CAI in the winter?

Johny · Post by **Johny** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 11:51 pm

So as you all know, winters slowly approaching. This is gonna be my first year with the car in snow, and I have a question. Is it safe to have the CAI installed in the winter, the one I have goes down into the fender so im sure its going to collect snow - after all I do live in Canada

Thanks in advance!

[DJ]Tomski · Post by **[DJ]Tomski** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 11:56 pm

I never had any problems with my cai during Chicago winters. You shouldn't have anything to worry about.

Johny · Post by **Johny** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 11:14 am

Hah alright thanks

.DP. · Post by **.DP.** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 12:51 pm

You should'nt have anything to worry about. I had mine on all winter and didnt have any problems with it in the snow.

r/tguy02 · Post by **r/tguy02** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 1:04 pm

snow isnt the problem, its large puddles of water you have to watch for

Forest Green 2k · Post by **Forest Green 2k** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 1:24 pm

Worst thing would be salt build up. It will be safe but I'd def replace the filter in spring.

Fuzzyneon · Post by **Fuzzyneon** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 2:01 pm

Forest Green 2k wrote:Worst thing would be salt build up. It will be safe but I'd def replace the filter in spring.

or have a spare like spectra one or knock off one for the winter thats what i do so i dont ruin my k&n or aem dry flow although mine sits low as shit so ill throw the ram air back on at some point. it wont hurt anything to leave it on

r/tguy02 · Post by **r/tguy02** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 2:51 pm

i always just cleaned mine in the spring with no issues, it always comes clean.

Johny · Post by **Johny** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 3:17 pm

r/tguy02 wrote:snow isnt the problem, its large puddles of water you have to watch for

Yeah I hit one of those too the other day..

I plan on changing the filter to a new one next summer anyways, so this one will be my winter beater

Thanks for the input guys

neonjake27 · Post by **neonjake27** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 6:35 pm

i had no issues in the winter. like they said its the water that gets ya.

Forest Green 2k · Post by **Forest Green 2k** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 7:23 pm

I've driven though the nastiest rainstorms and slammed some huge puddles with my car and have had zero issues. I even have my fog delete cover removed for basically a ram-air setup. You can feel the filter putting your hand in there. Just don't drive into a lake and you'll be fine.

Now that I think about it, I should put it back on considering it's probably not doing anything except getting the filter dirty faster, lol. Ricer mod FTW.

n20sxt · Post by **n20sxt** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 9:33 pm

Fuzzyneon wrote:
Forest Green 2k wrote:Worst thing would be salt build up. It will be safe but I'd def replace the filter in spring.
or have a spare like spectra one or knock off one for the winter thats what i do so i dont ruin my k&n or aem dry flow although mine sits low as shit so ill throw the ram air back on at some point. it wont hurt anything to leave it on

This.
I ran a CAI for 2 years and didnt have any problems... then again i really didnt drive if there was snow on the road

Johny · Post by **Johny** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 10:12 pm

Bahahaha yeah I dont plan on going swimming in the lake