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Pages: 1 2 >>youngflyer
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hey guys...and gals lol, i was thinking about getting a cold air intake (k&n typhoon) but i was scared about getting it. ive heard many people and have actually seen a car that has drivin through a puddle and sucked water into the mote...consequently destroying the motor...could you ease my fears or agree with the above?
ThE JeWiSh PiMp[#] Sep 09, 2007 10:46pm nickah
- Vehicle Designer
So if you see a puddle just let go of the throttle.
You can't learn me nothin...[#] Sep 09, 2007 10:51pm tCFM08 - Chief Mechanic
if it will ease your fear a bit i have never heard of this happening, i also don't have the intake you are refering to, i have an injen, i live in south Florids which you probably iknow has been raining non stop, and i have driven through many puddles without any trouble with my intake what so ever. hope this helps
[#] Sep 09, 2007 10:53pm swiftprov - Scion Guru
you can also by a by-pass valve or a hydroshield which fits over the filter itself.
[#] Sep 09, 2007 10:54pm swiftprov - Scion Guru
you can also by a by-pass valve or a hydroshield which fits over the filter itself.
[#] Sep 09, 2007 10:54pm envision
- Detailer
its all where you put it. mine is the trd and the sits right by the hole on the bottom of the bummper where some have put the vrd fogs.
And yes it can get hydro lock. so do be carefull. you can stop it bye putting like a carbon pad on the filter it self as well
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[#] Sep 09, 2007 10:57pm youngflyer
- Scion Guru
my problem is that...i need to buy a new filter and shield and by that time i minus well buy a newer used one...anyone have experience with this intake?
ThE JeWiSh PiMp[#] Sep 09, 2007 11:05pm swiftprov - Scion Guru
web has one.
[#] Sep 09, 2007 11:15pm andino
- Godlike Advisor
unless you drive through a lake, or a 2ft deep puddle, you'll be fine
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Have a question and no one is willing to help? Shoot me a PM or hit me up on AIM.[#] Sep 10, 2007 12:19am JenWest
- Scion Guru
my boyfriend has or actually had an intake in his car...we had a bad storm here he couldnt see the water drove right into it intake sucked water into engine his car is now totalled, it was an injen...i however have a fujita had no problems wit it but on the safe side bought the bypass valve
[#] Sep 10, 2007 01:23am youngflyer
- Scion Guru
what is a bypass valve?
ThE JeWiSh PiMp[#] Sep 10, 2007 03:02pm Rabid_Lemming
- Scion Guru
- youngflyer wrote:
- what is a bypass valve?
It is a filter sponge which becomes your coupler from the short RAM section, and the section that goes to your fender. The way it works is that should you submerge the lower air filter, liquid suction will not take place because there is another source of air to pull in.
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"It's like crack, but you don't lose as much weight...also you don't blow people for performance parts. So I guess it's nothing like crack"[#] Sep 10, 2007 03:06pm Orin
you'd have to really submerge your filter to hyrdro lock or dive into some seriously deep puddles to hydrolock
spend some money on the bypass valve if it'll make you feel better
a bypass valve should cost from 30-50 bucks
[#] Sep 10, 2007 03:16pm Rabid_Lemming
- Scion Guru
Here read this...
http://www.newcelica.org/forums/showthread.php?t=215613
My car isn't the fastest car out there, but I'll tell ya....
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"It's like crack, but you don't lose as much weight...also you don't blow people for performance parts. So I guess it's nothing like crack"[#] Sep 10, 2007 03:30pm youngflyer
- Scion Guru
from that thread it seems as though many people have hydrolocked sp? and its not as rare as i thought? althought it seems most who have celicas put it right behind the front bumper. are any intakes made that stay relativly high?
ThE JeWiSh PiMp[#] Sep 10, 2007 09:34pm Whocares05050
- Detailer
You would basically have to drive through a lake to hydrolock a tC. On a side note, get the injen. better performance, and you wont have to worry about the braket breaking
[#] Sep 10, 2007 09:48pm DevinN08tC
- Tech Advisor
- Rabid_Lemming wrote:
- youngflyer wrote:
- what is a bypass valve?
It is a filter sponge which becomes your coupler from the short RAM section, and the section that goes to your fender. The way it works is that should you submerge the lower air filter, liquid suction will not take place because there is another source of air to pull in.
Really using the by-pass valve as a "coupler" for the short ram section is highly not recommended. This adds excess wear to the valve from the necessary flexing that takes place at this joint. AEM recommends splicing the upper tube toward the t.b. and placing it between two mounts.
[#] Sep 10, 2007 10:22pm Orin
oh yeah and the Injen CAI will break the mount and now it rattles against my fender when the engine moves... (annoying it surely is)
[#] Sep 10, 2007 10:30pm DevinN08tC
- Tech Advisor
DocI'c CAI fender mount is love. Buy it, live it, love it. It will fix that wobble right up Orin.
[#] Sep 10, 2007 10:33pm Orin
yeah, I plan on buying that very soon 
[#] Sep 10, 2007 10:34pm RoulettetC
- Scion Guru
What mount are you talking about?
-Thanks for the sig Aciidsneaker
[#] Sep 10, 2007 10:38pm Orin
the mount that holds the pipe up, it's shaped like an "L" and made of plastic.
[#] Sep 10, 2007 10:40pm DevinN08tC
- Tech Advisor
With the torque heavy engine the Tc has there is a lot of engine movement in 1st and 2cnd gear. The play puts a hell of a lot of stress on the CIA. DocI's fender mount keeps it stable. =D
[#] Sep 10, 2007 10:42pm youngflyer
- Scion Guru
roulette check your inbox!
ThE JeWiSh PiMp[#] Sep 10, 2007 10:44pm Rabid_Lemming
- Scion Guru
- DevinN08tC wrote:
- Rabid_Lemming wrote:
- youngflyer wrote:
- what is a bypass valve?
It is a filter sponge which becomes your coupler from the short RAM section, and the section that goes to your fender. The way it works is that should you submerge the lower air filter, liquid suction will not take place because there is another source of air to pull in.
Really using the by-pass valve as a "coupler" for the short ram section is highly not recommended. This adds excess wear to the valve from the necessary flexing that takes place at this joint. AEM recommends splicing the upper tube toward the t.b. and placing it between two mounts.
Upper tube towards the TB means right by the TB? All their installation pics are where the SRI would end.
My car isn't the fastest car out there, but I'll tell ya....
Sometimes I haul more ass than a pimp driving a caddy full of hoes.
Me to Pathik at PRacing.com about modding cars
"It's like crack, but you don't lose as much weight...also you don't blow people for performance parts. So I guess it's nothing like crack"[#] Sep 11, 2007 01:05am
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