So I was driving home from work today in this torrential downpoar and everything was great. Just got my Unichip on my Speed6 monday and I was loving life and excited to get my new DP and exhaust mani on. I take the offramp and head home... About 2 blocks from my house I go through a yield and check for traffic coming down the hill, everything is good, I look at the front of my car and all of the sudden I was looking at a freaking great lake... I engage the clutch pop it out of gear and proceeded to freak out. I rolled through the puddle to the point where I am now only in 3 inches of standing water opposed to the ~7inches I started in, spread across both lanes. The car stalled and massive amounts of steam start hurling out of the engine bay. A kind samariten helped me push this wet bohemoth up the street to the gas station while I popped the hood. I disconnected the silicon hose where my CP-E CAI (w/ CP-E Prefilter mind you) connects to the inlet and start praying.
Of course you know the story, little pools of water chilling in my intake. I know for sure the Prefilter that came with my intake has saved me on numerous occasions just driving through 1-2 inches of standing water on the roadways when it is raining hard here, but I think this time was just too much and caught me by surprise. Engine doesn't crank, car never threw a cel... The worst case is my engine is f'd and now I can go get me a brand new forged monstrosity and get back to it (which is also the BEST scenario if I had a ton of money). The irony is I have a COBB SRI in my trunk
Of course you know the story, little pools of water chilling in my intake. I know for sure the Prefilter that came with my intake has saved me on numerous occasions just driving through 1-2 inches of standing water on the roadways when it is raining hard here, but I think this time was just too much and caught me by surprise. Engine doesn't crank, car never threw a cel... The worst case is my engine is f'd and now I can go get me a brand new forged monstrosity and get back to it (which is also the BEST scenario if I had a ton of money). The irony is I have a COBB SRI in my trunk