[Foreman325]

I was wondering how do you make a homemade snorkel kit??? How long does it take to make???

 

[Robb]

it all depends on how creative you can get. But PVC, Shop vac hose, pool hose, all common for making snorkels. I think its a blast trying to design one.

 

[dirty4man]

Here is how I made mine for both bikes, It cost me about $30-$40 to do each.

1ea. 1.5" 45 PVC sch 40
2ea. 1.5" 90 PVC sch 40
3'-4' 1.5' PVC sch 40 pipe
PVC glue and cleaner
1 ea. Radiator hose from Auto Zone Part# 1155, I had to cut about 2" off of the straight end. I also cut the stock snorkel and used to attach the hose to the air box.
1 ea. Vaccum line assortment kit for O-Reily's to reroute the fan,diff's,carb and the brakes. Hooked everything up to one line and ran one vent line to the pod.( only used a couple of pieces from the kit.)
3'-4' of vaccum line, I think it was 1/4"
You will also have to fab up some kind of brace to hold the snorkel to the front rack.

here are the only close pix's I have.
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<a href="http://www.dirty4man.com/photogallery/t" target="_blank">http://www.dirty4man.com/photogallery/t ... h%20(Small</a>).jpg

 

[Robb]

QUOTE ("Foreman325":27xaz9kz)

I was wondering how do you make a homemade snorkel kit??? How long does it take to make???

Also Look into the HOW-TO forum, there are 2 different home made styles for your 450.

 

[Railroader]

That is a whole lot better than payin' 300-400 dollars for one. Will
it work just as good? I like the idea of not havin' to cut the plastics. I am gonna have to do this one.

 

[dirty4man]

It was the first design I came up with and I stuck with it. Its has worked great and I have had no problems at all. I think I have a few more pix's at home, I will look this afternoon when I get home from work. The good thing about it is when the spark plug needs to be changed, I just unclamp it from the front rack and set it aside, The hose bends easy and I dont have to remove it from the air box.

 

[REDDOG]

Any one tried muffler pipe yet? I was thinking about getting muffler shop to bend me up a custom intake snorkel.

 

[Robb]

I thought about that for a few minutes, but pvc is jus so easy to work with!

 

[bnjeep]

QUOTE ("REDDOG":22k90s13)

Any one tried muffler pipe yet? I was thinking about getting muffler shop to bend me up a custom intake snorkel.

You know I never thought of that, that would be a pretty cool snorkel. I bet it would be kind of pricey though unless you knew someone. Make the hole thing out of stainless exhaust, you would never have to worry about it again.

 

[REDDOG]

QUOTE ("bnjeep":3g3vzxt2)

QUOTE ("REDDOG":3g3vzxt2)

Any one tried muffler pipe yet? I was thinking about getting muffler shop to bend me up a custom intake snorkel.

You know I never thought of that, that would be a pretty cool snorkel. I bet it would be kind of pricey though unless you knew someone. Make the hole thing out of stainless exhaust, you would never have to worry about it again.[/quote]

I was thinking of powder coated to match my wheeler.

 

[outlawedforman500ES]

I bought mine from ATV TRiangle. www.triangleatv.com

It wen together great no trouble and i haven't had trouble with mine leaking.

 

[Railroader]

What was your total price from Triangle ATV? If not mistaken,
they were pretty expensive.

 

[Truegrit]

$135 on their site, surely you can make one for that, even if you mess up a few times. THose 450s have a lot of room along side the motor. Unlike the 500s.

 

[outlawedforman500ES]

I'd rather spend 135$ and know my motor is getting enough air than having to do trial and error and starving my atv from air. And also i dont have much patience

 

[Foreman325]

QUOTE ("outlawedforman500ES":2r95iq4d)

I bought mine from ATV TRiangle. www.triangleatv.com

It wen together great no trouble and i haven't had trouble with mine leaking.

I Think I'll look into that. Thank You

 

[eustismudder]

dirty4man, did you have to rejet with this setup?

 

[dirty4man]

On mine I had to rejet due to the exhaust, but on the wife's foreman I did not rejet, she is still running a stock exhaust. Just some minor adjustments on the air/fuel mixture screw and it was running fine.

 

[foreman450rider]

If you know alot about bikes and how they handle with mods...you could prob make it yourself.....but if you want it to the precise air and dont want 2 have 2 chance re-jetting i say that u should just buy a kit.

 

[eustismudder]

Dirty4man, on the hose you got from autozone was it a M1155 or I think it was a L1155. I went up there today to get one and they didn't have it but they had the two different numbers so I thought I would ask before I hit another store. thanks

 

[dirty4man]

I will look this afternoon when I get off work. I dont remember if it is a M or L