Some examples:
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I could go on and on

 

I would say that it's probably not worth it. It costs a couple hundred dollars, doesn't add much power, and, if you go turbo then you'll end up replacing it anyway. Plus the added risk of hydrolocking, which, even if the chances are small, it only takes one puddle to turn your engine into a huge mess.

 

like I said in above post...if you drive through floods or live in a place that is known to flood...i DO NOT recommend it. If you read all the posts you linked...they all have one thing in common. They drove THROUGH A DEEP PUDDLE (most of them guess about 6 inches deep) Imagine that your car is stock height...and you drop it about 2 inches. It is already low. Now imagine another 4 inches. That is one DEEP puddle.

So I'll say it again...dont get a CAI if you know your area you live in will flood or rain a lot.

There are two solutions to this problem if you decide to get a CAI in areas that rain a lot.

1. Change it back to your stock airbox during the rainy season.

2. Dont drive through deep puddles.



I may be talking out of my ass and have no idea how it is because I live in sunny California. But all my customers from my former job I have dealt with in the east coast has never had any problems with their CAI's.

 

Not to mention, the Bypas valve itself elimininates the CAI funtion since it sux in air from inside the engine bay.

 

Ha, I have dyno plots to prove the AEM CAI with the bypass valve does not make more power than an egay shortram intake.