Safari snorkel on a 5th gen?
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Titanpat57
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LawnDart
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So far gas mileage is still at what it was post-install. So about 15.5-15.8.
I'm interested to see if my new bumper changes the MPG. But no water crossings yet. heading out to the desert in 2 weeks and will likely document how the air intake looks in comparison to non-snorkel use.
LawnDart
Senior Member
Amazing. And sorry for the lack of updates, been a crazy month!
Titanpat57
Senior Member
You do realize how many folks died in the rivers of Oregon Trail?
If they had a snorkel...the outcome might have been better:rofl:
Thanks for the updates.....I'm sure it'll happen
LawnDart
Senior Member
Wrong, shoot all the bison, buy all the bullets. I DON'T CARE IF YOU CAN'T CARRY THAT MUCH MEAT!
LawnDart
Senior Member
Yes that was my truck. The snorkel isn't that big when you factor in the size of the airbox it's connected to and how short the length up the A-pillar it goes. Frankly the snorkel COULD have been thinner but it'd have had to been longer and go further down the quarter panel, at the expense of the air ram effect.
Does it appear the TRD intake will work with the snorkel?
LawnDart
Senior Member
If it uses the stock OEM intake then yes it should. You won't be gaining anything with it vs the standard one though.
LawnDart
Senior Member
No update. I know this is low on the priority stack for Safari, but it IS in the list of things to release. So not cancelled or anything. I know the 3rd Gen Tacoma is still priority. Once that's released I think this is next.
No major updates from me. I'm taking it out to the desert when things warm up, but I hit it against some pretty stout tree limbs with nary a mark to show for it on the snorkel. So even the prototype one is damn tough.
JEMP1003
New member
Good to hear the it's holding well, I think that was a concern as it seems to stick out a fair bit. However, the more I see pictures of your truck with it the better it looks each time!
LawnDart
Senior Member
I feel like the horse is a pile of goo at this point, but I know what you mean. Yes it is bigger than I expected, but I helped a friend install his Safari snorkel on a Gen 2 Tacoma and that's maybe a little bit fatter and taller than the prototype I'm running, because the Airbox is even further back towards the firewall than the 4Runner. And the intent is to actually treat these snorkels almost like CAIs in terms of more airflow.
The increase in MPG and HP are fairly negligible, but from an engineering standpoint it's a nice upgrade rather than SIMPLY moving the air-intake higher!
shufly09
New member
Update from ARB
I posted on the ARB USA Facebook page the other day asking about an update for the 5th gen Safari snorkel. This was their response:
"Last we heard from Safari (the snorkel company) is that they are in production as I type this. So we are hoping to have them in the next couple of months."
Hopefully we should see something soon!
I posted on the ARB USA Facebook page the other day asking about an update for the 5th gen Safari snorkel. This was their response:
"Last we heard from Safari (the snorkel company) is that they are in production as I type this. So we are hoping to have them in the next couple of months."
Hopefully we should see something soon!
rochmpr
Senior Member
Time to buy a large hole saw
LawnDart
Senior Member
Standard response, the 3rd Gen Tacoma will be before the 5th Gen 4Runner (tacos well outsell 4Rs) so when you see the Taco snorkel for the Gen 3 the 5th gen snorkel will be a few months behind that.
Can you give us an update on how it's performing and how you like it so far? Maybe some new pics as well?
