John has just been really busy full filling his customers orders.

 

I guess I am just impatient. John is a great guy and I believe that plays a big role in how busy he is.
He makes good products and has good service.

 

I just feel sorry for the squirrel or bunny you hit. Its gonna be ground up and baked wankel style.

 

I am curious about engine vibration and whether any 'twisting' forces are experienced by the solid ducting (is the metal cold air ducting physically attached to the bumper?)

Would an engine torque brace completely alleviate this possible problem?

Or is there some flexible component to the ducting?

Or is the effect so small that it is forgettable?

 

Sorry for bringing this old thread back but I had to post this info based on my above quote. Earlier today my cousin borrowed a friends 2004 auto Mitsubishi Eclipse NA V6 for a short trip. This car has a lowered suspension with stock front end and a cold air set-up similar to the one in this thread. He was driving at night on the interstate in some rainy weather. As he was exiting to the service road, he noticed a low lying slightly flooded area and began to slow down. The car rushes through the water and the engine begins to stumble and then dies. He tries to restart it but it would barely turn over. He gets out of the car to find the water level to his ankles. Thats roughly 4-6" off the ground. No newer car will flood this easily due to moisture in the engine bay from a big splash. This car flooded and almost damn near hydro locked because it scooped in water through it's cold air intake. I say almost because an hour and a half later the engine finally was able to crank over and start. I figure the hot engine finally evaporated some of the water in the cylinders.

Anyways this just proves my point that a car moving forward through water doesn't need a high water level nor does the car need to be at WOT to suck in water through a low mounted cold air intake.

 

Mazda. RX-8. They put it down there. In massive rain, driving through big puddles, engines have blown because too much water gets in there and cant compress.

 

People who don't like giving the police extra targets for their laser guns

 

How fast was Einstein going when he decided to take the Eclips water skiing?

 

Yeah thats the thing cops look for.... your style of headlights

 

Einstein? This could have happened to anyone especially at night. Interstate highways themselves dont flood easily because of the crown of the road. He was exiting the interstate onto the service road while slowing down when this happened. FYI you can make 6" of water splash 10ft in the air by just driving only 20mph through it. I noticed that today with all the rain we've been getting.

 

the intake is sweet.

the radient heat off os asphault?!?!? thats retarded.

 

No that's a fact.

 

not to bring up an old thread like this...but that was officially the most reduntant and rediculous 11 page argument ever recorded...i have so much to say..but so little motivation to type it all out...