Nissan 370Z Forum - Injen cold air. Waterlock prevention?? Everyday driving?

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Originally Posted by Red370 (Post 618045)

whoa whoa whoa, lets not be hasty now, might be lighter but they do dyno about 5whp less. You shouldnt have to worry about hydrolock man, just get em.

He was talking about the FI exhaust, which dyno a little better and are significantly lighter than the Stillen counterpart.

I was driving in the rain today and hit tiny puddle.......The car runs fine, except a few times I goosed it and it jerked a LITTLE........continued driving it home - nothing happened again.......how long after you had jerking did the engine die?

You'll know if it's hydrolocked.

The Ingen doesn't have a bypass. It can be added but it doesn't come with it. The bypass amounts to a small foam or pleated filter inline with the upper portion of the intake;

http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pub...LHwcc1KY=s90-c http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/pub...tUXsueyQ=s90-c

which allows the air to continue entering the system at a reduced but sufficient CFM to keep the motor running. Once the lower portion is clogged with water or mud etc it will bypass.

Lude, if you live in Florida and it floods like this you need to be running a bypass with out a doubt.

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Originally Posted by Skull Crusher (Post 1580228)

:iagree:these are essential! I had to get them for my Z32 when I installed my Duals intake, looks very similar to the gen3's only for z32's. They sat in spot that I am sure would not be the most weather proof but I had no issues! Intake cone filters were located where the stock SMIC were which was fine because at the same time I had gone to a FMIC!!!!! Just try to stay out of the deep puddles!

sorry for my crappy iPhone pics! this was before I got into photography as a hobby, didn't even own a digicam at the time! but I gave a before and after....and it wont let me post them in the order I want to!