Iggy's $1 Taco

Thats pretty smart, what did you use for the ring?

 

And that is why I had to order your switch plate looks so clean, can't wait for it to arrive.
And great build as well love it.

 

It's stainless 1.25" tube with .125" side walls. I welded a backing plate and then turned it down on my lathe. It was actually one of the spacers I prototyped for my battery trays I'm building. I experimented with stainless, but it's a pain to work with.

 

Nope haven't seen any emails are you getting mine?

 

Got back from SHOT to have this gem waiting for me. I went right ahead and installed it, so the engine bay and truck are super filthy.

Over all it was really easy to install the snorkel, the instructions are easy to follow, but I'd figure pictures would explain it better.

Remove your intake hose. It's easier to remove the entire thing with the filter box instead of just taking out the hose.

Remove two bolts and the two latches and the whole thing comes out.




Then you want to cut the part that sticks out into the fender area at the shoulder.


The cutting template is taped on the inside of the box. Line it up with the top of the fender and the door jam.




It should look like this.


Then take a contrasting marker and trace all the cutouts on the template.


Next get the small 4.5" hole saw and out out two holes where indicated.


Then you have to cut along the top and bottom to remove the sharp centers. I used the same metal snips I used to cut my fenders.




Then drill out the rest of the holes. Used a step drill and only enlarged the holes as I needed. The instructions say 16mm but I thought those holes were too big. Once, it's all done, debur and clean up all holes. Paint.


The rest is pretty simple but tedious. I first installed the hose that ties in the intake to the snorkel through the fender wall. The fit is pretty snug, so you want as much room as possible in the engine bay. Once it's through, feed it in as far as you can and put the hose clamp on.

I then applied thin layer of Mobil1 synthetic grease on the plastic and the hose slipped right in.


You need to do the same thing for the snorkel side. Put on hose clamp. Lightly grease plastic. Slip on.


After that tighten the snorkel bolts and intake bolts and then hose clamps. Two of the snorkel bolts were in really tight spots and took some time to get on.

I'm going to mount the pillar mount later. I don't like how they mount it using the plastic clips so I'm going to use rivet nuts that I can seal better.

Here are some shots from the outside and inside of the truck.







Some notes:

The snorkel is a bit bigger than depicted in photos. Overall it's a good size, the width of it is maybe a bit more than I anticipated.
The pillar mount uses bolts now instead of rivets, but you use some plastic retaining clips and self tapping screws. I don't see how that keeps water out of the A pillar so I'm going to use rivet just in stainless.

 

That thing DOES look huge! Good job on the install. Let us know if you notice any difference in MPG's. And were there any instructions to seal up some of the drainage holes in the intake near the filter? When I did mine it said to epoxy/seal them so it's completely sealed shut.

 

The instructions do ask to seal a few holes. I didn't right now, because I wanted to see how it did in the rain. If it does a good job at collecting water I want to make sure it's got some place to go. I'll probably seal with RV black silicon in case I want to unplug them.

I'll keep track on the next fill up and see how it does! So far I can't really tell it's there. The engine doesn't seem to struggle at all.

 

Snorkel looks good, I really like how they tie the snorkel to the intake with that boot vs the jank airflow plumbing. As for the A pillar I used a heavy duty (15lb 3m I believe) double sided padded tape. It does a pretty good job plus its reversible

 

I like that idea!

 

Yeah I wasn't keen on drilling into a piece I can't replace/ fix myself if I ever decide to lose the snorkel, It holds up to 80mph with heavy wind just fine, most of the support is in the fender anyways

 

Soon...

 

More cutting or making a pair of flares?

 

Wondering the same

 

Making some flares. Mocking them out of cardboard.

Progress.

 

NICE!! I've been thinking about doing something similar!

 

I hope they turn out ok. I'm going to use 1/8" ABS and I hope I can mold it with a heat gun.

 

That's EXACTLY what I had planned too. I was thinking either that or Kydex. But I think ABS is cheaper

 

I wanted to extend them out like you have for splashing and all that jazz. Have them taper out from the front and taper in at the bottom/rear then if I wanted to get brave consider adding material on the flare itself to bolster it outwards to look more finished.