SJ snorkel

[V8MoneyPit]

What you you all use to make snorkels? I see plastic ones around that look home made (some neater than others!), but what is the product used normally?

I had considered trying to make a steel one from exhaust tubing, but not sure how succesful I would be getting the tight bends with the limited kit I've got. Would 2" diameter be about right?

[Popeye]

I seen plenty of zooks with 2" drain pipe used as a snorkel (myself included) ,i'm not sure what to do on my latest truck, I ripped it of my old one twice.

Did you get total off road last month, I like what he did with his snorkel

[SuzukiShrek]

I've considered all sorts for my SJ including exhaust pipe and plastic drain pipe.

I disgarded drain pipe because if it gets hit by a large branch it will shatter it and I didn't want the bits getting sucked into the engine!  This assumes that I've no filter under the bonnet - which I haven't, it's at the top of the snorkel.

I disregarded exhaust pipe since it was quite difficult (for me) to bend into the shapes I needed and was also not flexible enough to mould itself out of the way of branches.

What I needed was something that was reasonably flexible and would deform when hit hard enough instead of shatter. And what I came up with is ribbed tubing.  I've no idea what it's used for as I just found it laying around but it looks similar to the stuff they sink into the ground for running wires through I think.  Somebody here will recognise it no doubt.

Picture below.

[Popeye]

SuzukiShrek no picy mate

[Littledan]

heres mine

[Popeye]

heres mine

looks familier  

[rollazuki]

My only doubt with corrugated pipe is that it looks a bit......fugly. And it has very poor internal flow.
Ive used black drainpipe on the zook, and believe me, it dont shatter! you can whack it with branches, lean the car on it, no problems yet.
It also bends.......If you get the cold tap running in the sink, get the gas cooker on full blast, and hold the pipe a foot or so above the flame, rotating it all the time till it JUST goes soft.
Bend it lightly and hold under running water, and it sets!
Remember tighter/more complex curves require many gentle bends.
If it gets too hot it tears, and if you bend too hard it kinks.


Oh yeah, wear work gloves, it gets hot!

[Littledan]

heres mine

looks familier  

yer just swaped it over to this one :D

[Mart]

we,ve got some pipe at work that i've thought about its a green flexible plastic/rubber thats spiral ribbed and is flexible enough to move when hit i'll take a pic of some tonight when i'm at work and post it tomoz

[Baby_Rhino]

off topic i know, but rollazuki i LOVE that quarter horse piccy  :lol:

[bullfrog]

I have used large bore exhaust in the past. Transit pipe works well and you just need to cut it twice and rotate the bends and it fits.
My mate had it on his 413 and it reved and performed the same so let enough air in.
I used a fiesta back box cut down by 2/3s to make the top with. The suzuki filter fits perfect if you cut  abit off the length.
Costs about £2 as you can get it all from skip[ and will take a knock from tree or branch without breaking.

[rollazuki]

Thats all OK Bullfrog, but I have a nasty habit of making stuff go rusty. Im crap at gettin paint to stick. And so far drainpipe has refused to rust :D

Yr right baby_rhino, I love that horse. I cant take credit for it tho, I nicked it from another website!!

[Mart]

well i went and forgot to take a piccy [!Expletive Deleted!]  :shock:

[SuzukiShrek]

My only doubt with corrugated pipe is that it looks a bit......fugly.

Hmm, surely "fugly" is a matter of opinion?  I mean... drainpipe looks better?  It doesn't look any worse granted, but it's no better.  :P

And it has very poor internal flow.

Yessss, but we're not building performance machines here are we.    Actually, the ribbed pipe has another liner inserted to it at manufacture so it's smooth internally.

And you only need hands to bend it rather than heat.