how necessary is this? i'm thinkin about getting the PR CAI through the custommaxima.com group deal but i don't know if i should get the bypass valve or not..

what do you guys think?

 

It's probably not necessary. But you only have to be wrong once.

 

If you drive your car in the winter I say yes ie. slush, sand, snow, water etc... If you drive you car in extreme rain/water conditions then yes as well. Otherwise no worries.

 

i guess you didn't hear about the recall on the by-pass valves...

 

Uh oh!

 

You mean this?

http://www.aempower.com/vol_rep.htm

Looks like AEM fixed the problem. And the fix isn't necessary on AEM Air Bypass Valves purchased after 01/31/01.

 

I have been debating this, but I just can't figure out how to attach it without cutting the original pipe. I thought maybe attaching it to the MAF and then the lower pipe, but I think it would extend the piping to far.


but yeah like y2kse, you only have to have it happen once ...

 

I suffered hydrolock on my 92 Nissan 300ZX a couple years back. It caused my car to stall and the interior got flooded by the fast rising water. My insurance company totaled my car because they said it'd be too expensive to fix. I ended up buying the car back from them and rebuilt the engine myself. Now the car looks and runs fine. I learned a lesson that time so I'm not going to take a chance with my new Maxima. Because I installed a CAI on it and the intake is mounted down low, I will definitely install a AEM bypass valve. I called AEM and they said not to attach the valve to the MAS. You can take a hack saw and cut a section of the intake pipe somewhere near the battery and insert the AEM valve. It's cheap insurance against hydrolock. Take it from someone who knows!

 

How much is the bypass valve going to be?

 

it's $50 and $2.50 shipping if you're going through the PR CAI group deal at custommaxima.com

i dunno if there's a price, but the link for the valve is:

http://www.aempower.com/magart.htm