??Cold Air Intake

[specvxtacy254]

I just ordered an AEM cold air intake for my 2003 SpecV. Is that going to take in water and screw up my engine. If so what should i do. If anybody has this intake let me know how it is. Thanx

[sr20de4evr]

it will only suck in water if you completely hydrolock it...meaning you have to submerge the ENTIRE filter underwater....meaning you have to be driving through a freakin lake. The filter will get wet but that's no problem. If you are worried about hydrolock, however, you can get a bypass valve that will prevent the engine from sucking the water all the way up and screwing itself royally, I think they're pretty cheap.

[Beau 5.0]

You don't have to worry about hydrolocking. I've had my Injen on for months and never had a problem. It rains like hell here during the summer.

[specvxtacy254]

thanks i just wanted to make sure because it said on the AEM site that the bypass valve wasnt made for my car which i thought i was, i dunno that confused me.

[hinggu]

Originally posted by sr20de4evr
If you are worried about hydrolock, however, you can get a bypass valve that will prevent the engine from sucking the water all the way up and screwing itself royally, I think they're pretty cheap.

They actually don't make the bypass valve for the spec v's intake system

[sr20de4evr]

but you can get one from another model and put it in, I've heard of several people doing this...but I don't know what model they used

[specvxtacy254]

thats interesting...im gonna look into that, if you hear anything or find out let me know

[Yellwaznboy]

speaking of intakes, how much hp do they increase? What about headers or a big exhaust?

[Beau 5.0]

Intakes - between 3-6 at the most.
Headers - 12-16hp, usually in the lower range
Exhaust - 2-4hp

Those are the typical numbers I've seen. Check www.b15sentra.com, it gets a lot more traffic than this site.

[GB Phoenix77]

Don't be sending people away from this fine site.


Really though... It's

www.B15sentra.net

another good one is ...

www.TheVBoard.com

Lot's of info on those boads. I am member of both, but I enjoy conversation much more on this board.

[Beau 5.0]

Whoops. It's better to be informed and less ignorant. Make better purchases that way.

[Nissan Sales 310]

nismo sells a intake and it does a have bypass valve on it already. They claim it has a 8.5 hp gain at wheels.

[specvxtacy254]

that wouldve helped me a couple of weeks ago but i already purchased the aem. im gonna try to find a bypass valve application anyways. Just for my own info how much is the nismo intake?

[Yellwaznboy]

hey that's cool, thanks a lot, I'll be on the look out for the NISMO cai, how much is it? And how about headers, what's the best out there right now and how much is that?

[red 02 spec v]

you can get a generic water eliminator for any intake. they are cheap and easy to put in. they just go in any joint. if you cant find any i can get you one.