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This is one of those times I regret lowering my car cause even with a short ram conversion from a cold air I still can suck in water. The main street to get out of my job is flooded. Has anyone been stuck like that too? Oh yea I am bored cause I am waiting to see how long it will take the rain to stop

 
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i feel you man..i converted my aem cold air to short ram and i was sucking in water yesterday. lucky i was able to avoid the big ones and barely mad it home. it started boggling and was getting mad at myself for having an intake. Thought smart and took my bros car to work today incase it rains.

 
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to hydrolock, your intake has to be completely submerged in water ... I don't think the water will get high enough for anyone to hydrolock with an sri, unless you literally drive through a lake.

 
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Yea I wish I would have asked my dad to give me a ride and pick me up

 
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Well, if the street are flooded and your lowered you could flood the interior still.


Man it was hittin hard from Ventura to Westlake village this morning on my way to work

 
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My car makes a crazy *** deep noise and I dunno if maybe piping has something to do with it then my hood has a vent so i am wondering could water get through and touch my filter cause I know it touches my header cause I see the small smoke from water touching hot header

 
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That sounds like a result of exhaust thermal shock

Thats when a hot exhaust and alot of cold water meet quicky.
The sound is crazy and can also make the exhaust piping contract and expandand making it hit the bottom of the car under the passenger seat.

Nothing will happen though, it somewhat normal

also what hood do you have? gotta pic

 
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I have VIS Invader hood

 
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eek thats not good...better be weary of rain lol

 
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I will side with Derek on this one.

 
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Who is Derek? O yea I get nervous when I have to drive in the rain. I dont wqrry about flooding my interior. I took off that black part thats by the wheel because it was rubbing after i got my new front bumper so I have an open shot to the intake.

YOU KNOW YOUR TOO LOW WHEN UR SHORT RAM STILL SUCKS UP WATER

 
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nah you're fine with an sri. I have never, ever heard of a hydrolock case with a short ram.

it doesn't matter how low you are. if you look at where your filter is positioned, there's no way that much water can get in there, unless you drive through a lake.

I had a crap ebay cai on my d17 throughout the entire crazy rainy season last year and I didn't have any problems.

btw, if your filter is anywhere near your wheel, then that's not a short ram intake.

 
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I converted it from a cold air into a short ram but i have nothing blocking the flappy water from tires

 
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"flappy" water that gets kicked up from tires is not going to hydrolock your engine.

 
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Then explain why when i go to swtch gears I would have to switch at low rpm's cause it sounded weird at high rpm's only during the rain in basic terms my car trips during the rain.

 
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so I am supposed to diagnose the problems of your car through the use of such vivid descriptions as "cause it sounded weird at high rpm's" and "my car trips during the rain" ?

 
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So you just want us to know that your car is really low and you want us to imagine it being low enough to suck up water through the second half of a cold air intake? Cuz other than that, you're just paranoid, the noises you hear is from a cold exhaust pipe (in the rain) which sounds different when hot (not in the rain). Diagnose complete.