Snorkel question

[ste68blue]

Hi all, i am in the middle of fabricating my side bars at the moment but was thinking about the design and layout of the snorkel i intend on making and was thinking about the top...

Most seem to have something on the lines of this...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Raised-Ai...arParts_SM&hash=item3a6dd969d5#ht_1724wt_1397
my question is does this not draw water/ rain in if you were travelling at any speed and it was raining?
If yes then what is the answer?

cheers
stephen

 

[TONUP]

That would be my worry as well, but you might be able to incorporate some type of one way valve on a drain point at the lowest point.

On the other hand I have seen some land rovers locally that appear to have a cone on the top. Actually they look like an upturned flower pot...

Regards

Alan

 

[TONUP]

Like this...

 

[Fez_uk]

I wouldn't worry, While it's raining mine feels like it pulls better.

 

[stinka]

Rain gets vapourized in the vortex and it acts like water injection anyway, hence why it goes better

 

[makeitfit]

and those land rover flower pots are quite restrictive on the breathing front
Mines an internal snorkel and has a roof scoop, no probs , but I do have a drain off too

 

[manora]

I went with the inverted flower pot design, mainly because it was cheaper and a bit less flash than the scoop type.
I've not noticed any restriction or lose of performance.
It has sort of vanes on the air intake side which should create a vortex which should remove at least some of the water than may be sucked in.
I doubt it really makes any difference which sort you use, what ever you think looks best at the right price.
The biggest problem I had was I went for 76mm 3" pipe and the only size I could find was 2.5" so I had to do a bit of adapting to make it fit.
Peter

 

[makeitfit]

so I had to do a bit of adapting to make it fit.
Peter

Hey, that's my line :lol

 

[ste68blue]

Hi guys, thanks for the replies, it has put my mind at rest a little.

cheers
stephen

 

[manora]

Hey, that's my line

Sorry about that, should have given you a credit :clap