wasn't that a TJ with a snorkel that just imploded trying to reach the Titanic ?
Too Good of a Deal on Snorkel? Also Jeep Rack?
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wasn't that a TJ with a snorkel that just imploded trying to reach the Titanic ?
The snorkel doesnt seem to be popular...I can't see why anybody would do that to a TJ. I think you need to put a hole in it the side
yea there's a lot of places just like that within 500 miles of Ellijay, GA. most of the vehicles with snorkels are mall crawlers anyway I guess....
I guess that proves it, pre filters don't work
Snorkels get too much hate on here, especially from jeepers out west who wheel nothing but dry rocks. You probably don't need one though, and the general opinion on here as I mentioned is that most people who have them are mall crawlers. That being said, I wish I would have had one when I did this:
We have a ton of fairly deep water crossings where we wheel in Oklahoma. Nice thing about OK (one of the few things, really) is that it tends to be rocks under the water so there's not much fear of mud under the surface. But more than once we've had to "dry one out" while in a river. Take out the plugs etc, eject the water, have a beer or two with lunch while it dries out & we make fun of the guy who went submarining, and then back on the trails. Needless to say the guys who've had this happen have showed up with snorkels the next time out. Maybe they need to make a Mopar branded snorkel...
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I think the OP figured out he was on the wrong site and went to mallcrawlingjeepers .com ! dang shame he wasn't far from me but his idea of a trail ride is probably going to the walmart parking lot and puting it in 4wd to get over the speed bumps !
LONGJP2
TJ Expert
Do what you want, but pay attention to what others are running in the places you plan to wheel.
Here's a picture of my non-snorkel survivor.
Funny you mention that. The time in particular I bent that rod was here:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/XpXzmVwc9t7RwLbJ7
and it wasn't the first time I needed to be pulled out by a tow truck (or two) in that neck of the woods
Waiting for one of the more sensitive members to comment “you guys are too mean and are running off another new member “
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Snorkel : when 5 .5 ft isn't enough to keep water out of the intake.
even on your electric powered RC. 
Snorkel : when 5 .5 ft isn't enough to keep water out of the intake.
View attachment 436258 even on your electric powered RC.
Take a look at almost any well 'set-up' truck, jeep,Toyota, Suzuki, etc in Australia and you'll see a snorkel. The reason has little to do with water and a lot to do with dust. Unless you are the lead truck in a convoy your engine is going to be sucking pure dirt with all the particles in the air that have been kicked up by the tires. The higher the air intake, the less foreign matter. Your engine will still stop from water shorting out the electronics on a truck. A snorkel is just going to keep water from being ingested and seizing up the engine with disastrous mechanical results. Snorkels are more needed in the dry and dusty West than in the wetter East.
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