Got lucky...
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Racer
Joined: Aug 2008
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From: Garner NC
Got lucky...
Started out as a bright sunny morning, then about an hour after I got to work it started pouring rain and kept it up all day. 
By the time I left the parking lot was completely flooded. Started idling slowly towards the street, and hit a low point in the lot that I didn't see, where the depth of water went from a couple inches to probably close to a foot deep. A half second later the car cut off 
Fearing the worst, I pushed it out of the water and pulled the intake (Vararam). The intake and throttle body were bone dry, so I put it back together and cautiously fired it up and it started right away.
Guess it just ran out of air and choked out. Lesson learned, go slow, and avoid water when you can!
By the time I left the parking lot was completely flooded. Started idling slowly towards the street, and hit a low point in the lot that I didn't see, where the depth of water went from a couple inches to probably close to a foot deep. A half second later the car cut off Fearing the worst, I pushed it out of the water and pulled the intake (Vararam). The intake and throttle body were bone dry, so I put it back together and cautiously fired it up and it started right away.
Guess it just ran out of air and choked out. Lesson learned, go slow, and avoid water when you can!
Team Owner
Joined: Feb 2001
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From: Short Hills, NJ
That's good advise no matter which air intake system one is using, even the stock one. 
