Pros and Cons Safari or Airtech Snorkels

[IsaRodeo]

Hi All,

I'm about to put a snorkel on the MY16 GLX and can't decide between the two despite being able to have the Airtech fitted for slightly more than the cost of the Safari unit.

I've had 4 Safari snorkels on various vehicles before, all fitted by myself, and apart from the vibration issue with the last one, (a common fault with the inner guard pipe and cammy motor) all have given years of excellent service, but with the Pajero there seems to be a lot of underhood relocation of items.

Does the Airtech require as much relocation work under the bonnet.

I'm interested to hear any issues with either to help me sway one way or the other as price isn't doing it yet as I would prefer to pay more if the product is better as it will be on the car for some time and it's not the easiest to change if you get it wrong.

[MarkAW]

Airtec retains indicator on front guard, safari doesn’t and a blank is fitted from what I have seen

[Glenno]

No Indicator on NX guard so not relevant to snorkel install. Understand that airbox has to be moved slightly towards the rear firewall with a Safari snorkel.
Cheers

Glenno

[womble]

I Have a Safari and it annoys the hell out of me with the vibration, no one can seem to help. ARB say no problem can't hear anything and Mitsubishi the same. Can't comment on the Airtech but if no one has had any issues with vibration go with that I reckon

[MarkAW]

No Indicator on NX guard so not relevant to snorkel install. Understand that airbox has to be moved slightly towards the rear firewall with a Safari snorkel.
Cheers

Glenno

Our NX has indicators on front guards

[jared01]

I Have a Safari and it annoys the hell out of me with the vibration, no one can seem to help. ARB say no problem can't hear anything and Mitsubishi the same. Can't comment on the Airtech but if no one has had any issues with vibration go with that I reckon

Which air filter are you using?

I have the safari and no problems u til I got the car serviced anf mechanic used a non mitsubishi air filter and the air box would not seal properly and the air ox and whole snorkel was vibrating quite a lot. Took it back, put the old air filter back in and problem went away. Tried abother new air filter same brand that was in there after the service and vibrations back again.

Ended up just getting a refund for the air filter only and I bought a genuine mitsubishi air filter and again no problem.

Which one are you using?

[Hatto]

The indicator blank is barely visible when the Safari snorkel is fitted. And the air box relocation is done with a supplied bracket and only moved an inch or so from memory. The Safari snorkel has a removable head which can be handy if you have the need to swap the ram head for a dust separator or pre cleaner. Dont think the airtec snorkel does? Could be wrong though.

[aussieintas]

Safari.......you have to use the supplied small washer bottle.

Airtec........you can modify the original washer bottle, only losing a couple of hundred mm capacity.

I went with Airtec on mine for that reason but others say the supplied washer bottle hasn't been an issue.

Also at the time i could get Airtec cheaper than Safari.

My Aitec purchased a couple of weeks ago has removable head.

No issues with vibration etc to date.

[Ian H]

I Have a Safari and it annoys the hell out of me with the vibration, no one can seem to help. ARB say no problem can't hear anything and Mitsubishi the same. Can't comment on the Airtech but if no one has had any issues with vibration go with that I reckon

I've got a Safari on my NX and had to put up with a loud vibration noise when the car hit 2000 revs, just right for cruising down the highway.

I tried everything from changing air filters (they were original) to putting strips of door seal foam around the filter, thinking it was vibrating and causing the noise. it was driving me mad and really loud, like a buzzing sound.

When I got a second battery fitted, I asked the guys to check my snorkel installation (not done by them originally) and they found that there was a bracket missing inside the guard which meant that the pipe was vibrating against a partly cut off metal lug. They made up another bracket to clamp the pipe in place and I've had no noise since.

[ticky]

Twisted32 did a lot of research on this question. He ended up with the Airtech. many reasons, I think air flow was one of them but the Airteac is easier to fit.

Twisted is pretty thorough with his research+

Steve

[womble]

Which air filter are you using?

I have the safari and no problems u til I got the car serviced anf mechanic used a non mitsubishi air filter and the air box would not seal properly and the air ox and whole snorkel was vibrating quite a lot. Took it back, put the old air filter back in and problem went away. Tried abother new air filter same brand that was in there after the service and vibrations back again.

Ended up just getting a refund for the air filter only and I bought a genuine mitsubishi air filter and again no problem.

Which one are you using?

Just using the genuine items as per dealer servicing

[nj swb]

Just using the genuine items as per dealer servicing

Dealer serving isn't necessarily genuine items - check if your lid is tight.

[NJV6]

Mine is much quieter with genuine filter for intake noise up the safari snorkel. With a dealer fitted ryco filter it would drone and low rpm. I changed it over to genuine once I saw dirt on the clean side of the ryco filter, a lesson learnt!

[twisted32]

I went through this about 6 months ago, here are my reasons for choosing the airtec:
- Ability to retain factory washer bottle with some modification. Additional capacity, plus the supplied replacement bottle for both snorkels would not fit with my FMIC pipework
- Comparing pipework sizes/diameter of both, the airtec was larger and appeared to have a better flow path which is good since mine is tuned etc
- No need to relocate the factory indicator in the guard
- Personal opinion, but I think the airtec suits the car lines better

The airtec can have a pre-filter etc fitted with an adapter from njswb which I use.

Both snorkels move the airfilter box about 20mm with supplied brackets. The airtec moves it outboard (and up), and the safari moves it aft (not sure if it raises it too).

Hope that helps

[nj swb]

The airtec can have a pre-filter etc fitted with an adapter from njswb which I use.

Thanks twisted.

For those who may have noticed, all my pics were down - but not any more.

In the process of restoring pics, I added pics of the Mark 2 Adaptor - improved aesthetics (well, to me), but otherwise no significant change.