Snorkel for Bronco Sport

[George84]

Hey there guys, qq regarding a Project I saw from a website Bronco Bastards, in which they were working to produce a Snorkel, have you heard something?

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[Major Kong]

greetings first post fellow shibber

 

[PonyDriver43]

May need more than a snorkel kit.

 

[Osco]

I know a guy who did a snork on his hummer.
Ruined a leather interior and did all kinds of electrical and electronic damage.
He didn’t think about water coming in through door seals and where the foot pedals and cables go thru the firewall.
Had it dragged out of the woods with a farm tractor.
Ya jest cain’t fix Stupid~~~~~

 

[magicbus]

IIRC the Badlands has door seals, but is still limited to 23.6 because of the computer in the driver side wheel well.

 

[RiotfunK]

You may not hydrolock. But you’d have to redo/move and seal a bunch of electrical components. Too much effort in this vehicle. More work for limited fording depth that still won’t help you any. Buy a trail rig. I wouldn’t even go through the “rated” water depths with my BL. Too much electronics in sensitive areas. Seen quite a few people drown these in water levels lower than the listed fording depth.

 

[69cuda340s]

The big Bronco has an Everglades trim level that has a snorkel from the factory. But nothing for the sport.

 

[el_barto]

greetings first post fellow shibber

Interesting the Badlands wading depth is substantially more than the rest

Lots of factors to consider for water crossing depth beyond just air intake height.
Door sill height, electronics, axles/transmission breathers. Axle breathers are actually fairly important because if a hot axle goes underwater it will cool rapidly and “breathe in” from the cooling, actually sucking water in thru the breather if it is submerged

 

[Major Kong]

Axle breathers are actually fairly important because if a hot axle goes underwater it will cool rapidly and “breathe in” from the cooling, actually sucking water in thru the breather if it is submerged

this is true
4x4 ranger had the tube
need secondary axle snorkels
whats nice about the big bronco
removable body panels
sport - not so much
necessary to wash out all the slurry deposits

 

[PonyDriver43]

And while you are ordering, these look nice, but you may need 8"+ wheel spacers.

 

[Osco]

IIRC the Badlands has door seals, but is still limited to 23.6 because of the computer in the driver side wheel well.

The Hummer had door seals, made for splashing I guess. I dunno.
We’d need a relocate kit for the puter :’P
But still, I’ll just be happy watching other people drive their Bronco Sports into rivers, from the comfort of my couch, on YouTube. :’D

 

[PonyDriver43]

The big Bronco has an Everglades trim level that has a snorkel from the factory. But nothing for the sport.

Must not have been an Everglades .

 

[Froggy]

I have seen a snorkel kit for bronco sport. The problem with the kit, is you have to cut the left side fender, and put 3 inch hole. The other thing is definitely ecu location. It was early on when they first came out.

 

[Osco]

I am not putting my BS in a river.
For less than a grand I can buy a small boat on a trailer.
Besides, without a sun roof you can’t fish. :’P

 

[GulfCoastBronco]

What’s interesting from this thread to me is the info we are getting on non badlands waterfording. Originally I thought adding lift and tires would give me extra water fording capability. But the more info comes out, the more I think the extra height should just give me more confidence in the stock waterfording due to ECU placement, door sills, axels etc etc. This is all really good info. Thanks y’all.

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