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external rollcage with snorkel?

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Offline barcus

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external rollcage with snorkel?
« on: May 24, 2006, 08:56:02 PM »
question:

i would like to fabricate an external rollcage but the problem is that my safari snorkel gets in the way.

has anyone encountered this? rollcage with snorkel?

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Offline cwilkinson

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Re: external rollcage with snorkel?
« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2006, 10:24:05 PM »
you could always do a rolling offset on your cage to dodge that

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Re: external rollcage with snorkel?
« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2006, 11:18:06 PM »
You could allways loose the snorkel and incorporate the snorkel into the cage and just cut a hole in it at the top some place and weld a short piece of pipe to it for an air cleaner or two.
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Re: external rollcage with snorkel?
« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2006, 08:20:51 AM »
i would just ditch the snorkel, unless you like mud alot, it's usless anyway.
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Offline barcus

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Re: external rollcage with snorkel?
« Reply #4 on: May 25, 2006, 10:21:16 AM »
i do use my snorkel.



i was just wondering whether if somebody had tried fabricating an external rollcage while still maintaining the snorkel.

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Offline Drone637

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Re: external rollcage with snorkel?
« Reply #5 on: May 25, 2006, 10:52:20 AM »
I have seen it on full sized trucks, but not on the mini's.  More common is just to have people route the air filter through the firewall and then tuck it up along side the roll cage.

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Re: external rollcage with snorkel?
« Reply #6 on: May 25, 2006, 11:57:48 AM »
Yeah, the one I saw - the guy did some custom cutting / piping with his snorkel, and zip tied the snorkel to the front of the external roll cage.

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Re: external rollcage with snorkel?
« Reply #7 on: May 25, 2006, 12:38:38 PM »
Dave Jones still has some pics of his old 'Superzuki' that show his roll cage and Safari snorkel.

http://www.k9rdj.co.uk

« Last Edit: May 26, 2006, 05:13:21 AM by Rhinoman »
2000 Vitara 1.6, 3+3 Lift, 33"MTs, 5:83s, LWB brakes, Winch, Snorkel, Safari Rack
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Re: external rollcage with snorkel?
« Reply #8 on: May 25, 2006, 06:00:30 PM »
wow nicely built that superzuki. rhinoman, i cant help but noticed that you mentioned old superzuki. what happened to it?

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Re: external rollcage with snorkel?
« Reply #9 on: May 26, 2006, 05:16:19 AM »
Dave had a lot of problems with it after drowning it in a lake, he also had a habit of breaking front end parts. In the end he got a bit fed up with it and parted it out. I've fixed the link in my original post now, if you've got any questions about it drop him an email.
2000 Vitara 1.6, 3+3 Lift, 33"MTs, 5:83s, LWB brakes, Winch, Snorkel, Safari Rack
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