We run in torrential down pours w/no problems....but NO deep puddles or standing water!!
Preventing HydroLock
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St. Jude Donor '07-'12, '20
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If its raining hard enough for the puddles to get deep enough for you to suck water up your exhaust then you better off leaving the car in the garage. Really why would anyone take their vette out in this heavy of a rain storm? That why my DD is a 02 F150, the puddles have to be 2+ feet deep before that thing will suck up any water! I can't figure out how some of these well educated guys on these forums manage to do this to their vettes
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Don't worry about it.
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St. Jude Donor '07-'12, '20
Do you have an aftermarket intake? The only way to hydrolock an engine is in standing water up to and over the foglight recess or the Vararam intake vents. Vararam would be the only intake I would worry about in a deluge. Even then, if the remote chance the engine is sucking in water, it will run like **** and that will be your warning. It won't just sieze unless you do drive into deep water.
Don't worry about it.
Don't worry about it.
If your in deep enough water to hydrolock when using a Vararam, the same will happen with the stock intake as well. 
You don't need to worry about the Vararam or the Breathless, or the Factory, I have tested them all in South Florida torrential rains with ZERO issues. As I and others have already said, don't submerge the front of your car and you will be fine.
