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Originally Posted by Topless
The fly in the ointment: Water ingestion IMO. Our air intake is in a fairly vulnerable spot and I think a lot of the airbox and snorkel design was to prevent water ingestion and foreign debris from entering the intake. Eliminating the stock airbox and snorkel will surely improve airflow to some extent but it may put the motor at risk if some big 4x4 blasts through a rain swollen puddle and nails the left side of our car. Continuous dousing while traveling next to another car on the hwy may also be a problem. We need Randall to test this the next time he gets a good ol' Texas flood.  |
It is interesting to see people talk about hydrolock concerns so often. It is nearly impossible to hydrolock an engine without completely submerging the intake pipe. Don't believe me, try drinking through a straw with half the straw opening outside of the drink. It is nothing to worry about unless you plan to go driving into a three foot deep puddle.
This is why you've never, ever heard of a Boxster hydrolocking.