Intake Questions.

[Cyberglitch]

Ok here are my questions.

I know nothing about cars really. So keep this in mind.

I would like to add a new intake(CAI), mainly from what I'm told will give me a little meaner throttle sound and better throttle response.

My questions/concerns are from my understand there is a chance on water geting in there and causing havoc on my car. What are the chances of this happening? I don't drive threw lakes/rivers/oceans etc. But under normal driving conditions with rain/snow what are the chances of something screwing up the car that will be my fault and voiding the warrenty? I know you can get filters to prevent this and are those worth it or is would that just be an extra $$ thats not really needed. I would really like to do this but hesitant as like I said know nothing about cars really.

 

[Sir Nuke]

Glitch, if you do a search on this subject you will find SCADS of posts/threads on this particular subject....its very subjective and I doubt you will ever get any definitive answer....just everyones opinions...

as far as part of your question.....normal rain storms and snow will NOT be any problem what so ever...in fact NO falling rain will ever be a problem of any kind....its only when you drive your car off into standing water of a depth of a foot or more that you could ever possibly encounter any trouble.

SO, if you are like me...and would rather pull over on the side of the road, no matter where that was, before driving through any standing water like that....you will be fine without one, I dont' use a bypass valve, HOWEVER...if you are the type that either would drive your car in those conditions...or think it MIGHT happen....then its up to you to conisder such a measure.

 

[sundevilMP5]

welcome to the club and such...everybody here is friendly and super helpful...but topics like this have been covered a million times...run a search for AEM or Injen, intake, CAI, etc. you'll find all the info you need.

so now that we have that covered...i'll still answer...like nuke said everybody has a different opinion...to me it all depends on where you live. i live in az so we get maybe 1 in of rain annually so to me the bypass valve is a waste of money...you on the other had live in va where there's more rain...it's all up to you though in the end...just ask yourself if you've ever driven through BIG puddles of water that were DEEP...

yes we all know that the bypass valve works but when testing...the guys has to submerge the filter before it even attempted to suck up any water...

 

[Cyberglitch]

I guess thats the main question. How deep and how fast would you have to be going for it to be a concer? I mean yea there have been rare occasions I've driven threw a couple inches of rain on the road. Then of course twice in the past like 4 years it's bee a LOT of watter that my old car barely made it threw as the water was up to the muffler ( I know stupid to attempt but damnit I made it threw)

Just trying to picture it in my head of going down the road, hitting a puddle of water and it splashing the undercarage and comming up to the filter.

Thanks for the info and will remeber to search around before posting, although sometimes that can be very difficult to wad threw stuff rather just asking

 

[Sir Nuke]

I guess thats the main question. How deep and how fast would you have to be going for it to be a concer? I mean yea there have been rare occasions I've driven threw a couple inches of rain on the road. Then of course twice in the past like 4 years it's bee a LOT of watter that my old car barely made it threw as the water was up to the muffler ( I know stupid to attempt but damnit I made it threw)

Just trying to picture it in my head of going down the road, hitting a puddle of water and it splashing the undercarage and comming up to the filter.

Thanks for the info and will remeber to search around before posting, although sometimes that can be very difficult to wad threw stuff rather just asking

Dude....IF you would drive your car through the DEEP water get one.....if you are talking inches....Don't bother it won't be a problem.....

SPLASHING water is NOT a problem...if you look where the filter ends up its nearly totally inclosed....you would be hard pressed to get it wet with a FIRE HOSE from the outside....the only threat is STANDING water.

 

[sundevilMP5]

http://www.sportcompactcarweb.com/tech/0104scc_tested/

getting a little bit of water in there is inevitable...that shouldn't hurt you...but...driving through deep water (more then 7in) could be dangerous...just don't go speeding through stuff like that and you should be ok...

here's the article where they tested the bypass valve...

 

[sundevilMP5]

the article recommends buying it...but i still don't see the point...seeing as how they had to COMPLETELY submerge the filter for water to even go up the pipe...

 

[JcsMP3]

Well I don't see a point to the by pass valve either. I would even think of driving my car through 7 or more inches of water.... As the test show the filter is completely water logged.... that's the only time water can go up there.... my friends filter was sitting half in water and half in air... he did not get hydro locked what so ever... just an insane loss of power... cause the filter was only working on half capacity basically... I wouldn't recommend putting half your filter in the water and testing it... but it has been done with no problems....

It is your call but I think it's not necessary, btw I drive In Canada, rain snow dirt all sorts of stuff... I had an intake for over 2 years now.. and no problems what so ever....

Jc

 

[Cyberglitch]

Ok then, my last question. Name brand AEM/Injen or cheap <$100 ebay knock off? any notable difference? I mean should be the same I would imagine, we are just talking about steel pipes and filter aren't we?

 

[sundevilMP5]

Ok then, my last question. Name brand AEM/Injen or cheap <$100 ebay knock off? any notable difference? I mean should be the same I would imagine, we are just talking about steel pipes and filter aren't we?

just about...the only thing that will really be different is the build quality..both aem/injen are good intakes...but if you want a true CAI then the injen is really the only name brand on the market...but it's worth it. The aem is still a great intake though...there's a couple of generic/custom intakes out there...but i still like the comfort of knowing that aem and injen put R&D into their product...

 

[JcsMP3]

Injen... definatly the way to go... as Sundevil said it's the only true CAI by a major manufacturer. I heard nothing bu great things about them.

Jc

 

[Sir Nuke]

Not to mention....all that shiney aluminum tubing.....the red connectors....it just looks sweet as hell!!!