Weather broke long enough to do the snorkels on my 2016 Polaris RZR 900 Trail. Only had a few issues one was they weld on bracket to the rolll bar for after market seat belt harness to mount to, I try many ways to get around them (none looked good) so if you aren't welling to cut them off you may not want to try these. If I had the secondary clutch intake hose there more then likely wouldn't have had enough room for the exhaust hose to leave wheel clearance. They look great. Thanks a lot for taking the time to make the videos.
nightweb11 thanks for the update, I figured they may not work for everyone. hopefully it'll give ppl a starting point to adapt my ideas for their own use tho
nightweb11, I have been watching this video and have been thinking about trying this. I have a 2015 900 Trail. Do you know if your 16 is the same as my 15? I havent started doing this yet just looking into it. Any help would be appreciated. I dont mind cutting the bracket. Does it just need to be welded somewhere else? Thanks Dave
Another great video ! Nice clear calm instructions ! Not trying to rush and skip things or going so fast we have to pause the video to slow u down! Very good job and thank you for posting this video. I want to try this but I’m scared I might screw up lol.
Haha thanks! There is one thing I ended up having to do differently. The PVC cement did not hold, I ended up using JB Weld there instead, and it lasted until the machine burned down.
Ok. I watched the entire video. I was impressed with your plumbing skills. I am a plumber and may need your help on my next big job.(LOL). Great video. What a shame all the work needed to these machines to make them trail ready ,like they should come from the factory .I just ordered my Rugged Radio and will be installing shortly.Keep the videos coming.
Will Pontius - lol I've handled a lot of pvc over the years. I agree they need better systems in place for the intakes and clutch exhaust. Good news on the radios, I can't wait to hit the trails with them!
I just got a 2016 polaris 900 trail and I didn't like any of the snorkels out there. I don't think I could have come up with this one. It looks great, going to do it. thanks
nightweb11 awesome, hope it helps you. since it's a trail, make sure there won't be any clearance issues between the belt exhaust snorkel and the tire. the 50" width will almost certainly give you problems there, you may have to do something else there. keep me posted
+Metal Gearz lol too right. I've been within inches of dunking my clutch many times. had to wait for the warranty to run out before throwing snorkels on haha
I don't know about 2015 & 2016 you could go to a deal to find that out. I have the after market 4 point harness so where the bracket is the two claps that hold the snorkels is where the outer belt fit, I am concerned the claps may cut into the belts so I am going to put a some rubber over the belt and under the claps to hold belt in place. if you are run the stock belts it isn't a problem. the exhaust 45 rubber elbow has to be put up tight to the bed. give around 4 inches of room from elbow to tire. I used a tie down to put down the springand tire didn't hit the elbow. I don't do any jumping so I not worried. I hope this helps.
Many thanks will check it all out.if all goes well the hell with the warranty ha, ha looking forward to this one.Ride on gotta go sling a lil mud in the mornin
MAN i started watching, then fell asleep and woke up and it was still playing. LOL just kidding very informative it gave me a few ideas thanks for making the video .
Bill P - good advice, this had occurred to me shortly after making this vid, and I drilled a small vent hole in each tube to let gasses escape, below the top of the vent lines itself so there was no chance of water managing to drip down into the lines. thanks for reminding me, maybe I should update the info and mention that.
Thanks for watching! Super late reply I know, just now getting back to the channel... I did end up having the 90 on the clutch housing come loose, a little JB weld made it permanent
Great video watched the entire video only question I have is do you have problems with stuff getting kicked off the tire into that flex tube for the belt exhaust? Just looks a lil close to tire for my liking but well done.
Cody Flick thanks :) yeah I'll admit placement of that one isn't perfect, I struggled on where to put it for a week. made 3 different ones before that one. the only way to get it out of the line of fire was to move it toward the back and over next to the back roll bar, and also lower it. it looked awful that way. it does have a few splash marks in it, but they are just around the tip. the good thing is when the tires are spinning, so is the belt, and there's a significant amount of air coming out of that tube. I've yet to get anything past the screen. time will tell I suppose
Man I wish you had a rzr 1k! I love how informative your videos are!! Keep up the great work. Oh and yeah I watched the whole video and I don't even own a 900, thanks again
air2bmc haha thanks :) I did snorkel a 1k, it was pretty easy. I just didn't have time to film it. turned out great. I'll get some pics of it and post them to our fb
Lanny Griggs thanks! honestly it doesn't really sound much different, not a big change like an 800. the clutch does seem to breathe much better, when I first fired it up after putting them on it blew a ton of dust out the clutch exhaust
A mouse, chewed on the 12v wire going from the battery to the winch. Yeah I ended up using JB Weld on the joint I glued on, that was that. Sorry for the late reply!
Ken Stegmann I would think so, doubt there's been any updates in those areas. visually verify everything is where I show it before doing anything you can't easily undo. also be careful with clearance between the tire and clutch exhaust tube, I have offset wheels which gives me more room there, a couple inches or so
Great job!!! Will this work on a 2016 xp4 1000? I desperately need some snorkels. I'm so tired of my belt getting wet every time I play. I appreciate the great detail in your video
Thanks, but unfortunately no, it won't work on an XP, totally different. I have snorkeled a 1000, I really should have filmed it, but I didn't because it was a trial run and I didn't know how long it was gonna take to get right. Turns out it didn't take that long and came out great. Maybe one day someone will want me to do another one and I can film that one.
Here unless I said otherwise everything is 3" Engine Snorkel 2x Street 90 3x Street 45 1x Street 22 1x Flex couple 2” to 3” flex coupler Lengths of pipe: 3 1/2 Tip cut at 45 short side is 2” from end of pipe Belt intake 1x Street 90 3x Street 45 3” flex couple Lengths of pipe: 4 ¼, 3 ½, Tip If you have the secondary intake you also need Drain Tee, and street 22 (I think the street 22 and one side of the drain Tee are not 3”) Belt exhaust 1x Regular 90 1x Street 90 2x standard 45 1x street 45 2x 3”flex 90 Length of pipe: 14, 4, 2 ¾, 2 3/8 Other: Gutter guard mesh 20’ 3/8 OD (1/4 ID) Clear hose for vents Metal hose clamps to attach snorkel to roll bar
Great video man Im always looking to make something out of nothing. I have a 2015 Rzr 900 Trail. Do you know if its the same as yours besides yours has 2 more doors? Do you think it would be possible instead of having 3 snorkels to combine the 2 on the left so you only have the matching 2? I really wanna keep my bed. I also have a back window.
Dave Burkhart the trail is much more narrow than mine, the belt exhaust done this way would not work for you unfortunately, the 2 flex 90's would be right where your tire is. also no you can't combine them, one pulls air in, the other pushes air out. you'd create a loop of increasingly hot air that would burn your belt up in no time
Good job and yes I watched all of it lol, did you seal the hole in the bottom of the breather box ? Been wanting to do mine also after belt exuast filled belt box with mud .I did like the one coming through access door as you pointed out .Thanks for the video
lol :D Thanks for watching. No, didn't seal that little drain, I've read that ppl haven't had an issue with it, and it's up pretty high as well. I put my hand over the snorkel and the airbox started to collapse...
After installing the snorkel for the belt exhaust are you getting a lot of noise out of the snorkel from the belt.... by the way good clean job. And yes I watch the entire video lol. Thanks
BigTimsTowing - lol :D On a 2 seater it does make a fair bit of noise. On the 4 seater they are far enough back where it just sounds cool. Oddly enough it's not even that bad from the back seat, which obviously makes no sense. Must be some sort of acoustic effect from the larger cab, I dunno. Couple things I've done differently is use jb weld on that exhaust 90, and I shortened the exhaust riser a couple of inches
RZR's Edge In Motion thank you for the reply like I said you did a very neat and clean job and that is what I would like to do with mine and Yes mine is a two-seater I haven't had a chance to ride mine for I bought it brand new 2017 and put it in my shop and trying to bulletproof it before I take it out. I do have high concerns about water getting into the clutch exhaust. I have read where a few people said the snorkels make the exhaust loud and was just curious how yours turned out. Thank you very much and happy New Year to you and your family. Hopefully meet you on the trail one day.
update on put on the rzr trail models: For me my wheels never leave the ground so there's enough clearance, my friend just pick up a used rzr trail with drive train problems for a good price. He spend most of the time in the air so there's not going to be the clearance he needs. He is going to lift and widen it so he is doing this snorkel because doing all that he's doing will give him the clearance. So if you have a stock rzr trail and plan on driving like my friend you met not want to do this snorkel.
Yeah waaay late with reply, finally breathing life into this channel again! The length was too long. The pvc one did come loose later on, but I put it on with JB weld, and that was years ago. It's a permanent part of the machine now lol
do u have the list of the parts u used to make it I have a 2016 900 4 and I get the belt wet all the time my kids ride with us and they like to Splash through the creeks and it sucks win it get wet and u have to drain it and let it dry lol
I know what you mean. That water isn't good for the clutches either haha. There is a full parts list in the video, including cut lengths and everything, starting at the 0:45 mark.
Thanks! I have made a couple of minor adjustments after getting some miles on them. The PVC glue on the 90-to-belt-housing ended up coming loose, so I used JB Weld there instead. They are now mated for life haha.
your right trying to watch him do a rzr 900 xp and it makes no sence to me what he has done sayed he sealed the belt cover ????? never seen what he did ...thanks for your pice by pice show
Ted Garcia - it should, one thing I've done since the vid is rotate the stacks inward a little and lower the clutch exhaust stack so its lower than the intake one. looks better, and the opening is completely hidden from the back tire. also I took the trimmed elbow back off the clutch exhaust and glued it back in with JB Weld, ain't no getting it off now haha
Put it on my 2016 900S 2 seater. A lot of work but well worth it. Great design and video. Thanks a lot .
This is exactly the style I wanted. Great video!
Weather broke long enough to do the snorkels on my 2016 Polaris RZR 900 Trail. Only had a few issues one was they weld on bracket to the rolll bar for after market seat belt harness to mount to, I try many ways to get around them (none looked good) so if you aren't welling to cut them off you may not want to try these. If I had the secondary clutch intake hose there more then likely wouldn't have had enough room for the exhaust hose to leave wheel clearance. They look great. Thanks a lot for taking the time to make the videos.
nightweb11 thanks for the update, I figured they may not work for everyone. hopefully it'll give ppl a starting point to adapt my ideas for their own use tho
nightweb11, I have been watching this video and have been thinking about trying this. I have a 2015 900 Trail. Do you know if your 16 is the same as my 15? I havent started doing this yet just looking into it. Any help would be appreciated. I dont mind cutting the bracket. Does it just need to be welded somewhere else? Thanks Dave
What an awesome, in depth video!! Thank you so much for taking the time to so thoroughly film this!!!
Colton Ware haha thanks man
Another great video ! Nice clear calm instructions ! Not trying to rush and skip things or going so fast we have to pause the video to slow u down! Very good job and thank you for posting this video. I want to try this but I’m scared I might screw up lol.
Haha thanks! There is one thing I ended up having to do differently. The PVC cement did not hold, I ended up using JB Weld there instead, and it lasted until the machine burned down.
Ok. I watched the entire video. I was impressed with your plumbing skills. I am a plumber and may need your help on my next big job.(LOL). Great video. What a shame all the work needed to these machines to make them trail ready ,like they should come from the factory .I just ordered my Rugged Radio and will be installing shortly.Keep the videos coming.
Will Pontius - lol I've handled a lot of pvc over the years. I agree they need better systems in place for the intakes and clutch exhaust. Good news on the radios, I can't wait to hit the trails with them!
Thank you sir for doing the hard part figuring out parts list exc. For the rest of us. Great job.
Super late reply, but thank you! I did have the 90 come loose from the clutch housing. 2nd go I used JB weld, and that was that.
Nice job. That turned out great. Been thinking of doing mine for the same reasons.
Thanks! Been out playing with it, working great. Sounds good too
I just got a 2016 polaris 900 trail and I didn't like any of the snorkels out there. I don't think I could have come up with this one. It looks great, going to do it. thanks
nightweb11 awesome, hope it helps you. since it's a trail, make sure there won't be any clearance issues between the belt exhaust snorkel and the tire. the 50" width will almost certainly give you problems there, you may have to do something else there. keep me posted
RZR's Edge In Motion what do you mean clearance issue? I have. 2016 trail and I really like your setup. I just watched the whole thing
Great job!!!
Thanks bud :)
Peace of mind is definitely worth it for those sketch but tempting holes Hahaha
+Metal Gearz lol too right. I've been within inches of dunking my clutch many times. had to wait for the warranty to run out before throwing snorkels on haha
I don't know about 2015 & 2016 you could go to a deal to find that out. I have the after market 4 point harness so where the bracket is the two claps that hold the snorkels is where the outer belt fit, I am concerned the claps may cut into the belts so I am going to put a some rubber over the belt and under the claps to hold belt in place. if you are run the stock belts it isn't a problem. the exhaust 45 rubber elbow has to be put up tight to the bed. give around 4 inches of room from elbow to tire. I used a tie down to put down the springand tire didn't hit the elbow. I don't do any jumping so I not worried. I hope this helps.
I will let you know how it goes, going to be awhile winter's about to hit here and I don't have a warm place to work on it right now.
Understood
Many thanks will check it all out.if all goes well the hell with the warranty ha, ha looking forward to this one.Ride on gotta go sling a lil mud in the mornin
MAN i started watching, then fell asleep and woke up and it was still playing. LOL just kidding very informative it gave me a few ideas thanks for making the video .
G&R RZR Ridin lol thanks, yeah I love me some details :D
that is a sweet lookin rig, definitely a future project i need to do for our rzrs!
deuceblank Thanks! hopefully this vid can help you out with your's
FYI the gas vent hose in rear roll bar has no holes to let fumes escape. might want to drill hole up top by roof
great videos
Bill P - good advice, this had occurred to me shortly after making this vid, and I drilled a small vent hole in each tube to let gasses escape, below the top of the vent lines itself so there was no chance of water managing to drip down into the lines. thanks for reminding me, maybe I should update the info and mention that.
Awesome video.. thanks for taking the time and posting the whole process
Thanks for watching! Super late reply I know, just now getting back to the channel... I did end up having the 90 on the clutch housing come loose, a little JB weld made it permanent
Great video watched the entire video only question I have is do you have problems with stuff getting kicked off the tire into that flex tube for the belt exhaust? Just looks a lil close to tire for my liking but well done.
Cody Flick thanks :) yeah I'll admit placement of that one isn't perfect, I struggled on where to put it for a week. made 3 different ones before that one. the only way to get it out of the line of fire was to move it toward the back and over next to the back roll bar, and also lower it. it looked awful that way.
it does have a few splash marks in it, but they are just around the tip. the good thing is when the tires are spinning, so is the belt, and there's a significant amount of air coming out of that tube. I've yet to get anything past the screen. time will tell I suppose
Man I wish you had a rzr 1k! I love how informative your videos are!! Keep up the great work. Oh and yeah I watched the whole video and I don't even own a 900, thanks again
air2bmc haha thanks :) I did snorkel a 1k, it was pretty easy. I just didn't have time to film it. turned out great. I'll get some pics of it and post them to our fb
that would be great, thank you!!
How does it sound in comparison to stock? very clean install plan on doing this after warranty is up. Nice work !
Lanny Griggs thanks! honestly it doesn't really sound much different, not a big change like an 800. the clutch does seem to breathe much better, when I first fired it up after putting them on it blew a ton of dust out the clutch exhaust
Nice write up about to do this on my 15 rzr 1000. Any changes you think should be done? Also I hear yours burnt down how did that happen?
A mouse, chewed on the 12v wire going from the battery to the winch. Yeah I ended up using JB Weld on the joint I glued on, that was that. Sorry for the late reply!
Nice job! ...on the snorkels and the video.
thanks, we'll have to get some on your's next, I know how much you like the mud haha
Thanks great video👍👍👍👍
Just watched your video had to watch it all.Exelent job.I just bought new 2016 900 S will your setup work on it. Again nice workKen
Ken Stegmann I would think so, doubt there's been any updates in those areas. visually verify everything is where I show it before doing anything you can't easily undo. also be careful with clearance between the tire and clutch exhaust tube, I have offset wheels which gives me more room there, a couple inches or so
Great job!!! Will this work on a 2016 xp4 1000? I desperately need some snorkels. I'm so tired of my belt getting wet every time I play. I appreciate the great detail in your video
Thanks, but unfortunately no, it won't work on an XP, totally different. I have snorkeled a 1000, I really should have filmed it, but I didn't because it was a trial run and I didn't know how long it was gonna take to get right. Turns out it didn't take that long and came out great. Maybe one day someone will want me to do another one and I can film that one.
Here unless I said otherwise everything is 3"
Engine Snorkel
2x Street 90
3x Street 45
1x Street 22
1x Flex couple
2” to 3” flex coupler
Lengths of pipe: 3 1/2
Tip cut at 45 short side is 2” from end of pipe
Belt intake
1x Street 90
3x Street 45
3” flex couple
Lengths of pipe: 4 ¼, 3 ½, Tip
If you have the secondary intake you also need Drain Tee, and street 22 (I think the street 22 and one side of the drain Tee are not 3”)
Belt exhaust
1x Regular 90
1x Street 90
2x standard 45
1x street 45
2x 3”flex 90
Length of pipe: 14, 4, 2 ¾, 2 3/8
Other:
Gutter guard mesh
20’ 3/8 OD (1/4 ID) Clear hose for vents
Metal hose clamps to attach snorkel to roll bar
Total
4x Street 90
1x Regular 90
7x Street 45
2x Regular 45
1x Street 22
2x Flex Coupler
1x 2-3” flex coupler
2x Flex 90
If no secondary what length pipe? If you have any idea. Thank you very much
Great video man Im always looking to make something out of nothing. I have a 2015 Rzr 900 Trail. Do you know if its the same as yours besides yours has 2 more doors? Do you think it would be possible instead of having 3 snorkels to combine the 2 on the left so you only have the matching 2? I really wanna keep my bed. I also have a back window.
Dave Burkhart the trail is much more narrow than mine, the belt exhaust done this way would not work for you unfortunately, the 2 flex 90's would be right where your tire is. also no you can't combine them, one pulls air in, the other pushes air out. you'd create a loop of increasingly hot air that would burn your belt up in no time
Good job and yes I watched all of it lol, did you seal the hole in the bottom of the breather box ? Been wanting to do mine also after belt exuast filled belt box with mud .I did like the one coming through access door as you pointed out .Thanks for the video
lol :D Thanks for watching. No, didn't seal that little drain, I've read that ppl haven't had an issue with it, and it's up pretty high as well. I put my hand over the snorkel and the airbox started to collapse...
Hey man do you still have those orange springs in the back ground on your work bench and this video is very helpful
Great video, very helpful. Can you give a ruff estimate on the build cost. Thanks
tyer james - wasn't too bad, think I had about $150ish in it
Awesome video- thank you !!
haha thanks for watching, glad you like it.
After installing the snorkel for the belt exhaust are you getting a lot of noise out of the snorkel from the belt.... by the way good clean job. And yes I watch the entire video lol. Thanks
BigTimsTowing - lol :D On a 2 seater it does make a fair bit of noise. On the 4 seater they are far enough back where it just sounds cool. Oddly enough it's not even that bad from the back seat, which obviously makes no sense. Must be some sort of acoustic effect from the larger cab, I dunno. Couple things I've done differently is use jb weld on that exhaust 90, and I shortened the exhaust riser a couple of inches
RZR's Edge In Motion thank you for the reply like I said you did a very neat and clean job and that is what I would like to do with mine and Yes mine is a two-seater I haven't had a chance to ride mine for I bought it brand new 2017 and put it in my shop and trying to bulletproof it before I take it out. I do have high concerns about water getting into the clutch exhaust. I have read where a few people said the snorkels make the exhaust loud and was just curious how yours turned out. Thank you very much and happy New Year to you and your family. Hopefully meet you on the trail one day.
update on put on the rzr trail models: For me my wheels never leave the ground so there's enough clearance, my friend just pick up a used rzr trail with drive train problems for a good price. He spend most of the time in the air so there's not going to be the clearance he needs. He is going to lift and widen it so he is doing this snorkel because doing all that he's doing will give him the clearance. So if you have a stock rzr trail and plan on driving like my friend you met not want to do this snorkel.
Sound advice, thanks for the updates :)
Great jobs
tim harmon thanks!
have you experimented with a rubber 90* coming off the CVT intake? did you see any reason to not use one?
Yeah waaay late with reply, finally breathing life into this channel again! The length was too long. The pvc one did come loose later on, but I put it on with JB weld, and that was years ago. It's a permanent part of the machine now lol
Well done.
Thanks!
do u have the list of the parts u used to make it I have a 2016 900 4 and I get the belt wet all the time my kids ride with us and they like to Splash through the creeks and it sucks win it get wet and u have to drain it and let it dry lol
I know what you mean. That water isn't good for the clutches either haha. There is a full parts list in the video, including cut lengths and everything, starting at the 0:45 mark.
You're awesome for uploading this. It helped me tons, i would have never been able to figure out this by myself. thanks bro
Nice job
First hand Outdoors thanks :)
looks good
Thanks! I have made a couple of minor adjustments after getting some miles on them. The PVC glue on the 90-to-belt-housing ended up coming loose, so I used JB Weld there instead. They are now mated for life haha.
Great vid. Thanks for your effort!
Darren Desautels - Thank you! Have made a couple changes since making this vid, lemme know if you want to know what t did differently
Finished the video. Awesome. And thank you.
I just got one question ? When are you going to help me do mine? Haha
You wanna bring it down I'll help you, but my rate is about $1000 an hour lol. Those were not very fun
I approve of those rates per hr
If somebody paid me that per hour, I'd cut them a good deal and only charge for one hour, even if it took a week haha
your right trying to watch him do a rzr 900 xp and it makes no sence to me what he has done sayed he sealed the belt cover ????? never seen what he did ...thanks for your pice by pice show
tuneage man I lubed the clutch cover gasket with waterproof synthetic grease. the factory seal works good, greasing it makes it work even better
thanks
i have a 2016 rzr 900s 2 seater. this should work correct?
Ted Garcia - it should, one thing I've done since the vid is rotate the stacks inward a little and lower the clutch exhaust stack so its lower than the intake one. looks better, and the opening is completely hidden from the back tire. also I took the trimmed elbow back off the clutch exhaust and glued it back in with JB Weld, ain't no getting it off now haha
RZR's Edge In Motion okay thanks man!!! ive been looking for a good setup like this for a long time!
Ted Garcia - awesome, let us know how it goes, I've been very happy with it
RZR's Edge In Motion Hey do you have plenty of room to your clutch where you can change ur belt or clutch or will you have to take the snorkel apart?
Ted Garcia just have to take the 2 flex 90's off, takes less than a minute
LOL The only thing that scares me is that hole saw ... LOL.
lol yeah me too. I was like man I hope I got this in the right place. and, it bit me! I had chew marks all up one side of my thumb
this is awesome thank youu
So after 2 years I'm here to say.... thanks! lol sorry for late reply
nice🤙
Awesome video. Thank you.
You are welcome, thanks for watching!