true, it may be longer, but I think, in my opinion, the snorkel will give a far better intake consumption than stock. Why I say that... well, when I took the inner fender plastic off, the air was being brought in from a small oval shaped opening 1/4 the size of the snorkel opening and it would go right behind the right side (US passenager side) light then into the whole wheel well (i'm sure air was escaping from the cracks of the plastic inner fender too) then from there it would go in through an adapter going to the air box.

What I'm saying is... the air before (stock) was being forced directly to the inner fender, then kinda INdirectly pushed into the air box unlike the snorkel. The snorkel may be longer, but it has a much smoother, very direct air motion going to the air box, and with all that high wind being forced in there, i'm sure it doesnt really matter how long the tube is. Some have said they havent seen any improvments, but then again, what kind of improvments are we looking for.... ? Better gas milage, more power? I could say, better gas milage, no, more power with the same gas milage, maybe so? So does it really help in that case if I get more power with the same gas milage? I would say yes, but I havent really tested it out, anyone else care to enlight on this subject?

We talk about wind resistance, but how wind resistant is our Monteros and Pajeros anyways?? <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> We add racks, bigger tires, bull bars and other things. When talking about wind resistance, we dont even gotta worry about the snorkel being the culprit of all the wind resistance. The snorkel may be considers a "wind resistant" object to our vehicle, but thats not going to make us slow when driving, if anything, i would think it would help, In my opinion

The great snorkel debate continues.... <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/ignore.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />

Angelo