I know that they make your engine run more effecient so in theory it could give you better mpg. And if you get cai then go with one with a bypass valve for when it is wet. My friend blew an 05 civic with only like 1000 miles on it because he got the engine all wet. He had to get it all rebuilt. Actually his girl was driving his car. I guess he shuodla told her.

 

Thats what happens when women drive a car lol! A man can take a truck and go through trees, mud and tear off in rocks, but when his girlfriend drives down a road at the speed limit, it will blow up. That was just a funny saying (not that I hate women... I love em!) btw.

 

You and me both!!

 

i heard all of the "hydrolock" stories..and for a while..i wouldnt take my car out in the rain...if i got caught in the rain, i would just disconnect my MAFS from the lower portion of the CAI...and get home ASAP...but after 2 years of not driving in the rain, or stopping to mess with my CAI..i thought, hell with it..i have a warranty...and now i dont bother..and ive been in some pretty HARD rain..and never had a problem...to hydrolock an engine, you basically have to drive into a DEPP puddle...just driving in the rain wont do it...

 

yeah it was a puddle. Man was he pissed. I don't think they had a warranty because it is still sitting in his front yard waiting for the engine to be rebuilt. It was also lowered so maybe that is a dangerous combination.

 

when things happen liek that..people far too often take the car into the dealership for warranty work with the aftermarket piece on the car. there was a law passd a few years ago that states, for a warranty to be voided by an aftermarket performance part, the warranty company must prove beyond any doubt that the aftermarket piece was the DIRECT CAUSE of the issue. i have seen guys drop a 200dry shot onto a stock motor, fry the motor, and take it back to the dealership with the bottle pulled out, and have the engine repair FOC....

 

"200dry shot onto a stock motor"

Can i ask what this is?

Speaking of Gas mileage.
I'm truly a novice at modifing cars, shoot I just installed my first set of Ignition wires on the 1991 accord and my mpg shot up from 23.5 to 26.04mpg. I was impressed by the change, going to flip out the rotor and cap this weekend.

Thanks,
Doug

 

Please do not shout!! We can see the ordinary size print just fine, thank you.

 

200 dry shot into a stock motor..means..

200 dry shot is a measure of nitrous injection...200 means it is a 200hp gain, and dry shot means that there is no fuel added with the nitrous gas upon injection...and into a stock motor, means that there are no internal modifications done to the vehicle, thus it is unable to handle the amount of nitrous injected into the engine.

 

Ok Thanks for the explainatio to the Novice!

Doug