Water in CAI?

[integralover]

just don't drive through deep puddles and you'll be fine. and go with the CAI.

[shaunthebadass]

like said before..........there is not that big of a difference in hp gains between the two styles of intakes. on the other hand i live in louisiana and it rains alot, my neighborhood floods like crazy and if i have to go somewhere when it is raining then i have to drive through fairly deep water. i chose to go with the short ram because i have seen a few cars in my friend's shop lately all with hydrolock and i dont feel like paying for new vavlves for a measley 1-3 hp to the wheels max in diiference between the two intakes. i am not saying that everyone has the same problem with flooding where they live but it is just something watch out for. i like cai alot and the bypass vavle is a great thing but the filter has to be submerged for the vavle to release any water. if you dont believe me take a shop-vac and suck up some water, when the hose is full enough of the water going in it will straighten out, same idea behind the bypass valve and how it filters out the water. when you are driving the valve is closed and it acts as almost a straight pipe and allows air to pass through freely. another thing to think about is as long as you are in the us, your integra intake will be on the outside of the road. with that being said most roads are higher in the center and lower on the outside and gravity causes the water to drain from center outward. so there is going to often be a collection of deeper water on the outside of the road where the intake is located if you are driving in a city where there are curbs and drains on the outside. just something to think about.

[AcuraLS00]

eckoman_pdx best informative thread i've yet read, props to you ! I had a SRI and switched up to a CAI, i've never heard of hydro lock, maybe cuz i live in California, (doesnt rain to much out here) but i think im going to invest into a Bypass valve anyway or maybe a comptech icebox intake. 169.00 from comptechusa.com.

[eckoman_pdx]

Originally Posted by AcuraLS00

eckoman_pdx best informative thread i've yet read, props to you !

Thanks for the vote of confidence and the props
and welcome to AF.

[Vtec]

10hp lol you don't get that with any intake. Get a bypass if your that worried.

[civicsituner2000]

I Just Hydro-locked My Engine Do To A Flash Flood In El Paso Texas. Lol! Never Rains Here!!! So If Your Goin To Buy A Cai Make Sure You Get The Bypass Valve, But Me Personally, I Think Ill Stick Wit The Sri. Just Had To Put My Tw0 Cents On This Thread. I Wish I Would Of Known How Serious It Is When You Suck Water Through Your Cai.

[95TegSE]

I got water in my intake from going through a carwash. You know, the Cheveron "Touchless" one or whatever. Didn't even think that would be a problem...but apparently it is. My engine stalled out and i took my intake pipe off and there was water and suds pouring out of it. Scariest experience ever... Be safe and get the bypass valve if you go cai.