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03-18-2007, 12:42 PM | #19 |
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A little water won't hurt the engine. People run water/meth injection all the time. What would hurt the engine is if the entire filter was submerged in water. That could cause hydro-lock which can cause permanent engine damage.
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03-18-2007, 12:58 PM | #21 |
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Dry filters are the rage now because of marketing. Yes, they do require special cleaning as well.
A correctly cleaned and re-oiled filter will not harm your MAF or engine. K&N's been in business for over 25 years, just to name one oil backed filter company... Getting either type of filter wet will not cause an engine to lock up. Its when the filter gets submerged and the engine is running and sucks up a bunch of water. |
03-18-2007, 01:00 PM | #22 |
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well, if you wash your car by driving it into a swimming pool with the engine running, then you'll have a problem
As Dragonacc said, a little water getting in the intake should not be a problem, the filter should be able to stop most of it, then the rest would evaporate with the heat. The hydrolocking problem occurs when your intake sucks up water instead of air. Imagine you have a straw in your mouth and you are sucking air. when you put the straw a little bit into the water, but you are still able to suck air, the water will not go up much. But once you submerge the hole completely, then water will rise up. Same thing with an engine, if you get liquid water into your cylinders, then you're in deep deep trouble.
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03-18-2007, 01:02 PM | #23 | |
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Yes, picture a porn star going for the happy finish on a 12" dong... same thing. |
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03-18-2007, 01:04 PM | #24 |
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how very... visual...
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03-19-2007, 11:54 AM | #25 |
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108 to the flywheel- we're actually pretty lucky that ninety-something of them make it to the pavement. Drivetrain loss is ususally a bit more on most FWD vehicles. It's even worse on RWD cars.
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03-19-2007, 01:55 PM | #26 |
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Yes, on our cars there is very little drivetrain weight to get moving, and electric power steering helps keep losses pretty low.
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03-21-2007, 02:26 AM | #27 |
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ooooooooooo that sounds hot.....anymore performance noise to my car and it will wake up the whole damn street....my car is already gettin complaints from the locals.....
then im gonna get it soon....yay for CAI'S!! :)
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you have mean neighbors :)
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