Snorkel Experiment

[montego]

cold air is insignificant,

I believe you are completly wrong with this comment.

Sicne the common combustable engine works on the simple principle of mixing fuel and oxyegen cold air would be a great advantage. Cold air is more dense per any given volume. Since this is true this would also suggest that cold air is also greatly inriched with more oxygen. More oxygen = more power.

 

[flyfisher11]

I don't know what happened. Here you go.

http://videos.streetfire.net/toprated/1/ab544e3b-5dff-416d-9cfd-a1ad23ca9564.htm

sorry,
-josh

They blinded me with science!:applause:

 

[montego]

hahaahaahaa

 

[Shire96]

I just joined and I have a stock 96 Discovery and Im anxous for some upgrades. What brand of snorkel do you guys recomend?

 

[flyfisher11]

I just joined and I have a stock 96 Discovery and Im anxous for some upgrades. What brand of snorkel do you guys recomend?

There are really only two main snorkels for the disco's. The Safari which is the plastic one that runs on the outside of the fender and the Mantec that has a metal tube that runs down the outside of the A pillar only, then goes into a plastic hose that runs inside the fender. Both of these are marketed under different names but are the same none the less. I have only seen one other snorkel not made by either of these manufacturers and it really didn't appeal to me and I have only seen one. It could have been a homemade one. Either the mantec or the safari are fine, just depends on what you like and where you wheel and how much work you want to do to install. I have heard that the mantec can have some rust problems but I personally have not owned one. I have the safari snorkel on my truck and have had no problems at all. Hope this helps.

Cheers,

Mike
atriot:

 

[Shire96]

Thanks for the help FlyFisher11, do you by chance know how much the Safari snorkels run price wise.

 

[95d1]

yeah, tu madre.

Mo ra ca no? mu sin mal yi ya?.....Hehe still fun

 

[justinhaaga]

hey shire96, welcome to utah. you don't reeally need a snorkel.... well if your Lane you do, but seriously not much water crossing that deep around here.

 

[benlittle]

Yea, nothing around here deep enough to warrant a snorkel. Save your money and get a lift.

Oh yea, welcome

 

[netjaws]

The cooler air is what's helping with the HP (pep).

By turning the cowel towards travel you would be creating a "ram-air" system- which do nothing for performance until you reach speeds close to 70+ mph. Slower than that and you don't build sufficient pressure to "force" more air into your intake.

Obviously, it doesn't have as much effect at slow speeds. I didn't even mention velocity.

 

[flyfisher11]

Thanks for the help FlyFisher11, do you by chance know how much the Safari snorkels run price wise.

$350 or so....

 

[Reed]

I believe you are completly wrong with this comment.

Sicne the common combustable engine works on the simple principle of mixing fuel and oxyegen cold air would be a great advantage. Cold air is more dense per any given volume. Since this is true this would also suggest that cold air is also greatly inriched with more oxygen. More oxygen = more power.

We are talking about a Discovery here aren't we???

Normally I would agtee with you. But with the Disco, your not going to gain a whole lot through the air temp being cooler, unless it is a really hot day. The engine ECU is set up so the engine outputs a certain model. If you change one of the para,eters it will eventually adapt so the engine is meeting the model it was programed with.

You want to re-chgip so the cold air make more HP? Fine, go for a better fuel map while your at it.

When I put the snorkle on, (Safari) there was no SIGNIFICANT change in the preformance. You want to talk about a Sports Car, or Hot Rod, then cold air does help.

But for the Disco, in my experience there is no significant change in power, MPG,

At 65 MPH on up you might start getting a ram air effect, My milage goes up on long drives, but not as much at the same speeds around town on the freeway.

However if it works for you, great!

My realtime observations and $0.02

 

[draaronr]

joking aside,

get real here, we come up with the lamest justifications for buying and bolting stuff on our trucks.

REALLY... what's the reason for "most" of the stuff? To look cool.

and the reason your business is successful, so be thankful we like to look cool.

 

[mightymg]

My reasons.. #1 bitchin factor, and #2, when i need to go deep, I have it, cheap incurance if you decide to hydrolock it and bend some shit!!

I can think of many times ive been wheeling and people are like im not goin in there, you have the snorkel, you go first!

 

[Shire96]

and the reason your business is successful, so be thankful we like to look cool.

We may like to look cool but be realistic not very many of us actually do look cool, look at Lane for instance.

Watashi Wa Flying Dutchman!!!

 

[Ho]

Mo ra ca no? mu sin mal yi ya?.....Hehe still fun

that was pretty good. LOL

 

[Ho]

and the reason your business is successful, so be thankful we like to look cool.

oh, there's nothing wrong with wanting to look cool. :bigok:

 

[Discoinjapan]

We may like to look cool but be realistic not very many of us actually do look cool, look at Lane for instance.

Watashi Wa Flying Dutchman!!!

Nande Nihongo?

 

[mightymg]

We may like to look cool but be realistic not very many of us actually do look cool, look at Lane for instance.

Watashi Wa Flying Dutchman!!!

umm cheap shot i say! :ack:

 

[justinhaaga]

We may like to look cool but be realistic not very many of us actually do look cool, look at Lane for instance.

Watashi Wa Flying Dutchman!!!

damn!! cheapshot for sure... you are to new for that