aem intake water damage?

[im89]

i just bought an intake and was asking a friend if he could help me with the install. he asked me what kind of intake i got when i told him he told me it could suck water in it. i went and searched the forum but only saw people from the 240 forums talking about it anybody has experience with this or knows what he is talking about.

[Viper5000]

you'd be the first person ever to suck water through a WAI... your fine...

[DJ_B_Easy]

The AEM is a cool air intake, the cone filter sits down near your wheel well so if you drive in an area with a lot of rain there is the possibility of water kicking up from a puddle or just the road and getting into the engine.

Buy this...

http://www.autoanything.com/ai....aspx

...and you SHOULD be all good.

*EDIT* I THINK the AEM is cool air? Could be wrong there...

[dldjros69]

Well i assume you are talking about a Coupe (08,09,10).

The AEM is a SRI (short ram intake). A CAI (Cold air intake) could possibly suck in water. The CAI's cone filter goes into the wheel well or somewhere outside of the engine bay.

Nissan has designed the engine bay very well, and water/debris does not get into the engine bay. With SRI you will not get any water into your intake.

[dldjros69]

The AEM is a cool air intake

Negative

the AEM is not a cold air intake, no matter how they use words to try and market it.

But yes those hydro socks work well. i have one on my K&N intake

[DJ_B_Easy]

Yeah I second guessed and edited original post. Realized I had never actually seen a pic of it. The item descripts on all sites do say it fits in the wheel well though. Dang marketing slang...

[LongBeachCoupe]

IM89, you dont need that watershield.

I know where you live, the AEM is fine by itself, you wont have any issues.

[im89]

ok so the aem intake is a short ram intake not a cold air intake...alright guys thanks for your help..still kinda confused why they dont just say that, but at least i wont have any problems.

[dldjros69]

I know where you live

wtf LBC thats creepy!!!!

[Viper5000]

i like smart people

wtf LBC thats creepy!!!!

only creepy if you see Brian's face starring at you through your window

[RicerX]

Here is a pic of what the AEM intake looks like installed in an 08 coupe 3.5. (Taken by my BB)



Many people refer to this as a "cold-air box" (which I find to be a bit on the dumb side, but it's the closest to a "cold-air intake" that the v6 coupe will ever get, as there's nowhere to route piping for a true CAI setup (at least nowhere practical for a bolt on application... I'm sure you could rig something up if you really really wanted to... heh).