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Its really for peace of mind..if you think you might go thru a puddle thats way too deep and suck up some water than get it i bought it for peace of mind so that in the even i do go thru a deep puddle that doesnt look deep ill be ok..i still put it in neutral when going thru average size puddles tho, just to be sure

 

Don't buy it not even a peace of mind unless you go through puddles on your way to work.

 

Nope. Save you money for something else. As stated before, you have to submerge the filter.

 

The first bypass valve I had for my cold air intake was cracking because whenever you drop a gear and go WOT the jurks the intake, and that caused the sections to that held it intacted to crack. So I bought another bypass valve($45 ) and an extra AEM rubber piece from the shop that I purchased the intake from and put that on instead. So I just put the bypass valve on whenever it rain... sounds like it gets annoying but its not that bad. Takes just about 3-5mins





[Modified by kidaniel, 4:34 PM 3/4/2003]

 

Yep, good rule of thumb would be being submerged 16 inches of water, or up the the headlight. If you live in a place where theres always a lot of flash floods get it, if not save your cash.

 

this is what happens when you use a bypass valve on a CAI......


EDIT:: thought i'd add this one too, this is what the cylinder walls looked like



[Modified by Busted97Lude, 6:49 PM 3/3/2003]

 

Can I vote twice?

 

bwahaha i love the "SMOKE WEED EVERYDAY!!!" everytime i see a poll

 

My friend had a bypass valve on his type R and it sucked the plastic into the intake and got it stuck in the TB, luckily he shut the car off and took it off without any major problems, but he never put it back on or suggested getting one to anyone. If that helps you at all...

 

There was a recall on those bypass valves. I called aem when my broke and they sent me a new one, that's supposed to be better.. Give em a call.

 

ok time to take mine off...thanks for those nightmarish pictures busted!

 

Ummmm yeah time to inspect and find a 3" AEM coupler.

 

just go to pretty much any hardware store and buy a 3" PVC to Cast Iron flex coupling

 

just thougt i'd mention as well, i bought mine AFTER there was a supposed problem, mine was the updated version that wasn't supposed to have problems..... now, the problem i had was the bypass valve stayed open all the time and let in un-filtered air with little debris particles, causing cylinder wall scarring, and a broken valve

 

When you put yours in, did you make one cut in your intake or two? Some people only put one cut in the pipe and don't realize that you have to make two cuts. You actually have to take out a whole section of the intake because if you don't you are adding to the design of the intake instead of just modifying it.
Just a thought.

 

i know how to read directions......

 

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