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Stock intake!

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senciz2
Des Moines
Iowa, US
  • Tire Changer
 So today I was messing around with my stock TC and I was looking at the stock intake. Well when it comes from the throtle body to the air box where the filter is it is extended by another plastic tube toward the left fender. Well I tought that is an extra bend in the intake that I really dont need. Besides it was probably just for sound dampening. Anyway I removed it and took a drive in it aroud the block and from like 2500 rpm thru the red line It got this awesome sound. Did not really feel a performance increase but the sound is awesome and the way I look at it is the air is still going thru the filter so no harm done. No CEL's come on. So anyone with stock TC should give it a try. I like IT

[#] Aug 05, 2008 08:35pm
LBTC
Long Beach
California, US
  • Detailer
 It's the silencer. I took it off too. I hope you caped the open whole left behind.??? You can mess up you're engine if you didn't. I used a 2" grommet painted it flat black.

[#] Aug 05, 2008 08:48pm
senciz2
Des Moines
Iowa, US
  • Tire Changer
oaguilar wrote:
It's the silencer. I took it off too. I hope you caped the open whole left behind.??? You can mess up you're engine if you didn't. I used a 2" grommet painted it flat black.


what do you mean caped? if you close of that hole you wont get any air into your airbox so its pointless.

[#] Aug 05, 2008 11:02pm
LBTC
Long Beach
California, US
  • Detailer
 You're bypassing the standard air induction that goes through the filter. The air is going to come from the whole left behind and since there is no filter you'll get all kinds of crap in your engine. I'll post a picture later so you know what I'm talking about.

[#] Aug 06, 2008 06:19pm
LBTC
Long Beach
California, US
  • Detailer
 ^^^^^ Scratch that. We were talking about two different things. Yes that plastic pipe goes down to your fender. I didn't take that one off thou. You can remove the silencer which is what I was talking about. It'll sound a little bit louder but no performance increase.

[#] Aug 06, 2008 06:24pm
ex-tc21
Warner Robins
Georgia, US
  • Window Washer
 ey can both of you take some pictures of what you guys took off. cause im tryna do the same but i took off something from the intake and when i started the car the car would shut off.

[#] Aug 06, 2008 08:36pm
java09
Honolulu
Hawaii, US
  • Godlike Advisor
 you took the maf off! hahaha dont wanna do that!

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[#] Aug 06, 2008 08:38pm
senciz2
Des Moines
Iowa, US
  • Tire Changer
java09 wrote:
you took the maf off! hahaha dont wanna do that!


Damn hehe.

[#] Aug 06, 2008 09:06pm
senciz2
Des Moines
Iowa, US
  • Tire Changer
ex-tc21 wrote:
ey can both of you take some pictures of what you guys took off. cause im tryna do the same but i took off something from the intake and when i started the car the car would shut off.


Well first put the MAF sensor back on, and then look further down to the right side until you see a big box looking thing with little metal clamp things holding it down, NOW DONT TOUCH THAT!! what you want is the little pipe that is coming out of that it should have some gray sponge type of stuff kinda peeking out of it. It is held in by two plastic screw things that you dont even need to touch to pull it out. Just yank on it slowly and it should pull right out.

[#] Aug 06, 2008 09:10pm
Web
Maryland, US
  • THE SHADOW
 The silencer also acts as a moisture collector to prevent excess moisture to enter the throttle body. Removing it really won't do anything negative for the car. It's basically making yourself a cheap intake. No worries....a few people on here have the silencer removed and closed off.


Complaining is futile when you supported the victory.
[#] Aug 06, 2008 09:14pm
08Crimson
Bloomington
Indiana, US
  • Chief Mechanic
senciz2 wrote:
Well first put the MAF sensor back on, and then look further down to the right side until you see a big box looking thing with little metal clamp things holding it down, NOW DONT TOUCH THAT!! what you want is the little pipe that is coming out of that it should have some gray sponge type of stuff kinda peeking out of it. It is held in by two plastic screw things that you dont even need to touch to pull it out. Just yank on it slowly and it should pull right out.


Thats the factory CAI. Its just an extra pipe running into the fender to suck "colder" air into the intake.

This silence that everyone is talking about is a small three inch box to the left of the filter box. Its the only little box coming right off of the bend in the intake.

[#] Aug 06, 2008 09:22pm
senciz2
Des Moines
Iowa, US
  • Tire Changer
08Crimson wrote:
senciz2 wrote:
Well first put the MAF sensor back on, and then look further down to the right side until you see a big box looking thing with little metal clamp things holding it down, NOW DONT TOUCH THAT!! what you want is the little pipe that is coming out of that it should have some gray sponge type of stuff kinda peeking out of it. It is held in by two plastic screw things that you dont even need to touch to pull it out. Just yank on it slowly and it should pull right out.


Thats the factory CAI. Its just an extra pipe running into the fender to suck "colder" air into the intake.

This silence that everyone is talking about is a small three inch box to the left of the filter box. Its the only little box coming right off of the bend in the intake.


OK why are you telling me something that I already know and did not ask anything about?LOL

[#] Aug 06, 2008 10:30pm

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