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Old 09 May 2004, 10:37 pm
rastapasta
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Default Re: has this ever happened?


"Deep" <deep_mehtaHATESSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:boCnc.8538$n7P1.7707@twister01.bloor.is.net.c able.rogers.com...
> Yes it can. Happened to a friend of mine... he also happened to work a

metal
> shop so he used the facilities to fashion an airpass thru that wouldn't

all
> water up it...
>
> Deep
>
>
> "Mango Masher" <Mango@hachoo.com> wrote in message
> news:2g8a0sF534dtU1@uni-berlin.de...
> > Installed a cold air intake on an RSX. Apparantly one of the dangers is
> > that because it sits so low and in the left front wheel area that it

could
> > suck up water. The car is lowered so it sits about 6 inches off the

> ground.
> >
> > Now...has anyone heard of that happening? Going through standing water

> that
> > it could actually suck the water into the air intake? First hand

> knowledge
> > only please....No urban legends...
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Mango
> >
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That's why there's bypass valves on the market for this. I think you have to
cut the pipe & then just hook it up.
Here's a start for you on Ebay:
http://search.ebay.com/intake-bypass...sortpropertyZ3



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