I have a (see my username). What's the deal with the intake? It takes in semi-cool air behind the hood, sends it thru some sort of 'resonator', then thru the air filter and to the intake. What's the deal with the resonator? It's not actually in the air path, so why is it there? Would I get better airflow if I perforated it? What if I removed it all together and patched the front intake pipe directly into the airbox?

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the resonator is a bitch to get out, so just yank than piece of hose/plastic that connects the airbox to the resonator and pipe over radiator. won't do much good with the stock filter, just makes it sound deeper. do this with a K&N and it's one hellofa clean looking intake.

 

Pulling it's not a problem. I have to take the bumper off soon to fit a trim panel back in and redo my headlights. So should I get rid of the resonator entirely, drill a lot of holes in it, or what? I'm looking for maximum performance, minimum cost. I don't feel like putting any more money into the car.

 

I think the general consensus was that the factory has a desire to make a civil car. That resonator is just there to control the intake "howl". You can take it out, it probably doesn't gain any hp but it *sounds* like it does . After all its fluid dynamics, you can only flow as much as the smallest cross-sectional area. So everything is still going into that little hole in the airbox. I think that's the smallest area, if not its the intake rubber arm or TB or hole-between-arm&filter.

Personally I always liked that sound, first low-buck thing I do for friends with Honda's. It's kinda funny tho, the intake noise will be louder than the (stock) exhaust noise.

From a performance standpoint, you do loose the weight of whatever you take out (1-2lbs)... every little bit helps . Since I guess you have a sedan, I don't recall the front bumper having foglight cutouts. But what I did with the CRX that had them was:

1) cut the right side fog lamp opening
2) get a short length of heater hose from hardware store
3) screw one end into the stock airbox (you can open the hole up, will help fitment and flow)
4) use some string or tywraps or something to fasten it the other end to the fog lamp opening

Cheap cold/ram air intake.


[Modified by XrcR6, 9:58 AM 4/26/2002]