CAI and Flood water

[SM1D3Y]

I was driving home this afternoon and was confronted with a semi-flood road, peak hour traffic, no chance to pull over or avoid driving through it. So ended up trying to coast, just touching the accelerator. Got home and rain cleared out checked the air box, lucky no water in it.

My question ... is there anything on the market that can give any kind of protection to the droopy pipe in these situations ??

[vyseriesII]

Don't let it droop to far down near the road?

[TVR-190]

Depends what kind of cai, if its the stock VX over the radiator you should be fine with anything around to the top of the bumper, if you have a good bow wave going. I DO NOT RECOMMEND CROSSING FLOODED ROADS IN A COMMODORE BTW.

My friend took his VX across a flooded road once (it was about to the top of the side skirts, and he still managed to stall it (he went in too fast and copped a wave over the bonnet)


If you have a cai with a pipe running to under the front bar, just forget it. Is it worth killing the engine?

I took My VP with an OTR through some deep puddles (deep enough for water to come in the doors) and after checking my airbox noticing it was very wet (but had drain holes for water to flow out) so it doesnt take much to suck in water.


In regards to anything to stop taking on water, a snorkel is about the only option.

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

I was driving home this afternoon and was confronted with a semi-flood road, peak hour traffic, no chance to pull over or avoid driving through it. So ended up trying to coast, just touching the accelerator. Got home and rain cleared out checked the air box, lucky no water in it.


My question ... is there anything on the market that can give any kind of protection to the droopy pipe in these situations ??

It's called an air filter....

[SM1D3Y]

Cheers TVR ... Yeah it was unavoidable, the water rose that fast didn't have an option. Might look into removing the droopy pipe so iv got peace of mind. The bloke I bought the car off installed with the K&N OTR. I guess Shepperton VIC doesn't get as much rain as Brisbane.