Zook
my mate just did a vit 1.6 carb sawap.
ya could still make the standard carb top thingi fit with a bit of playing around so then you could still run your snorkel on the drivers side.
Phil

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 6:52 pm
by rgzook
i'm running a single point 1.6 in my coily and im running the 1.3 air box all i did was make up a tube to run back to the air box.

in the middle of putting the motor back togethewr blew the head gasket but when im done ill posted some pics

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 8:47 pm
by Nev
just run dual snorkels and switch which side the pipe runs from... :armsup: unless you can be bothered connecting both sides up properly

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 12:28 am
by nicbeer
I have seen the 1.6tbi setup with the metal intake for the throttle body and that could turn and go both directions depending on the engine bay config.

cheers

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 4:37 am
by OldGold
Which side is best for driving visibility, in your opinion?