CAI paranoia

[Aleks]

So it begins , I'm already wondering a few things....I drove home in the rain last night, just a short trip, so I thought it would be a good time to figure out how wet it gets where the filter is.........I pulled in after the 10 minute drive, and reached underneath to the filter element, and it was soaked! I didn't drive through any puddles (in fact swerved around the only one I saw), and just had the wet road as a factor....So my question is, has anyone else running a CAI felt the filter, and how wet was it??? I have an ITG filter on, foam element, as seen http://www.itgairfilters.com/maxogen_jc60.asp

[R_Ethug]

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when i first installed my last year i was all scared to find the filter wet like that and you'll be fine.. just oil it every 6 months and you'll be okay.. and if you see crazy puddles put it in N and shut off your motor and coast through..

[1.8Trip]

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yeah, no worries as long as you don't use it as a straw...as you have prolly heard a billion times - nothing over 8 inches or so.

[NeonGTI]

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Bah.. Screw it.

I have a CAI whose filter bottom is directly inline with the bottom lip of the front bumper moulding and I regularly rip thru puddles in an attempt to maximize the filth radius of the puddle. No boo hoo's yet.

Regular ole airfilters in regular ole airboxes get soaked all the time when driving for prolonged periods in the rain.

The whole business about CAI's being the devil in rain is an urban legend.

[1.8Trip]

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...Regular ole airfilters in regular ole airboxes get soaked all the time when driving for prolonged periods in the rain...

i was gonna say the same thing. i took apart my stock airbox after a storm one time and it was soaked

[Khyron]

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...as you have prolly heard a billion times - nothing over 8 inches or so.

Words to live by.

Khyron

[QuA]

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I can see if you have a 2" drop and a huge CAI and you running through a huge puddle at 100km/h. That would be a problem. But if your driving with a decent amount of rain and not puddles your ok. However if your like my friend who hunts for puddles just for fun (dunno why) trouble .... =)

For the water to travel upwards and flow into your engine.... you need tons of speed and decent amount of water.

[Khyron]

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For the water to travel upwards and flow into your engine.... you need tons of speed and decent amount of water.

It's going slow through a deep puddle and raising the rpms.

Take a straw and put it at an angle in water so the end is half water, half air. If you suck slowly you will only get air. Suck harder and you'll get liquid.

If you are driving fast, your bumper should push the water away like a boat, and if you are idling you should have virtually no suction (so you would stall from lack of air before actually sucking water).

So put in the clutch and coast through any surprise huge puddles. And if you stall in the water, don't start it until the water is gone.

Khyron - my intake sucks more than yours.

[QuA]

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My Intake hose is bigger 8=======================D ::::: 0

LOL.

It's going slow through a deep puddle and raising the rpms.

Take a straw and put it at an angle in water so the end is half water, half air. If you suck slowly you will only get air. Suck harder and you'll get liquid.

If you are driving fast, your bumper should push the water away like a boat, and if you are idling you should have virtually no suction (so you would stall from lack of air before actually sucking water).

So put in the clutch and coast through any surprise huge puddles. And if you stall in the water, don't start it until the water is gone.

Khyron - my intake sucks more than yours.

[Simon]

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there was a huge lake in front of my house today from a freak rainstorm, i just turned it off and coasted into my driveway.

[Khyron]

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My Intake hose is bigger 8=======================D ::::: 0

LOL.

Khyron

[QuA]

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hahahah......

Khyron

[Aleks]

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Thats still just 3" isn't it??

[Khyron]

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Try 4 :P

Khyron

[Klobi-One-Kinobi]

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Its the width, not the length, that is most important?