CAI, how dangerous is it really?
October-18th-2002, 03:42 PM
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I was talking to a guy from K&N that is developing all the CAI systems and he was telling me about that. He said unless you completely submerge your intake and you're pushing your engine pretty hard, you won't hydrolock.
October-18th-2002, 03:43 PM
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like i always say.. just use common sense. if it looks deep enough to cause a problem, don't drive through it. if it's pouring rain that's flooding the streets, don't go out, or pull over in a parking lot and wait it out. there's always the bypass method, which i don't care for.. but a lot of people say it works. i've run my 1.6 with the injen cai through flooding water, and i don't have a hydrolocked engine. don't go flying down the street at WOT in a lot of water... your engine 'sucks'.. if its only sucking a little.. it's not gonna pull in water. if you're sitting at WOT, sure it's gonna eventually suck something up there sittin in a damn puddle. ;D just be careful.
October-18th-2002, 10:40 PM
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Have you thought about the AEM. Its a short ram intake and is higher up in the engine bay so it should have a lot less of a chance of sucking in water. I don't know the HP gains but a lot of people on this board have said that they are the same. But the CAI does look better.
October-19th-2002, 07:20 AM
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Originally posted by Dermen
Have you thought about the AEM. Its a short ram intake and is higher up in the engine bay so it should have a lot less of a chance of sucking in water. I don't know the HP gains but a lot of people on this board have said that they are the same. But the CAI does look better.
Have you thought about the AEM. Its a short ram intake and is higher up in the engine bay so it should have a lot less of a chance of sucking in water. I don't know the HP gains but a lot of people on this board have said that they are the same. But the CAI does look better.
October-19th-2002, 12:57 PM
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Don't know about everyone else, but my car has a little cover in the wheel well section where the filter is located. The water would have to go through that and then go through the CAI in order for water to get into the engine. Unless I submerge my car THAT deep (which then the exhaust will suck in water first) into the water, I don't think water getting into the CAI is much of an issue. I don't use a bypass valve.
October-19th-2002, 09:20 PM
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Originally posted by TheMAN
Here's a cheaper way to do it...
See that hacksaw in the toolbox? Grab it
Saw off lower extension of your CAI
Reinstall filter
Result? You get the same thing as the by-pass valve. Same power, same effect.
Like to get ripped off? Feel free to run out to the store and get that by-pass valve.
Here's a cheaper way to do it...
See that hacksaw in the toolbox? Grab it
Saw off lower extension of your CAI
Reinstall filter
Result? You get the same thing as the by-pass valve. Same power, same effect.
Like to get ripped off? Feel free to run out to the store and get that by-pass valve.
didn't notice too much of a difference in power. pic 1
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October-21st-2002, 12:42 PM
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Ok, I have another question. Is the engine bay from the sedan the same as the one in the P5? cuz as you all know my car is a hatchback. I want to know if the CAI designed for the 1.6l will fit my car.
October-25th-2002, 03:14 AM
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Blow, suck ... sexually they mean the same! LOL.
Sorry, I didn't post it right. Didn't mean to say that exhausts actually sucks in water. I did want to say something like water would "get in" to the exhaust....
Would it damage the car in any way if water like that flooded through the tail pipe?
Would it damage the car in any way if water like that flooded through the tail pipe?
Originally posted by TheMAN
Exhausts don't suck, they blow.
Intakes suck.
If you are not stepping on the throttle while your car is in deep water and the motor is running, the exhaust pressure will not be enough to overcome the water pressure and water will go into the tail pipe. If you have a CAI thats located very low, then you're damned if you do, and damned if you don't.
Exhausts don't suck, they blow.
Intakes suck.
If you are not stepping on the throttle while your car is in deep water and the motor is running, the exhaust pressure will not be enough to overcome the water pressure and water will go into the tail pipe. If you have a CAI thats located very low, then you're damned if you do, and damned if you don't.
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