today i got around to taking my old block apart...thought everyone would be interested to see what water can do to a motor...











Modified by chet at 10:26 PM 5/2/2003


Modified by chet at 4:46 AM 5/3/2003

 

he got hosed, tommy

 

ohhh i think im gonna be sick. damn dude that sucks monster *****

 

hoyl **** man that rod is bent massive.

thats a piece for the wall of the shop for sure!

 

this block only had 20k original miles on it...thats the crazy part...

it went 14.5@95 in my full interior DX hatchback before i did this...

 

Well, now you got a ITR...nice trade, I'd say.

 

 

yes, for those who haven't seen my other posts...

i just bought a brand new ITR head and brand new ITR bottom end from "bert-o" on this board...as he works at gettel acura.

so yes, the b16a is old news, i wanted to make more power anyway!

 

How `bout dem appels:



LoL

 

badass...

this actually made me laugh while i was taking everything apart....although it was a bitch dislodging the rod from the inside of the block.

 

Damn, thats crazy
You should travel around with those pics and sell Bypass valves to people

 

i'm not convinced a bypass valve would have worked in this case.

the intake ingested a lot of water...enough of which would have bypassed the bypass valve.

now this is just my feeling on it...but i can't see the bypass valve being affective with a large quantity of water...

 

Thats some sick carnage!!


What intake did you have and how bad was it raining?

 

If you're at high rpms and ingest water I suppose you would get some water into the motor whether you have a bypass valve or not. But at low rpms I think its foolproof.

 

ICEMAN CAI

was raining kinda hard...i did hit a larger puddle...just splashed water up and around the filter itself...i've driven in heavy rain for a while (i am in florida where we get hit all the time with crazy thunderstorms) and never had anything like this happen.

i am just going to use two intakes from now on.

one for dry weather, one for wet weather.

 

Y'know, Hondas weren't designed to cross lakes.
I guess nobody told you

 

Damn, you hydrolocked with the iceman? I thought they were designed so that hydrolocking would not be an issue.

I'm rethinking getting one now.

 

i'm going to use the ICEMAN again...and just switch to a short ram intake during times of rain...

just be careful, no cold air intake is ever going to work 100% of the time...

and if you do hit a large puddle, push in the clutch and turn the car off and put it in neutral...and take out the spark plugs and turn the engine over...

i had gone over the same road many times...and just underestimated the depth of the puddle...

plus i hit it at 20mph...which swirled water around and just hit the filter the right (or wrong) way.

 

I guess your right about it not being 100% effective.

I think Comptech should change what their website says, "Pick up cool air behind turn signal. Won't suck up water!." In you case, it did!

 

Except once, I'm always sportin' a screw driver for those CAI to short ram conversions.

 

so whats the problem...right...that sucks!!! Just get a little bit of jb weld im sure it patch it up in a few...or be like me, just go to sleep and maybe the little knomes will fix it!!!......sry to make humor but at times like i know your in, its all you need to keep you chuggin!

 

is the crank bad too? looks good....

 

the injen cai is a two piece. perfect for switching between cold air and short ram

 

****! i live in florida, have a CAI, and am forced to go through a pretty big puddle to get out of my neighborhood every time it rains... mabey i should switch her over to a ram air for the summer... i sure as hell dont want that happening to my gsr!

 

damn that sucks, i bet someone will be more cautious next time it rains again.