Removing Air Box (Air Box Mod)
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Hey everyone. Okay, last week a friend and I removed the "silencer" box from under the bumper and the tubes going to it. After it was removed it sounded FING AWESOME!!! But, at idle to 2000 RPM it had a hum caused by (i'm guessing) the thickness of the open intake hole in the air box. So it was the filter going into the box then just the hole in the airbox. It was a low pitched (loud) hum that was noticable. Is there any way i could make the car's intake sound awesome (and i mean a really really MEAN growl at above 3500 RPM) by taking it out and not having it hum? I guess i could just buy an intake, i just need one that looks stock to almost stock from opening the hood. I'd really appreciate any feedback. Thanks. -Shawn
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One more thing guys....anyone who has an intake that sounds awesome please let me know. Because so far i've looked at Comptech Icebox cold air intake, and AEM V2 Cold air intake system. i want one that'll make the engine growl like hell. Thanks.
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One more thing guys....anyone who has an intake that sounds awesome please let me know. Because so far i've looked at Comptech Icebox cold air intake, and AEM V2 Cold air intake system. i want one that'll make the engine growl like hell. Thanks.
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yeah i believe he did remove the airbox resonator. but im saying, removing the exhaust resonator increases the overall loudness. i dont know if thats what he's going for or not. if you want growl, shawn, go w/ either the AEM or Injen CAI if u can't find a ShortRam
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how about this. http://store.yahoo.com/hopup1/inradicoairi18.html
That's not a short ram. But would it still make a growling. For example for those of you that have ever heard a TLS running without an air filter....something close to that kind of growl. And what about power gains? I think a cold air gives more power than a short ram. need more information. Thanks.
That's not a short ram. But would it still make a growling. For example for those of you that have ever heard a TLS running without an air filter....something close to that kind of growl. And what about power gains? I think a cold air gives more power than a short ram. need more information. Thanks.
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There is no TypeS SRI because the results at the lower bands (which is what you need for every day driving) were negative HP. This was tested on a CLS, where the SRI was a sawed off AEM CAI. There were gains at the higher RPM bands with SRI, but negative at the lower. So AEM and other companys never made SRI for the TypeS.
CAI would give better results thru the power bands more then SRI, but at higher bands the HP gains are the same. If you look at the claims made by Intake companies, they are all about 12-15 HP gains, which is misleading because the biggest difference are in the higher bands. Which is kinda useless to most people because how often do you redline your car? (if you answer, "everyday", prepare to have the piston rods come flying out the hood).
CAI would give better results thru the power bands more then SRI, but at higher bands the HP gains are the same. If you look at the claims made by Intake companies, they are all about 12-15 HP gains, which is misleading because the biggest difference are in the higher bands. Which is kinda useless to most people because how often do you redline your car? (if you answer, "everyday", prepare to have the piston rods come flying out the hood).
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For example for those of you that have ever heard a TLS running without an air filter....something close to that kind of growl.
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And what about power gains? I think a cold air gives more power than a short ram. need more information. Thanks.
Icebox = AEM V2 > CAI > SRI
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Okay, so for an 03 TL-S which intake would you guys recommend which would give the loudest growl that would fit the Type S. HP gain would be nice too.
BTW i've ran the car without a filter for about a minute. No more
BTW i've ran the car without a filter for about a minute. No more
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Okay, so for an 03 TL-S which intake would you guys recommend which would give the loudest growl that would fit the Type S. HP gain would be nice too.
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what exactly is the resonator....if it's the box inside the front bumper and the tubing, it's leaving a humming noise at idle. I already have a K&N filter for my airbox. Unless the resonator is something else. Please help. Thanks.
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what exactly is the resonator....if it's the box inside the front bumper and the tubing, it's leaving a humming noise at idle. I already have a K&N filter for my airbox. Unless the resonator is something else. Please help. Thanks.
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okay so the CAI doesn't make it any louder right. if it's not i'll just spend the money on something else, like re-tinting it or a spoiler or something. thanks for your help.
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Originally Posted by shawn744
okay so the CAI doesn't make it any louder right. if it's not i'll just spend the money on something else, like re-tinting it or a spoiler or something. thanks for your help.
i think you might be a lil confused on the CAI subject. There are many Cold Air Intakes available for the TLs such as the Comptech IceBox, AEM and Injen. The Comptech Icebox is reported to provide the most gains, but have a stock-like sound. The AEM and Injen provide gains as well as providing a nice growl.
The other option is removing the airbox resonator and using a highperformance aftermarket airfilter (K&N or Comptech). This provides a growl although not as noticeable as that of a Cold Air Intake, but nonetheless it is the cheapest way to go if you are just lookin for sound.
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The other option is removing the airbox resonator and using a highperformance aftermarket airfilter (K&N or Comptech). This provides a growl although not as noticeable as that of a Cold Air Intake, but nonetheless it is the cheapest way to go if you are just lookin for sound.
CAI doesn't sound any more aggressive then K&N filter w/o resonator box,
I have some sound clips somewhere between K&N drop in filter, AEM CAI, AEM SRI, AEM SRI w/ new inverted K&N cone filter, if anything the CAI sounds a little more muffled but the removed filter box sounds more high pitch at lower bands.
Since he only really care about the sound, He shouldn't waste 200 buxs on a CAI.
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