How do you shield your CAI?
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How do you shield your CAI?
I know that previous generations of civics have had their CAI filter located behind the bumper and the fender, and the fender liner, etc, etc, so it's completely protected...
And I know that our CAI filter hangs below the battery, and is right above this big space where water puddles could get through and kill my engine.
What can I do to protect it? I don't want to try my luck... and it's going to be spring soon, so all that snow will melt... what should I do??
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And I know that our CAI filter hangs below the battery, and is right above this big space where water puddles could get through and kill my engine.
What can I do to protect it? I don't want to try my luck... and it's going to be spring soon, so all that snow will melt... what should I do??
Thanks!
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Originally posted by jpan_home
I know that previous generations of civics have had their CAI filter located behind the bumper and the fender, and the fender liner, etc, etc, so it's completely protected...
And I know that our CAI filter hangs below the battery, and is right above this big space where water puddles could get through and kill my engine.
What can I do to protect it? I don't want to try my luck... and it's going to be spring soon, so all that snow will melt... what should I do??
Thanks!
I know that previous generations of civics have had their CAI filter located behind the bumper and the fender, and the fender liner, etc, etc, so it's completely protected...
And I know that our CAI filter hangs below the battery, and is right above this big space where water puddles could get through and kill my engine.
What can I do to protect it? I don't want to try my luck... and it's going to be spring soon, so all that snow will melt... what should I do??
Thanks!
or you can just take off the botom part of the intake, thats what i do in the winter/spring. It just makes it like a short ram. then once the weather gets beter i put the botom part back on
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CAI filter located behind the bumper and the fender, and the fender liner, etc, etc, so it's completely protected
I have drived through some serious downpours at freeway speeds(not by choice) and never had a problem. Just don't submerge the filter completely. Even if you were to dip part of it in water the air would take the path of least resistance and would leave the water down in the filter, the most you would get would be a slight mist travelling up the intake, and that would not be catestrophic.
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Rep Power: 0 I don't know... I keep hearing that sometimes the splashes from under the car gets into the filter and blows the engine... and so it's not a submerged filter...
Nonetheless, that ingen CAI is hidden in front of the tirewell is news to me... anyone got a pic??
Nonetheless, that ingen CAI is hidden in front of the tirewell is news to me... anyone got a pic??
no no no, you know where the rubber piece housing connects the two pipes, you replace that with the bypass valve. The valve has two rubber pieces, with a piece of foam like material in between.
i too am debating on a CAI...i have a new car so between the risk and the small gains you get it doesn't seem worth it to me to risk my engine on something with small gains that may or may not cause damage. maybe try the K&N ?
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Rep Power: 0 But but but...
See, I want to try the CAI, esp in the summer time...
I don't think I'll need the bypass valve, since I won't be submerging the filter (as I understood it, that's how the bypass valve works, when the filter is submerged).
I'm mostly concerned about large splashes to the filter from under the car, that's why I asked how people shield their CAI...
Ahh, so much work, so little gain...
See, I want to try the CAI, esp in the summer time...
I don't think I'll need the bypass valve, since I won't be submerging the filter (as I understood it, that's how the bypass valve works, when the filter is submerged).
I'm mostly concerned about large splashes to the filter from under the car, that's why I asked how people shield their CAI...
Ahh, so much work, so little gain...
I need TP for my bunghole
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Rep Power: 359 the air bypass valve is insurance for your engine
or try a K&N "Pre-Charger" filter cover
or try a K&N "Pre-Charger" filter cover
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I have the Injen CAI on my EX and I have had no problem with any water damage . I also do not have the heat shield. If you look after you install it there is only one spot that you can see the filter cone from outside the car. Plus I dyno'd with just that and a Flowmaster Force II Axel Back Exhaust and my 3rd run was 117.8 whp. Which is more than I expected.
Anyway, don't worry about the water.
Anyway, don't worry about the water.
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no no no, you know where the rubber piece housing connects the two pipes, you replace that with the bypass valve. The valve has two rubber pieces, with a piece of foam like material in between.
no no no, you know where the rubber piece housing connects the two pipes, you replace that with the bypass valve. The valve has two rubber pieces, with a piece of foam like material in between.
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Rep Power: 0 I have an AEM CAI and i never had any problems, and i've driven through just about every type of downpour/puddle. Since your intake won't give you any power anyway, you can just put a bypass valve on it if you are that worried about it.
Originally posted by Chicohonda02
Ahhh.... I dnn't know about you, but my AEM CAI is all one piece, not 2 seperate ones. The ones I had seen were 2, but when i got mine it was only one.
Ahhh.... I dnn't know about you, but my AEM CAI is all one piece, not 2 seperate ones. The ones I had seen were 2, but when i got mine it was only one.
