homemade snorkel 22re

[bruzer1123]

Hi folks,

I am looking for a fab project and thought I would tackle making a snorkel for my 93 toyota with a 22RE. My thoughts are to use 3" ABS pipe. I was hoping for some advice and pics of how people may have mounted the pipe to the stock airbox and how they mounted the snorkel to the body (i.e. the metal surrounding the windshield).

My main purposes in building one are:

1) I'm cheap & can think of better ways to spend $350 bucks
2) more for dust intake than water
3) something fun to do during the week.

Any thoughts?

Thanks in advance!

 

[rroadkilll]

I was just telling a friend to make a home made one...

I'll be watching for updates!!!

 

[irish_11]

Here's a few ideas off of TTORA:
http://www.tacomaterritory.com/forum/showthread.php?t=133400

 

[Box Rocket]

Not the best pictures to show what I did but it might give you some ideas. Even though this is a 2nd gen, it should be similar appraoch to yours. I chose to go through the hood instead of the fender because I was using fiberglass fenders with no inner fenders. I guess I could still have gone through the fender but......

So what I did was I used a black ABS threaded coupler at the hood. There are two peices of high temp flexible hose (one inside the engine compartment and one outside obviously). Another short peice of black ABS to run up the A-pillar. It is attached very simply with a couple hose clamps that are screwed into the A-pillar. A 45deg elbow was used at the top and an ARB inlet to finish it off.

Sorry I don't have any pics of inside the engine compartment, but the peice of flexible hose is long enough that the hood can be opened and it was just attached with a hose clamp to the factory air intake up by the headlight.

Hope that helps....

 

[bruzer1123]

Thanks Adam!

I would be super interested in seeing how you attached it to your stock airbox. Also, I assume that the hose clamps on the A pillar you just used self-tapping screws? I was worried about drilling holes into the pillar and getting rust issues (who am I kidding...I have plenty of existing rust issues). Any thoughts?

My plan for the top was to run a 45 elbow and then a 90 elbow and make a little screen for the 90 elbow. Also need to see if they make 90 degree elbows that go from a 3" pipe to a 4" pipe. I assume you used 3"?

Thanks for the help. Still in the thinking/planning stages at this point.:sombrero:

 

[bruzer1123]

I really like your flatbed. I have a photo of it buried somewhere amongst all the other flatbed photos I have. I think the basket on would be functional. Eventually, when my bed rusts out, I would like to make a modular flatbed. I envision having a plan flatbed, but have the ability to put side boards on & still attach my shell. Also would like to have a rack similar to yours for the canoe, etc. Maybe incorporating the two even. Then a pop-up camper would be sweet (ala Allochris http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4811).

 

[Scott Brady]

I would avoid the ABS. You should consider welding the snorkel from 3" thin-wall pipe and keep it simple. Do like the Mantec snorkel for the Land Rovers.

Check this out

 

[BIGdaddy]

I would avoid the ABS. You should consider welding the snorkel from 3" thin-wall pipe and keep it simple. Do like the Mantec snorkel for the Land Rovers.

Check this out

yup. I agree with scott. ABS is GHETTO, dog.

I built one, and then i smacked myself, ripped it off and ponied up for a safari snorkel. Worth the $$...

If you can, weld something yourself, that would be a definite step up from poop tube.

Then again, I'm a designer at heart and the aesthetic is just as important as function, sooo...grain of salt, blah, blah..

 

[Tanto]

I do not like the ABS either.

 

[bruzer1123]

I like the idea of fabbing it out of metal, but I have limited access to metal working tools. I suppose I could rent a welder. I was thinking ABS since it was available. Any reason to avoid ABS other than it looks poor? Would PVC be better? :sombrero: As I stated earlier, I have other ways to spend $3xx.

 

[Box Rocket]

I'll agree that ABS is not the bees knees of material to use. But it's inexpensive and easy to work with. If you bash it and it cracks its a simple job to replace the broken peice. I never had any issues with this particular snorkel at all.

I couldn't use a safari snorkel on this truck because of the fiberglass fenders, so I had to look at other options. Having some tubing bent out of thin wall tubing would be a great way to do it as Scott suggested.

I sold this truck years ago so I can't remember exactly how I did everything on it, and I'll have to dig around for other photos. I can't even remember if I took any of inside the engine compartment with the snorkel hooked up. Sorry. What I do remember is that it was pretty simple and it worked just fine.

 

[corax]

I couldn't use a safari snorkel on this truck because of the fiberglass fenders, so I had to look at other options.

That's the same situation I'm in, but instead of running a snorkel I think I'm going to run it back into the windshield cowl as per Roger Brown's idea - -the engine will stall long before I ever cover the cowl with enough water to hydrolock