I was wondering if anyone has this modification? If so is hydrolocking an issue if driving in the rain?

Thanks

 

I have the J's bumper and have not experienced any hydro locking though if large amounts of water entered I am sure it could be possible.

 

You might have to specify a little more man. Are you talking about an inlet like iceman has above me on his J's bumper? Or are you talking about having a CAI with the faux vent cut out?

 

Like iceman has above.

 

You have a greater chance of hydrolocking if your intake is submerged in water under throttle. Any snorkel intakes or duct, AEM is all fine as long as your car is not in a flood zone. You shouldn't even be driving when it rains that hard anyways...

$hit happens and I'm not saying you can't hydrolock under just heavy rain, but the chances are unlikely.

 

To hydro lock a motor you need to suck enough water in during a single stroke to fill the combustion chamber completely. IE it would have to be a solid water mass. If you've ever tried to drink a fountain drink with a crack in your straw you know that you wont get any. The only way you are going to hydrolock a motor is if you submerge a sealed intake pipe. This will not happen with the above intake, even in a monsoon, unless you're driving in 2' deep water.

 

Ok thanks for the help guys.

 

sorry, not true. it just has to be enough to almost fill the top gap of the cylinder and since we have a high comp engine, thats NOT that hard.
Assuming we have a 10% gap over the top of our cylinder @ TDC, thats still...2.0/4 =500cc*.1 = 50cc of water? Again, I'm not sure on the gap we have but its definitely not more than 30% (150cc) even 150cc of water is NOT a lot..

 

I was about to same the same thing, but when I go to the bottom it had already been addressed.

Also Deepee, conditions can change very quickly. I don't know much about Atlanta, but here in San Antonio you can go from cloudy and dry to driving down a river in about two minutes. If you are stuck in traffic, and can't get out of a low spot in time then you'll be praying for an intake that sits high and dry.