MWinland Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 Does anyone have plans for a homemade snorkel? Also, does PVC breakdown overtime due to exposure to sunlight? Would ABS plastic pipe be better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
over2land Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 i've done PVC, and first whack witha tree branch cracked it. Then did ABS, heated it and bent it. Over time, where I heated it cracked, but I think mainly due to whacking tree branches into it. I dunno... The ABS took some pretty hard hits, and only cracked where I heated it to conform to the contour of the body into the a-pillar. If you don't care about the looks, just use elbows to get close, and I think you'll be happy with ABS. Had it on that Jeep for 3 years... never noticed any sun issues... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxRacing282 Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 if you run the stock airbox you can cut out a section of your hood and use 3'' hose off of a wet/dry vacume and run it up your corner post, seen it done and its pretty b@d @$$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
over2land Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 I used to do pond running... Like water to armpits Jeepin... I worried about that stuff collapsing like the garden hose we all tried long ago in the deep end of the pool. If you aren't going that deep, but more the occasional splash, sure, why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cozee Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 You could also use wire reinforced vinyl tubing. Check out McMaster-Carr as a source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepcoMJ Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 You could also use wire reinforced vinyl tubing. Check out McMaster-Carr as a source. just because of that name, I will never source from them. I don't like that name. lol. but I would like to see a thread on building this...I'm wanting a snorkel but have a serious lack of $$$ to do the project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxRacing282 Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 do it the cheap way!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
over2land Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 Last one I made was back in '02, and the ABS was like double the cost of PVC... By the time I was done, I swore to myself, never again... too much money and still booty-fabulicious. Then when it cracked I started trying to come up with another way. I think if I ever do it again, I'm going to an exhaust shop and having them bend me up a piece of pipe to fit the contour of the Jeep. Put the ARB snorkle head on it, or one of those fancy outback-style precleaners to top it off, soak the thing in semi-gloss rustoleum (using a rag and rope to get inside- to fend off possible rust) and feed that into the engine compartment with like a sheet metal fabbed box. I'd make the box contoured on the front so trees and stuff have a ramp to ride up. I think it would cost the same, or less to do it with metal than doing it with ABS plastic. At least, that's what I thought 5 years ago. No idea on prices now. No welder? No problem. Use rivets and silicone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whowey Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 You could also use wire reinforced vinyl tubing. Check out McMaster-Carr as a source. just because of that name, I will never source from them. I don't like that name. lol. but I would like to see a thread on building this...I'm wanting a snorkel but have a serious lack of $$$ to do the project. They have a really cool catalog. but their prices are OUTRAGEOUSLY high. More expensive than even Grainger in alot of cases..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cozee Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 Sorry, I am used to buying under the umbrella of where I work so I get a nice government discount! When I was in the Corps, the kits that were used was a heavy rubber like the ones for venting exhaust out of the garage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pingpong Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 I have to agree that Mcmaster Carr is high, and so is grainger. I have one of those bootyfab snorkels on Casper (came that way) and it is booty fabulios. I know ARB stuff is high, but do yourseld and your vehicle a favor, and buy the ARB one or just don't run one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWinland Posted October 21, 2007 Author Share Posted October 21, 2007 I'm not planning on fording rivers or anything. What about relocating the airbox or at least changing the intake location under the hood? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
over2land Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 Routing the intake to the highest, rearmost part of the engine compartment at the fire wall has worked well for me in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxRacing282 Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 yeah seems like a good spot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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