bobs97c5 has sent me a wonderful PVC snorkel for my wheeler wagon, and i was wondering how people have punched through the side of a gen 3 wagon to install a snorkel?

 

Thanks!

John

bobs97c5 has sent me a wonderful PVC snorkel for my wheeler wagon, and i was wondering how people have punched through the side of a gen 3 wagon to install a snorkel?

 

Thanks!

John

 

 

Hole saw???????????

 

Jeff

You could take something the diameter you want the hole to be and then trace that onto the fender. You could start with a hole saw and cut a hole slightly smaller than what you need, then use an angle grinder to finish the job. That might work, or do as I did and have a friend use a plasma cutter to cut the hole out and use an angle grinder to smooth out the edges until you have a nice round hole. The inner fender hole doesn't have to look as nice.

I also finished it off with some self adhesive door edge trim. I have some extra, so I should have sent that with the snorkel!

where did you get the trim?

I'm gonna use some neoprene roof flashing from the inside.

 

 

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Edited August 20, 200916 yr by SoobieDoo
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It is generic U shaped door trim with adhesive bead in the U shaped channel.

 

 

I got a roll of it for $10 at Schucks/O'Reillys.

It is generic U shaped door trim with adhesive bead in the U shaped channel.

 

 

I got a roll of it for $10 at Schucks/O'Reillys.

 

Yours looks real clean, and that would cost no more than the flashing.

Now here comes the money maker...

 

K&N wants 250 dollars for the dgv air filter adapter.

 

thats crap.

 

what have people used to get around this problem?

 

is there an air filter from another car that would fit with a some modification?

Pringles can and duct tape! J/K!

 

 

 

 

Actually the snorkel I sent to you used to be on my car when it had the stock 1.8L Fuel Injected EA82T. That made it easy to plumb a hose to the snorkel and then put the air filter on the top of the snorkel. Since you're carb'ed, that makes it a bit more difficult without the K&N plenum adapter. Is this the adapter you are looking at? It says it's only $200. Not cheap, but at least $50 less than what you were looking at.

 

http://store.knfilters.com/search/product.aspx?Prod=85-1060

 

 

Let me know what you come up with. It would be great to hear what others have done so you don't have to reinvent the wheel.

so, buy one from redline weber.k and n's are overrated anyhow.cheers, brian

The redline one is still 150 dollars. Thats too much.

Another reason to SPFI swap.

Another reason to SPFI swap.

 

Yep. I think if you swap to SPFI you'd be much happier anyway.

rumor has it that an airbox from a 80's mercury lynx with the 1.6(I think) will fit the weber...

That's the same as the 80's ford escort, right?