Has anyone tried putting the AEM by-pass valve on their RS intake? Would it be just something extra? Has anyone had trouble with water using the RS intake?

 

IVE NEVER EVER,... have a problem with the RS

 

In my opinion the aem by pass valve is useless...!!!Theres absolutely no way to hydrolock your motor with the intake...
Even if you get splashed in waters you have to submerge your filter in order to hydrolock your motor.I have my RS cai for 7 months and no problem at all...
Even if water splashes at your filter that wont cover the whole of it....Furthermore if any water passes through the filter it wont make it up to the motors chamber..

 

One of the things i've noticed. I have the RS-CAI on the supercharged Elantra. It is also running with NO fenderwell guards and NO engine shield guards.

When driving through deep 8+ inch puddles, water would splash on the filter and soak it (no fenderwell shield to protect it). If RPMS were raised over 3000 RPM, then water would go into the intake, up into the intake manifold, and steam would come out the tail pipe. However, this still did NOT affect either the supercharger or the engine. If RPMS were kept below 3000 RPM, then the water never made it up the intake.

You can add the Bypass if you want. The best location would be just before the MAF. Connect the MAF to the Bypass to the CAI. You will have to shorten the CAI to accomidate the length of the bypass, but it is workable.

 

Thanks a lot for the insight!!