HS CAI and AEM BYPASS VALVE

FatBoy4 · Mar 5th, 2003, 12:00 AM

Hey I live in Oklahoma and stay in Kansas.
and when it rains here it rains a lot.
I am gettin the HS CAI from the GBon da board.

As I was tlaking to a friend he brung up the point around rain.

DO I need to get the AEM bypass Valve or can I make it shorter or shoukld I just not get the CAI period?

SR20D_GTI · Mar 5th, 2003, 08:43 AM

You can get a part custom made so that when it rains you can take the filter and place it in the engine bay on the pipe that comes from the TB. You should get the bypass valve for peice of mind. they are only 40 bucks. go on NPM and search fot it they have done a reveiw on it recently.

JayL1967 · Mar 5th, 2003, 10:49 AM

Fatb.... I got my HS CAI and Air Bypass for almost 5 months.
I live in the New England area and we got this year a lot of snow and rain.And I didn't have a problem yet with my CAI.
Everything OK thou.....
I f you want some pics just e-mail me

JayL1967 · Mar 5th, 2003, 10:58 AM

HS CAI

Blu200SX · Mar 5th, 2003, 12:51 PM

if it is regularly a typical rainy day, a bypass valve isnt usually necessary, there are guys on here who have said it would rain all week and nothing happens...your car has to be submerged in deep amounts of water for your filter to touch, being as there is a plastic guard in your fender well on the underside of your car(not the tire splash guard) its very hard for the CAI to accept large amounts of water making a bypass valve not necessary in the case but its just something to reassure you in case a serious flood happens.

Equivocal · Mar 5th, 2003, 01:24 PM

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Originally posted by Blu200SX
if it is regularly a typical rainy day, a bypass valve isnt usually necessary, there are guys on here who have said it would rain all week and nothing happens...your car has to be submerged in deep amounts of water for your filter to touch, being as there is a plastic guard in your fender well on the underside of your car(not the tire splash guard) its very hard for the CAI to accept large amounts of water making a bypass valve not necessary in the case but its just something to reassure you in case a serious flood happens.

^This is exactly it. Just dont drive your can into a flood, or high standing water. I wouldnt want to do that anyway, even if I didhave a bypass thing. But I live in Florida, and It can rain alot in the summer, I had no problems.

FatBoy4 · Mar 5th, 2003, 01:26 PM

aight guys thanks alot for the info..

my420sx · Mar 5th, 2003, 03:04 PM

If you don't want to keep worrying about it and be 100% sure, I'd get a bypass valve if I were you, just to get rid of the phobia. I'm waiting for Injen to finally release the second gen. bypass valves.

FatBoy4 · Mar 6th, 2003, 12:31 AM

well will anyone owkr on the HS CAI or did I need to get a special one?