2001 Dodge Ram Snorkel?
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RE: 2001 Dodge Ram Snorkel?
For starters, I agree with Rom. If you are in water so deep that you actually need the snorkel to maintain air into the engine (i.e. more then just high splashing water), then you better be running smoke stakes or some other high exhaust too, or it won't matter how much air you have coming into the engine. Also, if your truck is an auto trans, they are notorious for letting water in if submerged for any length of time.. The trans is much lower then your air intake too, so I would be more worried about that then a snorkel.
That said, I have seen several Rams in my area with a snorkel setups. They usually look like a decent kit too, not something someone fabbed up in their garage from things they bought at home depot. Perhaps they are using one of the existing kits for jeeps or other, and then just fabricating the connection to the air hat.
I would suggest posting this question over on pavementsucks.com. If anyone has done something like that and actually used it for what it is intended for, it would be the guys over there. I think we concluded in previous posts that it is ok to reference pavementsucks since it is an all around 4x4 and off-road forum rather then a dodge specific forum that would be competition for this forum (which is not allowed).
That said, I have seen several Rams in my area with a snorkel setups. They usually look like a decent kit too, not something someone fabbed up in their garage from things they bought at home depot. Perhaps they are using one of the existing kits for jeeps or other, and then just fabricating the connection to the air hat.
I would suggest posting this question over on pavementsucks.com. If anyone has done something like that and actually used it for what it is intended for, it would be the guys over there. I think we concluded in previous posts that it is ok to reference pavementsucks since it is an all around 4x4 and off-road forum rather then a dodge specific forum that would be competition for this forum (which is not allowed).
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RE: 2001 Dodge Ram Snorkel?
I have personally seen a truck die because the tail pipe was submerged. This guy was backing a boat into the water, and went a little too far, far enough that the rear wheels passed the end of the paved boat ramp. The tires sunk down into the the sandy lake bottom beyond the end of the paved ramp. The front end was sufficiently above water because the front tires where still on the ramp, but the whole rear was pretty well submerged. It acted the same as if you had put a potato in the tail pipe. Granted, it was pretty deep water at that point, and the vehicle was sitting still, not moving. It bubbled for a while, then it could no longer keep up and died. The intake and ignition electricals up front were free of water though since it was higher up on the inclined ramp, so it was indeed due to tail pipe being submersed.
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RE: 2001 Dodge Ram Snorkel?
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I have personally seen a truck die because the tail pipe was submerged. This guy was backing a boat into the water, and went a little too far, far enough that the rear wheels passed the end of the paved boat ramp. The tires sunk down into the the sandy lake bottom beyond the end of the paved ramp. The front end was sufficiently above water because the front tires where still on the ramp, but the whole rear was pretty well submerged. It acted the same as if you had put a potato in the tail pipe. Granted, it was pretty deep water at that point, and the vehicle was sitting still, not moving. It bubbled for a while, then it could no longer keep up and died. The intake and ignition electricals up front were free of water though since it was higher up on the inclined ramp, so it was indeed due to tail pipe being submersed.
I have personally seen a truck die because the tail pipe was submerged. This guy was backing a boat into the water, and went a little too far, far enough that the rear wheels passed the end of the paved boat ramp. The tires sunk down into the the sandy lake bottom beyond the end of the paved ramp. The front end was sufficiently above water because the front tires where still on the ramp, but the whole rear was pretty well submerged. It acted the same as if you had put a potato in the tail pipe. Granted, it was pretty deep water at that point, and the vehicle was sitting still, not moving. It bubbled for a while, then it could no longer keep up and died. The intake and ignition electricals up front were free of water though since it was higher up on the inclined ramp, so it was indeed due to tail pipe being submersed.
i have also seen many trucks do this too, NEVER seen a truck die because of that.
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RE: 2001 Dodge Ram Snorkel?
ive never had a problem with my exhaust being under water. it just bubbles right out. if you think you want to run a snorkel for doing crap like this. you also need to extend all your breather lines and make sure everything is sealed up good. that includes waterproofing the distributer and such.