Schnorkel and new lights

Tercel Marseille · Post by **Tercel Marseille** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 8:55 am

My friend vgv had made a new modification in his car, here are the pics :

And we've made a DVD with 4 movies and a bonus inside !

brianp · Post by **brianp** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 10:34 am

very cool!

Did he make it all by hand, or is it from a Land Rover or something? You have a switch inside or something to switch to the snorkel?

GTSSportCoupe · Post by **GTSSportCoupe** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 1:06 pm

Thats awesome! I love what you guy's do to your tercels over there in France!

T-Bone · Post by **T-Bone** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 1:47 pm

wow, that is really sweet. how does it hook up under the hood?

Tercel Marseille · Post by **Tercel Marseille** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 3:09 pm

It's all made by hand. It's direct beetween air filter and schnorkel
In order to see how it hooks up under the hood, see this link :
http://www.forum-auto.com/sqlforum/sect ... 18-210.htm

Thank you for your encouragements !

takza · Post by **takza** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 3:03 am

That's for some REALLY DEEP water! Just make sure the bellows is leak proof...the one on top of the transmission.

vgv france · Post by **vgv france** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 3:38 pm

hello !

The Monster TERCEL and Monster TAZ ( Nissan PATROL 3.3L TURBO DIESEL modified of 1985 )

The MONSTER TAZ!

snowman52288 · Post by **snowman52288** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 8:56 pm

LOVE IT!! im working on the same thing myself. i hope my snorkel project will turn out just as good as yours.

Post by **ARCHINSTL** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 10:27 pm

OK - this may seem like a naive question, but I just gotta ask: What exactly is the purpose of the schnorchel?
If it is for fording, wouldn't all of the electrical things and the dipstick hole have to be sealed, as well as the floor pan? Plus other items I'm missing?
Is the real purpose to keep water and crud from the occasional big puddle and mudhole out of the air intake? As opposed to true fording, that is?
OK to laugh now - but I remember the frustration our Motor Pool wrenches used to have with access to/working on the "waterproof" systems on the vehicles back in the '60s. My own jeep did not work well until "that stuff" was removed - 'course, the governor was removed as well...
Tom M.

vgv france · Post by **vgv france** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 2:36 pm

Hello!

the news of my "MONSTER TERCEL"
http://www.forum-auto.com/forum2.php?co ... w=0&nojs=0

GTSSportCoupe · Post by **GTSSportCoupe** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 6:35 pm

vgv france wrote:Hello! the news of my "MONSTER TERCEL"
http://www.forum-auto.com/forum2.php?co ... w=0&nojs=0

Excellent! I think that is the tallest Tercel I have seen. Are you going to raise the front to 28cm too? Are you going to put on taller tires now?

dcn · Post by **dcn** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 6:40 pm

Hey, that's kind of odd, the photo with the Corolla and the Terc side by side I mean. My Dad's got his Tercel wagon plus a 90 Corolla wagon that are parked side by side like that sometimes. Other than the colours, that same scene can be found in their driveway. Small world. Or something.

vgv france · Post by **vgv france** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:38 am

GTSSportCoupe wrote:
vgv france wrote:Hello! the news of my "MONSTER TERCEL"
http://www.forum-auto.com/forum2.php?co ... w=0&nojs=0
Excellent! I think that is the tallest Tercel I have seen. Are you going to raise the front to 28cm too? Are you going to put on taller tires now?

Hello! For before the maximun that one can make it is 5cm moreover, otherwise if one wants to go higher it is necessary to re-examine the suspention before complettement... But for compensser one puts larger tires, of aillor my future proget is to put wheels into 15"

vgv france · Post by **vgv france** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:48 am

dcn wrote:Hey, that's kind of odd, the photo with the Corolla and the Terc side by side I mean. My Dad's got his Tercel wagon plus a 90 Corolla wagon that are parked side by side like that sometimes. Other than the colours, that same scene can be found in their driveway. Small world. Or something.

vgv france · Post by **vgv france** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 6:06 am

ARCHINSTL wrote:OK - this may seem like a naive question, but I just gotta ask: What exactly is the purpose of the schnorchel?
If it is for fording, wouldn't all of the electrical things and the dipstick hole have to be sealed, as well as the floor pan? Plus other items I'm missing?
Is the real purpose to keep water and crud from the occasional big puddle and mudhole out of the air intake? As opposed to true fording, that is?
OK to laugh now - but I remember the frustration our Motor Pool wrenches used to have with access to/working on the "waterproof" systems on the vehicles back in the '60s. My own jeep did not work well until "that stuff" was removed - 'course, the governor was removed as well...
Tom M.

On our premises in the south of France there are all shapes of reliefs and and the rivers... Thus for what one does with our TERCELS, the SHNORKEL is useful for the passages has gets and also for proteger the aspiration of the air of dust, bus has enters it of the SHNORKEL there is a standard aspiration the SAHARA who retains dust and lets aspire the air and more the aspiration of the air is high, plus the engine aspires air COLD, which is very good for the output. For the passages has gets, the system is etanche and our cars do not have the electronique one, only one puts a interuptor on the electrical loom of the alternator to cut it for steps which roast when one crosses gets major

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