Razz1

OR.................

another reason not to use a car wash!

RX-8.40

[quote=REV-illusions;3110094]Emmm... honestly.. it really shouldn't be too hard to make one... a quick trip to Home Depot or the like and you should be able to buy everything you'd need to make a splash gaurd.


Good tip - I went tonight and found the material to make one. I'll try to post pictures if i have time..... you guys can rag on me when it's done : ) Thanks!


Avoid car washes and do it yourself if you can...those places never maintain their power brushes...scratch scratch scratch....

9krpmrx8

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True, and also watch out for those pesky 8" deep puddles

Leesha

I have no probs with my CAI and I have to use the car wash in winter as I hate my car dirty.

djfa

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i cant believe someone would purposely want to get water into their engine just to prove a theory. To me that is completely irresponsible. Its pretty obvious that an open CAI and jets of water is bad. Do you know what possible damage there is with getting water into a rotary?

kids, don't try this at home...

Footman

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No open CAI... you misunderstood the experiment.

otakurx

So, I just ran into this issue with my AEM, we have been having some crazy rain and wind the last couple days and today I went to start the car to go to lunch and found it not wanting to start then she blew smoke for a moment before coming down and running fine. Still feels like she's lagging a bit. So when I got home to eat I felt the AEM filter and the things was dripping wet, screen bag and all. Anyone know of a shield for the AEM? help protect it during down pours

Oh, and when I say crazy I mean we've been having 40-50mph winds (saw up to 70mph a bit ago) and we're in a moderate flood warning (flood stage is 8ft and we're at almost 11ft and climbing). Thankfully it's lightening up as the day goes on lol.

Thumper3322

Nope! Why I sold it and bought a different kind.
Not worth the hassle or worry, since you can get the same result/performance from something else without that issue.

otakurx

yea, I've drawn up a design to protect it from water spray while driving and I may just do that instead. It is a pain tho, looks like I got bad gas when I started it up at lunch, but I went back smelled the exhaust and it seemed fine, learned the smells from tuning carbed rotaries (mostly my 83). Needless to say was a little surprised when it had a rough start but it does start right up, no hesitation or anything. Bah, glad the rest of the week is going to be nice haha. Tho she goes to the shop this afternoon for exhaust work, guess I'll have to leave them with instructions for running the car. I will say on a nice beautiful day, the AEM with the BHR coils is amazing, even now her idle is wicked smooth (well as long as prior I've kept the RPM's down).

Footman

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Yeah, you can custom design a piece of covering the front and around the sides, but that defeats the purpose of having a ram-air design. You'll essentially just end up having a long-intake runner and an airbox that mounted below and front as opposed to inside the engine bay.

If you just put a plate in front, and leave the sides open... at speeds, water will definitely just bounce through the sides and soak your filter regardless. I've tried that option so it doesn't work.

If you really want to use the AEM CAI all year round, the only thing you can do is to drive her gently when it's pouring rain or wet snow. You will survive by driving like a granny... never revving past 4km to shift, and also accelerating to 4k slowly (not full throttle to 4k). The point of this is that you don't inadvertantly "suck" up water through the intake wetting the MAF sensor along the way.


An on freezing rain days hovering around 0 and - 2C... as CHRISTINBEN would say.... "GOD BLESS YOU!!!!"... good luck, and you're better off not driving that day!

otakurx

lol ya, well my idea for a shield is more snap on, just quick put it on and drive, will see how that goes, but I see the point with freezing rain. My biggest concern was direct water spray in the front, little water won't be as bad, and I can keep the revvs down without an issue.