For those of you fearful of hydrolocking from CAI's...
#1
For those of you fearful of hydrolocking from CAI's...
Just wanted to share my own personal anecdote. So this afternoon at about 12 pm I headed from Austin to Dallas. It was bare drizzling this morning, but many of you know, it's been raining like cats and dogs crazyyyyy while I was driving up here. So as soon as I left Austin, it started POURING like crazy... I was a bit worried and was like well chit, what if my filters get wet and I hydro lock my engine? But since I was already on the road, and nothing was happening... I continued on my way. I had cars, 18 wheelers, and trucks even splash water onto my windshield... I was looking at the cars passing by and they had SO MUCH WATER in their fenders and wheel spinning off from the tires and I even hit some water puddles. The whole time, I was pretty fearful of the hydro locking issue.... but I am home now and there was not one issue. I think the way the injen CAI sits above the cover tray and protected by the faux vents... it is really difficult to get water into the intake filter... you have to SUBMERGE the damn thing in water for it to hydrolock....
Just my 2 cents... obviously it's personal experience and only take what happened to me as a grain of salt. And obviously, don't try to soak your CAI underwater to try to hydrolock it.
P.S. I do not condone driving in the rain with CAI's... I won't do it again
Just my 2 cents... obviously it's personal experience and only take what happened to me as a grain of salt. And obviously, don't try to soak your CAI underwater to try to hydrolock it.
P.S. I do not condone driving in the rain with CAI's... I won't do it again
#3
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Best advice is don't gas it through large puddles, just let the car coast. When you hit the accelerator the intakes are going to suck harder, in idle they don't generate enough suction to pull water up the pipes.
And obviously don't be trying to ford any rivers, this ain't Oregon Trail.
And obviously don't be trying to ford any rivers, this ain't Oregon Trail.
#6
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got it in today bruh lol. I put the driver side on already. Took 1 hour lmao but i didnt take my bumper off. Didnt put filter on cause i was running late for work and now i can't wait to go home to go through wheel well and install driver Filter then off to the passenger side. Then im put these sucker in then i cant drive it or even turn the car on to test the sound or anything LMAO. I pick a bad week to ship off my Ok(enter button) to Danny(bruin) to solder the KPtech NI35 for me. Hopefully it comes in tomorrow cause he ship overnight today but when i get it, i have to wire it all up and do some splicing and stuff then after i can turn my car on and test the injen and kptech at same time
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#12
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thats nothing. I was at the Lake one time and i see these kids driving there ATV in to the water but stay on top the water for about 5 second.
i was like Fock that. Put my Car in DS mode and i launch my car and gun it. I rode on top of the water for about half a mile then turn back and got back on land without hydrolocking.
I see the picture of your new kit emil?
i was like Fock that. Put my Car in DS mode and i launch my car and gun it. I rode on top of the water for about half a mile then turn back and got back on land without hydrolocking.
I see the picture of your new kit emil?
#14
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by the way emil, i lied about the dyno lmao i just wanted to see what u say but i am getting in like next week lol