Take a look at my Home made snorkel kit for my 2004 Rubicon. My Pics
Let me know what you think of it. Its not tested as of yet but will soon be.

 

Very nice job! I just made one for my 05' Rubi last night. I will have pics by this weekend.

The only things that I would suggest doing to yours is to make a bracket that u-bolts to the rack for strength. If you roll yours the way it is, the snorkel is going to break the front plastic where you cut the hole. I will post my pics in a couple of days and you can see how I did mine. You also need to run all of your vent lines (differential, brakes, radiator, etc) to the snorkel. If you don't run your vent lines, the water can get into your differential, brakes, etc. and cause you problems down the road. The way you have it now is going to be fine for running in deep water but I would still re-route the vent lines.

I put a snorkel on my old Fourtrax 300 and my buddy's Foreman 450 and they both worked great. You can ride with the handlebars under water and it will keep going. It is so cool to be able to go places where nobody can follow you!

Let me know if you have any questions about the vent lines.

Cirviver

 

Looks like a quality job! I agree with the bracket idea. Have you considered painting it black? You may want to check to see if you need to re-jet. I like it.

 

I am planning on installing a brace for the pipe and rerun the vent lines also.....just have not done it yet. Thanks for the responces. Cant wait to see you pics Cirviver.

 

CrazyJames, I got a few pics of my snorkel added to my profile. I have not run my vent lines yet but I will have that done and post a few pics this weekend. Let me know after you test yours. I am sure that you will have no problems b/c it looks like you did a great job!

Cirviver

 

CrazyJames,

Did you ever make your bracket and test your snorkel?

I had mine up to the handlebars in water last weekend and it did the job without a problem. I crossed a pond and when I got to the other side, I took a look inside the airbox and it was totally dry!

I will suggest one thing that I had to do being that it is a liquid cooled motor. I put a switch between the thermostat and the cooling fan so I can turn the fan off when I enter water. Once you get into the water, the engine will cool and you don't have to worry about using the fan but you MUST remember to turn the switch back so that the thermostat can turn the fan on and off as needed. If you get into the water and the fan is running, it will burn up the fan motor b/c the fan tries to spin but it can't b/c of the water.

Let me know if you have tested yours. I hope that yours works as good as mine does.

Cirviver

 

Hey guys......tried my snorkel. It worked GREAT!!!!! No water in the air box at all. I wish I had the camera to show you some pics. I am working on a web page for our local rides.....it is still under construction but you should check it out from time to time. Here is the home pagel ink : MSMUDDAWGS WEB SITE

 

Crazyjames on the website I Cant wait for the videos!!!Will they have sound???[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]