how much do you need to worry about hydrolock with an aem CAI on a b16a?

 

as long as your wheel liners are in place and you aren't slammed to the ground you will be fine if you avoid flooded streets, rivers and lakes. i really wouldn't worry about it a ton but DEF if its raining really bad and your area is prone to flooded you might want to rethink your drive.

 

good good. i'm lowered a little not slammed. my buddy is hooking me up with an aem CAI. He said it is 2 pieces so it could also be short ram so i guess rainy season i'll switch it up

 

Yeah switching it would be good just to be safe. Or you can just avoid big puddles, not sure how bad it rains in your area.

 

You can also use the Injen Hydroshield for the filter, or the Bypass valve from AEM to help reduce the risk of Hydrolock.

 

well by the time i put the bypass on the horse power is equal to what the short ram would be so...i'll just do that. it's not worth risking a 2600$ motor for a few horses

 

How do you figure the horsepower will change if you install a bypass?

 

You will have no problem as long you don't drive WOT through VERY deep puddles. Which is extremely stupid anyway.

 

everything i read says it will drop 1 or 1.5 hp

 

it wont drop alls it is is another filter which will let the water/moisture out

i have the ebay bypass valve

 

Not that 1.5 hp means anything in the real world.

 

I've had one on my car for 4 years straight and never had a problem. My car is pretty low and sometimes I pass over small puddles. I think basically as long as your not flooring it over giant puddles or driving into one deep enough to cover it (almost did that once...couldnt even see the damn puddle)

 

Not that its the same but I've mobbed through a very flooded street(didn't look that flooded due to the curbs were almost 3 feet high). I was driving a 93 Toyota pickup and the engine stumbled and stalled just as I made it out of the water. Started right up and cleared out the water. I guess it was just luck though.

 

okay.. so I haven't really had much experience in this area.. but I thought I would just throw this out there.. Is the intake vacuume really strong enough to pull moisture from the damp filter and up through the pipe? and even then, would that moisture not just be expelled from the motor through the combustion/exhaust? ( this is looking at it from the normal splatter of water from the road below or the tire) I totally get the big puddle and submerged pipe.. but how strong is the intake vacuume?.. feel free to school me!

-thanks, Chris

 

The problem is the big puddles of water. A small amount of water isn't going to matter much. After all the ambient air even has moisture in it. But the engine will intake the easiest thing it can (air). If its only choice is water(being completly submerged) its going to give it every thing its got to pull it in.

 

sgallagher.. thats what I had thought also. thanks.

 

lol, that **** was funny... we were like aww man!! the owner of this truck is gonna be pissed..

but to the op, ive never heard of the bypass losing powr. it doesnt really effect anything until the filter is submerged.

if you search around i think there is a vid of an nsx with the filter fully submerged while on the dyno.