i thought this was a great idea for a fix to all the guys on here that have a CAI on their car and dont like taking it off during the winter so u dont hydrolock ur engine, i first thought maybe get a bypass valve but thats way too expensive, so after i cleaned my intake filter this weekend i saw that there is a hell of alot of room up above where the CAI filter goes (wheel well behind the foglight) well instead of the filter being close to ground of the wheel well, why dont we just get a 90 elbow and send the filter up instead of leaving it closer to ground for when theres deep puddles around. heres a picture of the part im talking about. i thought it was a great idea and way cheaper and safer than the bypass valve. tell me what u all think!

 

you could probably just mount the filter on the end of the elbow coming out of the TB on your HPS intake, doing away with the middle coupler and long piping when it rains.

 

Already been done:

https://www.fitfreak.net/forums/fit-...am-intake.html

 

no....he ment for us cold air folks.

see you could always spend the extra 40 bucks and make yourself a short ram. or you can spend 10 bucks and convert your CAI(1 piece).

yeah you could do that, but i just dont exactly see where it would go. my filter is already close to the bumper. i dont know, ill give it a try to see if it will work.

 

could always route your blowback into a catch can and stick a tiny filter on the exposed nipple on the CAI. That would ensure if a huge vaccum occurs at the bottom of the CAI (from being submerged) that relief filter should prevent it from being sucked up.

Kind of like those tiny relief holes on old vaccum cleaners that you can open to reduce the suction.

 

i probably have a different cai than most people on here(no name ebay intake), i live in MD and it pretty much rains here all the time in the summer, havent had any problems with it so far, im pretty careful and just follow behind other cars to see whats up with the puddles in the road...no problems. i still am concerned with it, but where my particular cai sits...right above the skidplate i just dont think a 90º coupling will work. may be if i got a really small filter and cut the pipe and what not i could get it to work. might work with other name brand intakes tho...not sure. havent seen many of em in person on the fit.

good idea tho and if it does work congrats. wouldnt it also just suck up warmer air? or am i imagining it all wrong?

 

no the injen CAI is pretty much what i was kinda going for

like this, so the air filter goes up instead of right by the bottom of the under plastic crap, therefore u would never really have a chance to get wet

 

hydrolock is way overrated
u have to drive in 6-12 inches of water, slowly and for a few seconds to injest water
have u ever actually heard of ANYBODY hydrolocking? thought so
(not - i heard from a guy who knew somebody who....blah blah blah)

 

^^^
exactly what i was thinking

 

actually here in cali we rarely get rain where im at but weve pulled at least 4 motors in the last season due to hydrolocking. even a stock civic came in and hydrolocked his motor. it is very easy to hydrolock if u arent careful so its very worth the extra couple seconds to drive slowly through puddled water

 

injen has a hydro shield for their filters u can buy...