Backroad Explorer
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What about the Performance benefits of a cold air intake via The Snorkel. I picked up 8-10% increase in fuel mileage in my Samurai after installing my Snorkel. Tested over dirt and Highway miles.
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Get a cold air intake instead, if your snorkel has to be above your roofline you better have a scuba tank behind your seat when you hit the water.
Mamontof
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Scott Brady
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first pic looks like you hit the water way too fast (this is an example of not treading lightly), and second pic looks like you could do without the snorkel as the water is not too high on your truck. if those were situations of the 1% you mentioned you are now back at 100% not needing it
Your assumptions are incorrect on both accounts.
It was the water that was fast in image #1, not the truck. It was a flood as is clear in the image from the wake impacting the side of the vehicle.
We are exiting the water in image #2. The water was over the hood of the race truck and when combined with intense sandstorms in the Western Sahara we were dumping the prefilter several times a day.
Here is a shot from the Tuareg camp near Algeria after the sandstorm.
But you are probably right, who needs a snorkel. . .:snorkel:
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Mamontof
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If you travel in dessert areas , snorkel very important ( it like start breath
with full chest ) , only if you not involve in dust ...snorkel
provide nothing by better performance to the engine :wings:
If you international driver as " Dakar" ,Mongolian Rally - you mast/better have
snorkel :ylsmoke:
Backroad Explorer
Adventurer
A cold air intake is still under the hood and susceptable to water ingestion. As for the filter being above the roof line. No roof rack full of snow during the winter less weight up high.
Roof rack on for spring, summer and fall.
Roof rack on for spring, summer and fall.
For the Snorkel Naysayers. We went on a rescue late last year during the rainy season to recover a Jeep. There was puddles of water on the trail, he was done for the day and heading out, the trail was fairly flat so on the way out so he was rolling along at a decent clip (for offraod) and decided to splash thru one of the puddles that was maybe 6" deep. We have all done it and you see pics all the time of guys hammering thru deeper ones and you can just barely see the vehicle in the spray of water. Well, he hit the one in a thousand and the spray went up the air horn, thru the filter and ingested into the engine. He now has a new engine and said he was going to go with a Snorkel, prolly never happen to him again, but he said it was a small price for the safety and the benefits of the cleaner air were just added.
Pulling it on the trailer:
The plastic bag stuffed in the hole in the oil pan where the rod came out. (to keep it from dripping on the tow out and trailer load)
Yes, this is a freak occurance, but it does happen and a CAI appears to make it more possible as the filter is open. I am not saying everyone should have a snorkel, to each his own, I am just stating, again, that they are more useable than JUST deep water crossing.
I did do the lemming routine when I got the Jeep and put in a K&N filter (the only one I have ever bought). It did serve to help in one respect tho, It helped show how much dust I was picking up.
In our group, David normally leads, and I normally trail the group, I have a very strong CB and can get a call to the front even if we get way behind and then bread down, also my A/C works great so I can run with the windows up!!. Anyway, that said, here in AZ, I am usually in the worst of the dust. Comparing my time with the oiled K&N filter before the snorkel and then the time after installing the snorkel, I can definately say there was less silt and dust sucked in after. The filter still needed cleaning after a run, but was not nearly as bad.
That combined with the few unexpected over the hood water crossing I did made it worth every penny to me.
Pulling it on the trailer:
The plastic bag stuffed in the hole in the oil pan where the rod came out. (to keep it from dripping on the tow out and trailer load)
Yes, this is a freak occurance, but it does happen and a CAI appears to make it more possible as the filter is open. I am not saying everyone should have a snorkel, to each his own, I am just stating, again, that they are more useable than JUST deep water crossing.
I did do the lemming routine when I got the Jeep and put in a K&N filter (the only one I have ever bought). It did serve to help in one respect tho, It helped show how much dust I was picking up.
In our group, David normally leads, and I normally trail the group, I have a very strong CB and can get a call to the front even if we get way behind and then bread down, also my A/C works great so I can run with the windows up!!. Anyway, that said, here in AZ, I am usually in the worst of the dust. Comparing my time with the oiled K&N filter before the snorkel and then the time after installing the snorkel, I can definately say there was less silt and dust sucked in after. The filter still needed cleaning after a run, but was not nearly as bad.
That combined with the few unexpected over the hood water crossing I did made it worth every penny to me.
99% of the justification for a snorkel is appearance. Lets just be honest with ourselves.
But that 1% of the time. . . I am glad I have it.
I understand the importance of a bow wave, but with a current like that it's not going to do ya any good. Awesome pic though!!
Box Rocket
Well-known member
This has become tiresome. Who cares if it's justified or not, people who like snorkels and believe in their benefit will have them on their trucks. Those who don't will continue to criticize and not have them.
Which ever camp you reside in, you're right. As for me...........I'm right.
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Which ever camp you reside in, you're right. As for me...........I'm right.
Corey
OverCamping Specialist
If you play near the water, better spend $200 on a snorkel now than $6K or more later for a new engine.
It is good insurance and smart to have one.
Mamontof
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southern safaris
Forever lost
first things first i love this forum...... i usually just read take what i want and leave it at that, just want to chime in for what reason i dont know maybe i just dont believe i am of the few percentile that actually do what it takes to make a vehicle water worthy so to speak, here in the everglades especially during wet season you find yourself in deep water before you know it , most of the time unexpectedly , the same dry trail you were on last week is three feet under water the next, i do agree with most posts a snorkel alone is not going to make your vehicle work as a sub, but most down here in our parts use them out of need rather than looks , as in my case it was the last result! my rig ran great water up to the hood but once the carb choked out i was swimming the tow rope to a bigger truck< if i was lucky to be with someone else. did everything and then some, e-fans with override cutoff switch, dizzy boot, vent lines out the wazzooooo, cdi box and all firewall holes plugged and sealed , and so many more headaches i dont have time to write, it got me far but the snorkel does allow me to go farther and i did not want to snork my rig, i thought it was tooo over the top for a daily driver but which would you rather deal with , peoples asking what it is and why you need it or your wife (in my case) saying"your really gonna turn around because the waters too deep?!" i can honestly say now she will want to turn around before my truck needs too, and that makes it all worth it to me, just my humble opinion but there are more out there that are not just mall cruisers, and just because they have a snork, dont think its all about looks , maybe theres just other bad water drivers like me, i cant always keep that perfect bow wave....id rather have not punched that hole in my fender, happy wheeling everyone! p.s. this was not meant to step on anyones toes, please dont get offended at all
CYi5
Explorer
I've been toying the idea of doing a snorkel out of fiberglass, loosely basing the design off of Roca Silva's. Wouldn't this concept simply pick up all the dust hitting the windshield?
