I was wondering to those who have installed an aftermarket intake system, what does the inside of the resonator look like? After removing the stock intake system, was it possible to open up the resonator to see what was restricting air flow...pics would be a great help.

 

The resonator is sealed (glued) together. Thus no one has opened it up yet as far as I know.

 

Like a black milk jug would look like inside it after you sawed it open.

 

The resonator does not appear to be an air restriction
at all.

The air intake pipe has to smaller ports T'ing off
and into the resonator. The air intake pipe is still
straight through. The resonator is sort of plenum
on a branch.

The intake pipe also goes back up and draws air
from the engine bay, from in front of the battery and
behind the headlight.

 

anything that induces turbulence throuhg bends and varying chambers is a restriction. That's not to say some restriction isn't a good thing but saying that it isn't is a little bit of a misnomer I think.