Hydrolocked... success?

Long story short On friday i hydriolocked my car, i couldnt see the road, was 2 minutes from home and car died, opened the door and turned out i was in knee deep water. My pod filter was completely submerged so it was an easy diagnosis. I however made the mistake of trying to restart my car once while in the water and once when i pushed it out. Anyway i delt with the car 2 days later, dried the fusebox, and it started, took it home, left it running till all the smoke drained outa the exhaust, changed oil, oil filter, converted back to stock intake, new filter and now the car run AMAZING. It is pulls harder than ever before which has stumped me completely and its not by a little.


my question is, how is my car sudenly faster after i hydrolock it and ditch my CAI.

however im having idle problems, it idles at 500 revs and the car shudders like crazy while idling, feels like it will stall (its an auto tho), i also have a rattling sound which i think is comming from my exhaust. Any ideas as too why this is happening?

i shall aslo book a compression test too c if ive warped any rods.. .etc.

Fcuk bro your so lucky,

willing to hear other peoples thoughts on what happend

hahahah i was ready to cry when it happened but i guess im lucky ay :) butive read on forums that people do get off lucky but a few months later their engine gives out....

not all CAI are good, they pick up the air from within the engine bay that has been heat soaked, hotter air will reduce performance. Your stock air cleaner could be flowing air better as well.

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Originally Posted by ECU-MAN

not all CAI are good, they pick up the air from within the engine bay that has been heat soaked, hotter air will reduce performance. Your stock air cleaner could be flowing air better as well.

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My intake sat right in front of a grill down the bottom of car right in the center... it wuld suck in pretty much pure cold air so i dnt think it was the intake that was dodgy, and the filter was cleaned regulaly too

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Originally Posted by Mugen_Euro

however im having idle problems, it idles at 500 revs and the car shudders like crazy while idling, feels like it will stall (its an auto tho), i also have a rattling sound which i think is comming from my exhaust. Any ideas as too why this is happening?

i shall aslo book a compression test too c if ive warped any rods.. .etc.

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mhmm, sounds like you may have sput a bottom end bearing, listen to the sound from the engine bay.

Stop driving it if you can, it may be for the sake of your engines health!

Immediately.

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Originally Posted by SHOGUNOVDDRK

mhmm, sounds like you may have sput a bottom end bearing, listen to the sound from the engine bay.

Stop driving it if you can, it may be for the sake of your engines health!

Immediately.

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I would definately heed this warning...

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Originally Posted by Mugen_Euro

My intake sat right in front of a grill down the bottom of car right in the center... it wuld suck in pretty much pure cold air so i dnt think it was the intake that was dodgy, and the filter was cleaned regulaly too

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what about the pipe carrying the air to the TB

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what about the pipe carrying the air to the TB

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Do you know what volume of air enters the engine over what period of time? And therefore how long does the air spend traveling through the piping?

Not being smart or anything, I'm just really curious because I've always wondered, but I've also always thought that the air would spend such a small amount of time inside the piping that the temperature rise would be negligible?


Also has anybody tried heat-proofing their CAI pipe with exhaust wrap or some sort of heat-resistant layer?

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Originally Posted by dougie_504

Do you know what volume of air enters the engine over what period of time? And therefore how long does the air spend traveling through the piping?

Not being smart or anything, I'm just really curious because I've always wondered, but I've also always thought that the air would spend such a small amount of time inside the piping that the temperature rise would be negligible?


Also has anybody tried heat-proofing their CAI pipe with exhaust wrap or some sort of heat-resistant layer?

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ye the intake piping goes tpo the right and curves around the bumper not much of it in the engine bay, regardless tho ive touched it after thrashing the engine for a bit and it realy doesnt get that hot....

Mine gets quite warm but not unbearable to touch. OEM intake absorbs heat faster but retains it for less time - but if your engine is running then it's not going to cool down til you stop, right? I think the larger diameter and lower friction of the CAI pipe is a good payoff.

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Mine gets quite warm but not unbearable to touch. OEM intake absorbs heat faster but retains it for less time - but if your engine is running then it's not going to cool down til you stop, right? I think the larger diameter and lower friction of the CAI pipe is a good payoff.

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I completely agree, but thats why im confised as to why my car feels faster with the stock box on instead.... infact it feels faster than any intake setup ive had, which includes two diferent short rams one with a heat sheild one open pod.

Maybe you didn't realise you missed the better torque curve of the OEM intake? Or maybe the water just cleaned all the sh!t out of it lol