i was talking to a nice fella i met on toprotege.com and he tells me that intakes can do serious harm to your car. I have a 93 protege SE and have been lookin for an intake however this news is troubling and worries me, does anyone have any info on this subject?
thanks,
giles

 

so its true then
gettin an intake seems like a waste of money considering the consequences, what if it rains out? u drive through water on a rainy day, the rain goers everywhere

 

Thats if u have a cold air intake and the filter goes under water. (huge puddle, pond,lake ) But some brand sells bypass valves to make ur coldair not suck up the water if it goes under water . Sry can't remember the brand .. Jon 93lx

 

AEM sells the bypass valve. Cost about $50. But it does put a bit of a restriction in the intake.

 

yeah bypass valve or just dont drive like a crazy *** hitting every puddle and low spot you see. If its just a short ram no worries unless you drive into a lake often.

 

nah dood i only drive through lakes when the gf's in the car, hard to concentrate !
so ur sayin that even tho it is pouring out, and te snow is everywhere, it wont effect the intake?

 

I heard that even if it is raining that your engine doesn't "suck" hard enough to pull air through a cold air intake 'cuz gravity pulls harder on the water..............but i guess this would vary for different engines and other mods to the engine.
If this is wrong id realy like to know so if any one knows other wise please let me know.

 

The cone would have to be under water to have the presure to pump the water all the way up into the engine. But some cars are low enough and have low CAI that they go threw 12inch puddles and Hydrolock it .Jon 93 lx

 

If the motor has a turbo it will "suck" the air.
Is the CAI not recommended in rainy environment with turbo motors? Being in the Pacific NW we get our share of rain!

Rick

 

in order for an engine to ingest water the filter has to be submerged in water completely.(floods, unexpected low spots). I read somewhere one time that a guy wanted to prove how good the aem bypass worked he used it on his acura nsx.(not as cheap as a b16 engine im sure) they fitted an intake with it then stuck the filter in a bucket of water while the engine was at like 4 or 5 thousand rpms. sucked water all the way up to the valve where it vented out, completely unharmful to the engine. im sure it stalled while there was water all in the piping to the valve though.

 

Ive read that article also it was a hooked up nsx

 

the by pass valve works on map sensor cars but 1g protege has vaf and u wont get good reading on air going inside the motor.ther migh be a problem starting the car and will bad.

 

yeah theres always a damn snag for us first geners. But still id rather invest in a new vaf than a whole engine. peace.

 

YOU CANT'T USE BY PASS VALVE ON 1ST GEN PROTEGE IT WONT RUN.

 

Right about right before the MAF?