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What everyone was saying about this Bypass valve is right on the money, It definitely takes away precious hp. I did some runs with the bypass valve installed, and did some runs with it replaced with 2.75" radiator hose. There is a difference, not huge, but definitely noticable.

I'm keeping the BPV in the trunk for days that it's going to rain, instead of making it a short ram... The BPV has saved the teg from hydrolock a bunch of times (especially from last weeks rain!.



[Modified by 5-SpeedFreak, 10:59 PM 2/19/2003]

 

pics no worky

how do you know it saved you? imo its worthless and sri is the safest bet

 

really. so you're saying you had your filter completely submerged last week.

 

Pics working now....

Last weeks rain was harsh, and I'm sure that I would have been fu@ked...

 

I drove around LA with my CAI and was fine. Didn't see any huge puddles or anything though.

 

Many parts of my area were flooded. Hell, it rained so hard we lost power couldn't get into the garage

 

damn... where in SoCal do you live?

 

Ventura County, just north of the Valley

 

I'm in SoCal too. **** was wet...my bypass valve-less AEM did just fine. You have to submerge it. I wouldn't recommend driving in water deep enough to do that anyway.

 

yea, if you have the bypass valve.. thats the way i'd do it.. jus change it out to the hose when its dry out and the valve when its wet out. But what'd be way more marketable for the AEM and other cai companies would be to create a cover for the bypass valve so that it won't draw any air from the outside when its on.. then when its raining you could simply remove the cover.

 

So....I'm assuming if you buy a bypass valve you have to saw your intake tube in half, right?

 

This is all according to the ever-accurate butt dyno, correct?

 

yup that is correct

 

Can't you mount it next to the throttle body?

 

it has flaps on the inside

 

I did the same thing you did. Only I did it at the wrong time. It was raining hard as hell in the valley (sfv). My cai got submerged as I underestimated a puddle on the side of the street, going towards porter ranch, on Tampa. My CAI didn't like engulf water like crazy. It probably only took in a couple rain drops, but still, water isn't somewhere it's supposed to be. The check engine light was on for like two days. I switched back to my bypass and it was fine.

 

I think AEM sells a two piece so you don't have to saw.

 

Short ram intakes w/ open filters rob power compared to stock airbox in most cases... might as well keep the stock box, throw in a K&N and make a tube under the airbox similar to the Comptech Icebox... well whaddya know, I did just that.

 

evidence? i think someones been guzzling grannys cough syrup


[Modified by XDEep, 11:15 AM 2/21/2003]

 

precious intake hp, us retarted honda boys

 

Short rams do flow alittle better than the cold air intakes BUT in the real world with the hood down it has been noted that the intake temps with a short ram are considerablely hotter than the cold air. You can take it for what it is worth.


[Modified by Comp97GSR, 7:05 PM 2/21/2003]

 

I used to have a bypass valve, and when i took it off i couldn't really tell if i was gaining power. This is what i think contributes to more power...

90% mentality + 10% Actual = Increase in butt dyno

 

It'd be a bear to have to change that thing in the rain everytime. I'm getting a K&N stock filter for my 95 GSr . I don't think the air in the eng. compartment is that much warmer when you're moving at speed anyhow.

 

Ok. anyone knwo where u can get some of that tubing like you used to take out ur bypass valve??

I ran mine witha nd without and noticed a difference too..

Anyone know if you can just get the aem part like you have near the throttle body

 

The BPV should not be installed at the TB, if it even fit. It wont work that way.

Precious intake HP...90% mental...I like these comments