Has anyone heard from their mechanic or experienced any problems with their AEM intake being too low to the ground and potentially seizing the engine when it sucks up water during a heavy downpour or going through deep puddles???

 

Although pretty unlikely, it can happen. Happened to me before, but will NOT happen with the Z. Was less than three inches of water, but the expanse (of the puddle) and speed I was traveling made for an unfortunate situation. Most people on the boards will probably tell you not to worry, as I recollect.

 

get the air bypass for the aem if you're paranoid about it

 

I have never had a problem, but not much flooding occurs in NJ.

 

I live in Seattle and I'm not even remotely worried.

 

I live in Houston TX and my Integra sucked up enough water to send my engine away for 3 weeks in just 8" of water.

 

Never had a problem with it yet.

 

That's ironic... my Integra did the same thing, except I lucked out... and the engine simply needed to sit for a minute, and it started back up.

WAY too close a call.

 

A friend of mine had a Iceman CAI on his Neon. He drove thought what LOOKED like a puddle and turned out to me a lot more.

Anyways, he hydrolocked that engine. Had to tear it down, clean out the water, and replace the rods, as well as some other stuff I believe.

 

I mistakenly ran into a DEEP 8-9+ inch puddle a few months ago (AEM intake with no bypass) and was expecting to be f*ed but nothing happened.

I'm pretty confident a few inches is no problem. I got the bypass anyway and i'll probably only pop it on if it rains heavy. It's a pretty simple on and off install.

 

The real question though... is it worth the risk for such a minimal gain???

 

Injen is much lower than AEM. I live in New Orleans, hurricanes, huge storms, etc...No problems as of yet.

 

with my injen, if i ever am forced to go through a puddle im fooked!!!!

 

If I lived in an area that even moderately flooded the streets more than a 2-3 times a year, the risk would outweigh it for me.

 

I got the bypass just to be extra safe, but I have a feeling I'll never actually need it.

 

can u get a bypass valve for the injen?

 

Injen does not sell a bypass and the AEM bypass will not fit. Also, there is nowhere to mount it on the Injen. I ran through some raucous puddles just yesterday and I had no problem.

I just tailgate a truck and hope fur the best.

Dan

 

Same. We had a HUGE storm today in New Orleans. It hit while I was on the I-10. It was so bad that traffic stopped for 5 minutes because visibility was poor. Even without puddles there was .5 inch of rain on the ground everywhere...I did hit a few little puddles, avoided a few, and had no problems at all.

 

so it not possible then on the injen.

 

Nope, not really...but I think the bottom line with any intake is that if you use your head and play it safe, there won't be a problem.

Remember that ANY sort of mod for your car has drawbacks, be it intakes or pulleys or whatever. Some are negligble, some are not. Just use your head and you should be safe