I am trying to install a AEM 3" Bypass Valve on an Injen Cold Air Intake for a 07 TC, the problem is that after putting on the bypass valve, the intake does on fit right anymore, it hits the fender and the only way it would fit is if it does pop out of the fender, how do i solve this problem?

 

You solve the problem by not putting the bypass valve in!

The only way you are going to have a problem with water coming into your intake is if you submerge the entire front of your car, then your intake will be the least of your problems.

 

make sure you put everything together as close as possible to buy you some room, thiers a few threads on this topic, see if those help you. i get my aem bypass tommorow ill see how it goes, i also got the injen filter cover for it.

 

You will actually have to trim the intake to get it to fit and work proper.

 

negative, others have done it with out cutting any thing but yeah aem says to cut your $250 intake i dont think so, not for a $40 rubber piece

 

i put one on my Injen intake and had to cut the humps off each pipe, i think i also had to trim the pipes maybe a 1/4" on each side also but it fit fine after that.

 

Yea you would need to trim to fit it on a Injen intake cause there's just a tad too long without trimming it. You really don't need the bypass unless you are always driving into a lake where the whole filter is submerged in water. Forget the bypass.

 

what if i put the bypass valve on the filter, will it still work (i paid $53 so might as well use it)

 

No I don't think it will work that way since it's suppose to go between the piping and not the filter and piping.

 

If you knew anything about this issue you would realize the injen cai tubes touch where the coupler goes, so if you don't cut your $250 intake then the aem bypass will not work properly or at all so you could damage your $3000 engine!

 

Why does the misconception that the whole filter needs to be submerged still exist? You don't need a gallon of water to push a rod out the side of the block-- even on our lower compression engines, you need about 4 tablespoons.

Seems to me that cutting the $250 noisemaker is reasonable compared to the cost of a new engine replaced out of warranty.

 

ya i don't understand that either, i've replaced many engines that people have locked up with just a little bit if water. and these all have stock intakes, no CAI.

 

The idea of having the Bypass at the Short Ram/Cold Air Junction is so that if or when the CAI filter gets super-saturated with water, there's another point for it to draw air in and not pull water in. If by some act of GOD you were able to put the bypass by the filter, it would serve no purpose what-so-ever.

 

agreed. its a small price to pay for peice of mind IMO.

 

damn i see alot of people that post up bs here on scionlife! if you dont know sh*t about cars and how they work..... SHUT YOUR FACE! go back to tinkering with the glowsticks under your seats... .....someone had to say it....

 

^^^ choose your words wiser, thats how fools get b!tch slapped

 

....so next time dont spread the bs... people new to the car scene dont need to start off on the wrong foot! not trying to argue with you but spreading bs can cost somebody alot of money...