Internal Snorkel mod.

[makeitfit]

I had an aborted mission to the scrappy the other day as no suitable scoops came to light Got a nice one for the intercooler mod, but that's another story.........
So I got this fiberglass copy off fleabay

It's too wide for my job but easily trimmed, so here's the cut n shut bit.
Just measured what I wanted to end up with and mr angle grinder does his magic. Lay one piece over the other and copy the cut again, simples.

Then spin it over and temporarily tape it together with gaffa tape or whatever.

Cut some strips of glass mat and mix up some resin/hardner and slip slop job done. Takes as long as a cup of coffee

Then it's off with the tape and on with a bit of gelcoat filler to tidy the join.

Sand until smoooooth then some obligatory black rattle can

I then offered it up to the bum hole in the roof and marked where the bolts were to be drilled.
Then once roughly in place masked off the surrounding area. That's when the Tiger seal oozes out the sides I can finger it off ( oo er missus ?) to a nice smooth finish and THEN remove the tape leaving a nice finished edge in theory.............

Loads of goo round the scoop edge and on the bolt holes and stick it in place. tighten down the nuts so all the goo comes out the sides. Remove excess and then the tape. This is what I got so far

There is a hole at the back of the scoop so when driving in rain I'm hoping most of the water will go to the back and then out over the roof. Similarly there's another water drain gland at the low point in the engine bay. If it'll stop raining long enough I'll do pics of those too, enjoy

[taslucas]

Look forward to some final pics. Jst wondering if you were going to fit any sort of water trap further down closer to the engine?

[makeitfit]

Yep, fitted one at the lowest point just by the bulkhead. It's pissing down here at the mo so field tests underway now :/

[Winnie]

Would have looked better if it was sitting forward more but sunroof makes that impossible. I know I'd rather have the sunroof!

[taslucas]

Yep, fitted one at the lowest point just by the bulkhead. It's pissing down here at the mo so field tests underway now :/

Haha nice gotta love a good field test:-)

Tap, crackle, pop

[Stropp]

definitely different mate good luck with doing something out of the ordinary.

[tonyhoughton]

Loving the mod,. Don't listen to all the negativity!!!

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[oilpond]

I thought you were gunna run into the cab the way the saudis do to avoid the sand...

[makeitfit]

Ha ah I did have it in the cab just for a larf the other day, it sounded awesome but I was struggling to breath, :/ Damn 4.2 is a greedy beast lol
Not really too much sand here to worry about, and even the sand on the beach is suitably damped down by this bloody rain, arrgghhh !

[HammerBuilder]

At first I thought he was bringing it inside the cab to run cold air induction using the cold air from his air conditioning but there you go, good on you for trying something a little different to others.
Hope it all works out great n suits your needs.