I was wondering if anyone knows of anyone that has hydrolocked their engine with a Ingen CAI? I am not lowered on anything, but might put some TRD springs on later. I know that I could always go the SRI route or put a bypass valve on, but want to get the most of the product.

I am wondering because I am thinking about getting one?

Also, where would be the best place to purchase a quality Injen CAI?

I appreciate the help yall and hope everyone has a good X-MAS break.

 

its tough to get hydrolocked unless you're basically using your car as a boat. check out the sponsored sales for an injen cai

 

with any CAI you can hydro lock if you drive into a large puddle and it sucks up water....it has to be a deep puddle.for winter driving just put the intake to SRI and you are good to go.gettign the pipe in the fender is a pain to do though so they mostly just stay on all year.

 

i didnt know it was that easy. i dont see many puddles here in vegas lol

 

I appreciate the reply guys.

I am just a little skeptical about purchasing a $200 dollar product that could damage a $20,000 one. I will do some more research on the subject, but again, thanks for the replies.

So in your guys opinion, would using the Injen as a SRI be a waste of money? I am looking more into the increase mpg than the hp.

If I do go with a CAI, I will definitely go with Injen. I have just heard soo many good things from the company.

 

If you were going to use it as SRI then save a little money get the Secret Weapon intake and the little CAI attachment for like $5 or whatever it is.

just a suggestion. i love my injen but i can leave it CAI all year cuz im in socal...

 

You really dont have to worry about hydrolocking as previously stated. Unless you are going through a DEEP puddle then you will be fine, heavy rain, snow whatever. The fender thingy that you have to take off to install the CAI provides more than enough protection against water. Just avoid big pudddles, thats all.

 

thanks for the reply.

 

Here's the deal on a typical CAI:

Advantages: looks neat, sounds neat.
Drawbacks: illegal in many states, often loses power overall, can suck up water and demolish your engine, costs $200 to look and sound neat.

So what's the allure, really?

 

If you pay careful attention to how high the filter actually sits on an installed CAI, you'll notice that it's almost impossible to hydro-lock a tC. If your car is in THAT much water, hydro-locking your engine is the least of your worries.

 

honestly bro.. dont get an intake. just get a decent axle back, if you want some sound outta of ur car. a intake is a waste of money IMO.

 

Personally I think a CAI will not save you enough MPG to pay for itself any time soon. tC is really not the most fuel efficient car. I know I bought my tC to save on gas, consider my Ram only gets about 12 MPG average. If my previous commuter was a compact / sub-compact and I wanted to save more on gas I would have gone a route other than Scion. I like the tC's power as it can get out of its own way, less than boosting it is not a fast car though.

 

Short Ram. Easier to clean filter and performance isn't any different between the 2 anyway. If you wanna save money, buy a cheap one on ebay for the intake tube and replace the cheap filter with K&N.

 

its only rained 13 inches for the year when we should get around 35 inches. we are in a drought. not unless you drive it into the san antonio river, you wont hydrolock it.

as long as all the plastic covers are in place, dont worry about it

 

Not to beat the long-dead horse that is the hydrolock issue, but it is entirely possible-- and you don't have to put the whole filter under water. If 2 tablespoons of water make it into a combustion chamber... something is gonna give.

Will it happen to you? Probably not. But the CAI gives you the opportunity to find out-- so why would you take on that risk for the benefit of shiny pipes and neat noises?

 

Dude...fk CAI. Just go the other way and get a snorkel.

 

Well to be honest it doesnt take you driving through a large puddle to hyrdrolock your motor....Driving on a highway in a downpour all it takes is for the filter to become soaked and sart intaking water

Water does not combust in the chambers which may cause stress cracks, that after time can eventually lead to BOOM!! Piston through the block

So just because peopele say you need to drive through a large puddle to hydrolock, any amount of water over time that leads to the combustion chamber will cause some sort of damage

This is coming from someone who didnt hyrdolock their motor, but threw a piston through the block a few weeks after a heavy rain on the turnpike, pulled plugs and start for water to come out. new plugs...4 weeks later a 7,000 dollar new engine YAAAA

oh the 7grand because it was a Celica GT-s Motor (pricey eh?)

 

 

haha that is awsome!

 

AEM bypass valve FTW!!!