jeep TJ/LJ snorkle question

[BIGdaddy]

i want a snorkle on my rig. I'll probably end up with the safari...

that being said, why the heck do you take the snorkle ALL the way down to basically the lowest point of the fender only to route it up and into the factory air box??

I mean,why not do something like the AEV JK snorkle where there is a bit cut out of the hood and you connect to the airbox which is RIGHT THERE under the hood.

Will AEV put out a TJ version of their snorkel? I'd buy it.


p.s. i'd just fab my own, but i think smog laws get tricky when you do intake stuff that isn't carb approved. I dunno...

[Trail Monkey]

not sure why they go to the bottom of the fender. but one caution for installation. in order to remove the passenger door the snorkel has a small depression in it, so when you lift the door the hinge will come out. make sure the placement of your drilled hole will allow that depression to be high enough to get the door off..

jr.

[Beowulf]

I too wish they went in at the hood, or even through the cowel. To go all the way down under the battery tray seems a little bit much.

[TheGillz]

Its to get that low "cool" air.

[BIGdaddy]

Its to get that low "cool" air.

lol...you made me laugh.

[Starscream]

Chris from AEV joined us at our booth at the Jeep show in York, PA this year and he brought their black Expedition Package JK......man, that thing is amazing.





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[madizell]

You would have to ask ARB why they designed their snorkle as they did, but my guess is that their design does not require modification to the hood -- on purpose.

It is expensive and difficult to modify the hood and do it right. The AEV product uses a custom hood along with the snorkel and airbox. I would expect the price to reflect these differences. With the Safari unit, all you need is a circle saw and a paper template to install the unit, and you cut through essentially flat sheet metal. Coming in through the hood requires cutting in three dimensions and finishing the result to eliminate sharp edges. You would also want it to look professional, and not like a hacksaw and poop pipe job. It isn't as easy as it seems.

[BIGdaddy]

You would have to ask ARB why they designed their snorkle as they did, but my guess is that their design does not require modification to the hood -- on purpose.

It is expensive and difficult to modify the hood and do it right. The AEV product uses a custom hood along with the snorkel and airbox. I would expect the price to reflect these differences. With the Safari unit, all you need is a circle saw and a paper template to install the unit, and you cut through essentially flat sheet metal. Coming in through the hood requires cutting in three dimensions and finishing the result to eliminate sharp edges. You would also want it to look professional, and not like a hacksaw and poop pipe job. It isn't as easy as it seems.

AEV offers some sort of template, if you don't go with their hood, so apparently its not THAT difficult...i agree that a hole saw, mostly hidden by the body of the snorkel DOES look more professional.

[Bongo Boy]

i want a snorkle on my rig. I'll probably end up with the safari...

I think getting outside air is an okay goal, but I think snorkle's are in many cases a bit ridiculous. It depends, I suppose, on what you think they do for you, and what you think your driving habits are. Some folks seem to think the snorkleized intake gets you somehow out of the way of dust, and then I guess some folks think you can ford deeper water with one--which I guess is true.

I have to ask myself if I really feel the need to ford water so deep that I need a snorkle, or if I've ever experienced dust so well-stratified that I could have some assurance of a snorkle getting me above it.

No to both, for me. I'm doing an intake using the Safari snorkle ram air accessory fitted just above the bonnet. No snorkle. If water is above the bonnet, I've got a bunch of other problems to worry about above and beyond engine water ingestion. As for dust ingestion, I don't buy the 'get higher' crap. Just because you don't see it in a nice photo doesn't mean it ain't there. It's almost as if folks think there's no more dust above roof level. Why izzat? Why is roof-top the magic height? How about bonnet-top? Izzat high enough? How do you know?

I think it's a load of crap, and I think a highly-protected stock intake might just be a better option for most driving conditions. If you really anticipate fording water over the gunwalls, best wishes.

[Bongo Boy]

You would have to ask ARB why they designed their snorkle as they did

Yes. And if you believe it's because of 'sound engineering principles based on field experience', then I think you're mad. My sense that ARB produces squat based on anything other than marketing's demands for crap is tossed right out.