[OliverThomas]

Im sorry, and i'm not going to get into why, but those bypass valve's are the dumbest waiste of money for cars that arent going to completely submerge their air intake, ie: Rally car's.

 

[OliverThomas]

Originally posted by lo bux racer@Sep 24 2005, 12:47 AM
You'd be amazed at how many dumb people there are out there who think they can drive through standing water with an intake less than a foot off the ground. I've heard lots of them complain on scionlife about hydrolocking their engines. I am truly amazed...

It's amazing to me that people are dumb enough to think that these bypass valve's are somehow a answer to their every fear... "When it rains, and water gets into the intake, the bypass valve keeps the water from hydrolocking my engine!" -taken fron scionlife.

Good grief. I would love to get them all together and let one of them volunteer their car with the bypass on it for a test. Let me take a hose, and from, say... 10 feet away, spray water at their filter. Much like the spray they would pick up from inside the fenderwell with that little plastic piece removed for "an air ram effect!". Lets see if their bypass valve saves the engine. THey dont understand that spray can still get inside, way more than needed to hydrolock the engine, and that unless almost the entire surface of the filter is submerged, the bypass valve is not going to have the necessary negative pressure to "open", and meanwhile, their is plenty of spray/droplets getting up inside the engine.

 

[OliverThomas]

Originally posted by 05Xrunner@Sep 24 2005, 07:26 PM
here you go...Do some research a little before you complain about some things

http://www.sportcompactcarweb.com/tech/010...sted/index.html

Whoa no, that test is exactly what I'm talking about. You have to SUBMERGE the intake in water for the pressure to spike enought to open the bypass valves. And that bypass valve is not going to do jack for spray/any water sucked in that doesnt completely seal off the filter. Read what I wrote before you complain about what I have seen first hand.

Ps. If you did read what i wrote, you'd notice I never said it didn't work... I just said that it's another one of those mods that people throw on their cars because it sounds good in design, but unless they're driving through 2 foot puddles, it's not going to help them. And then they get angry when they blow their engine because of water. "How could this happen?" Just another instance of people putting faith in something without understanding it's uses.

 

[OliverThomas]

Originally posted by 05Xrunner@Sep 25 2005, 06:21 PM
You do know some mist and water in there isnt going to cause any major damage. Have you ever even heard of water injection. used to help against detonation. So if you are getting a little bit of spritz in there..its not going to hurt you. Its when you suck down a big gulp.

Yes. Helped put several systems in on drag cars running low low 6's with a buddy.

We're talking about civic's, tc's, etc. And talking about the moronicy (if its not a word it is now

) of people wondering why their engine is detonated from hydrolock when they have a bypass valve.

 

[OliverThomas]

Originally posted by lo bux racer@Sep 24 2005, 12:47 AM
You'd be amazed at how many dumb people there are out there who think they can drive through standing water with an intake less than a foot off the ground. I've heard lots of them complain on scionlife about hydrolocking their engines. I am truly amazed...