does anybody switch to there short ram if it's raining? I heard that if you drive with your CAI on it will suck up water into your pipe if you dont have the bypass valve?. i know it's a noob question but people gave me hella different answers.

 

its definetly a possibility. but i dont know of anyone who swaps intakes just because of the rain. its definetly not a bad idea.

 

Some people do some people dont, some people think OMG HYDROLOCK OH NO!! and other people think the intake has to be sumurged(sp) in a puddle in order to hydrolock. Thats why you have been getting different answers. If its just average rain you shouldnt have a problem with a CAI but if you drive through deep puddles like crazy I think it would be best not to risk it. Just make sure the CAI is sheilded and doesnt have direct access to the road/rain.

 

I don't, as long as it isn't completely submerged, you're good...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by St Jimmy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Some people do some people dont, some people think OMG HYDROLOCK OH NO!! and other people think the intake has to be sumurged(sp) in a puddle in order to hydrolock. Thats why you have been getting different answers. If its just average rain you shouldnt have a problem with a CAI but if you drive through deep puddles like crazy I think it would be best not to risk it. Just make sure the CAI is sheilded and doesnt have direct access to the road/rain.</TD></TR></TABLE>

interesting, i was thinking the same way, like if it drizzles or just sprinkles or normal rain it would be fine, but if like hails and crap, your dead.. i think most cai are under the passenger fender liners underneath the headlights

 

if youve got a inside fender liner your more then okay for the pretty much any intensity of rain. puddles/pools of water are what you should be worried about. if you can avoid a puddle/pool make sure to do it.

hydro lock&lt;30 seconds to find a different route

 

no

 

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i switch.... becuase where in live theres ALOT of bad puddles.

 

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bullshit, it was raining a little bit hard in socal like a month ago....no puddles at all and i was driving and my car hydrolocked.....bent 2 valves and warped 1 piston and bent a rod

 

Wow. Anyone know where i can get a shield for my CAI? Its winter right now and i didn't even bother putting the stock back in. The CAI is covered by my front bumper like its inside of it.

 

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i'm sure you're fine with leaving it in, just avoid deep puddles. I have one installed in my 07 eclipse and its snowing here in wisconsin, does anyone know what effect slush may have with it?

 

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This is what I was exactly going to say. It's common sense.

 

I would think it's too much of a hassle to switch every time but avoiding puddles is also hard to do sometimes, they just pop up... I got caught in a flash flood on a highway last summer, I always thought it was flat land and before I knew it there was water up to my headlights even my short ram almost sucked it up....

 

what about snow. once it starts snowing and stuff would it be best to switch to short ram?

 

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It just depends on where you live and how the weather is. Just make sure to look ahead and be cautious regardless, if you think it's a small puddle. Listen to your gut feeling... Or hell, just watch the weather channel.

 

when i had my 00 si i had to swtich it would always bog down because i didnt have the plastic fender peices in riddin low... but yeah i had to swap it out if there was going to be rain or if it did start raining i would have to pull over to put it on

 

omg people just get a bypass valve and call it a day...it's not that hard.

if mounted properly, a bypass valve will provide you enough protection for your engine to run lightly with the filter 100% submerged in water.

problem solved, end of story.

 

Speaking of rain, tomorrow and Saturday is going to rain for all of you Cali people (who would rather be on Honda-Tech the whole day than taking the time to watch the Weather channel).

 

It's true that to easily fubar your motor, you could run the car with the filter submerged in a puddle or flood. Depending on how low you are and where you live, that might not be too far fetched.

I myself just drove home tonight during a pretty good rain here in Sac without a fender-liner. I have a cheap ebay guard, but that's it. And it worked fine until some ******* splashed the hell out of me from the next lane over. Still, with the filter fairly wet I was able to rev pretty high.

I took it to 5k in 3rd just to see if I bogged down a little bit but I didn't. So I'd say you're pretty safe as long as you don't rev the hell out of your motor on a rainy night. A fenderliner and shield would make you that much more secure.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by KaBlookie &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> omg people just get a bypass valve and call it a day...it's not that hard.

if mounted properly, a bypass valve will provide you enough protection for your engine to run lightly with the filter 100% submerged in water.

problem solved, end of story.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Dont only AEM V1 intakes use bypass valves? people who have aem v2 cais don't have a bypass for an option. My friend hydro locked because he smashed through the parking lot which had big *** puddles and his car was lowlowlow. I think it would be smart to switch because its better safe than sorry.

 

i aint trippin i got short ram :D. haha but i'd say what most are saying. Just avoid the puddles and floods. ect. but if you wanna be super safe switch the thing =D

 

WTF is a bypass valve? Where do you buy it? I got a Fujita cold air intake

 

just dont drive thru a lake and your cool .....lol....aem makes the bypass valve...its so it wont suck up water.