SNORKEL TECH  by Johnny Lange

     Interested in making a economical snorkel that wont break your wallet? Check out what I did. The snorkel components are parts from a central vacuuming system for a home. These parts were found at the local hardware store and the whole snorkel cost about $45 to fab.

       I went to Eagle hardware and purchased the thick plastic bends and other connections. I also bought about 5 feet of re-enforced vacuuming tubing in black. (thick stuff),  8 large hose clamps and some sheet metal screws. 

I screwed the hose clamps directly into the truck (windshield frame) to hold the snorkel in place.          

I routed the snorkel in my hood instead of the side of the fender because of the likely hood of scraping a large rock on the side and ripping it right off. This way there is no danger of that.      

Instead of making one big hole in my hood, I made several small holes with my drill.  This acts as another filter to catch larger items such as leaves and etc,.

The snorkel tube runs into the engine but is only hooked up when I need it.

The facts:  putting a full time snorkel on robs your engine of intake air (longer distance for air to travel) which in turn takes away power.  Unless you are constantly driving water, is it necessary to have this on all the time? No.  You usually are able to see a deep river or lake before you dive into it , why not pull over, pop the hood and hook it up real quick.  When your done, take it off...

Now hows that for simple?  And the cost cant be beat!