My Snorkel & Pre-Cleaner

Let’s have a look at my Safari Snorkel and my Sy-Klone Air Pre-Cleaner, why I have chosen to run a snorkel and why I have selected these brands. Click on the picture below for my video review:

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Why I have chosen to run a snorkel:

There are two reasons why I run a snorkel on my truck.

  1. A stock Tacoma pulls in the air for the engine from above the passenger side front wheel well. This area is fairly well protected on a stock truck that stays on paved roads. However, as I have made some modifications to my truck, I have trimmed some areas of the fender liner, and therefore this air intake is more exposed. As such, it is easier for water to get into the engine air box an potentially get sucked into the engine. Therefore, by moving the air intake higher up it greatly reduces this risk.

  2. By having the air intake higher up, away from the tire and the road. It also means that the air being pulled into the engine is cleaner and cooler. As it is further away from where dust and debris gets kicked up by the tire the air being pulled in is cleaner and needs less filtering. Additionally, as the air is being pulled further away from the engine, it is also cooler.

I am also using an air pre-cleaner as the head on my snorkel. This helps to filter out dust and debris from the air before it enters the snorkel and goes to the airbox to be further filtered.

Brands:

There are two reasons why I have decides to use the Safari Snorkel:

  1. Safari is an ARB brand and has been around for many years and made snorkels for many different vehicles all over the world. It is a brand that I trust and have had very good experiences with. The materials that they use are very strong and stand up to some abuse as well as sunlight.

  2. The Safari snorkel also ahs the largest intake diameter that I could find. This allows more air to flow easily to the engine.

Safari Snorkel: https://amzn.to/4323mGf

The reasons I have chosen to run the Sy-Klone Air Pre-Cleaner:

  1. Sy-Klone is a big name when it comes to air pre-cleaners as they have been around for many years. They started out in the commercial industry making pre-cleaners for agricultural, as well as, construction equipment. If they can make a product to work in those conditions and be able to do the job of filtering the air efficiently, I think it will be able to handle anything I can throw at it.

  2. The method of how the Sy-Klone filters the air is very efficient, and does not require any maintenance.

Sy-Klone Series 9001 Air Precleaner - For Gas Motors Under 4.8 Liters – Snorkel Upgrade

Pros and Cons of running a Snorkel:

Pros:

  • Greatly reduce the risk of getting water into the air box and engine

  • Allows the engine to pull in cleaner and cooler air

  • Piece of mind and confidence when wheeling

Cons:

  • Requires drilling and cutting into the body panels of the truck

  • Reduces fuel economy doe to added air drag