Snorkel, Hiclone and Restrictor.

Submitted: Sunday, Mar 13, 2005 at 13:23
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Ok I posted last week that I was taking out my Hiclones and that I would report on any difference to induction noise from the safari snorkel on my 3.0L TD motor. No more noise than previously so I'd say at least on my motor/vehicle the hiclones were doing absolutally squat.

I did however pull the air ram off the safari to see about these so called restrictors that some of the Jack owners had reported about.
Yup, it had one, 7.5cm diameter of the ring with a 3.7cm hole in it!
Apart from perhaps lowering induction noise I was wondering if it had anything to do with the slits in the Air Ram for disposing of water in heavy rain etc. It would make more sense to me that the water would run down the back of the snorkel hit this ring and then get forced out the slits.
Who knows, but for whatever reason its there it's not now! LOL
You'd have to drive through a heck of a lot of rain to fill up my air box and if I'm doing a long run in heavy rain I normally reverse the air ram anyway, so it can stay out.

I'll let you all know if I get much more noise or better power/economy in a few days...
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