I know almost everyone want to get and has been thinking of getting a CAI of you don't aready have one. as is the case with most SS owners. but I have not herd anyone tlak about the air Bypass vavle to protect the engine from water that can be sucked up the intake.

I'm looking at all these one peace systems, and i don't know where I should put this.

I'm really afraid of the intake sucking back water, then boom your engine is finished.

it only takes you to drive through one good sized puddle, during or after a heavy rain fall.

any takes on this?

 

I was checking out the injen site. They have those air bypass filters. I'm sure they'll release one eventually.

 

I think AEM makes one. They have it listed on the ************* website in the store.

 

Yea your right it was AEM where I saw them, not injen...

 

Yah I saw the AEM one, I'm thingking this is something I should get, but if you put it before the SC it's already to late. and Behind the Filter! i don't know if it will do anything at that point

 

It should. It's like putting a hole in the middle of a straw and trying to suck up water through it. I don't think any thing would get sucked in besides air.

 

I wouldnt be wored about that happening. but just in case just keep your stock intake! then if you blow your engine, just switch them back. hehe

 

I guess with the bypass if water starts to be sucked up from the filter it shuts down and starts drawing the air from the bypass.... there are 2 pieces for the intake tube.. from the SC to the driver side headlight and from there down into the driver side wheel well behind the fog light... why couldn't you just put it between the 2 intake tube pieces

 

I know that our current intake is two peace. I have no problem with that, because there is the air box to protect the current filter.
but if i get the CAI there is no stopping the water

 

True... from the looks of the K&N it looked all 1 piece

 

i thought you couldnt use the by pass valve on a f/I car? i have a dry charger form K&N so as long as i dont go swimming in any ponds wiht my redline i should be fine

 

dry charger?
what do you mean

 

No need to worry Eddie, I had a AEM CAI on my Z24 and drove through some pretty big puddles. I wouldn't worry unless we had a flood like the last and the filter is TOTALLY submerged and you start revving the engine.

 

The air box is surrounded by wheel shroud so unless your going to drive through a giant ass puddle I would say the chances of water getting into any CAI (at least where it's located from the factory) is small.

 

but are these CAI's coming out going to be in the factory positon, or are they going to go closer to the ground?

 

I would assume they would be the same length as the factory.. If it was any longer we would have to take the shroud off and then worry about banging it if we drive up driveways or whatever. Our cars are real low to the ground from the factory I didn't realize how low they were when I started driving around in it. We could possibly take out our driver side fog light and have a tiny ram air duct

 

I noticed AEM had different size bypass valves like 2.25, 2.5, 2.75, and 3.0.. I was wandering if anyone knew the difference in the sizes and if a certain size would restrict air or something from the CAI.. I just didnt know why there are different sizes thankss

 

why dosnt anyone ask K n N if they even considered if that could happen and if they did plan for it. i mean that is who everyone is trusting there engine to for the CAI

 

Right. People are way too sensitive about this in general, IMO. Splashing an inconsequental amount of water on a filter isn't going to hydrolock you, let alone as how Zinner states its in a protected position. I mentioned this to Teske@Gravana awhile before I pre-ordered my intake, he agreed NO problem with their location, and I'll be driving in the winter as well.

So, don't worry about it unless you live in New Orleans.

oooh. that was bad.

 

Well I don't normally drive my cars around when it floods so I don't think I'm going to worry about this....