^ Nope, only if you turn the key all the way to "Lock". You can just turn it to ACC..

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (RED ZMAN @ Dec 6 2008, 12:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>DTN, or option 3. Carry a socket or screwdriver with you and pop off the intake in severe rain. It's ONE FRIGGING HOSE CLAMP!!!</div>

I carry alot of tools with me at all times. I just don't like the idea of running without a filter. Granted, I keep my engine bay pretty clean, the MAF is too easy to damage and it just takes a bit of debris from the engine bay. Heck maybe even a high speed rain drop. I'd rather drive around puddles then run filterless. I'd use that method if I were parked downhill in a puddle though.

 

it's different for people like me with a body kit.

In the pouring rain:
Start car, turn wheels sharply so I can access the filter.
Unscrew the filter from the end of the intake and bend the front bumper back enough so the filter squeezes between the wheel and bumper.
Pop the hood, unscrew the intake piping from the hose clamp and pull the pipe up and out through the engine bay
Attach filter to the smaller section of intake piping

It takes about 10 minutes for me to relocate the filter. It's almost faster to take off my front bumper and put it back on. Or, you can have peace of mind and just use the damn bypass valve so you don't get stuck in a downpour taking any chances.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (DTN @ Dec 7 2008, 12:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I carry alot of tools with me at all times. I just don't like the idea of running without a filter. Granted, I keep my engine bay pretty clean, the MAF is too easy to damage and it just takes a bit of debris from the engine bay. Heck maybe even a high speed rain drop. I'd rather drive around puddles then run filterless. I'd use that method if I were parked downhill in a puddle though.</div>

I'd rather drive around them too, but running without a filter for 10 minutes won't kill anything.

As for damaged MAF's, I've not seen it happen. Especially with that huge grill in front of it.

Only way you could get a "high speed rain drop" in there is to get the director from the Matrix series to do some bullet time (rain time?) stuff and alter the laws of gravity.

 

To answer the initial question, from personal experience I have driven in heavy rain, been through car washes, and gotten stuck in deep snow. I have never had a problem. Although for piece of mind I did put an Injen hydroshield on the filter when I first installed it.
This has been said multiple times, and I'll agree to it, you shouldn't have any problems unless you fully submerge it and if you think of where the filter actually sits, that is a pretty deep puddle to be driving through.

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Farshark does that cover take any of the hp you would get from the CAI away?


I def decided not to get a bypass valve But intrested in the filter cover.


Redz would putting a filter on the maf throw a CEL because the iat is nolonger connected and giving proper readings because that seems easy enough

 

What about runnong a cold air feed to the SRI/WAI - I've got this setup and it works a treat, even in the heavy rain we've had in UK recently. Those who have read my post in Showroom will have seen that my setup netted me around 170 at the flywheel (131 at the wheels) so it obviously works...

 

You will obviously lose some power. How much? I don't really know. The Hydroshield though is a mesh material its made of hydrophobic material to prevent water from sitting on it or getting through (it is not waterproof) its not like a filter. So in my opinion the losses are minimal.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Rayne9707 @ Dec 10 2008, 03:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Farshark does that cover take any of the hp you would get from the CAI away?


I def decided not to get a bypass valve But intrested in the filter cover.


Redz would putting a filter on the maf throw a CEL because the iat is nolonger connected and giving proper readings because that seems easy enough</div>

No, it wouldn't. But if you are just popping of the intake for emergency use to get you through a storm, no need to put a filter back on the MAF.

If you want to JUST do a filter on the MAF, it's a bad idea.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rik'n'vik @ Dec 10 2008, 03:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>What about runnong a cold air feed to the SRI/WAI - I've got this setup and it works a treat, even in the heavy rain we've had in UK recently. Those who have read my post in Showroom will have seen that my setup netted me around 170 at the flywheel (131 at the wheels) so it obviously works...</div>

Meh, it just gives you a "Luke Warm Air Intake".

 

i use one of those filter socks on my K&N CAI in my car. i noticed NO difference when i had it off/on as far as sound/power.

i only used it, because my friend gave it to me, and for the fact that my filter sits in a very bad position for water (if it ever rains lmao.gif )

i would use this over a bypass filter any day, and never drive thru a 6" puddle regardless of having a CAI or not.

if anyones real worried about it, take the intake off the MAF, and drive thru the puddle, its not gonna harm anything.. no high speed horizontal flying rain drops that will penetrate your frame to worry about.