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Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 3:33 pm 
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alrightie, got my new snorkel on and am ready for the newie cruise now, here is a before and after shot, also a quick drive last night saw a noticable improvement in pickup :D

Next week will probably under take the spraying process.

This is a bastard job on mine, unsure of others as i havent yet done the thermo fan upgrade (Coming next). had to cut the snorkel off the fan gaurd (b**ch of a job) after that was quiet easy plug and drive, with a few screws.

 

 

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Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 4:37 pm 
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hmm, that stock snorkel is a nasty bastard indeed, good stuff. :)

 

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Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 4:40 pm 
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Good stuff. Ive allways wondered what that HUGE buldge in the sorkel is :S
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Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 4:58 pm 
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i must fit mine one of these days. it has been rolling round in the back of the wagon for almost a year now.

 

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Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 5:02 pm 
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mike the buldge as far as i know is nothing, on mine im pretty sure the air flows normally straight through. but its deffinitely sucking more air, you can even hear it when you rev her up a bit :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
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Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 6:42 pm 
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i noticed f**k all difference when i fitted mine, but thats with a stock filter :?

 

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Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 9:47 am 
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Hey Kenwood - Good Job.
Considering doing my EA.
How did you remove the old intake slot / port from the radiator shroud??
When you say cut, what with ??
I was thinking of running a hacksaw blade along horizontally from
the passenger side.
Any other methods I could try??
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Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 9:51 pm 
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Hey Kenwood - Good Job.
Considering doing my EA.
How did you remove the old intake slot / port from the radiator shroud??
When you say cut, what with ??
I was thinking of running a hacksaw blade along horizontally from
the passenger side.
Any other methods I could try??
Cheers


Hack saw works fine but i found that using just the blade is easier to get some of it off.
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Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 9:51 pm 
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Hey Kenwood - Good Job.
Considering doing my EA.
How did you remove the old intake slot / port from the radiator shroud??
When you say cut, what with ??
I was thinking of running a hacksaw blade along horizontally from
the passenger side.
Any other methods I could try??
Cheers


Hack saw works fine but i found that using just the blade is easier to get some of it off.
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Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 8:24 am 
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BTW, that bulge in the standard scoop is to reduce induction noise, little holes in the scoop that go into that bulge, didnt really do that great a job anyway

 

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Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 4:53 pm 
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Hey guys, just fitted an XH snorkel to my EA. Yep, took some hack sawing but i reckon it was worth it. Makes some pretty nice noises after 2000rpm :).
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Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 6:16 pm 
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that bulgy thing is a resonator type thing

 

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Posted: Sun May 14, 2006 6:12 pm 
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looks good, i want to do that to my ED

how much did it cost? and can u just get them from ford?
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Posted: Sun May 14, 2006 7:33 pm 
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get them from wreckers for like $30 or something, takes 5 mins to install with an angle grinder to give it a good seat.

 

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Posted: Sun May 14, 2006 11:09 pm 
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the wreckers up here are bloody useless!!! I was wondering are there any people in perth who could check out a wreckers down there for me and let me know? I vould transfer the money to you and then pick it up when im down sometime?


:oops: Sorry for jackin the thread :oops:

 

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