Snorkel Mark II in Progress

"Long_Voyager94" (yourenotavalidusername) 06/12/2020 at 08:16 • Filed to: rallyvan

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After rocking her for a long time without the snorkel, I finally decided to get one back on.

I cheated this time and bought a kit, but I still had to cut it and modify. Got everything mocked up and the hole in, now I just need to mesh/glass it together.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Long_Voyager94 06/12/2020 at 08:29

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Is there a reason that the inlet on vehicle snorkels face forward? I’ve always thought that this would increase the chances of sucking in water, but there must be a reason. I thought I knew, but I forgot - get ting old sucks...

Nom De Plume > Long_Voyager94 06/12/2020 at 08:33

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I think you need a new project.  This one is just bouncing off the limiter.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 06/12/2020 at 08:35

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I can imagine there's airflow issues at high speed because there would be dead air in the lee le the snorkel, and possibly even a vacuum effect from the airflow.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Long_Voyager94 06/12/2020 at 08:35

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just tape it up as is

:P

TheRealBicycleBuck > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 06/12/2020 at 08:44

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Watch the whole thing. It’s worth your time.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 06/12/2020 at 08:49

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Snorkels aren’t mea nt for water, they’re meant for dirty/dusty/sandy  air

Future next gen S2000 owner > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 06/12/2020 at 09:56

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Almost entirely, yes. Some increase fording depth but those are really limited to the military. The marines have a snorkel kit that bring a hmmv fording depth to like 50 inches or something. That kit includes an exhaust snorkel as well.

Edit: Found it in action. That depth would submerge the stock air filter.

Long_Voyager94 > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 06/12/2020 at 11:58

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I would think if you were hitting the water fast enough to get it that high, you had issues before the water hit your intake.........

Long_Voyager94 > Nom De Plume 06/12/2020 at 11:59

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This one is just finally nearing completion after almost a decade and it’s a wonderful feeling.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Long_Voyager94 06/12/2020 at 13:56

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Yeah, you’re right. My mindset is not in tune with the off-road set - I’m not used to driving slowly...

Long_Voyager94 > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 06/12/2020 at 16:01

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I will admit though, many off-roaders who do a lot of water crossing do generally have them turned backwards.

I don’t see that much deep water, maybe once or twice a year, and I’m always careful in crossing, so water should never get that high to cause an issue.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Long_Voyager94 06/12/2020 at 17:15

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Five years ago I saw a bunch of people slow down and crawl around what appeared to be a little bit of flooding on the freeway. I was frustrated from a tough day at work and just wanted to get home - NOW - and thought to myself that they were all a bunch of little pussies so I proceeded to drive into what turned out to be some pretty deep water. My car started to sputter and then died. I managed to get it restarted, but it was painfully slow and stuck in limp-home mode. Oh shit...

Thankfully it was a relatively minor problem - I had drawn some water into the air box and soaked the filter. I put it in the oven overnight at low temp to dry it out, reset the computer and everything was fine the next day. The only casualty was the horn, which probably rusted shut after a few days. I knew that the circuit was OK since I could hear the relay click, so grabbed a horn from a Volvo at the junkyard and tossed it in. On the bright side, it sounded just like my old VW Vanagon, and I loved the sound of that born.

I learned a few things that day: 1) don’t be so impatient to get home no matter how much you want to be there  and 2) I really don’t want one of those ‘cold air’ intakes, as I probably would have hydrolocked my engine if I had one...

Long_Voyager94 > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 06/15/2020 at 06:54

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Speed is the major factor IMO.

You have to find that balance of “fast enough the water can’t rush in your engine bay, yet slow enough you don’t slam water in your intake.”

I’ve had my van in water over the headlights without snorkel.