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Andries doesn't the TJM have a fixed head? Lots of guys like turning the head around in convoy conditions?

My only concern with a metal snorkel is that it's going to bake more in the sun, so the air will not be as cool when it gets to the engine? Probably very little difference though.
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Andries,



On GU's the snorkel body does not travel down the fender as the GQ's. Safari are in my mind the best as they are there for the application and not just for aesthetics.
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Ek het onlangs die TJM vir my Patrol gekry. TJM is die een wat dadelik die bakwerk ingaan. Ek dink nie daar is regtig n verskil tussen TJM en Safari sover plastiek en produk kwaliteit aanbetref nie. Ek persoonlik verkies die TJM esteties oor die fyt dat ek nie n lang stuk plastiek pyp teen my fender af het nie. Die een verskil wat meeste mense opbring is dat die TJM se inlaat nie omgedraai kan word nie. Ek het nognie bewysse gesien van iemand wat probleme opgedoen het agv dit nie.......... Instalasie gewys is die TJM ook meer van n uitdaging oordat dit binne in die bakwerk afloop. Bly ek het myne maar laat installeer want ek is seker daarvan ek sou n tamaletjie daarvan gemaak het :rolling:

Die stainless vs Plastiek argument kan n mens ook seker so ver vat as om te se die plastiek snorkel is swart wat natuurlik hitte trek waar Stainless weer verskriklik vinnig verkoel. Bv. Kyk hoe vinnig kan jy n stainless braai met die kaal hand hanteer nadat jy vuurwarm kole uitgegooi het??
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Nou eers Grant se post gesien wat die ontwerp verskil verduidelik. So ignoreer asseblief helfte van my onakurate informasie :doh:
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Dankie, Ek wil nog eendag n snorkel opsit, die groot kopstuk van die safari lyk net n bietjie agricultural.
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jwilkinson wrote:Ek het onlangs die TJM vir my Patrol gekry. TJM is die een wat dadelik die bakwerk ingaan. Ek dink nie daar is regtig n verskil tussen TJM en Safari sover plastiek en produk kwaliteit aanbetref nie. Ek persoonlik verkies die TJM esteties oor die fyt dat ek nie n lang stuk plastiek pyp teen my fender af het nie. Die een verskil wat meeste mense opbring is dat die TJM se inlaat nie omgedraai kan word nie. Ek het nognie bewysse gesien van iemand wat probleme opgedoen het agv dit nie.......... Instalasie gewys is die TJM ook meer van n uitdaging oordat dit binne in die bakwerk afloop. Bly ek het myne maar laat installeer want ek is seker daarvan ek sou n tamaletjie daarvan gemaak het :rolling:

Die stainless vs Plastiek argument kan n mens ook seker so ver vat as om te se die plastiek snorkel is swart wat natuurlik hitte trek waar Stainless weer verskriklik vinnig verkoel. Bv. Kyk hoe vinnig kan jy n stainless braai met die kaal hand hanteer nadat jy vuurwarm kole uitgegooi het??
Jacques, there will never be any "proof" that a snorkel's head needs to be turned around under the conditions we are likely to experience. However, common sense dictates that it will make some difference to how much dust reaches your air filter in conditions where you are driving in a dust cloud, such as when overtaking somebody on a dirt road or driving in the rear of a convoy. It works on exactly the same principle as a cyclonic filter. Dust is heavier than air, so when the air turs around to enter the snorkel's mouth, the dust tends to carry straight on.

However, the difference is probably small, you still have an air filter and 80% of the reason we put on snorkels is probably easthetic, so go ahead!
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