How hard is it to hydrolock using PRL's Cobra Intake

[Christianjwong]

Hey guys I just purchased a PRL cobra intake. I live in Oregon idk if anyone knows what Oregon is like, but let me tell ya it does rain should I be afraid of hydrolocking my car?

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[Sleeper_FK7]

Hey guys I just purchased a PRL cobra intake. I live in Oregon idk if anyone knows what Oregon is like, but let me tell ya it does rain should I be afraid of hydrolocking my car?

Nope, should be fine. Would be more worried if you live in an area that has flooding or you have to drive through a creek for some reason. Only gunna hydrolock if you go into 1+ ft of water and the intake part gets submerged. Yes, rain water will get into your intake if its SRI or CAI and that's normal. Wouldn't really matter if you have the short ram or the cobra. If it's raining and you're driving, it's going to get through the front grill and find it's way to it. I have the cobra intake and my first week with it on we got slammed with rain for a week straight and yeah been running just fine.

 

[gtman]

It's really not a question of whether you live in a rainy area or not. It's about whether or not the area you live in is prone to flooding. There's a difference.

For example, if your streets have good drainage and are mostly flat, floods there are probably very rare. Remember, a bit of standing water isn't hydrolocking your engine. On the other hand, I live in an area that's fairly rainy AND prone to flash floods due to our hilly terrain.

I've been driving along in a moderate rainstorm and gone towards the bottom of a hill where you could see a river of pooled water. Luckily, I was able to turn around in time.

So, when I've had intakes, I usually buy SRI's to be on the safe side. I did also have one CAI that I could quickly convert to an SRI on rainy days. A bit inconvenient though.

IMO, out of all the intakes available, the 27WON might be the best bet if you're worried about hydrolock.

 

[Christianjwong]

Nope, should be fine. Would be more worried if you live in an area that has flooding or you have to drive through a creek for some reason. Only gunna hydrolock if you go into 1+ ft of water and the intake part gets submerged. Yes, rain water will get into your intake if its SRI or CAI and that's normal. Wouldn't really matter if you have the short ram or the cobra. If it's raining and you're driving, it's going to get through the front grill and find it's way to it. I have the cobra intake and my first week with it on we got slammed with rain for a week straight and yeah been running just fine.

Yo thank you guys so much I feel much better installing it

 

[Christianjwong]

It's really not a question of whether you live in a rainy area or not. It's about whether or not the area you live in is prone to flooding. There's a difference.

For example, if your streets have good drainage and are mostly flat, floods there are probably very rare. Remember, a bit of standing water isn't hydrolocking your engine. On the other hand, I live in an area that's fairly rainy AND prone to flash floods due to our hilly terrain.

I've been driving along in a moderate rainstorm and gone towards the bottom of a hill where you could see a river of pooled water. Luckily, I was able to turn around in time.

So, when I've had intakes, I usually buy SRI's to be on the safe side. I did also have one CAI that I could quickly convert to an SRI on rainy days. A bit inconvenient though.

IMO, out of all the intakes available, the 27WON might be the best bet if you're worried about hydrolock.

Awesome thank you and I'll also be adding my car into the reliability form once I get the cobra on

 

[KTunedtoStock]

Im in Louisiana, near New Orleans. definitely prone to flooding, and we have garbage drainage. You should be fine. Drove through quit a few crazy storms as well

 

[Christianjwong]

Im in Louisiana, near New Orleans. definitely prone to flooding, and we have garbage drainage. You should be fine. Drove through quit a few crazy storms as well

That's great to know glad your car is good

 

[WOPSiWOT]

Yo thank you guys so much I feel much better installing it

You’ll probably feel better once youdo the install and see how shielded the filter is. General rain isn’t so much of a problem, though I don’t live in the Pacific Northwest. It does give me some anxiety when I’m in a really heavy storm tbh. But I try to be careful, as one should regardless. I’ve had it for going on 2.5 years now. The hydro lock episodes are pretty rare.

 

[Christianjwong]

You’ll probably feel better once youdo the install and see how shielded the filter is. General rain isn’t so much of a problem, though I don’t live in the Pacific Northwest. It does give me some anxiety when I’m in a really heavy storm tbh. But I try to be careful, as one should regardless. I’ve had it for going on 2.5 years now. The hydro lock episodes are pretty rare.

Gotchya that's good to know I should have noted j don't have my skid plate on due to the really bad winter storm this last winter

 

[WOPSiWOT]

Gotchya that's good to know I should have noted j don't have my skid plate on due to the really bad winter storm this last winter

It’s more in the fender well. The fenders and plastic undercladding protect it pretty well. BTW if you look up the part number for the metal underbody cover for the FK8 you can buy that part by itself for a reasonable price. For all the other trims the Honda parts catalog only allows you to by the metal tray along with the entire front plastic undercladding.

 

[Christianjwong]

It’s more in the fender well. The fenders and plastic undercladding protect it pretty well. BTW if you look up the part number for the metal underbody cover for the FK8 you can buy that part by itself for a reasonable price. For all the other trims the Honda parts catalog only allows you to by the metal tray along with the entire front plastic undercladding.

oh sorry gotchya i have the metal piece i think some of the snow and ice took some of that cheap plastic with it haha ill see if i can reconnect it

 

[REBELXSi]

I hydrolocked mine with the PRL Cai. The water did come up the bottom of my door sill though. Rain is fine... Massive puddles in a hurricane, not so much.

 

[Christianjwong]

I hydrolocked mine with the PRL Cai. The water did come up the bottom of my door sill though. Rain is fine... Massive puddles in a hurricane, not so much.

Sorry to hear that, what did you do to get it fixed did you make a claim with your insurance

 

[REBELXSi]

Sorry to hear that, what did you do to get it fixed did you make a claim with your insurance

They totalled it. I made out pretty well.

 

[Christianjwong]

They totalled it. I made out pretty well.

Well hey that's good

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