hey. u install it yet?
did u see that article in SCC about it?

what i dont get is there's like 4 feet of additional piping on that NSX's intake tubing that tested it. we don't have 4 feet of play room with the place racing CAI, we got like 1.

so. my question, even tho we got this bypass, water will still get sucked up the tube, but i dunno HOW far up it'll go. u know?

anyone actually Try the AEM bypass yet? and um. be a guinea pig in a puddle test?

--Cheston

 

We don't have enough piping for it. It's need to be level with the ground. The only part of the CAI that is level with the ground is the piece that's right after the MAF. It's less than 6". You would have to cut a section away. I though you could just replace the rubber sleeve with it, but the vibration will cause the bypass to crack.

 

I laugh in the face of puddles...hahahaha!!! -=) It's nice and sunny again. Let's hope we don't gotta worry about that till next year

 

Hey guys,

I posted something about this before. One can use the interface hose between the MAF adapter (the red thing) and the pipe. The bypass valve can fit there (instead of the hose). The only problem is that the engine vibration and roll (due to accel/decel) is directly transmitted to the pipe which is not fastened to anything. The only support point is at the place where it crosses the wheel well and even then it is just floating, this is the reason for the vibration and the occasional filter drop observed (the CAI pulls back far enough to make the filter come out of the pipe).
The torque and the weight of the pipe will force the bypass valve to come apart unless...
Support is added.
I have a JWT Pop installed in the winter and a CAI in the summer. I am planning to use the support bracket of the Pop charger to hold the MAF part, use the accordion type hose to connect the peace that goes to the throttle (that isolates the engine vibration from the rest of the pipe because it is flexible), connect the bypass valve between the MAF adapter bracket and the pipe, and weld an L bracket to the CAI at the place that meets with the wheel well that way I can fasten (and hold) that end to the body of the car and not allow it to slide up and down. This should allow the bypass valve to be fixed in one place with no torque applied to it and also terminate any vibration (my CAI has the "rubbing" marks on it).

What do you think?