Cory's newest mod: Snorkel

[Walking Eagle]

Yesterday and today Cory had been working on a snorkel for his truck. He initially checked out prices from different manufacturers and they wanted about $300. After a little research, he decided to build his own. Including the cost of an Airforce 1 air filter ($50) for a F-150, the price was $75.

http://walking-eagle.com/corys_photos/snorkel/images/120-2040_IMG.jpg

http://walking-eagle.com/corys_photos/snorkel/images/120-2039_IMG.jpg

http://walking-eagle.com/corys_photos/snorkel/images/120-2052_IMG.jpg

http://walking-eagle.com/corys_photos/snorkel/images/120-2053_IMG.jpg

The last touch is to add the cover over the filter.

[mattadams]

wow that came out pretty good! Now I know who to call if my town starts flooding :).

[Walking Eagle]

It's pretty impressive in person. It's bolted nice and tight to the truck. I could picture it in my mind what his intentions were, but it came out looking better than I imagined. He said the Bronco is even running better.

[clavos]

Looks sweet, maybe now he can find a river and wash that engine! LOL...

[cory]

i would say i have way better excel and 2nd to 3rd is way better and i love to here the air

[Tray]

Wow, looks good. And now there's something that isn't full of dirt.....for now.

[mattadams]

I know I had wanted to do a snorkel on my Explorer because like your Bronco, it was my wheeling rig and I did occasionally go through deep water crossings. Unfortunately on the Explorer there was no place to go through the fender because of all the extra engine compartment crap that you don't have. Looks real good though. Did you reroute your diff and tranny breather tubes as well?

[cory]

nope theres plenty of room under there for even more junk. i have my tow chain on one side and the snorkle on the other.

[mattadams]

Thats the advantage of not having all that emissions crap!

[Snowman]

Looks very sweet Cory, I just hope no vandals come and take your filter... :twisted:

[cory]

matt i have a lot of emission bs and i take my filter off at night cause dont trust anyone . oh and clavos cant wash the motor yet because im still have to do billmoore saterday.

[Snowman]

Well plug that hole up tight...LOL Because I could see someone shoving crap down that pipe and then it will all be over once it hits your carb.

[rino351]

Hey Matt- I hear ya about puttin a snorkel on the ex, but I just don't want to cut through all the crap to get a pipe through. There are quite a few on the explorer site that have done it though.

[mattadams]

yeah, I've seen it done. It was too much work for me and it was all custom work since no one makes a kit or anything... plus my explorer was my daily driver so Ic ouldn't really park it for a week while I moved things out of the way, fabbed a kit, etc.

[CNTRYCOWBOY]

Looks sweet ass!


Dom

[cory]

your right snowman i cap it off at night for now but im working on a door for inside the pipe to close it so i dont have to worry.

[Glass]

Id be worried more about the rain and snow than people throwing things down it....but you probally already thought of that... :lol: bythe way, looks good on there.

---JOHN

[cory]

ill look at a few electric motors so i can just hit a switch to close it but for now ill just shoot whoever i catch messing with it.

[Walking Eagle]

I'll admit I laughed at how dirty Cory's engine looked when I posted the above pictures. But to my surprise tonight after work, we popped open my hood and to my embarrassment mine was looking worse.

http://walking-eagle.com/test_page/rmftc/dirty_engine.jpg

That's supposed to be an Airforce 1 chrome intake and all of the caps are supposed to be blue.

[Tray]

:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

[Snowman]

aarrggghhh, my virgin eyes!!!!

[Tray]

So where's the how-to??

I'm sure there's someone out there dying to cut a hole in their fender.

[Walking Eagle]

If Matt wants a how-to article, I have one to give him.

[mattadams]

yeah, send it on over!
Of course it'll only work for the bronco more then likely but would still be interesting :).

[Walking Eagle]

Let me touch it up and I'll send over later tonight.

[Tray]

I'm sure it'd be pretty darn close to the same for the pre F150s.

Who knows, maybe it'll attract 20 new members looking to do the same thing.

[cory]

if you have a torch it will fit. :twisted:

[Walking Eagle]

Cory helps me out with truck quite a bit and I trust the work he does.


Buttttttt! I always keep an eye on him, because if I left and came back later, I would be missing bumpers, fenders hacked off, and probably have a convertible.

[Tray]

But at least he couldn't make it any dirtier than it is........
http://walking-eagle.com/test_page/rmftc/dirty_engine.jpg

[mattadams]

I did get the how-to for the snorkel. I haven't had time to get it up yet though. I will soon.

[Walking Eagle]

I figured being busy over the weekend, it would be a few days before you would get to it.