Intake and water - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

encity5 · 07-23-2013, 08:36 AM

I am about to pull the trigger on the perrin intake. But one concern/question I had was about any possibilities of it (or similar designed intakes) catching any water? Does the front bumper deflect any possible water from getting onto the filter?

My car is parked outside and it rains fairly regularly where I live. Just wanted to hear about any feedback or if it shouldn't be a concern at all.
Thanks

dabocx · 07-23-2013, 08:45 AM

Pretty much all the intakes all pull in air from where the stock intake pull in water including the perrin unit which goes exactly where the stock unit was, that place is higher than the block if im not mistaken.

So if you get water there you should be pulling out a life jacket :P

frslee · 07-23-2013, 09:10 AM

Don't worry about it. As long as you don't submerge your filter, you should be good.

Rev Works · 07-23-2013, 11:02 AM

The way the Perirn is designed and where it sits, you really have nothing to worry about. Just dont go driving into any lakes and you should be fine lol

-Matt
Rev Works

PERRIN_Mladen · 07-23-2013, 12:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by encity5

I am about to pull the trigger on the perrin intake. But one concern/question I had was about any possibilities of it (or similar designed intakes) catching any water? Does the front bumper deflect any possible water from getting onto the filter?

My car is parked outside and it rains fairly regularly where I live. Just wanted to hear about any feedback or if it shouldn't be a concern at all.
Thanks

As stated in the above posts, as long as you are not driving through lakes, you will be completely fine with our intake!

encity5 · 07-23-2013, 12:49 PM

Thanks everyone! i figured i had nothing to worry about, but i just liked to double check.

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07-23-2013, 08:45 AM	#2
dabocx Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Drives: Scion FRS Location: United States Posts: 1,267 Thanks: 564 Thanked 261 Times in 191 Posts Mentioned: 9 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Pretty much all the intakes all pull in air from where the stock intake pull in water including the perrin unit which goes exactly where the stock unit was, that place is higher than the block if im not mistaken. So if you get water there you should be pulling out a life jacket :P

07-23-2013, 09:10 AM	#3
frslee Just drive it Join Date: Mar 2013 Drives: 13' FR-S Location: Maryland Posts: 1,122 Thanks: 97 Thanked 321 Times in 218 Posts Mentioned: 10 Post(s) Tagged: 3 Thread(s)	Don't worry about it. As long as you don't submerge your filter, you should be good.

07-23-2013, 11:02 AM	#4
Rev Works Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: 2013 STi Location: Winter Springs, FL Posts: 2,494 Thanks: 396 Thanked 434 Times in 223 Posts Mentioned: 31 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	The way the Perirn is designed and where it sits, you really have nothing to worry about. Just dont go driving into any lakes and you should be fine lol -Matt Rev Works

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