[swedishdwarf]

I'm not impressed with what you get for $300 with an ARB snorkel, so I'm making my own. I'm planning to have a muffler pipe bent for the snorkel itself and use a Donaldson Top-Spin precleaner to cap off the top. Here are my questions:

1. The precleaner I'm looking at is a 5 inh2o intake restriction. Is that a lot?

2. The factory air box doesn't look watertight. Besides a paint can, what are some other options?

3. Have any of you snorkeling gurus experienced intake icing in cold weather?

[Douglas S.]

bump for info

[FarrellX]

just silicone the stock airbox and itll be fine. silicone makes anything water tight

i just bought stuff to make my own for about 35 bucks at lowes. im going with black pvc pipe, will post pics/info when i do it...may be a bit with this crap weather

[Wild Hare]

do you really cross water deep enough to swamp the airbox that you need a snorkle?

[91YJ4X4]

Originally Posted by Wild Hare

do you really cross water deep enough to swamp the airbox that you need a snorkle?

I leared this weekend how surprisingly shallow you can be and still hydro-lock your engine. I got lucky but still sucked in enough water to be a pain in the ***

[Rush1184]

Originally Posted by 91YJ4X4

I leared this weekend how surprisingly shallow you can be and still hydro-lock your engine. I got lucky but still sucked in enough water to be a pain in the ***

How deep were you? Do you have any pictures?

[J33Pyj]

Originally Posted by Wild Hare

do you really cross water deep enough to swamp the airbox that you need a snorkle?

If u have to ask a jeep owner if (do you really go deep enough to need one) then you apperently have never used your jeep to it's full potental. Just kiddin but really i locked a motor up just from sucking water my friend was throwing up in front of me and the water was only 1/4 ways up the tire.

[swedishdwarf]

No, I don't plan to go that deep, but it's time to do a cold air intake. Where will you find colder air than outside the Jeep?

[GatorsUF]

I went to pep boys the other day and they have tubing you can buy to fabricate a cold air intake and they also have chrome pipe that you can buy. I figured I'd make a nice chrome snorkel.

[Foreveralout]

Originally Posted by GatorsUF

I went to pep boys the other day and they have tubing you can buy to fabricate a cold air intake and they also have chrome pipe that you can buy. I figured I'd make a nice chrome snorkel.

i hope you're kidding.

[FarrellX]

Even if you don't plan to go that deep, its cheap insurance. I don't see why some people are so against snorkels...

[blue1989yj]

Originally Posted by FarrellX

Even if you don't plan to go that deep, its cheap insurance. I don't see why some people are so against snorkels...

True, but only if your are smart enough to make sure everything else can take the water. Otherwise you get another "looks only" mod. I am all for them and have looked into making one for mine but never got around to it. And to be honest I won't for a while due to the time and effort done on the new paint. At least until that 1st scratch. Then the gloves come off.

[Allen52105]

its funny that americans( myself included) have not really seen the purpose for a snorkle. if you look at alot of over seas offroad vehicles(land rover ect) they all come with snorkles. I just find it funny that america has not "got it" yet

[BamaWrangler]

Hi everybody, im new to JeepForum and a first time jeep owner. But I like the idea of a snorkle, "just in case". I got lucky the Jeep I bought had one on it when I bought it.

[FarrellX]

oh, and YES...i do go deep enoguh to need a snorkel

http://youtube.com/watch?v=aFqyGvdfhLc
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Pd2QAzQ1rTw