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michael ford (Range_rover_mk1)
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Username: Range_rover_mk1

Post Number: 4
Registered: 04-2003
Posted on Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 07:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

what are 3 reasons for having a snorkel?
 

J Horrobin (Jon_h)
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Username: Jon_h

Post Number: 33
Registered: 02-2002
Posted on Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 08:07 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

1. reduce amount of dust drawn into air box on dusty trails
2. reduce risk of drawing water into airbox at water crossings
3. allow engine to draw in cooler, cleaner air
4. it looks Coooooooooooool
 

Phil (Discoanywhere)
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Username: Discoanywhere

Post Number: 41
Registered: 06-2003
Posted on Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 08:09 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

1) Keep water out! Raises you air intake up high so you can go deeper in water.
2) Cleaner Air! The engine compartment can get very dusty and dirty.
3) Cooler Air! It gets real hot in the engine compartment.

and of course #4 it looks cool...
 

Phil (Discoanywhere)
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Username: Discoanywhere

Post Number: 42
Registered: 06-2003
Posted on Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 08:10 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

you beat me jon! lol
 

Carter Simcoe (Carter)
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Username: Carter

Post Number: 713
Registered: 04-2002
Posted on Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 08:14 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

So every inbred redneck at the gas station will harass you with questions about it.
 

Chris Marcel (Gumarcel)
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Username: Gumarcel

Post Number: 765
Registered: 11-2002
Posted on Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 08:16 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Chicks dig it?
 

Carter Simcoe (Carter)
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Username: Carter

Post Number: 714
Registered: 04-2002
Posted on Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 08:18 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

no, chicks don't care but the smelly rednecks sure do
 

Phil (Discoanywhere)
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Username: Discoanywhere

Post Number: 43
Registered: 06-2003
Posted on Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 08:34 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Chicks just see a big chimney, Rednecks think its some kind of canon, Hippies think its a bong, ..but its the few who know what it is and know it means your core ...they count!

heeheeheehee!!
 

Phillip Perkinson (Rover4x4)
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Username: Rover4x4

Post Number: 337
Registered: 02-2003
Posted on Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 08:52 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

posuer??
 

Reed Cotton (Reedcotton)
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Username: Reedcotton

Post Number: 197
Registered: 01-2003
Posted on Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 11:34 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

1. Less dust.
2. Less water in engine after deep wading
3. Looks cool Chicks dig it, though they may have been redneck chicks.)
4. Cool place to mount your remote GPS antenna. (Safari snorkel)
 

Reed Cotton (Reedcotton)
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Username: Reedcotton

Post Number: 198
Registered: 01-2003
Posted on Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 11:36 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

If you only wanted three reasons. Delete item #2 above. If you really get that deep, The electronics will probably go South.
 

Michael Slade (Serious_one)
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Username: Serious_one

Post Number: 111
Registered: 04-2003
Posted on Monday, July 07, 2003 - 01:23 am:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

what electronics? :-)snorkel on crew cab
 

Greg Davis (Gregdavis)
Senior Member
Username: Gregdavis

Post Number: 905
Registered: 08-2002
Posted on Monday, July 07, 2003 - 08:54 am:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Mike, you ever get my e-mail or my message?

Sorry, back to the regularly scheduled programming.
 

M. K. Watson (Lrover94)
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Username: Lrover94

Post Number: 894
Registered: 02-2002
Posted on Monday, July 07, 2003 - 05:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

nice engine bay!

mike w
 

Chris Marcel (Gumarcel)
Senior Member
Username: Gumarcel

Post Number: 779
Registered: 11-2002
Posted on Monday, July 07, 2003 - 06:24 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Mike whats the lightning bolt inside a triangle? :-):-):-)
 

Reed Cotton (Reedcotton)
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Username: Reedcotton

Post Number: 207
Registered: 01-2003
Posted on Monday, July 07, 2003 - 06:55 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Driving under all that water must keep the engine really clean.
 

James (Jimmyg)
Senior Member
Username: Jimmyg

Post Number: 348
Registered: 10-2002
Posted on Monday, July 07, 2003 - 07:56 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Rednecks here in Va think it's a snowblower! That's worth it right there! LOL
 

Garrett (Rover7592)
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Username: Rover7592

Post Number: 214
Registered: 03-2003
Posted on Monday, July 07, 2003 - 11:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

cheapest place to get a snorkel? I know i saw one for $229.00 but can't remember where. Anyone know a good place to get the safari snorkel or ARB?
 

Reed Cotton (Reedcotton)
Member
Username: Reedcotton

Post Number: 210
Registered: 01-2003
Posted on Monday, July 07, 2003 - 11:29 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Got my Safari through British Pacific. That was a few years ago. It took me almost a year after I got it to get up the courage to cut that hole in the fender.

ARB used to sell the Safari's too.

I can't remember, but I may have gotten mine on sale. I know it wasn't as much as I saw it somewhere else.
 

Chris Marcel (Gumarcel)
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Username: Gumarcel

Post Number: 784
Registered: 11-2002
Posted on Tuesday, July 08, 2003 - 12:09 am:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

John Lee had some for sale.
 

Jess Alvarez (Jester)
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Username: Jester

Post Number: 216
Registered: 11-2002
Posted on Tuesday, July 08, 2003 - 11:10 am:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

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