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knucklesplitter 2009-05-08 07:41 AM

WTB: " Snorkus " from '02-'07 WRX/STi
 
It's the big plastic thing in the front that funnels air from the front of the car to the stock airbox.

I don't need the airbox or the silencer stuff.

eggeegg 2009-05-08 09:01 AM

I have this snorkus that you speak of.

GusGus91 2009-05-08 01:36 PM

I was gonna take mine out pretty soon. I just need to figure out how. :?:

DaveWRX 2009-05-08 01:44 PM

The snorkus has 2 screws I believe. It's actually the easiest part to remove. I believe your talking about the silencer that's in the wheel well. That's pretty east as well

wildfirefli 2009-05-08 02:12 PM

Just how do you get the silencer out?

Dean 2009-05-08 02:20 PM

Have to pull the fender liner. 6-8 screws and plastic body panel thingies. Pretty easy job.

knucklesplitter 2009-05-08 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by eggeegg (Post 133830)
I have this snorkus that you speak of.

PM sent... :D

DaveWRX 2009-05-08 04:27 PM

It's usually the first do it yourself mod. I did mine literally 2 hours after buying my car

wildfirefli 2009-05-10 09:28 AM

Sweet thanks. I'm going to do it with supervision. Lols. My buddies have taken me under there wing and promise to teach me the ways of the subarusamurai

sedonabugeye 2009-05-10 09:50 AM

haha.. heck yes we are. im just going to watch!

supraluke 2009-05-11 08:19 PM

I threw my snokus into the plastic recycle bin. I didn't think anybody would want it. I replaced it with the gpmoto intake elbow and then with an APS 70mm intake.

cody 2009-05-11 08:50 PM

It would make more sense if you had replaced the silencer with the GP Moto elbow but okay. :) The snorkus is the scoop under the hood on top of the radiator. You should be using it in conjunction with the elbow.

Kavid 2009-05-12 03:15 PM

I posted something up here a little while back and had one of these for free, but just threw it away when I moved last weekend...:(

supraluke 2009-05-12 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by cody (Post 134028)
It would make more sense if you had replaced the silencer with the GP Moto elbow but okay. :) The snorkus is the scoop under the hood on top of the radiator. You should be using it in conjunction with the elbow.


As far as I know the intake silencer and the snorkus is the same thing. http://www.scoobymods.com/forums/rem...aka-t2095.html <-- snorkus pics down the page.

I have no idea what that scoop under the hood is called though. I still have that scoop on mine even with the aps intake.

sperry 2009-05-12 10:57 PM

Well back in 2001, the snorkus was the cold air scoop, named so because it acted like a snorkle for drawing air from the hood down into the fender. We called that mod you linked to the "silencer removal mod".

I think I've still got my silencer somewhere, except that it's been in two pieces since 2001, so it probably doesn't help much unless you want to get clever with some epoxy.

knucklesplitter 2009-05-13 06:00 AM

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sperry 2009-05-13 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by knucklesplitter (Post 134096)
This is the thing I am looking for:

Oh yeah, I forgot what the point of this thread was... for some reason I thought supraluke needed a silencer. :lol:

Now that I think about it... I can't specifically remember getting rid of my intake snorkus... I wonder if I still have it? Matt, I'll take a look for you the next time my WRX is out of the way of my parts shelf in the garage!

wildfirefli 2009-05-15 12:58 PM

I also have this snorkus you speak of. Just removed it a few days ago. You still in need?

DaveWRX 2009-05-15 01:43 PM

You should keep the snorkus in whether or not you have an aftermarket intake. It helps bring in cold air

knucklesplitter 2009-05-15 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by DaveWRX (Post 134240)
You should keep the snorkus in whether or not you have an aftermarket intake. It helps bring in cold air

This is usually true.

wildfirefli 2009-05-16 10:44 AM

Is that true? It seems like cold air gets in there just fine, it seems that is only going in the fender anyway? Can someone give me some good details? Maybe I will put it back on!! I have been itching to work on my car again anyway! I'm trying to make money talk to me! LOL so I can get exhaust. I need to look up the order in which I should do mods.

knucklesplitter 2009-05-16 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by wildfirefli (Post 134303)
Is that true?

Usually. It certainly never hurts. What is your car and what intake are you running?

Quote:

Originally Posted by wildfirefli (Post 134303)
It seems like cold air gets in there just fine...

How do you know? Have you logged your intake temps? What about on the track or in stop/go driving in August?

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Originally Posted by wildfirefli (Post 134303)
It seems like cold air gets in there just fine, it seems that is only going in the fender anyway? Can someone give me some good details?

The snorkus by itself brings air to the fender from the highest-pressure location on a moving car. The silencer assembly or a silencer-delete elbow brings it back around to either the factory airbox or the engine compartment (often pointing at an aftermarket SRI).

Cobb Tuning even designed their air box around the snorkus:
http://www.cobbforums.com/forums/ima...take_Box_1.jpg

wildfirefli 2009-05-16 01:34 PM

Mine is a stock 05white WRX. I haven't tracked it yet. I'm a n00b, trying to get LEARNED. LOL. I took out the airbox. I had a delete in, I removed that too. Didn't seem to fit properly. Maybe I'll have cody hook me up with his idea, seems to work well.

cody 2009-05-16 03:18 PM

Clarification: By "delete", Mary means the RS fender hole plug. KS means an elbow that replaces the silencer.

wildfirefli 2009-05-18 12:15 PM

Yes! That's what I meant. I'm gonna fix it up reeeal purdy and nice at codys house.


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