cai + water

I was driving my 01 Integra SE with a Generic air intake withought the
air bypass valve in hard rain. I didn't know anything about
hydrolocking..as i was reving over 3k the car started bogging and
bogging then i saw black smoke coming out the back of the carr through
my rear view, so i pulled into a side street and the car stalled. I was
thinking distributor caps or plug wires, but after a lil research on
the internet I discovered what happened..the car hydrolocked. It is
real, I guess i'm lucky the engine wasn't damaged. Now I am very
careful avoiding every possible puddle :P...I'm thinking about gettin
an air bypass valve to prevent future occurences or just disconnecting
the lower pipe and sticking the filter on the first pipe coming the
intake. I live in canada and winter's really slushy and snowy so i'm
sure it could happen again driving throught that ****.

so what i'm asking is:
air bypass valve? or installing the filter directly on the upper pipe
and removing the lower pipe during winter.

"Scotty B" > wrote in
ups.com:

> I was driving my 01 Integra SE with a Generic air intake withought the
> air bypass valve in hard rain. I didn't know anything about
> hydrolocking..as i was reving over 3k the car started bogging and
> bogging then i saw black smoke coming out the back of the carr through
> my rear view, so i pulled into a side street and the car stalled. I
> was thinking distributor caps or plug wires, but after a lil research
> on the internet I discovered what happened..the car hydrolocked. It is
> real, I guess i'm lucky the engine wasn't damaged. Now I am very
> careful avoiding every possible puddle :P...I'm thinking about gettin
> an air bypass valve to prevent future occurences or just disconnecting
> the lower pipe and sticking the filter on the first pipe coming the
> intake. I live in canada and winter's really slushy and snowy so i'm
> sure it could happen again driving throught that ****.
>
> so what i'm asking is:
> air bypass valve? or installing the filter directly on the upper pipe
> and removing the lower pipe during winter.
>
>



There are no problems with the stock intake taking on water.

Guess the stock intake just doesn't have that same kewl factor, huh?


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"TeGGeR®" wrote:
>
> "Scotty B" > wrote in
> ups.com:
>
> > I was driving my 01 Integra SE with a Generic air intake withought the
> > air bypass valve in hard rain. I didn't know anything about
> > hydrolocking..as i was reving over 3k the car started bogging and
> > bogging then i saw black smoke coming out the back of the carr through
> > my rear view, so i pulled into a side street and the car stalled. I
> > was thinking distributor caps or plug wires, but after a lil research
> > on the internet I discovered what happened..the car hydrolocked. It is
> > real, I guess i'm lucky the engine wasn't damaged. Now I am very
> > careful avoiding every possible puddle :P...I'm thinking about gettin
> > an air bypass valve to prevent future occurences or just disconnecting
> > the lower pipe and sticking the filter on the first pipe coming the
> > intake. I live in canada and winter's really slushy and snowy so i'm
> > sure it could happen again driving throught that ****.
> >
> > so what i'm asking is:
> > air bypass valve? or installing the filter directly on the upper pipe
> > and removing the lower pipe during winter.
> >
> >
>
> There are no problems with the stock intake taking on water.
>
> Guess the stock intake just doesn't have that same kewl factor, huh?
>
>


It's hard for me to even comprehend that an engine can suffer such from
going through puddles, etc... Not in my over fifty years of driving
have I ever experienced such phenomena!

JT

Grumpy AuContraire > wrote in
:

>
>
> "TeGGeR®" wrote:
>>

>> >
>> >
>>
>> There are no problems with the stock intake taking on water.
>>
>> Guess the stock intake just doesn't have that same kewl factor, huh?
>>
>>
>
>
> It's hard for me to even comprehend that an engine can suffer such
> from going through puddles, etc... Not in my over fifty years of
> driving have I ever experienced such phenomena!
>


You haven't been driving around with a wet/dry ShopVac under your hood,
unlike some "tunerz".

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"TeGGeR®" > wrote in message
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> Grumpy AuContraire > wrote in
> :
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> >
> >
> > "TeGGeR®" wrote:
> >>
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> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> There are no problems with the stock intake taking on water.
> >>
> >> Guess the stock intake just doesn't have that same kewl factor, huh?
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > It's hard for me to even comprehend that an engine can suffer such
> > from going through puddles, etc... Not in my over fifty years of
> > driving have I ever experienced such phenomena!
> >
>
>
> You haven't been driving around with a wet/dry ShopVac under your hood,
> unlike some "tunerz".

From what I have read, the performance "increase" is minimal at best. Years
ago, I modified my Sunbeam Tiger (Ford 260 V8) with headers, larger diameter
exhaust, Shelby hydraulic cam and a Holley 4bbl -- certainly improved
things. But, those old Mustang 260 V8s were understressed to start of with,
unlike today's Honda I4s.


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