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So which is better a cold air in take or short ram air intake? which gets mor power sounds cooler and preforms better? i live in az and its extremely hot out here so the more help the better thanks guys!!![8D]
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gracias chica always nice hearing your imput
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I just posted about the K&N- check it out. Only thing you have to worry about in AZ is the roads that flood when it rains- you can't drive through any standing water w/ a CAI that hangs- especially the K&N- it hangs super low, even with the bottom of the bumper panel in front of the left tire.
If I were down in AZ (which is where my parents live, consequently, so I spend a good bit of time there) I would wrap my CAI in a heat shroud as well.
If I were down in AZ (which is where my parents live, consequently, so I spend a good bit of time there) I would wrap my CAI in a heat shroud as well.
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sure you can drive through standing water. you think everyone out there with a cai does circles around a puddle? unless the puddle is like a foot deep, it's not going to be a problem. i know that it does rain in az (it has to, right?), but i seriosly doubt that there's enough rain to ever cause a problem. maybe seattle or oregon, somewhere like that where it rains 250 days a year. it's harder than people think to hydrolock a motor, just driving through a little puddle isn't going to do it. i have a massive 8" k&n filter on the end of my cai, and it hangs down to about the bottom of the wheel well, just as low or lower than the k&n cai, and i have never had a problem with it and i don't anticipate having one.
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well you would be surprised i had a honda with a cai on it i want through this small bit of flowing water coming down the street turns out it wasnt to shallow and right where my intake hung, next thing you know smoke everywhere, blew my engine, on the plus side is i fixed it traded it in and got my baby!!!
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oh i'm not saying that it doesn't happen because it does. it's just that people act like every puddle that they go through is going to hydrolock their motor, and it most definetly won't. if you're driving through water that's at or above your filter then you need to rethink your driving habbits!
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sure you can drive through standing water. you think everyone out there with a cai does circles around a puddle? unless the puddle is like a foot deep, it's not going to be a problem. i know that it does rain in az (it has to, right?), but i seriosly doubt that there's enough rain to ever cause a problem. maybe seattle or oregon, somewhere like that where it rains 250 days a year. it's harder than people think to hydrolock a motor, just driving through a little puddle isn't going to do it. i have a massive 8" k&n filter on the end of my cai, and it hangs down to about the bottom of the wheel well, just as low or lower than the k&n cai, and i have never had a problem with it and i don't anticipate having one.
sure you can drive through standing water. you think everyone out there with a cai does circles around a puddle? unless the puddle is like a foot deep, it's not going to be a problem. i know that it does rain in az (it has to, right?), but i seriosly doubt that there's enough rain to ever cause a problem. maybe seattle or oregon, somewhere like that where it rains 250 days a year. it's harder than people think to hydrolock a motor, just driving through a little puddle isn't going to do it. i have a massive 8" k&n filter on the end of my cai, and it hangs down to about the bottom of the wheel well, just as low or lower than the k&n cai, and i have never had a problem with it and i don't anticipate having one.
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Then again, Once you have hydrolocked a motor - I locked a honda 1.6, myself(with a short ram, no less). funny, same exact situation, flowing water I didn't think was too deep...bye bye motor - You are generally a lot more careful. I drive around deep water and I have a short ram on the srt-4. Once bitten, twice shy.
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Jameshushek - we have the same story - I would love to hear more about yours. I went from a locked honda to the srt-4, too(thus my name - PHR). Luckily I got someone I know to replace the motor for 700$ installed and got something for the ol' honda in trade.