okay so i'm planning on gettin a intake lookin at injen or fugita but i like the bypass on the trd. i know most of you say don't worry about water going up into the motor but i have a friend who owns a 04 civic si with a fugita intake. when he installed it he took off the under guard cuz it was already comming off from bottoming out. now when it rains and he's going so fast his motor sounds sludgish and we looked at the intake and the filter was dripping water. my question is this, how does the bypass thing work and second does injen have a thing like that? i know when i put mine on i'll have a under guard but i part of the filter does get exposed and i dont wanna ruin my motor. Thanks you for replying and advace

 

doesn't matter if the filter is dripping wet...

for you to suck enough water to significantly do anything... the filter needs to be submerged underwater.

the bypass works only if the filter is completely submerged too... and injen doesn't have one.

i've run with the faux vent open and driven thru heavy rain... sure the filter's gonna get wet.. but it really won't do anything unless you drive into a 2' puddle..

 

okay but why does my friends motor sounds like it's going die out then when we park and rev it to get most of the water out and then it goes back to normal?

 

it's cuz it's a different car..

 

okay would you suggest the injen or anyone have any other suggestions

 

you can get the aem bypass and put it on the injen intake. there are a few topics where people intalled the aem bypass on their injen, and i installed one in my friends injen intake. i have one for sell if you're interested.

 

if ur that worried...don't get a CAI, get a SRI instead

 

how much are you selling and exactly what are you selling the bypass or the intake?

 

The bypass is just another area where fresh air can feed the motor when the lower filter is plugged. The possibilty of feeding enough water through the intake is there. I've only seen it happen and replaced locked up motors because of it, and it doesn't matter what kinda car it is. Water thru the intake is not a good thing.

-I only trust the shortie rams cause I've seen a number of CAI's do what people are scared of.

-just a thought-

 

That is incorrect. The filter does not have to be submerged to suck water in. If the filter is wet and the car is under hard acceleration you can pull water through it. I know this because I've done it. A bypass valve relieves pressure from the filter when it is wet or clogged. It doesn't take much water to destroy an engine.

You can add a bypass valve to any intake system on the market pretty much. We have a combo with an AEM bypass valve and the Injen intake. AEM suggests that you cut part of the intake piping to get a better fit but there have been people who have installed it without cutting anything. It's a real tight fit though.

An air bypass valve is like cheap insurance for your motor. It's up to you if you want it.

 

Yes, AEM bypass works on Injen. I'd suggest Injen for a CAI.

If you're really that worried about hydrolocking, there's a solution. I think the bypass is $40ish. Someone correct me if I'm wrong

 

What size AEM bypass for the Injen intake, 2.75 or 3.00, thanks!

 

I believe it is I can't remember the exact number but the end of the number for the 2.75 is 20-402 and the 3.00 is 20-403. The 20 might actually be another number not sure but I know the end number is correct.

 

Whittier CA? Dude, we don't get enough rain all year for it to be worth it. For what it is worth I had the injen cai with no problems and I would venture to say that is the norm for socal tC owners with cai. (I bought a 350z so the cai is for sale by the way.)

 

i had the aem cai on my old car and lived in northern cali for over a year and if you remember all the flooding they had in 05 i was there and never had a problem with my cai just dont submerge and your good