TheCrow Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 (edited) I have not seen an R50 fitted with snorkel and when I open the hood an look under it I don’t see much chances on fitting a snorkel . I am also not a good mechanic actually a bad one hehe , but I am led to believe that it is not possible to fit a snorkel on an R50 or it maybe a difficult process to install one Any idea’s on fitting a snorkel on an R50 ? Edited March 15, 2009 by TheCrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavefromOZ Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Crow, the guys on PCoA have done a pretty comprehensive write up on fitting the airtec snorkel, check this link out. http://pcoa.org.au/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1...a&start=165 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCrow Posted March 15, 2009 Author Share Posted March 15, 2009 Yikes . Dave thanks for the reply after seeing this post i don't thik i will do it . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morpheus Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Looks fairly straight forward, but one thing I didn't see them mention (maybe they did it, maybe I missed it) Is that all the holes they drilled in the fender will rust out unless they touched up all the bare metal edges with paint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCrow Posted March 16, 2009 Author Share Posted March 16, 2009 How did they connect it to the air intake ? did they cut the box where the air filter is ? Will they cut further inside the frame chassis to reach to the air intake ? As said previously I am not good in mechanical work so excuse my ignorance . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vengeful Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 No? http://fnd4pth.com/chic02/Pathy/snorkel.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zibi Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 How did they connect it to the air intake ? did they cut the box where the air filter is ? Will they cut further inside the frame chassis to reach to the air intake ? As said previously I am not good in mechanical work so excuse my ignorance . The next page in that link shows them plumbing it to the airbox. IMO they made it a lot more complicated than they need have in terms of plumbing it. I mean they trimmed the fins on the side of the airbox, cut a nicely shaped hole, fabbed a special side plate....why didn't they just remove the airbox and run another 6 inches of pipe directly to the intake? Anyway a snorkel is one of the easiest and most cost effective mods you could do. I've seen a lot of guys construct them out of PVC piping for a nominal amount of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fukinitupagain Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 I've been talking/trying to do this for a couple of months now (I just need to take a weekend & do it already) & its fairly straight forward. Ask Dan he did it with a Navara snorkel (which is what AC sells as Frontier snorkels). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vengeful Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 I've been talking/trying to do this for a couple of months now (I just need to take a weekend & do it already) & its fairly straight forward. Ask Dan he did it with a Navara snorkel (which is what AC sells as Frontier snorkels). 2 posts up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tekazgtr1984 Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 How did everything seal up for the D22 Navara snorkel on the R50? I never asked you that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vengeful Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 I had to pull out a hacksaw to take it apart when I stripped down the truck. It sealed up just fine, almost too well. I got a plastic bag stuck on the snorkel inlet on the highway and the truck damn near stalled out. I did have to angle the tube that came out of the snorkel into the fender, and use a flex-hose to go into the engine bay, because I didn't want to cut the Unibody chassis structure (like the australian one requires you do). It didn't line up perfectly with the fender, but I still think it looked a lot better than the goofy one from AU that sits on top of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tekazgtr1984 Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Yeah, the fact that the unibody needs cutting to fit the R50 Safari snorkel is a tad wonky to me... I wonder if there's any way around that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vengeful Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Buy the Navara snorkel and do what I did, maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tekazgtr1984 Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Buy the Navara snorkel and do what I did, maybe? That's exaclty what I'm thinking. That stupid antenna cut-out for the R50 snorkel is pretty much crap, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vengeful Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Well, that snorkel was designed around the RHD R50, with the aerial on the left side, so it would have to be made to clear that.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tekazgtr1984 Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Well, that snorkel was designed around the RHD R50, with the aerial on the left side, so it would have to be made to clear that.... Bah, stupid concept if you ask me... I guess one could always just swap over the antenna to make it actually look proper. Even so, I say 'bah' in a hearty tone. I'm going to attempt the D22 snorkel with some flex tube a-la-Dan style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCrow Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share Posted March 18, 2009 I had to pull out a hacksaw to take it apart when I stripped down the truck. It sealed up just fine, almost too well. I got a plastic bag stuck on the snorkel inlet on the highway and the truck damn near stalled out. I did have to angle the tube that came out of the snorkel into the fender, and use a flex-hose to go into the engine bay, because I didn't want to cut the Unibody chassis structure (like the australian one requires you do). It didn't line up perfectly with the fender, but I still think it looked a lot better than the goofy one from AU that sits on top of it. The D22 snorkel looks much better on the truck. Did you take pictures while fitting it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tekazgtr1984 Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 The D22 snorkel looks much better on the truck. Did you take pictures while fitting it ? The link has quite a few pictures of the install. I'm not sure if Dan's got any more. Try firing him a PM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vengeful Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 The D22 snorkel looks much better on the truck. Did you take pictures while fitting it ? Check the link I posted above, eh? There's also a How-To Thread here in the Garage section... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tekazgtr1984 Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 I wonder, would it be hard to relocate the antenna to the RH fender to make the R50 snorkel work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vengeful Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 You wouldn't have to relocate it, but it would involve running wires to the other side. I guess it wouldn't be too difficult if you could get your hands on all the parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tekazgtr1984 Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 You wouldn't have to relocate it, but it would involve running wires to the other side. I guess it wouldn't be too difficult if you could get your hands on all the parts. So it'd be a matter of relocating the mount itself and thus cutting the other fender, extending wires but essentially leave the internal hardware where it is...? This has the potential to be an irrelevant modification merely to accomodate the R50 snorkel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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