I've been wondering this for a while, if you put a CAI on any car really, arent you worried about sucking water into the engine?

 

it depends where you put it at. if you do one a 4th gen and put it inside the drivers side fender well you dont have to worry about it, unless you plan on going 1-2 feet under water because it sits so far back in the fender well

 

No, you should NEVER drive in water where your complete tire is covered!!!!!

 

you dont need to worry your car would never be able to suck up enough water to do any damage any ways.

 

Years ago, I wondered about that as well. "What happens if I drive through thick fog or while it's raining?" I have a Place Racing CAI w/ K&N filter. For those of you familiar with the K&N filters, they have an oil coating on the outside of the filter. Basic science says oil is denser than water, so hypothetically, it would be harder for water to enter your intake. Also, the intake is located behind the driver side fenderwall, front bumper, and plastic bottom cover so it is nicely hidden away from direct water contact. yay.

 

???

 

Very, VERY, untrue. I have personally seen rods poking out of blocks at the dealership I wrenched at due to people driving through flood waters.

 

I have had a pr style cai for over a year now. I have never once had a problem with water in my engine( in small amounts it is actualy helpful). I have removed my fog light even to get better flow into the filter. The only time you would have a problem is if the filter was submerged in water and your throttle was ovcer half open. so if you are in a realy bad rain storm then just drive lightly and you will not have any problems. and if you worry even more there are bypass systems you can buy incase your filter does get submerged( i know they come with the spec v nismo intake which uses same sytle piping as ours)

 

I can't believe this question still gets asked. Anyone dumb enough to get in a position that thier car sucks up water and hydrolocks has what's coming too them. Common sense people. Something like this makes George W. look smart.

 

 

just get the stillen/jim wolfe pop style intake. it sits high enough so you don't have to worry if you routinely drive in deep water.
just my $0.02
although I don't know why anyone would drive in water that is deeper than a few inches.

 

i never sucked h2o with my cai

 

lol I wasnt saying I wanted to go drive threw the ocean or something I was just curious because I saw a rod threw the block of my buddies CRX because he drove threw a puddle in a bad storm.

 

hmm not all true buddy I was driving down a hill and it was raining cows and bulls and some how it suck about a galon and a half of water and of course I F**ked up the engine on my max and in turn I drove it to my brother-in-law's house which was 20 minutes from my house and it thru both fron piston rods thru the engine block . so if it can't happen think twice .. cuz it can happen of course that's if you keep driving intead of stopping and waiting it out but I had the kids .. hope this helps .. there is a post here with a link to see the damage on my engine ..

 

no its good to let the car suck water, esp during the summer time b/c your car can get weally weally thursty

 

Was he dragging the filter on the ground? That or it was a really deep puddle.

S

 

 

anybody tried a bypass or something like this?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/AEM-B...spagenameZWDVW

Logic says it should work

 

^^^ yeh i have at least 3 of those installed

 

oil is denser than water?

1. Well, if you drive a Max in water deep enough to reach the underbody, it will sooner or later become a boat, and be carried away at the mercy of the currents. I saw a Sentra carried away about 10 years ago, on a main road (flash flooding) the woman driver insisted on braving the flood.. so don't do it.

2. If you *do* submerge the CAI and the intake system is well sealed all the way into the head, then there is a distinct possibility that the motor will inhale water and if that happened, since water is incompressible, basically the motor is wrecked.

3. "What happens if I drive through thick fog or while it's raining?"
Well, in times past a popular mod was to use water injection. You might still find kits around. Basically it is a small tank of water, sometimes alcohol is added to improve atomisation. Using either wicking (primitive) or an electric pump and atomiser, the intake air is saturated with water molecules.
This has two effects:
a. Because of the latent heat of evaporation, the intake air temp drops by up to 7C.
b. The water molecules make the intake air denser.
c. The heat of combustion will turn water droplets into steam and though I hesitate about this one, I would think that this would add a small amount to the power stroke.
I'm sure you've noticed that your Max goes better in the rain ...
Water is basically free so ...
Thinking about it, what with the price of gas being like it is, I will be very surprised if water injection doesn't make a comeback.

 

What is an intake?

 

what is an intake?

 

Any intake is a series of tubes used by the flux and emancipation capacitor. This is how power is made.

S

 

as have i. very possible to suck up enough to put a rod through ur block.

 

That is what happens when you eat!!!!