Daytona 2006 Hemi 5.7L Hydrolock prevention

[frere]

Hey guys,

New guy in town here... I just hydrolocked my daytona 06, hemi 5.7L, a few weeks ago running over a puddle with a high speed truck coming the other way. The Air Filter got soaked and that was bye bye engine for me.

The damage was not so bad to be totaled and now the car is with the dealer being fixed. I just don't want to have to keep the car inside the garage on a rainy weekend, I was thinking about putting in a AEM air intake and I have been looking around for some air bypass valve but haven't found any specific for the car.  Could you give a helping hand on this? Can someone think of a better solution to keep the engine hydrolocking because of the cold air intake?

Thank you in advance for your advice.

[Brock Samson]

WELCOME!

     this web sight is primarily for the "classic dodge chargers" but some folks here do own the newer sedans...
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  I've never heard the term "Hydrolock",..     but I've experianced both "Vaporlock"  and "Hydroplaneing"   
i think that's how it's spelled..

Goodluck!

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(BTW: the "Strat" on that site is not me,.. he just stole my name.)

 

[aifilaw]

hydrolock in this case means he got a butt-load of water into his CAI that made it past the throttle body and into a cylinder or two which probably siezed the engine.
Without knowing diddley about that particular car, I would suggest modifying your intake runners (plastic attachments running from our cold air intake to your throttle body so that there is a downpipe for water accumulation, obviously you are going to get a certain amount of water in your cylinders that has been partially atomized from the spray, and in fact this is a necessity for a lot of people running a supercharger where they require a water injection system to add water on purpose... however getting rid of the ability for the engine to suck in a large volume would be paramount in this case. Make a downpipe accumulator, or reposition your cold air intake so it doesn't get nailed by water as easily.