Celica Forums General Discussion Exterior CAI

Walked in to my local speed shop and asked them to order me a mod for my CAI. So my celi wont hydrolock. Well he chuckles and told me he had 5 people hydrolock there cars this weekend with the heavy rain down here. They where all trying to see what he could do. Some poor guy still had temp tags on his new vw 1.8t. Now im scared to drive in the rain.

man not worth it if the rain is that bad take it off for the moment and put it back later on just to be on the safe side.

Yea im with goldcelica. It will end up costing you more money if it hydrolocks

did you put tape over the wheel well slots? i do that when it rains over here.

Tape. Hmmm sounds dumb but smart.
I will try tape until my mod gets here.

you know what the alternate is? Get a shortram
sorry to hear them hydrolocking...
I hope you don't either

hydrolockin sucks i know first hand with the celi

The idea of self applied tape protecting my engine from the possibility of major engine problems seems a bit scary. You guys can probably pull that off but I live in Oregon - it will rain every day for about two months in the early winter; so . . .

short ram for me.

Lanceg33 has a valid point. Maybe driving around with duct tape flapping in the wind would not be a good idea. Sounds like a nice mod though.

Get the bypass value if your worried. they also have special deflectors to prevent this prob.

hahah thats y i didnt tape mine.. I have AEM CAI and its been rainin a lot here.. When I first put the CAI in I didnt want duct tape there cause it looks bad so I went to walmart in the craft section they have some black foam sheets with adhesive on the back..perfect size to cover all of the slots and you cant even tell its there..lasts about 2 weeks and doesnt flap around or anything...

While we're on the subject of duct tape, ..
I had my run in with it, I have to say it worked quite well for me. When my body kit was done, and it was shitty.
the black flaps that were originally attached to my stock front was not attached to my new blitz front. and when I went on the highway, the wind pushes it down and I find myself with a efficient yet embarrassing dirt plow, thus I duct taped the valence (I think that's what its called) to my blitz bumper, which lasted only 3 days. But at least it took care of my thing not scraping the road. Now, I've upgraded to zip ties. They're awesome!

Holy Crap Im going to Walmart. Thanks.

Can the shield they sell help with hydrolocking, or is it just for the heat?

I heard those things suck im not sure. I guess i will use tape until my valve gets here.

walmart has everything!