Just finishing helping jnr fit a 4 inch stainless snorkle to his gu now he wants to fit one to the 2.8 im thinking the ole 2.8 would have a seizure taking in that much air what do you guys reckon
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Just finishing helping jnr fit a 4 inch stainless snorkle to his gu now he wants to fit one to the 2.8 im thinking the ole 2.8 would have a seizure taking in that much air what do you guys reckon
Nah all good mate, it will only take what it wants and needs. there will be no down side to that.
Bigger is better for a turbo diesel like the 2.8. Hell if it would fit I would have a 5" on my 4.2 for performance reasons.
Would be like hanging a chimney on the side of the patrol.
Mate, if you have got pics of the upgrade that would be a great help.
Will post pics once finished
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Do it. The way I see it is, even though it would not utilize the air now, but if there is ever a bigger engine put in you already have the snorkel for it. You can always restrict the air if too much, but you can't add more air if already restricted (without redoing). Less hassles to get what does the job now and the future. Pretty much same cost and labour regardless of size.
If your trying to get more air in might want to think about exhaust and getting more air out.
As most motors from any factory are choking, helping them breathe has to be a good thing
If this is going on a GU 2.8 would love to see pictures when completed, Currently contemplating doing similiar myself!
Cheers,
Eric.
Trekster
I have the standard snorkel fitted if I was to convert to 4 inch would just go through the same hole after enlarging it and then reduce it down to a 3 -21/2 inch and run it exactly along the same route as the standard keeping all the original fittings under the guard to the air box so effectively would just really be a bling thing other thing to consider is putting a cover over the top as dimwits tend to drop beer cans down them
Just wanted to see what it would look like on the car hey, whether I want to go that route or a plastic one.
Cheers,
Eric.
No worries I can throw up some pics of the young blokes gu with a snorkel his runs the full length of the guard looks niceQuote:
Originally Posted by trekster
Yeah mate if you can would be great cheers.Quote:
Originally Posted by patrol2.8
will post over the weekend
Sorry trekkster got a bit tied up with things and the pics slipped my mind
That is one slick piece of snorkel. Is it one piece or is it three separate bits?
Thanks snorkle is all one piece was a pain in the butt to fit but the end result was worth it
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Originally Posted by rkinsey
Holy shite that looks mint..... Did you just buy a piece of pipe and get someone to mandrel bend it up?
Cheers,
Eric.
Looks like pre bent sections welded in. Very nice though. How I'll be doing mine I think..Quote:
Originally Posted by trekster
Nice! I just made my own last weekend, went to the rear of the guard to make it look a bit sleeker but gave myself a bigger head ache lolQuote:
Originally Posted by patrol2.8
Heres a couple of pics Attachment 33568
Attachment 33569
Did you go straight threw? Or down the 1/4 to the front box?Quote:
Originally Posted by Alitis007
I went to the front where the original is, i had to open up the hole by 10mm and made a plate and tight radius bend to go between the guard and inner guardAttachment 33570Attachment 33571Attachment 33572Attachment 33573Quote:
Originally Posted by Westy's Accessories
Geeze that's tight.. But looks good.. I'm looking at going straight threw.. Bypassing my front air box and just going to the top.. It's on the to'do list.. Lol
Sorry guys it is made from peices pre bent and welded up he didnt make it himself though he bought this one from someone thats why it was such a pain to fit westy i like the way yours is done i think they look better entering the rear of the guard
I couldn't go thru the inner guard coz there is a reinforced strip that i didn't want to cut and my abs unit is there aswell.Quote:
Originally Posted by Westy's Accessories
Been awhile but finally got around to fitting that 4 inch snorkle