I know the merits of having them and want one of them but have always wondered about driving in a steady or hard rainstorm. With most of them the filtters are right up front or with the hood ones its right there on top and a short throw to the carb, so in heavy rain do they get saturated easy with water and effect their function?

 

Anybody?

 

most folks I know that have a shaker on a daily driver take it off in the winter, at least here in snow country

 

i do not know about dodge trucks, but i have seen a few on chevys, and they all had duct work in the hood, with a drain system in it, kinda like the trap you see in a sink drain. so the air had to flow around a corner and there was a spot for water to pool and drain out at the lowest point.

 

Thanks for the info, I also wonder about the typical cai such as the K&N's and such. With the filter right up front by the radiator you would think it's gonna be a lot more exposed to the elements.

 

look at my dads scoop in the gallary click my little camera thingy his hood no affect in heavy rain at 80-90 even

 

i had the same worries when i installed my CAI... but you gotta think about something.... automakers and even in the racecar seiries used to (and still do sometimes) water injection to cool down combustion chamber temps.... prety much youd have to actually DUMP gallons of water directly into your intake (with no filter) to possible do any harm.... its even been said running water into your intake helps clean the carbon deposists in the chambers...not sure how vavlid that statement is... either way... for some reason you have your filiter OFF on your CAI or shaker hood and driving 100 down a interstate during a typhooon..then you should worry