[royce]

anybody got a snorkel on an EFI vit? especially one with the battery over on the pass (why did you do this mr Suzuki you twit)

does it use the standard intake pipe fromt eh airbox to the inner guard? or do you get a new one? if so pics would be good

I need to find a few mm to get my dual batteries in and shrinking that pipe looks like my best option

[Bruce]

Wonder if it's the same set up as RFOL GV?
he used the Toyota setup. I'll be oing that soon and you do use a different inlet pipe.

[Bruce]

Not sure weather it's the same setup Rpyce. This may help
http://www.suzuki-grandvitara.nl/index.html
Click on Tech then snorkles then Airtec

[royce]

nah vit is different setup, safari list only up to 94 which is when they moved the battery to the passenger side, it should bolt to the guard but if the intake they use is any bigger it wont fit for me or I'll have to make one that oval or something (which will then interfere with the fuse box

[dj181]

when i put the dual batteries in my vit (93 model) i had to pretty much remove the std intake to the airbox so it would fit, but i cheated and just put a pod on it...then i got a battery tray made up to fit the second battery that sat right near the firewall on the pass side...if i still had pics i would show u...but i dont

[Grantlington]

royce i have asked everywhere for one over here but no one has one. The only way apparently to get one is to get one custom made.

i have pretty much given up.

[royce]

no problem getting one because mine isnt a wide body one

http://www.safari4x4.com.au/docs/snorkel/ss850.htm
BUT

see the little 90degree bit that goes from in the guard to the airbox, I need to find out if that is the factory bit or if its a replacement, does it come int the guard anymore than the stock bit otherwise I might be in trouble

[Grantlington]

all well and good but my car draws air in from the other side of the car to the one in the pic.

[Rick]

i have a safari snorkel, battery is on passenger side and it is an EFI , what do you want to know Royce? Oh also, if you pick one up second hand, i have the template for the holes if you want.

Ric

[royce]

I need to know if the pipe from the snorkel to the airbox is the stock one or a different one, the pipe that runs in the engine bay with the 90 degree bend in it

[Rick]

snorkel comes through side panel, then used 90 deg elbow with pipeclamp and then flexy piping for the straight. It fitted way easier than expected at first.

hope this helps

Ric

[royce]

oooo crap I could be in trouble

could you measure from the inner guard to the outside of that bend? it looks like it comes out a bit more than the stock pipe

my battery is 335mm long and already hits on the pipe from airflow meter to throttle body so I cant shift it any further

was it hard to fit? did the template line up pretty well? I have only done a sierra one and it was crap

thanks Rick

[Rick]

red lines = 120mm, my batt is only 180mm long and i have space left in my battery tray still. Obviously if you make the bend too tight you will lose airflow. template worked a treat, i kept it incase someone else fitted a snorkel to a vit oneday. hehe. it lined up really well!! i was a bit scared cutting holes in my panel though

another option, is you have the elbow inset inside the quarter panel because i have a small straight section coming out of the quarter panel before the bend. if you could reduce this straight section to zero, you might have a better chance and gain a good couple of cm's

Ric

[antt]

i havent looked 'that' hard at mine, so just goin by memory, but why cant ya run the pipe inside the guard, and have it come straight out inline with the airbox and go straight into it?

[royce]

that will be my plan b, I guess I'll have to get a look at a snorkel to see if it is short enough to have the bend inside the guard

or get one made from tube *shudder*

as long as I can use the stndard pipe from the guard to the airbox I'll be right, its only about an 80mm bend but the end that goes into the guard isnt really round so I might have to bodge something up there to attach to the snorkel

I'll have a proper look in there when I pull the plastic off to rustproof it

[Rick]

eww, no, don't make one from tube. you can cut down the moulded snorkel at the section where it goes into and through the guard, i am sure you would be able to do what antt said. i hope a homemade snorkel is your last last option!!!

Ric

[cj_zuki]

Grantlington wrote:

royce i have asked everywhere for one over here but no one has one. The only way apparently to get one is to get one custom made.

i have pretty much given up.

Patience grasshopper. With a bit of luck there will be one available in the near future for the widetrack Vits. I'm just waiting for the manufacturer to to get the free time to take the mould of my Vit. From that point on there will be some checking and then fitment which will take place over several weeks and then it will be on the market.

[Grantlington]

mate that will be awesome.

ill definitely be getting one when it is available

[Grantlington]

hey cj_zuki

any updates on the widetrack vit snorkels yet?

[cj_zuki]

Nope, I'm in a holding pattern waiting for his call to go and get it started. He's been pretty busy with other stuff. I will post as soon as it happens.

[sp1086]

How much was the SAFARI snorkel. Im in need of one. I was going to get one made from stainless but i'd prefer a molded one.

[Rick]

sp1086 wrote:

How much was the SAFARI snorkel. Im in need of one. I was going to get one made from stainless but i'd prefer a molded one.

I picked mine up second hand CHEAP!

[Grantlington]

cj_zuki any luck yet in getting the snorkel moulded?

[cj_zuki]

I'm booked in for the mould to be taken on the 12th of December. That's the start of the process. I'll know more then.

[Grantlington]

cheers mate. hopefully we'll have it by winter next year

[atari4x4]

if there is a queue forming for these snorkels
to fit the J20a widetrack vitara i'm willing to wait
at the end of this queue than go the stainless
steel tube option, since we are having a drought
at the moment i'm in no real rush. cheerz

[cj_zuki]

The mould has been taken from my Vit so it is happening. I should be in for a test fit in a few weeks time. I'll let you know when it has happened.

[ODA1]

does anybody want one from me???? outdoorauto.com.au

[sp1086]

Yeah but what about the oposite side?

My Vit has the air box on the passangers side.. the one you posted a pic of for the 2,0L looks good but I need the mirror image..

[suzukiboy]

royce wrote:

nah vit is different setup, safari list only up to 94 which is when they moved the battery to the passenger side, it should bolt to the guard but if the intake they use is any bigger it wont fit for me or I'll have to make one that oval or something (which will then interfere with the fuse box

My Vit is a 95 model and battery on the drivers side.
So ODA1's one be for later model's with air intake on drivers side.
cj_zuki what side are your snorkel's going on?