Chicago is currently raining really hard and has been raining this hard for the last 18 hours.

While driving today, I had to drive my G37xS coupe through an area flooded to a height of about 6-8 inches deep. When I realized how deep the flood was (not familiar with the area), there was no turning back, I drove at a speed of 1-2 miles per hour for a distance of 0.25 miles before clearing the flood. I have stock intakes and I was wondering if anyone knows how deep a flood has to be before our G37xS or Q50S starts to encounter problems?

 

Mine can only take 6 but 7 max

 

My G37S couldn't handle 6" last year. This was at the logan blvd and western ave viaduct. It was a flash flood, and I got caught.

 

This whole thread sounds so perverted, not gonna lie. LoL

 

What were the problems for you guys? I was concern about the engine, but with the stock intake, it sits pretty high.

LMAO....mind in the gutter there Evil. haha

 

Measure the height from the ground to the bottom of the lowest intake. That's how deep is top deep.

 

Haha lol !

 

If your intakes don't ingest water and there's no water intrusion into your cabin you are fine. Even if water gets into the cabin a little bit you're probably fine if you remediate it unless enough comes in to damage the electronics.

Been through many floods in Houston.

 

Like Betty said, if there is no water intrusion, it's fine for the car. Mostly everything in the engine is sealed except for its breathing ports (intake/exhaust) otherwise you'd be spilling fluids all over the roads. Electricals connectors down low are typically sealed with rubber gromets.

 

Yeah...a little. LOL

You laughin cuz you know I'm right! LOL

 

Long as the car doesn't act funny you should be fine

 

Thats the only reason I started reading it.

 

Isn't there a diff breathing tube? Might want to consider a diff fluid flush after that as well, since you might have long term effects there with water and diff fluid.

Otherwise, the stock intakes sit pretty high up in our cars. The lowest part of the intake cup, which leads into the airboxes sits around the lower part of the headlight, and it's all uphill from there.

 

I wouldn't risk driving into it, period. The issue isn't what your car can handle, but your ability to judge how deep the water actually is. In the case of moving water, it really doesn't take much to sweep your car off the road. I've seen a lot of people needing rescue for trying to drive through what they thought were shallow puddles. Find another way around.