OKay so supposedly, El Nino is coming back to Socal. I have an AEM CAI and I don't have a water bypass. should I buy a short ram and swap it out for the winter, or get a bypass? Thanks

 

Put your stock box on when it rains

 

Socal people and rain...lol How often does it typically rain there? I know my roommates' wiper blades rotted after living in Huntington Beach for a year. I wouldn't worry about the water unless you plan on driving through water that's up to your filter. You can probably order a bypass from aem and just cut your cai pipe and splice it in. I've got an APC short-ram you could throw on and off pretty easily. IM me if you want it, its just laying around my garage.

 

a friend of mine seized his GSR in it's first year due to rain and a CAI so it's no joke.

You can add a bypass to yours if your worried

 

or get a short ram, problem solve

 

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yeah what he said

 

The bypass isnt fool proof, water still can reach the engine through it.

I do have an AEM short ram on my R if you wanna trade.

 

Fugg it, drive!

&lt;--Opie, who has an AEM CAI in NY and hasn't had a problem once.

 

if you are coming up on a big puddle put the car in nuetral and coast through it, or just shut if off ... then fire it up again once you pass the lake that your driving through

 

i only had a problem with my AEM once in the rain. but it was raining so freaking hard it was ridiculous.

 

Don't drive your car in the rain, that's what I do.

 

Just drive it barely tuned with Toda C's instead

 

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Thats exactly the point, it doesnt rain often, and when it does... in many areas the drains suck because they are clogged or too small.

Flash flood.

Most of cali does okay though, but a few parts are just going to flood.

Know your area

 

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Oh that was a low blow

Drive it you wussy.

&lt; Been driving his EG w/ AEM for the last few years year round, even through high water 3-4 times

 

I live in durty Jerze. I dont have aen cai but i do have a comptech icebox, all i do is if it rains hard and there is alot of water, i just pop the the lid off the icebox.

 

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Don't be a tease.

I'd totaly love for El Nino to return, for the snowfall in the mountains of course. But it doesn't look promising. The same weather forecasters that predicted the return just refuted their earlier statement. So, you can rest easy.

Link HERE

 

OMG! Put your stock intake on NOW!!!

Man, seriously, just drive it...hydrolock is blown WAY out of proportion...you'd have to drive through a very deep (read, errr, over a foot deep) to hydrolock and....

Why even waste my breath....you're going to hydrolock your car, don't buy a CAI, buy into the hype of hydrolock...*sigh*

 

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Man, seriously, just drive it...hydrolock is blown WAY out of proportion...you'd have to drive through a very deep (read, errr, over a foot deep) to hydrolock and....

Why even waste my breath....you're going to hydrolock your car, don't buy a CAI, buy into the hype of hydrolock...*sigh*</TD></TR></TABLE>

oh yeah its definitly hype, is it hype whem his freakin rod is chilling in his passanger seat

 

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oh yeah its definitly hype, is it hype whem his freakin rod is chilling in his passanger seat </TD></TR></TABLE>

maybe it just got lonely

 

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It was as tuned as it could get with just a VAFC. Just wait until you see the new setup!

 

People can scoff at Hydrolocking, but I have seen it firsthand in Southern California. Bent rods, holes in blocks, it does happen.
I cut my CAI and made it a shortram for when it rains. Then I use a rubber coupler and two big clamps to join the pieces and use it as a CAI when it's dry (95% of the time).

 

hmmm this is wierd. Do people like floor it through puddles or what? as long u stay off the gas and aren't completely submerged then your fine. just driving in the rain is fine. Ive done it for a year+ now...

 

Well considering this is my daily driver, I really don't have a choice about not driving it. second I think I'll get a short ram since it is safer than the bypass. and I've heard very bad stories about the engine seisure not to do anything about it.

 

"I am el nino, and for those of you who dont habla espanol, that stands for the nino"