Thoughts ?? Injen SP Series Dual Cold Air Intake - 09+ Nissan 370z Nismo

fuct · 08-09-2010, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by neveucd

I just bought the hydroshields, because a couple weeks ago, my injen intakes caused me to hydrolock my motor in about 5-6 inches of water that I had to go through to exit a parking lot at my job. Cost my insurance around $9,000 and me a $500 deductible, to replace the short block. I'd get them as a pre-caution if your sticking w/ injen, or just like was said above, modify something else. You never know when you'll be trapped and forced to go through a flood, or deep puddle. Air still goes through the shields pretty easily, but not water, so I doubt any power would be lost. Maybe less then 1 hp if that matters. Just got them in today.

im sorry but this whole post just sounds silly. what the heck are you doing driving through 5-6 inches of water. thats a deep spot man! i know what area of texas you live in and you should know by now just to let it sit an hour or two and the deep water will disperse. i wouldnt even want my car back if it had water damage.

daleks · 08-09-2010, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by fuct

im sorry but this whole post just sounds silly. what the heck are you doing driving through 5-6 inches of water. thats a deep spot man! i know what area of texas you live in and you should know by now just to let it sit an hour or two and the deep water will disperse. i wouldnt even want my car back if it had water damage.

How low was the car? A stock Nismo is still nearly 5" off the ground. Going down a ramp the nose could dip into a puddle, but it'd have to be pretty deep.

neveucd · 08-10-2010, 07:25 AM

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Originally Posted by fuct

im sorry but this whole post just sounds silly. what the heck are you doing driving through 5-6 inches of water. thats a deep spot man! i know what area of texas you live in and you should know by now just to let it sit an hour or two and the deep water will disperse. i wouldnt even want my car back if it had water damage.

Have you ever been forced to go through it as soon as you hit it and no place to U-turn because of a median, and a crap load of traffic directly behind you inching forward for you to move the hell out the way. Umm guess not. Imagine every street you turn on is flooded...galleria area. But yea this instance happened while exiting a parking lot while it was pouring rain, once I hit the gated arm there was a deep dip as stated above, and the nose of the car went under, and engine immediately died. You act like you can foresee all circumstances and events. I for one didn't know water was going to be there until I visually saw it. Anyways go ahead and take your chances with Injen, they obviously make the shields for a reason. I suppose they've had this complaint before...hmm

Cell · 08-11-2010, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by neveucd

Have you ever been forced to go through it as soon as you hit it and no place to U-turn because of a median, and a crap load of traffic directly behind you inching forward for you to move the hell out the way. Umm guess not. Imagine every street you turn on is flooded...galleria area. But yea this instance happened while exiting a parking lot while it was pouring rain, once I hit the gated arm there was a deep dip as stated above, and the nose of the car went under, and engine immediately died. You act like you can foresee all circumstances and events. I for one didn't know water was going to be there until I visually saw it. Anyways go ahead and take your chances with Injen, they obviously make the shields for a reason. I suppose they've had this complaint before...hmm

Even with the shield you can still hydrolock. No matter what you do, if you drive into a huge puddle that is deep enough, you will hydrolock. The shield only prevents hydrolocking from too much water splashing up into the intake filters.

What you should of done instead was put on your hazards and stop before driving into the huge puddle and detached your intakes from the manifold. It would of at least saved your engine.

neveucd · 08-12-2010, 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Cell

Even with the shield you can still hydrolock. No matter what you do, if you drive into a huge puddle that is deep enough, you will hydrolock. The shield only prevents hydrolocking from too much water splashing up into the intake filters.

What you should of done instead was put on your hazards and stop before driving into the huge puddle and detached your intakes from the manifold. It would of at least saved your engine.

I agree...I know that now. But what's done is done, and car is back up and running. I will not make the same mistake again. People behind me will have to wait.

bradz · 08-23-2010, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by neveucd

I agree...I know that now. But what's done is done, and car is back up and running. I will not make the same mistake again. People behind me will have to wait.

If I were you, I'd rather stop and kill the engine put my hazard lights and call for a tow truck. Better save for a bigger headache and don't mind the people behind you, they can't do anything.

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