Outer Limits 4x4 Board

It seems the Mods have just removed the thread you started Rainsey, too many bagging 4WD Systems and their products.

I did remember this though from noelp, when a similar question was asked:

Quote from noelp:
I have just fitted a snorkel to my 2002 TF V6 petrol Rodeo.
It is an Airflow snorkel, which fits both petrol and diesel engines, made by gibson rm in melbourne (www.gibsonrm.com.au) and available through 4wd systems (www.4wdsystems.com.au) for A$289.

Fitting was fairly straightforward using a 76mm (3" holesaw).
The supplied instructions are crap and fortunately 4wd systems supply a section of pinch plastic - basically a flexible trim to fit around the outside of the external hole to tidy it up as part of the edge of the hole would otherwise be visible since the snorkel does not cover all of it. The template provided in the kit proved to be spot on.
You have to drill a SECOND hole through the inner guard about level with the REAR of the air filter box - but at this point there is a reinforcing seam of folded sheet on the inner guard that you also have to drill through.
If you have airconditioning, there is also a support bracket for the aluminium pipe running down the inside edge of the LH inner guard - this needs to be removed and repositioned rearwards in one of the other unused captive nuts available on the inner guard.
Don't do what I almost did and cut into the wiring loom AND the aluminium aircon pipe with the holesaw - both need to be temporarily repositioned out of harms way while you drill. DOH!

2 lengths of differing diameter flexible tube, a stepdown adaptor and hose clamps allow you to connect the short piece of 90mm tube to the air intake 180 degree bend at the front of the air filter box. Then via the stepdown adaptor to a longer length of 76mm flexible hose across the front of the air filter box, alongside the air filter box between the inner guard and the box and then through the inner guard hole you have just drilled to the snorkel. I removed the rest of the factory air intake tube including the swirl pot.

It does breath better - in fact the cold idle speed initially increased by a couple of hundred RPM when first fitted.

But why the snorkel could not be longer along the outside of the guard ie the hole positioned closer to the front of the air filter is beyond me. Would make it much easier to install with less bends!


Will take a couple of piccys soon.

Noel

And I added to that,
The Safari for diesel, and Airflow for petrol both come right along the front of the guard, but personally I don't like the look of this, much prefer 1/2 or at most 2/3 the guard.

I have seen a space cab V6 R9 with what looked like a Safari snorkle on it and only came about 1/2 the guard. I'll have to ask the owner what itis and what from, as it may be possible to retro fit a different model (like Jackaroo V6) to a Rodeo?

Hi guys,

Havn't been on line for a while due to work so I have not noticed the post being pulled.

What I see there are 3 options, Safari, the TJM Aittec and the Airflow. Timbo... fully agree that the full length tube alone the guard that the Safari has look realy shite... but what I see of the TJM unit, the head is of a new look airodynamic shape that appears to be fixed, this I also do not particularly like.

I have seen a lot of airflow units on GQ's and 80 series and visually they appear to seem O/K.

The TJM unit comes in at about $440, the Safari $416 from the ARB cattledog, so the $290 + $25 freigh for the airflow seem cool.


My only thought from an absolute amature... less bends the better ( again no quanitative proof here, just thinking bends mean resistance and turbulance) so the TJM unit, if it does enter close to the doors and go inside the guard seems to put an 'S' bend in. Noels description of the end of the snorkel falling short seems to bring me to the same conclusion with the Airflow, so, although visually not as nice, I am still tending to the Safari........ but the 100 bucks difference... could go to a set of drop shackles (my next post).

Cheers

Rainsey