what's a better snorkel?

i don't ride much in deep water. never liked it for fear of fallin in a stump hole, wakes, and windin up taken on water. but i do sometimes weather it'd be goin down a flooded trail or in a ohh s*** situation when to quad's front just dives and can't back out so the only thing to do is go forward. thats why i always liked the idea of a snorkel.

now i'm thinkin bout purchasing one but i would like opinons on these 2 snorkel brands.

bayou, which seems everyone is familiar with or submarine snorkels. i like what submarine's kit comes with and crash plates as well as it's made no from just pvc. while bayou is cheaper it dosen't come with a crash plate.

i know what i like but i was wounder if the bayou is just as good as the submarine snorkels.

now don't get me wrong. i ain't gonna take this thing out playin submarine the first day i put it on and prob wont ever go in anything deeper than what i do now. i just want that added security in case of a hairy situation. not to mention it adds looks to the quad as well

cottonmouth, My experience was that since i'm known as "the cheap bast---",I thought i'd build it myself and save money. Well- $250.00 later and alot of trial and error hours, and I now have a good snorkel system, but an expensive one. Better than store bought? I don't think so. I hear both of those kits work ok. Don't "do it yourself"..Good luck, Oldatvr

i never wanted to do it my self. everyone tells me it is easy but when your dealin with something as important as intake and engine protection i will NOT take short cuts. thats somethin i would buy with instructions as well as good prducts and not just slap it together

IMO... Bayou Snorkels is the Best one out there.

just remember a snorkel helps you through water, but doesn't make it a boat. just keep in mind the other details you have to remember like the electrical system that can quit when wet, the exhaust snorkel so water doesn't go back in system and breather tubes that need to be re-routed. Use di-electric grease every where for your electrical stuff, mainly on your spark plug. good luck

x2, put a dab of dielectric grease on every connection even on batt cables, yamahas have marine grade connectors but better safe than sorry, you'll need alot of 1/4" hose for all your vents, prob 15'-20'.

Agreed!

i use silocone spray on all my electircal connections.

and i am aware of the vent hoses. those'll need to be completely replaced with longer pieces and i would run them along the intake pipe. and like i said it wouldn't be used in deep water 24/7, just in a ohh s*** situation or for less worry.

Bamajeepjunkie, I see in your sig that you have a snorkeled Kodiak... Do you have an intake snorkel or just tranny? Is it homebuilt? I can't find an intake kit for my '05 anywhere!

homemade, two air intake snorkels (it would work fine with just one on a stock motor, but with all the work done on mine went fer two) and two tranny (well one for the intake side and one exhaust side of tranny).

Would you share your secrets? If you don't mind showing them, I'd like to see a couple pics. And find out a little about how you built it, materials, etc.

i sent you a p.m.