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snorkel hard to make

Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 12:50 am
by Try_Me
hey ppl

just wante to know if anyone has tried to make a snorkel for a vitara or has pics etc anyhelp would be great

cheers nick

Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 10:41 am
by CWBYUP
Yeah any under bonnet pics would be cool too, cause i need to adapt my sierra snorkel to viatara engine non efi.

Thanks Nick

Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 11:28 am
by ausyota
The theory behind making them is the same for whatever vehicle.
Just cut a hole in the guard near the air box and fab a pipe that goes to roof height.
I made one for my Sierra from 3" exhaust pipe and a 3" mandrel donut cut into wedges and welded in for the angles.
Made some brackets to screw to guard and windscreen surround.
Then just bought a donaldson 3" air ram head for the top.
It all depends how bling you want it to look you can make them out of anything from PVC to stainless.
You can also get rubber elbows if you dont want to weld/bend.
Paul.
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Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 11:55 am
by nicbeer
Hey Ausyota,

Have you got any pics of where the brackets are on the A pillar?

Nic

Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 4:24 pm
by ausyota
nicbeer wrote:Hey Ausyota,

Have you got any pics of where the brackets are on the A pillar?

Nic
The lower mount bolts to the windscreen hinge the upper to the top aerial mount screw.
Paul.
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Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 4:31 pm
by nicbeer
mm cheers.

I dont have the lower bolts as mines a hardtop but will look at some bolts around there anyhow.

nic

Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 7:01 pm
by suzuki boy
My snorkel is pretty much the same as the one ausyota has posted up but mine go's in just behind the badge!

Mines made out of exhaust with black fibre galss on the out side!

But dont forget to make it water tight as ive seen and heard of people having snorkels with holes in tubing and stuff witch defeats the perporse of having a snorkel!

Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 7:12 pm
by mroffroader

Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 9:34 pm
by Try_Me
any pics on a vitara like mounting points and how to attacth the pipe to the intake pipe

also is the stock air box water tight