As one of the 250's that need a snorkel....I am not sure letting everyone remove theirs is a good idea.

From what i understand, having the snorkel doesn't really affect performance of an unmodified engine but will allow gains if someone were to modify the engine.

If this is true, then keeping it on will limit the "hard to find" modifications...especially if the mods aren't effective because of it.

On the other hand...I am not looking forward to trying to get that thing on there once I get one (got a wanted add on Craig's lists already).

$.02