Snorkels and performance???
Submitted: Sunday, Feb 17, 2008 at 22:30
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Member - Luke (SA)
On the weekend I fitted a Nissan
snorkel to the Nissan. After not driving it for a few days before hand I took it for a drive tonight to see the ol' man (Borgy) in hospital, and noticed it had a bit more power!
My question is am I dreaming??
I thought 'cos I haven't driven it for a couple of days, it just an illusion.
If it does make a bit of difference (I thought only a few kw's) would it be noticeable on the road?
I'm not trying to see if my Patrol is the fastest one around, just very curious.
What have others experienced??
Look forward to your replies.
Cheers Luke
Reply By: Member - Bucky (VIC) - Monday, Feb 18, 2008 at 09:39
Monday, Feb 18, 2008 at 09:39
What you get is cleaner air, because your air intake has been removed, from under your guard, near hot road surfaces, to a higher slightly cooler point. You may experience a slight increase in power, due to that.
You may need to consider that the motor still has to suck air into it, not force ( super-charging ) to get it to work.
Your air cleaner will stay cleaner longer, (
mine did, even in the outback ) and hence a less resticted air/fuel mix..
Sounds good ?? now I'm confused
Cheers
Bucky
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Reply By: Member - Mike DID - Wednesday, Feb 20, 2008 at 18:54
Wednesday, Feb 20, 2008 at 18:54
Pajeros have the air intake in front of the radiator and then it leads to a Cyclonic Pre-cleaner - which will never clog up - as long you occasionally clear out the collector.
I assume when a
snorkel is installed they throw away the precleaner because its too hard to refit. No doubt they argue that a filter sock does as good a job. Well the holes in the filter sock need to be big enough to let air through and that means any dust smaller than the holes will get through.
When I clean out the pre-cleaner collector I mostly get extremely fine talcum-powder-like dust, so it's obviously removing extremely fine dust.
As for a
Snorkel providing cleaner air - when I look along a dusty road, I've never seen any great difference in dust thickness between 1 metre high (standard air intake) and 1.8 metre high (
snorkel intake).
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Follow Up By: Scubaroo - Wednesday, Feb 20, 2008 at 21:23
Wednesday, Feb 20, 2008 at 21:23
If anything I reckon the
snorkel on my V6 Pajero has reduced low end power, and increased fuel consumption around town. On the highway though (~100kmh) I got maybe 0.5L/100km improvement in economy when it was first fitted.
Buy one because you need it for what they're designed for - water crossings.
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