haha I quit smoking how did the pvc pipe work out?

 

meh, same here, im trying to get a job. Haven't had a chance to do it yet. Il get it all done tomorrow though, might be later, because im going to help my girlfriend's brother installing a cai on his 03 tl-s

 

how are those k&n air filters in sound?

 

k, well instead of a pvc cap, i bought a "plumbqwik qwik cap" which was a 3" diameter rubber cap with a tensioning metal belt and put it on the intake and there is no sound at all, or just so little that i don't hear it. But when im in WOT, my car seriously sounds like it will eat little children. I believe i have found the solution.
the part number is PQC-103, SKEW is 1857800050 and i got it at home depot.

 

Pics?

 

 

its like flexible rubber, il try and take a pic of it in my engine later, im too lazy, and i hella cut my hand when i put it in. but yeah its pretty tight.

 

I finally found the time to try this mod yesterday and man was it a disappointment As soon as I put it on I took it off because that humming noise was just too much. I have to agree fsttsym1 on this one I think that its the way the intake arm is constructed that is making the air in the tube vibrate. Right before the resonator there are slits in the tubing which break up the air so that It will flow into the resonator.

 

I wonder why different people seem to get more of a "hum" than others. Installation of whatever you are using to plug the whole probably contributes but maybe different people can just hear it better and it annoys them more than others.

 

Its not in the tube but in the intake itself. Even with a metal CAI you can here it. Its slight but there. People have tried all sorts of things there. Even a hockey puck. They all did it. I do believe the TL-P causes more of a hum though.

 

any one have a sound clip of this bad boy haha

 

you can hear the hum of my CAI on my 99 tl-p in my thread entitled "will this make my car loud" take a close listen to it when i turn my engine on. it sounds like heeeeeeeeeeewwwww

 

hmm thats strange.. well what I did was installed the quick cap and a drop in K&n air filter at the same time. From outside of the car the humming sound was just as loud the radiator fan maybe even louder! When I touched the quick cap you could feel a vibration and the more I applied pressure to it, the quieter the humming became.

 

sorry that sucks. i cant hear anything on mine, i guess im just special

 

yeah i guess u are...

so can you post pics like u promised? lol
i'm just thinking of taking it out too, but since people are complaining about hum not sure if i want to do it anymore...

 

Just go out and try it. Its a 15 min mod. If you dont like it put it back to the way it was.

 

 

mine hummed like a mofo, parked it in an underground garage, walk 30 ft, go through a door and still hear that shit hum

needless to say, i put it back lol

 

i just don't want to waste $3 lol

 

Was this problem ever completely solved?

 

When removing the larger resonator behind the bumper, is there any need to plug that hole or do any other fixes other than just taking it off?

 

For those with the humming sound have you tried putting a piece of sound deadening material ex. Dynamat on it to suppress it?

 

Hum is coming from the IACV, Unplug it and the hum will stop.

 

What exactly is that? Explain please.