Can someone please tell me how to remove the intake resonator in my 2005 TL? I have searched but could not find anything. It would be extremely helpful

 

I just did this last saturday. Remove left front wheel, remove enough plastic clips and 2 bolts that hold inner fender liner in place (enough to pull liner back behind rotor), drill out 2 rivets that hold plastic tube to resinator, then remove two bolts that hold reinator in place. then just pull out the pieces.

I took everything out right up to the air filter box.

 

Is it better to remove everything from the resonator forward or put a straight pipe where the resonator is and keep the factory design?

 

How does the resonator seperate from the intake right here? I'd like to remove the resonator and keep this pipe, or possibly even extend it a little lower. Also what's the diameter of this if I want to add something to extend it?

 

Remove the front bumper.
its easy, and will let you see everything.

the part you circled, its plastic molded together.
I had to take a saw to it.

my end result is like how you want it.







i used the factory piece near the battery to extend it towards the bumper.
this piece is called a velocity stack.
it is engineered to bring in the most AIR!

 

^^^^ thanks!

 

I think this is better then an aftermarket CAI. I have mine back to stock from K&N CAI but looking at this i might consider doing it. What i like with the K&N is the option of conversion from short ram to CAI or however they call it .. is that when in short ram i do notice a much more improvement in response as oppose to the CAI... but then i think heat soak, even tough i dont really can pinpoint when it happens but think it does cause it is obviously pulling air directly from the engine bay... Cai suffers in low end response and torque, no doubt.

With the stock option I like it a lot but i do miss that sound. Im wondering what kinda sound you guys are getting going that route.... I think its the best of both worlds. Good filtering, very good throttle response and im sure you get colder air .

 

^honestly, I thought it was going to be louder than what it is.
my PCD's engulf any noise that my custom cold air intake makes.

 

I am still very confused. Is there a step by step guide with pictures available? I really appreciate the help but I am so much of a noob that I don't understand... :/

 

we have this awesome DIY page where it list DIY's.
https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-2004-2008-93/3g-tl-garage-faq-3g-tl-newbies-553554/

FIRST thing you wanna do is take off the front bumper.
its easy and doesnt take long to do.
https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-2004-2008-93/diy-video-uninstalling-oem-intake-installing-cold-air-intake-3g-garage-b-001-a-628372/
https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-2004-2008-93/diy-video-updated-removing-front-bumper-3g-garage-e-080-a-628363/

facing the car head on, you'll see the resonator to the right..
or on the drivers side.
it is held in place by i believe 2 or 3 10mm bolts.
remove all bolts holding it to the frame.

 

Justin, the rubber looking piece connecting the stock piping to the piece you used from in front of the battery, where did you get that from? It doesn't look like anything that would have been reused off of the resonator itself based on the very first pic in this thread. Also how is it being held to each piece?

 

This is exactly how I want mine to be setup. I currently don't have that extra piping on mine and I feel I may be sucking hot air in from the engine bay. Just need to saw off that extra pipe from the resonator box.

 

I re-used EVERYTHING.
the rubber couplers are from the stock setup.

if you remove the bumper, you can see all the pieces better.

the only part that I had to think on, was the resonator and how to cut the piece off.
I had a jigsaw, and used that.

 

Ok cool, thanks Justin.

 

So is the consensus to keep the stock induction system, remove the resonator, add a high flow filter? as opposed to a Cold Air induction system? I was considerating aftermarket intake. This is for my 2008 TL-S daily driver. Wanting more power. Not concerned about noise. Thanks.

 

^forego the cold air intake route then.
you can do what I did above, by taking off the resonator and extending the pipe to reach bumper for cool air.

our car's exhaust is pretty restrictive, so if you upgrade some of those pieces, you'll gain a lot more power than a cold air intake.

 

I was reading another thread about heat being a power robbing problem which makes sense. Anyone have high flow cats with a header, "J" pipe, 3rd muffler delete, and cat back system? I know some cars like some back pressure and was just thinking this may be too unrestricting. Just wanting the beat most efficient combo.

 

we dont have headers.
catalytic converters come off the heads.

we generally replace these cats with straight pipes(called Pre-cat-deletes or PCDs) or High flow cats(HFCs)

then upgrade to an nonrestrictive jpipe and finish it off with a catback exhaust.

 

Justin,

Is there any way to make mine like yours without taking a saw to the resonator?

Also, did you use a K&N Drop in after this set up?
I saw you favoring the stock filter on another thread.

 

i used the stock filter.
and I did use a jig saw and could not cut it straight because of the way the jig saw is made.

you can use anything to "cut" or "saw" the plastic tube off from the resonator.

 

I just did this last weekend. I used a saws-all. Its easier to cut when its off the car. I also used some long heavy duty zip ties to hold all my piping where I wanted it to be and did a little trimming to the area of the bumper cover behind the vent to allow for more air to flow directly to the velocity stack. I did this and welded a strait pipe in place of the mid muffler at the same time. VERY happy with the sound and throttle response.

 

I finally got around to doing this mod. It was very straight forward and easy to do. I love the sound and best of all... it's free!

 

Hi Guys . So any feedback after 3 yrs of having this mod? thx

 

Not sure what feedback you are looking for? The removing the resonator will create a louder vacuum sound that's all.

 

any pictures? I just see one picture of the factory resonator. Otheres are old and not hosted anymore. Thinking about doing this to my 08 TL-S for added noise.

So you just remove that plastic box? Do you have to add a straight pipe to fill the gap up?


EDIT: I checked the Garage FAQ and all the DIY resonator delete links direct to random offtopic threads!?!? LOL

 

Yeah, Some of those links are broken unfortunately. I've only done this mod on a 2nd gen tl, but yeah box comes off and that's it.

 

But doesn't that cause the induction points to be a lot higher up and not as good as OEM? Still want to retain cool air getting shoved in there and not just have a random tube sitting up high in the fender well

 

A Cold Air Intake will make a nice sound compared to OEM. The OEM intake system is pretty easy to remove, the only part that is not direct bolt off is the part circled in the above picture. You dont need to saw it off as it makes it difficult to reattach. I just pulled hard at it and the clip broke. this way I can reclip it in the future or bolt/rivot it back on.