stRodda

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well everyone talks about removing the bumper to install an intake or take off the lower resonator. i was told the same thing when i was going to take off the stock piece from my 91 accord. i called bullshit... i took the easy/lazy way and didnt have to take off the bumper.

jack up, remove 2 plastic tabs and one screw and the plastic guard flips down. from there just reach up with a 10mm socket +extension and loosen the two bolts holding the resonator to the frame. then just yank it off. simple as that.

i had no idea what i was doing and i had the car resonator free in about 20min.


pics and vid to come

SSMTL01

I just pulled it through the top when i installed my intake no bumper removal neccessary

stRodda

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maybe the newer type-s' are different, i have no idea. but the way the resonator is shaped it would be impossible to pull it through the top. i can take a pic, but the lower half is huge.



anyways, heres a vid of how it sounds now. still kinda whimpy imo, but better. btw, its a bonestock motor. no header or exhaust. and this video is taken with a stock filter w/o resonator.
http://www.strodda.com/TL-S/tl-s%20wo%20resonator.avi


and here are a couple pics.

take off the two plugs and one screw and you see this...


2 bolts to undo at the top on the resonator and pull it down, thats all.


now it looks like this, ready to suck in all that cold bumper air.



ive got a question though. everyone talks about removing the resonator from the intake tube... mine doesnt have it, why is that? do only certain years have it?

Hockeyman

i didn't take off my bumper when i put on my intake

aaronnn

well doing it that way is fine.. but removing the bumper takes no longer than ten minutes to do. plus you get a lot more room to work with

then again i pulled off TL bumpers on and off so many times that i could do it with my eyes closed now..

PiZauL

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Just curious, but is this similar to what the Comptech Icebox sounds like? Sounds alot better tho. Think i'm gonna do this tomorow too

PiZauL

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Just took it off today, sounds bit more agressive at WOT and towards the higher RPM range.. probably sounds just like an icebox. Gonna put in the K&N filter and we have a IceStock Box. hah

randomthought

I took the bumper off because my fat hands couldnt fit inside to take the bolts off. Meh.

As for the intake tube resonator, my tl-p did have it, until I installed my CAI.



Maybe its for tl-p's only? Don't know, don't really care either.

victorvu

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anyone have detailed pictures of the procedure and how would it perform? I got a 02 TL-s

LightZero

What exactly does the resonator look like? So I know what to take out

PiZauL

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Once you get the bumper off, it will be pretty clear what the resonator is. Two bolts on the side and it comes right off.

MegaKillTron

This is on my car too, 2000 TL

victorvu

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this is what i did. first i removed the top of the air box. removed the bottom of the filter box theres 2 10mm screws. then unscrewed the top piece for the resonator left the bottom in. sounds great. i set off an alarm haha ill post a sound clip or something tomorrow. (= how come both dont look like mines. i have a 02 tl-s

Boomphil10

this is what i did. first i removed the top of the air box. removed the bottom of the filter box theres 2 10mm screws. then unscrewed the top piece for the resonator left the bottom in. sounds great. i set off an alarm haha ill post a sound clip or something tomorrow. (= how come both dont look like mines. i have a 02 tl-s



so when taking out the resonator, you acutally just took out part of it? im interested to see those pictures

Boomphil10

so when taking out the resonator, you actually just took out half of it? i am also interested to see those pictures, cause my tl is the same as yours.

fsttyms1

http://wizardsworks.org/chod/acura/cai/

SSMTL01

I take this back- i think i just pulled out the pipe that connects the stock intake pipe with the resonator. Upon bumper removal when i cleared my headlights i went ahead and took the rest out.. weight savings

vidhartha

just removed the resonator from mines today, was a pain in the ass gettin to the second bolt that is way behind everything. wished i had removed bumper, but was scared i culdnt get it back on rite by myself. that made a 30 min job like 2 hrs for me. but oh how i love the sound. I shoulda done this a while back. i love this site

jproy

my 03 has no res on the intake. I got the comptech though. I really wish someone could dyno the stock-res+K&N vs. icebox. would be very interesting im sure.

zpedrick

Just removed mine, didn't take long really. But it's going to be hard to get it back in. It actually made my car have LESS POWER, it shifts very sloppy and has terrible get up. How many of you have actually had power and speed gains on the butt dyno? I was expecting more and got less. From my experience I wouldn't advise that you do this if you're going to use the stock intake.

fsttyms1

You wont loose power. It may take a littel bit for the comp to get used to.

TlsNavi03

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How long does that take?

I removed mine a while back, and only enjoyed the sound the first night. After, I feel it rides like ass compared to before it was removed. I'm actually planning on putting it back on.

MikePA

TlsNavi03 and zpedrick: Think about this for a minute, dozens of people have removed the resonator and/or put in CAIs without causing problems. You guys do it and claim you lost power. You made a mistake somewhere.

zpedrick

It took less time to put it back in than it took to take it off (20 minutes tops). If I did something wrong then I don't know how, it's not that hard to do. All I did was simply remove the resonator.

fsttyms1

There is no way it would have lost power. All the resonator is is exactly that, Its a muffler chamber to quiet the motor. Nothing more, nothing less. If they thought they lost power it was simply in their head. If any thing it would have gained some power due to less restrictive flow for the air into the engine

TlsNavi03

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I never thought it lost power, in my case, I just felt the idle a little rougher (for lack of a better way of explaining). Maybe it was just a rougher sound at idle.

Thanks for the info though

vzuptnguyen

what is that "U" pipe on the stock air intake for? catching debris?

fsttyms1

That is a resonator also

Dook

if you haven't already, disconnect your battery for 20 minutes or so. you may need to let the computer re-learn, based on your greater airflow.

orgnlprankster7

hey i got the cover off and i see the resonator, but i cant find the bolts holding it on the car,can someone post a pic.im not sure were they are..im stumped.

fsttyms1

Look for the only 2 bolts on the resonator. 1 on each side. On the TL-P its alot easier to do this with the bumper off

orgnlprankster7

well i got it off and it sounds amazing, i took the bumber off made life much easier! but i was just ina big rain storm today and im worred im gonna get water in my filer and possbly my engine, should i be worried??? i know alot more crap will get sucked in but water i didnt think of. plus it flooded like mad so i had to avoid ever road lol in fear that it would go into my intake!!! wasnt sure couse my engine made some werid ass noise ive never heard untill it started poring not bad just like a breif sqeel,not sure if it was engine, but just making sure!

VoLLy

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Yeah, should I be worried about water getting in the intake box and engine when its raining and snow getting in and clogging it up in the winter?


I have a K&N filter in right now, so I'm curious what this could do to my Tl without any other engine mods.

PenancE

na, its really high up there when its all taken out, its higher than how a CAI would sit.

randomthought

The box breathes from a rather high point, just as stated above. No worries unless you are trying to cross a river, where flooding the engine is the least of your problems. A little water in the enigne shouldn't hurt too much, if at all, but I could be wrong.

VoLLy

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Ok, just wanted to be safe than sorry. I'll probably take off this intake resonator on Friday.


What about the idle when parked? Is it really more rough than with the resonator off?

PenancE

i get a little hum at idle, and when driving no sound, only when u step on the gas.

VoLLy

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Ok, nice thanks!

Is the "little hum at idle" noticeable IF you were a passenger not knowing that I removed the intake resonator?

And would the sound intensity differ from the TL-P and TL-S, since the TL-P has a bigger resonator?

Frazman

you can barely hear the hum at idle and both models sound pretty much the same without the resonator.

victorvu

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you guys want me to post a sound clip im about to get it done probably tomorrow or something. my friend drives a STI and he said he could barely hear his turbo when we were running in the freeway. he said when i floored it he thought it was a muscle car. haha