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Pablo011:
Thanks Mark will look into that , but just had a thought, looking at youtube vids of peeps fitting Mantec snorkels these look like they come with a big flexi pipe so without having to buy a mantec snorkel, where do they get the pipes from ? or could I just ask them for a price on just the pipe mmmmm ?

other wise its the only other option is to cut the airbox to ribbons

thanks

Paul

squaddie_fox:
I used the green and black stuff from mm4x4 that I said about on a previous reply on my range rover snorkel which was a Manteca one.

Pablo011:
Just a thought guys I have some flexi pipe now but have been told to test its strength ?? a guy has told me that when on full ish throttle the pipe may cave in and be no good as it would collapse and not suck air into the engine is this correct ????

thanks

Paul

Saffy:

--- Quote from: Pablo011 on September 06, 2012, 09:26:10 ---Just a thought guys I have some flexi pipe now but have been told to test its strength ?? a guy has told me that when on full ish throttle the pipe may cave in and be no good as it would collapse and not suck air into the engine is this correct ????

thanks

Paul

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Non corrugated Hoses in the application you are using are usually re-enforced with a bound spiral of steel to prevent such deformation. You can test by blocking/partial restricting the air flow into you snorkel/air intake and observe what impact the partial vacuum has. You usually do this to test the snorkel is airtight anyway. (Do not do it with a free flow -oil soaked air filter like a k&N inline as all the oil will get instantly leeched out!)

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