Silly Question: How does water stay out of ANY intake?

[nickbuol]

With a nice hard rain coming down this morning, and my having to run my daughter to school for marching band practice, I got thinking about water in intakes.

I have my freshly installed TDCRacing FWI installed, and I know that people say that as long as you can't see the wheel from inside the fender, and as long as you don't drive through any puddles you will be OK, but what about ALL air intakes, even stock ones.

I mean, in order for air to get in, there has to be openings somewhere. And where there is an opening, there is the possibility of water. Now, with the FWI it seems that the only big opening is directly below the cone filter area between the wheel well and the front of the fender. But it is several inches straight down. That would mean that water would have to go "up" to get in there (thus the "don't drive through puddles" suggestion).

What about "under the hood" or even stock intakes? They suck air from behind the headlight. Can't be air-tight and thus water could get in, and you would be driving right into the rain. Why doesn't this cause issues?

Again, just a "I'm tired from lack of sleep, and have an odd question on my mind." type of thing.

 

[Bio248]

for the fender there is flashing all around it unless you cut everything out. in the engine bay not a ton of water gets all the way up to the top side of the motor.

even so, a little bit of water isnt going to do anything. what do you think humidity is? its when you suck in STRAIGHT water and hydro-lock the engine when its bad.

 

[nickbuol]

Like I said, a silly question. Thanks Bio for the response.

 

[TheOtherNick]

THink about meth injection to. The is injecting some water.

 

[minichopper6hp]

Yes, you are referring to atomized water. Its when you suck in actual liquids and a good amount that will hydro lock your engine. Liquid cannot be compressed, so it usually doesnt like being in the cylinders too much.