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Old 04-04-2003   #1 (permalink)
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big puddle

It rained hard as hell today...

I was driving from the paintball store bby my house when i went through a puddle. it didn't seem that deep but it was deep enough for my tsunami front end to scoop water into my injen CAI. Bad enough i have a heat shield installed to act as a scoop for the air. My car bogged and almost dies, it ran like shiet for like 10 seconds. Smoke billowing out the exhaust, i freaked out then it started running OK again. it still gurgles and idles rough, but no major damage. Guess it's time to invest in a Bypass valve, eh?
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eeek. better get one of those bypass valves, you might not be so lucky next time. X-/
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That sucks man. It would be a good investment for the by-pass valve.
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Next time try not to go over puddles. Get a by-pass valve. The good things is that the engine is ok.
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yikes, I was driving very carefully today. Lucky for me I didn't run into any standing water. ntome:
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Damn man that is a big scare........

I just got my AEM CAI, good thing I bought the bypass
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That would scare that crap out of me.
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well, 2 things.

Water "splashing" onto the intake won't do jack schitt. It's possible it MIGHT do something if you are flooring it WOT and a lot of water was splashing on it. Otherwise, it has to be totally submerged in order to suck water in.

The second thing is, you do realize the bypass valve takes away most of the power you might have gained. CAI's are designed to create a resonant pulse through the pipe, almost creating a reverse scavaging effect. This is part of where they get their power from. (other than the colder dense air) If you get a bypass valve, it almost negates any power you would have gained.
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well, 2 things.

Water "splashing" onto the intake won't do jack schitt. It's possible it MIGHT do something if you are flooring it WOT and a lot of water was splashing on it. Otherwise, it has to be totally submerged in order to suck water in.

The second thing is, you do realize the bypass valve takes away most of the power you might have gained. CAI's are designed to create a resonant pulse through the pipe, almost creating a reverse scavaging effect. This is part of where they get their power from. (other than the colder dense air) If you get a bypass valve, it almost negates any power you would have gained.

I wish I understood what you said........

that would really piss me off if it took away all the hp!
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yes.. its official.. you may lose all 1.234 HP that you gained from that CAI

lol... im j/k.. i dunno

but i'd be inclined to believe anything s2000man said
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i would just switch it to a SRI but just the hassel =(
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i'd be totally freaked out if i saw a puddle deep enough to hydrolock my SRI lol!
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Now that I thought about it, I understand what S2Gman means....

But if the air is still flowing good, how is it gonna take all the hp away......
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Cooler air is denser. Water is even denser than air. So why not run a wet air intake?
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