i decided to buy a aem cold air intake V1 with bypass valve. instead of the V2 just because the risk of hydrolock.

I was wondering, do you have to saw the inatke in half? so that the bypass valve slides on?

Does it slide on easy? or does pressure need to be applied? im really confused about this valve.
And if you did saw it. would you saw it towards the midle of the pipe. down low or up top.

 

By v1 do you mean just the regular cold air intake, the one without dual chambers? Because it wont work with the v2.

On the majority of AEM Cold Air Intake Kits, the Air Bypass Valve installs right to the upper inlet pipe

 

Also, the year/model/engine of your car would help greatly so we know if its a two peice design or not. You may want to put that in your signature for faster more car specific help!

 

You could try to use the bypass valve as the connector between the throttle body and the intake tube. If you can't work that out then you would have to saw it in half.