im down here in houstin, tx n its raining really bad, i have the AEM installed n the greddy sp2, i was waiting at the light n the rpm's just dropped a lil n then bounced right bak up, I gave it a lil gas but it didnt die on me so i was ok, the drive home was alright, no problems or nethin, wen i parked in my garage the rpms died down n bounced bak up again, but it didnt die on me, im just curious if this ROUGH IDLE has nethin to do wit the rain n my AEM?

 

did you have the A/C on ?

 

did you install the drycharger?

 

yes i did, had **** turned to # 1

 

Doesn't that design hang the filter down kinda low? If so, be VERY careful. Even if you drive slowly into some water, some other moron in a SUV or jacked up pickup might come barrelling along and push a wake of water up into it.

Years ago, a friend of mine installed a cold air intake on a Mustang GT. This thing had a scoop that bolted on to the bottom of the front bumper, just in front of the passenger front wheel. Well, as much as it rains in Beaumont, Tx, you can pretty much guess what happened. He ingested some water due to someone kicking up a wake of water and he lost his engine.

Might have been a blessing though, cause he used that incident as an excuse to buy a crate 350 hp motor from DSS!

 

well since i got the AEM ive bin drivin very cautious, avoiding big puddles of water, was very cautious this mornin, ill just wait till tomorrow morning n c if she cranks or not, neway i can get rid of the ridle w/o takin it to the dealer?

 

it's pretty hard to hydralock a rotary engine. Rx-7 guys use distilled water to decarbonize engines. I'm not saying it can't happen, but it's less of a concern than for a piston engine. Water might mess up your MAF though.

 

there is no effect with rain, washing the car, etc, the only problem you will have is if you drive into a puddle of about 12" deep. i have had mine on my 8 since last september.

 

Not true, when rain bounces off the pavement it will soak the filter. You are choking the car with a wet filter.

If you still have problems check the filter to see how wet it is. Then wait till it dries out or dry it yourself.

 

well i drove her this morning, everything's normal in terms of how she started n drove, just the rough idle, i guess i just take it out from the bottom so i dont have to take off the bumper?

 

Unless your reving the crap out of your motor I dont think any water would ever make it up the pipe far enough to do damge. Water is heavy and harder to move then air, even if some mist made it up, most motors can burn up small amounts of water with out any problems.

People have been running arond forever in civic's with the cold air pipes draggin on the floor. They dont hydro lock the motor unless the stick the whole filter under the water

 

What ever ended up being the problem??

 

thats wat i thought also, b4 i was going to take off the filter to dry it off, i stuck my hand down n touched the filter, it wasnt that wet, but it was a lil moist, so i took her out for a drive, OMG the idle is gone, normal idle again, came home n decided maybe im bein very **** bout this lol.