Project 80: Codename Grey Ghost

[Ben]

Great work Chris.

I like the waffles underneath, good idea.

Do you have much more to do before the big trips?

 

[MarkW]

Great work Chris.

Do you have much more to do before the big trips?

He's got to load up my beer supplies for Morocco

 

[Chris]

Not a great deal Ben to be honest with you. Really side steps are the only essential bit the rest is just tinsel.

 

[grantw]

Are you making or buying the sliders this time around Chris? If buying I'm keen to know which ones you would opt for.

 

[Chris]

Buying them? Grant, Buying them?

Come on

 

[grantw]

Haha .. I know I know ... but you've been a very busy man lately and the trip is fast approaching! Ok ok .. it was a purely a selfish question driven by being confused with the limited UK market. There are a few options out there ... but the ones I've found don't stack up one way or another.

 

[Chris]

Yes I'm going to make them but they will be steps not sliders
Basically same design but thinner wall section and I have set of aluminium steps which I will top them off with instead of tree fenders

 

[Gary820]

You using stock steps for the top?
Might have to look at borrowing your idea for the waffles

 

[Chris]

No Gary. The GS didn't come with side steps. Someone added some after-market things that disintegrated. But the ally tops left behind are fine.

 

[Chris]

Going to be a very busy weekend. So I started with something easy. Then after the beer, I stuck this on the top of the snork.




Delivered for less than £25. Good service, satisfactory quality. Very good fit. How some people are selling these for nearly £90 is a mystery.

 

[Garfieldus]

I have exactly the same one. Got a bit of a ribbing for choosing such a small one but it worked.

 

[Chris]

Small? It's 9" with the only other size I have seen in the 3.5" neck being 10". Ribbing over 1/2" a side? I think they truly were in need of something else to occupy them. Certainly going to filter out more than the standard head isn't it. I don't think it's truly necessary, but for £23 it'll do.

 

[GeorgeG]

Unfortunately it is small for an 80. In fact it was small for my hilux 2.5 d4d. It just couldnt take a breath. Other than that the cyclon is useful device for desert.

 

[Chris]

Can't say I am experiencing the same. Been for a blast in it and it's no different. Noisier though than the forward facing thing, but no less performance

 

[SpinDrift]

Where is it from Chris? Is the snorkel a Safari one?

 

[Garfieldus]

Can't say I am experiencing the same. Been for a blast in it and it's no different. Noisier though than the forward facing thing, but no less performance

Yep, I could notice no difference either. I emptied it a bit more often but no effect on performance that I could detect.

 

[Chris]

Yes, it's a genuine Safari snorkel, but the top is just some e bay thing. Like I said, not really necessary but if we are in convoy, it could kick up some dust and seeing as I'll be at the back ....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271568058468?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[MarkW]

Very Smart

 

[Chris]

Speechless ....

 

[SpinDrift]

You'll need to keep topping up the water in the desert or the fish wont make it