Home brew snorkel

[N1TZU]

Simple home brew snorkel with stock air box...




Plugged front intake with styrofoam, can be removed if need be.


Made hole for 2" pvc adapter in back of box.


Used 2" pvc,fittings,galvanized clips,self tapping screws for the rest.










Top is made from 4" cap and short pipe glued. Up inside is 2" cap with brass bolt sticking up through to hold topper. On 2" pipe inside topper is about 12 half inch holes for air flow of course.


Fairly easy project to do, getting hole through fender correctly can be the tricky part.

[Voldemort]

Not to shabby, I need to make one to go with me to the trail but I do not like them on all the time.

[N1TZU]

Hey bigbadxj, I under stand. If you look at 3rd pick down there is a rubber 90* elbow with hose clamps. It makes it easy to remove.

[muddeprived]

That's a pretty darn good lookin snorkel you got there. You know what, You could make some money on that mod. Grab all the pieces you need, throw em in a box and sell it as a "budget snorkel" and I'm sure it will get you some income

I made one out of pvc for my TJ a couple years ago. It worked wonders and not a drop of water ever touched my filter again. I used 3" thought cuz 2" seemed to feel like my tj smoked ciggarettes it's entire life and couldn't breathe. You gotta make sure the filter box is completely sealed though. Sometimes there's a drain hole at the bottom that allows water to drain....and fill. I ran a gasket between the mating surface of the top and lower part of the air box too cuz water seeped in there (it warps from the heat).

But good job!

[Melissa]

Thats a pretty slick set up, I like

[Mudderoy]

Could you add something explaining how and what to use to cut the two large holes? Snorkles are quite expensive and I can see how this would be a very useful and money saving mod.

[N1TZU]

Thank you everybody for the complements, And Tony, The holes through the fender were cut with a hole saw,slightly larger than outside of 90* elbow to allow pipe to lay flat on fender. I went at a slight angle to get below the inner fender bend where the hood sets. Bob........

[BudgetXJ]

I did the same thing to my old XJ but with the 2", I found that the intake was too restricted. Did you notice a difference on yours? On my new one I have run a 3" dryer hose from the back of the airbox into the cowl for the invisible snorkel look and with the 3" its much less restricted. Didn't notice a difference except for intake noise.

[lowrider]

thanks for the pics. i had been thinkin of putting one on mine. i would like to see how you did the top a little better for flow and keepin the water out.

[Voldemort]

Originally Posted by N1TZU

Hey bigbadxj, I under stand. If you look at 3rd pick down there is a rubber 90* elbow with hose clamps. It makes it easy to remove.

Yea i think I'm going to use my old filter box(got a cone in right now) and make a snorkel just like yours for the trails. Just got to figure out what to do about that big hole when it is not on?