[Godzildo]

I'm going to assume this is the same for all years, but mine's a 2000 just in case. The section of intake piping where the MAF is located has two vacuum hoses attached - one going to the valve cover and one to what looks like a reservoir below. Is that lower thing a resonator for the intake?

 

[joehotrod]

if i'm reading you right, it's just an extra airbox to help muffel the intake air noise

 

[RyanD]

if i'm reading you right, it's just an extra airbox to help muffel the intake air noise

yeah, that's what i was thinkin. There are at least 3 resonator boxes in the air intake. One in the fender well, and 2 in the engine bay itself. Maybe more, not sure, i have a 97

 

[jbuffethed]

I took all the resonators off and just have the MAF and the cone. I love the deep throaty sound

 

[RyanD]

I took all the resonators off and just have the MAF and the cone. I love the deep throaty sound

sounds even better with the CAI

"WWWWHHHOOOOOMMMMMMMM!" Man i love it! Sounds like a damn V-8 or VTEC or somethin.

 

[ZKrazy]

i love how the cai makes that sucking noise.

 

[Peterson]

i love how my boyfriend makes that sucking noise.

Sorry, had to do it.

 

[darvocet]

rofl peterson

 

[kenshi]

Is that lower thing a resonator for the intake?

I believe that thing is part of the EVAP system, not a resonator.

 

[altise]

What's the effect on gas milage, performance. . .is it mainly a sound difference?

 

[mrdeucie]

Hi Cory!

 

[RyanD]

What's the effect on gas milage, performance. . .is it mainly a sound difference?

No, there is a power gain in mid range of the rpms. From about 3000 up until 5500 or so. It's sounds really good, but there is a perfromance gain to it.

 

[altise]

Can comeone take a few pics of the area that you're talking about? I'm confused what exactly you all mean. . .

 

[ZKrazy]

haha..peterson..you bastard!

 

[PlatinumAlty]

haha..peterson..you bastard!

lmao

 

[KCPreki11]

So if you take off all 3 resonators (the black boxes), you will get a little performance gain but a deeper sound? Anyside effects? Can you do this even if you don't have a filter, WAI, or CAI?

 

[ketter]

i remember reading in a post before that it is an air resevour, kind of an air-on-demand, so that when you tromp the accelerator and she starts sucking for air, that it will pull some air out of it while the filter is trying to "catch up"

 

[Samir]

That makes a lot of sense. I didn't think that it would just be a resonator of some sort.