I just got my injen CAI put on, and removed the plastic gaurd (I guess is a good word)
from under the intake and was wondering if that will help seeing as though the intake doesn't sit that far down anyway
Is this a good idea yes or no???

 

u mean the plastic gaurd on the end of te filter...
i dont suppose if would hurt...but my theory is if its there its there for a good reason and unless u put a better thing in its place do like ur mommy told u and put it back were u got it

 

no not that plastic gaurd the one one the actual car, it looks like and air dam that pushes air down to the surface of the road

 

im not sure what u are talking about...maybe post a pic...or something if ur talking about the ram air type thing hyundai tried to creat you can take that off no prob while ur at it the the rest of the reantor off...umm if u mean that plastic gaurd on the under side of the car that shouldnt hurt anything but i dunno hwat ur talkin about

 

Dude, if it's anything that has to do with you air box assembly you can take all that stuff out.

 

Yeah I'm talking about the plastic gaurd on the under the car. The only thing that I can thing of that would pose a problem, is water, since the injen intake doesn't require a bypass valve.

 

yea dude i dont see what that shoudl cause a problom...i do bleive the engine intake sits up far enough in the engine bay anyways so it shouldnt suck up any water... they make covers for them i think that you can put aroudn them???

 

i think the piece you're talking about is a splash guard that's attached to the fender..... personally i wouldn't remove, but i guess everything comes down to personal preference. if you do remove it just watch out for deep puddles....hope i helped.

 

Yeah, it's just a splash gaurd. If you get a lot of rain, then I wouldn't recommend removing it. It blocks a lot of water from getting to the top of your engine bay, especially around your spark plugs. I've known several people including myself that had water get into their plugs.

 

If I'm reading this correctly, yeah, it's your splashguard. If you wanna remove it, be prepared for the alternator to short and debris carried by water to get into the belts and acclerate their wear and tear Not a good idea to take these off of your daily driver; for track-oriented cars these are usually replaced by a diffuser and/or an extended splitter which does the same job and adds downforce. There are ppl who actually pay good $$$ to have these replaced when they are damaged, which is pretty sensible because an alternator and a belt job costs a whole lot more than this part does. Also, dont underestimate how far water can splash, even with your intake mounted way up high, it can and will still become waterlogged, especially at high speeds in wet weather; when the cold water meets the hot exhaust manifold, especially without a vented bonnet scooping air out of the bay, well, you can guess what will happen.

[ September 06, 2002, 06:12 AM: Message edited by: MechaniX_034 ]