Technically speaking, a splash of water is enough. Spit on the ground....that amount is enough. We had a member that had a little snow get into his engine bay, and rest on the filter. Then, the snow thawed, he started his car, and boom.

Take that info as you wish.

 

I recently installed my AEM v1 and am loving it. I am thinking about doing what I used to do with my CRX\B16A in which I also had a 2 piece AEM, I had a small filter that I could slip onto the end of the upper piping after disconnecting the lower piping. I only did this in extreme situations, only takes a few minutes. I have not tried this in my S yet, I am not sure how secure the lower piping will be while disconnected (wasn't an issue in the CRX) but a small bungee would probably work if needed. Also, in my crx there was plenty of room where the pipes were connected... not so much in the S because it is right between the radiator and beam. A small enough filter will probably be restrictive but its not like you need power when it is raining. INSTANT SHORT RAM FTW

Another thing to keep in mind... If you are worried that your filter may have gotten wet keep the revs\throttle openings to a minimum... the less vacuum you create, the less chance you have of pulling water all the way in.


Edit: After a little brain storming I realized that you can probably twist the upper pipe upward into the vast void that us CAIers have under our hoods, in that case, you could put a full size filter there... Ill verify this when I get another filter.

 

I have a Fujita F5 CAI, and i have driven through some pretty hard rain. everything should be alright. from what i hear, unless you purposely get a bucket of water and put it where your intake is, nothing bad will happen

 

This is weird... I hear so many people telling me that hydrolocking with a CAI will take a lot of water and then I hear your story... Was the snow really heavy?

 

I dunno. I'd put Houston's weather against Ohio's any day for variability.

[QUOTE=NFRs2000NYC,Jul 26 2008, 04:40 PM] Technically speaking, a splash of water is enough.

 

Houston has the most unpredictable weather, hands down

 

Recently hurricane Dolly hit directly over Harlingen, Tx and a couple days later I decided to take my ride out to look for a Hotel since there was no power at my house and I ended up going through a flood that was about 2 feet or more because I had no choice and luckily my bypass SAVED MY CAR!!!!!!!

It was about to turn off because of my cold air and I pulled over and let me car sit for about 10 min and it turned on fine. Filter was soaked but dried then it drove like a champ. Thank you GOD!!!!

jmike