How restrictive is a safari snorkel on the V6?
Posted: Tue, 11 Jan 2022 8:33 +0000
Hi everyone, first post but have used this site for good info many times.
I have a late 2005 4.0 V6 and I am currently shopping for a snorkel. Safari are now doing the Armax snorkel which has a more straight-through design but have only developed it for the diesel unfortunately. The snorkel for the V6 is the V-spec and it looks restrictive to me with the tight bends in the inner guard duct.
Does anyone know whether the v-spec is actually restrictive to the airflow? Am I worrying about nothing?
Other options I'm considering is fitting a diesel airbox (possibly just use it as a pre-filter with a thin oiled foam filter rather than by-passing the OEM filter) or getting a stainless snorkel.
My concern with a stainless is noise. I'm well past my 20s and so don't want induction noise but perhaps it is only bad in the diesels bc of the turbo and wouldn't be so bad in the N/A V6??
Thanks
I have a late 2005 4.0 V6 and I am currently shopping for a snorkel. Safari are now doing the Armax snorkel which has a more straight-through design but have only developed it for the diesel unfortunately. The snorkel for the V6 is the V-spec and it looks restrictive to me with the tight bends in the inner guard duct.
Does anyone know whether the v-spec is actually restrictive to the airflow? Am I worrying about nothing?
Other options I'm considering is fitting a diesel airbox (possibly just use it as a pre-filter with a thin oiled foam filter rather than by-passing the OEM filter) or getting a stainless snorkel.
My concern with a stainless is noise. I'm well past my 20s and so don't want induction noise but perhaps it is only bad in the diesels bc of the turbo and wouldn't be so bad in the N/A V6??
Thanks