Honker question
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Melting Slicks
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From: Northern Calif
Honker question
Thinking of installing a Honker CAI.
The car is a DDer and I am worried about water injestion during a particular scenario.
Almost everyone has driven at night and hit an unseen puddle at speed(40+mmph) which sprays water all over the place, causes the car to slow monentarily, and scare the heck out of you. Well would this high speed episode cause the dam under the car, which directs air to the radiator, to throw water directly into the Honker?
Anyone have a Honker and experience the above? Is the car OK?
The car is a DDer and I am worried about water injestion during a particular scenario.
Almost everyone has driven at night and hit an unseen puddle at speed(40+mmph) which sprays water all over the place, causes the car to slow monentarily, and scare the heck out of you. Well would this high speed episode cause the dam under the car, which directs air to the radiator, to throw water directly into the Honker?
Anyone have a Honker and experience the above? Is the car OK?
Instructor
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From: St. Louis MO
DDer Too w/ Honker
I have had my C6 w/ a Honker installed for about two months and have driven in some pouring rain (and snow, surprising not too bad w/ the aid of active handling and traction control) and have not had any water ingestion problems.
I have not hit a huge puddle, but I don't think there is anyway water would get ingested throught the Honker unless the front end was submerge up to the emblem on the hood for over a second or two.
It is not an issue in my opinion, though I do avoid large puddles when I see them coming.
I have not hit a huge puddle, but I don't think there is anyway water would get ingested throught the Honker unless the front end was submerge up to the emblem on the hood for over a second or two.
It is not an issue in my opinion, though I do avoid large puddles when I see them coming.
Le Mans Master
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I have not hit a huge puddle, but I don't think there is anyway water would get ingested throught the Honker unless the front end was submerge up to the emblem on the hood for over a second or two.
It is not an issue in my opinion, though I do avoid large puddles when I see them coming.
I have not hit a huge puddle, but I don't think there is anyway water would get ingested throught the Honker unless the front end was submerge up to the emblem on the hood for over a second or two.
It is not an issue in my opinion, though I do avoid large puddles when I see them coming.
Melting Slicks
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From: Sugar Hill Georgia
The honker is at no where near the risk of some of the other intakes that have low funnels, and even with them, the risk is very small. With the honker I'd expect you'd have to try and plow through a substantially flooded section of road, like over a foot deep and yards across, to even be at a small risk of hydrolock. Unless you're driving through water where your concerned the car might slide off the road, I don't think you have any thing to worry about.
Instructor
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From: St. Louis MO
You will also notice the difference
I noticed an immediate differance in throttle response as soon as it was installed, that being said, my C6 only had 300 miles on it when I installed, it, so I was not that familiar with the car yet, but could tell throttle response was a lot more immediate. IMO, very good purchase and worth the $$$.
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I had the Honker installed a couple weeks ago. I chose it for the OEM apperance of the unit. It does sit higher than some other popular units which should make it less likely for water ingestion. I can tell you the biggest thing you notice is the sucking sound now from the engine, which is obviously breathing better.
Racer
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From: Stamford Connecticut
Last summer I got caught driving home in the mother of all thunderstorms. It was so bad I got off the parkway and actually hid out under an overpass until the brunt of the storm had passed. I went through some fairly deep puddles during this drive which sent a whoosh of water spraying up and around the car. When I got home, checked the Honker and the filter was dry!
Great product.
Great product.
