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Originally Posted by SteveYem
Thank you for the good video content as per usual!
Devil's advocate - when hitting that area with a direct volume of water, be it driving during a heavy rain event or spraying with a pressure washer while cleaning, it seems that there would be greater opportunity for water to find its way to the outside of the air filter. Maybe there are enough corners to turn that it's a non issue?
I wonder also if adding a scoop like this will lead to higher accumulation of dirt / grit / debris in the bottom of the airbox, and ultimately more of the same stuck to the outboard side of the filter?
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Answer to the advocate lol:
The same water is hitting the opening area with no scoop at lower volume compared to having the scoop. It is impossible for hard rain to hydrolock an engine when cruising during hard rain with the scoop. There is channels and drain sections on the oem box. Yes the filter will get dirty slightly faster(negible). No debri wil get inside if you have a good filter.
I ran the same air scoop for over 15k miles. On the stock filter, with the cts intake and back to the stock intake with k&n drop in. Lots of rain falls, dust environment, winter salt fog, touchless car washes etc etc.
I can report no damage whatsoever to the intake tract, turbo blades or increased oil consumption.
Im now in the testing phases with the front mount intake.
Overall good questions and concerns
SteveYem