i just put on a cold air intake on my gsr... i just got a cheap one from ebay and gonna pick up a k&n filter... but anyways... i was wondering if bypass valves are important... ive heard people getting bypass valves and they were like u cannot drive in the rain if you dont have one. but i also heard that it doesnt help that much... any recommendations ???

 

i never thought they were really that necessary. i suppose it depends on where u live too. if u live in like...seattle or somewhere it rains a lot and there are a lot of puddles, it's probably worthwhile to get one. if not that i don't think it's entirely necessary. if u encounter a big *** puddle, i would just pull over, and disconnect the intake from the throttle body.

 

the air bypass valve is a good insurance device for your motor from hydrolocking in flood conditions, but it does take away some of the small performance gains you get with the cai.

I had it with an aem cai I had, and in the instuctions it said to remove the bypass when conditions were dry to get the full benefit of having a cai in the first place.

 

ur adding restriction back in. if u really need it go for it..

 

everyone's right so far... but i wouldn't remove the cai from the tb unless it's really pouring and your driving and don't have the tools necessary to switch back. i've done this before. trust me it's really good insurance. i usually keep it off until the "rainny season". i got lazy and eventually went to a short ram.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ernald711 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">everyone's right so far... but i wouldn't remove the cai from the tb unless it's really pouring and your driving and don't have the tools necessary to switch back. i've done this before. trust me it's really good insurance. i usually keep it off until the "rainny season". i got lazy and eventually went to a short ram. </TD></TR></TABLE>
haha..yeah, that's only b/c of some personal experience. one time it started to rain, and i was going onto the high way. There was traffic and i was like wtf? at this hour? turns out ther was puddle of water like 3 ft deep. i had to pull over and my only option at the time was to disconnect it from the tb. lol. i put it back on later.

 

if your worried about performance gains, Put the bypass valve on for when its raining...

When its not raiing buy a 3 inch coupler and take the bypass valve off.

30 bucks for assurance that your engine will not hydrolock is worth it to me.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by debogsr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">if your worried about performance gains, Put the bypass valve on for when its raining...

When its not raiing buy a 3 inch coupler and take the bypass valve off.

30 bucks for assurance that your engine will not hydrolock is worth it to me. </TD></TR></TABLE>

best plan with the cai