In the MOD FAQ, there's a bunch of info on how to mod your stock intake by re-routing with some vaccum hose. Unfortunately, none of the pictures are working so I can see how/what he did. Has anyone else done this? I'm eager to give it a whirl.

 

ive heard of people cutting a hole in the fender well and sticking the hose there. Ive got mine going straight down from where the resonator box used to be and coming out the bottom right behind the plastic covering that goes under the radiator.

 

Is that a homemade CAI? Got a pic? I'd like to see it.

 

that is the perfect way to scope up some water and dirt into your engine.

 

yea its pretty homemade lol. sorry i dont have any pics. basically i just took off the little C shaped piece that goes from the intake snorkel to the resonator box, then took some hose and clamped it to that opening and let the hose hang straight down. If you look straight down into the engine bay you will see theres some hard plastic covering running parallel w/ the ground right under the radiator. My hose goes down to right where those end and is angled forward.

 

i thought about that but i dont think it would make it up the hose. ive checked the inside of the airbox after driving through wet conditions several times and never seen it wet.

 

maybe because all the water was already sucked up. the engine is a huge sucking force. do u at least have a screen on the end so rocks and other debri dont get into the hose? im assuming u still have the OEM-type filter in the resonator box as well

 

How do you avoid getting water in the engine with an actual brand name CAI. I just bought a place racing one and my friend has an injen one we installed yesterday.
We were thinking of rigging up some splash guard we can take on and off..althought seems like a hassle

 

i use short Ram intake from JWT. I can still get water into my engine but i is pretty high up.

 

How do you know if water gets in?
And how much damage does/can it do?

 

it's called hydro-lock, Go to this link for more info.

http://www.cartalk.com/content/features/flood/

 

then how do people who run with CAI's daily manage?
i mean it cant be THAT easy to get water in through the intake, can it?

 

well, i havent hydrolocked yet
I have a K&N panel filter.

 

They all taking a chance. I leave to that..

 

You won't buddy, if you are running stock setup, and your car is not under the water. I am talking about flooding area where water comes up to 3-8 inchs high. if you have Injen intake system you can suck up good amount of water.....

 

ahh, i see. yea that would not be good.