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Id like to start a thread where people can post pictures of their custom snorkel setups to help out others that are planning to do the same.
Here are a few pictures of mine and a mates.
Please feel free to upload any pictures you have of your custom snorkel setup, especially if it is out of the ordinary.
Here is a detailed DIY thread on making a custom stainless steel 4" snorkel for a TD42. Compiled by our very own AB.... http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...-steel-snorkel
Heres mine:
(note the flexi pipe outside the engine bay was fitted by the previous owner and is long gone...)
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The cylinder filter is off a gutlux (yes it hurts to say it!). The elbow on it was cut off, rotated and braised back on to suit the engine bay.
http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/...psce4b3f1b.jpg
I only had to make the hole a little bigger so i just snipped with tin snips and folded over the edge
http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/...ps88de559d.jpg
Tough as stainless steel brackets from a truck shop
http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5c26e8dc.jpg
I used door trim off an old car to go around the hole.
This is the only way i could figure out how to join the flexi pipe to the rubber elbow
http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/...ps96436234.jpg
Nice 3" stainless pipe
http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/...ps3cccf982.jpg
Good quality fittings
http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/...pse8a507ff.jpg
Finished product. Im still not sure how much water gets in the end when its raining, especially when when parked on a bit of a hill, but ive checked plenty of times and ive never found any decent amount of water in the filter...
Also note that i have spun the hose clamps around so that the nut is pointing down and hidden from view now.
Heres a mates.
He got rid of the LPG setup and wanted to use the original airbox and filter. The idea was to run steel over the hot side of the engine so that the heat wouldnt affect the flexi pipe etc. The work was done by the local plumbing shop from his design. To save money he just got them to spot weld instead of seam weld and then just ran some sickaflex around the joins.
http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/...ps52f43a9d.jpg
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The old square to round conundrum
http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/...psae3f5941.jpg
Pretty good workmanship
http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/...ps47930903.jpg
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Have you got any closer shots of what you did on top of the carby ? Or can you describe what you did ? Looks good tho that's what I've been looking for cheers
Just putting this out there but is there any kind of formula to work all this out or is it just extend it??????????
As Too long may not be ideal, Just asking.??
Here you go, This was on the car when I got so I don't know what it's been made out of.Quote:
Originally Posted by Matty13
Note the gas fitting.
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...013/03/139.jpg
A few more:
Has anyone done a stainless install on the RB30? If so, Pics and tips would be great :)
hi
could someone with a y60 2.8 diesel post a buildingplan for a snorkrel if there are 2.8 diesel owners with snorkels.
Did you have to do any adjustments to the carby
Is there a reason people make custom snorkels with stainless steel? I thought it would get hot in the sun and then you would be sucking in hot air and the engine would not get full benifit, I'm thinking of making one out of pvc stormwater pipe and painting it so it doesn't look like stormwater pipe (how ever swmbo wants me to save up and get a safari)
I guess usually it's for looks and strength. Where I live there's never going to be a problem with sucking in hot air. I used stainless pipe and rubber elbows because it was an easy plug and play way to do it and I think it looks good. I also used some nice looking hose clamps instead of having to glue it so I can pull it apart easily any time. Plastic pipe can also crack if it's struck but that depends on what type of driving you're doing I guess.Quote:
Originally Posted by dave97
But as they say: horses for courses.
I saw a Gu today with twin stainless snorkels. I heard this thing before i saw it. Nice whistling Td42 and massive lift.
It looked weird when i first saw it but the more i stared the more i liked it. Jeez did it sound awesome though....
When hell freezes over and i get my td done ill be putting a stainless snorkel on i reckon.
Mines not anything out of the ordinary, nor is it really custom but I love it.
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...015/05/376.jpg
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Are you sure it wasnt a V8 diesel or petty?Quote:
Originally Posted by mudski
Defo a td42 mate. I know that sound as i gives me goose bumps.Quote:
Originally Posted by Clunk
The performance gains far outweigh the looks. Especially if you run 4" all the way to the turbo.
I guess size is as important to performance as material, eg: a 2" stainless won't out perform a 4" plastic.Quote:
Originally Posted by nissannewby