I just put on my girlfriends aem short ram and was wondering if I should remove the resonator. I took that horn piece off, but not the whole box. She likes quiet, but wanted a little more sound on the top end. The car is a 2000 accord coupe(manual). Thanks for your input.

 

I would probably remove the resonator. I did this not to long ago and it is not difficult at all and seems to provide a little better air flow.

 

remove it

 

Thanks for your replies. To remove the resonator do you have to remove the front bumper?

 

no

 

How do you remove it without
taking off the front bumper?
is it in a differant spot than the
v6's?

 

That's what I was wondering. I was looking at it and the bolt is way under there. Any suggestions on how to get to it without removing the bumper.

 

you get under the car and remove the bolts that hold it on
should be the same spot

 

do you hafto take off the plastic skid guard
or just the inner wheel well..?
One bolt is easy to get to
but the one closest to the front is
a bi@*%.

 

well you dont have to take it all out, just unscrew/remove a few fasteners and move it outta the way

 

ok,
Thanks man big help.!

,Matt

 

yeah it's kindda tight space down there but if you move around a bit, you will be able to take it out.

good luck!

 

FYI, after the removal of the stock air intake arm and airbox, your resonator becomes dead weight. It is useless and has no effect on airflow. Remove the biatch.

 

When I removed mine, I removed the passenger side front tire. It is right there and that will give you plenty of room. Maybe you don't have a 6th gen, I don't remember.

 

You don't have to remove ur front tire... just turn your wheel all the way to the left and you should have enough room. There should be about 3 bolts if i remember correctly. One of which is a pain in the *** to get off. Once you get all the bolts off you should be able to yank it out pretty easily.

 

heh, actually come to think of it thats the first thing i did when i got my car was remove the resonator

 

I changed my oil first.

 

well i did that too, went and got a case of redline =D

 

that stuff really worth it? It seems Mobil 1 synthetic has always worked fine for me.

 

mobile 1 !!!!All theway..

 

i use redline for tranny fluid, and mobil1 for engine oil.

 

Yeah first thing i did to my car was remove the resonator also... then all my friends asked me to remove theirs as well. Removed it from 3 civics, 2 4cyl accords, a v6 accord and 3.0 cl in a day or two.

 

Also since the stock intake was removed removla of the resonator will not change the tone of the car or make it louder.