thealliance15

For a Spec V, which is better of going with CAI or Normal intake, y performance shop guy says CAI's can seriously harm the engine and i was beter of going with a normal intake even though they produce less horse. What do u think?

BEETROOT

what harm did he say the cai would do.

ApocalypseCL

he was prolly just talking about how in rain and snow or mud can get up in the filter

thealliance15

yeah it can harm the engine if mud snow or water gets in there and i live in canada

BEETROOT

get the bypass with the cai...no water can get up there.

danny25

or get a short ram intake. I'd rather have that if I was worried about water, because it's been shown that the bypass valve opens up very easily and can let a lot of dirty air into your engine.

BEETROOT

dirty air? really...so is it bad that I have the bypass on there?

danny25

Lots of people have it, and I don't think it will do that much damage, but that's just imho. Someone was able to open the flaps of the bypass valve just with suction from their mouth. So it seems like it would open a lot, especially during hard acceleration. And since it's not actually a filter, all the air that passes thru it is dirty. Also is supposedly costs you a couple hp. So I took mine off for the hell of it, and just drive carefully when it rains.

BEETROOT

i am new to this stuff....only done stereo work before....so let me ask you a question.

if i was to take off the bypass, what do i put in its place? the bypass connects the two metal tubes...do i have to get one tube instead? or is there a connector piece to put there instead?

CLpower

get a CAI that way you can disconnect it when the weather gets shitty and you can run it as a short ram.


I don't bye the bypass thing anyways, the chances of you getting water that far up are very slim. It does happen, it's just very rare.

Also, there will be a connector piece to put there instead

BEETROOT

I already got my CAI and its installed with the bypass. If I want to remove the bypass can I do that? I live in Arizona so I don't really need the bypass anyway

CLpower

Yea you can remove it. They should of given you an extra silicon adapter. If they didn't you can find one at a local auto parts store


Also, just keep the bypass in, i wouldn't worry about anything happening to it.

BEETROOT

ok thanks for the advice...I'm just worried about getting dirty air in my engine...doesn't rain in AZ but there are a lot of dust storms.

CLpower

yea, I hear you, just make sure to clean out your filter often!

danny25

I replaced my bypass with a piece of that tubing used in turbo applications. 3" diameter blue rubber tube.