did i remove the right piece?

NoKo · Post by **NoKo** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 9:42 pm

I wanted to get rid of the resonator box and i took the top of the air box...the car sounds deep at around 2500 - 3000rpms sounds like im running on a V8, pretty cool but anyways am i in risk of damaging or screwing anything up by doing what i did?

here are pics:

and is this the resonator box? or did i remove something that i wasnt suppose to?

Ntyvirus1 · Post by **Ntyvirus1** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 9:52 pm

yes thats the resonator, might wanna pickup a better filter like a k and n.

rseldner · Post by **rseldner** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 9:53 pm

nope...that's the resonator box alright. heavy piece of junk aint it? this isn't an issue as everyone with a CAI has to remove it. You've pretty much got yourself a ghetto short ram setup there.

Fuzzyneon · Post by **Fuzzyneon** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 10:20 pm

Ntyvirus1 wrote:yes thats the resonator, might wanna pickup a better filter like a k and n.

witch i have one for sale mmmmmmmmmmmmmm

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 10:54 pm

NoKo wrote:sounds like im running on a V8

That would be one gross sounding V8 if that were true.

You aren't in danger of anything by removing the lid or the resonator. We could go on for pages and pages about "ZOMG DON'T REMOVEZ TEH LID!!1!" but in all seriousness, you won't hurt anything. It 'might' increase air temps, but you see the same thing with a hot intake manifold anyways.

NoKo · Post by **NoKo** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 6:35 pm

well i drove around without it for sometime now, car sounds great..it even feels like i gained some hp. now im thinking, i gotta put some kind of a scoop at the bottom like an upside down hood scoop, to collect the cold air, cuz now i got one big empty space where the resonator was and a hole for the tube that was attached to the air box. good idea or no? or when winter comes it will become a shovel and break ): i think i just answered my own question

EDIT: Heres what i mean

Post by **Canada** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 6:48 pm

If you want to do it affordably, just buy one of the ebay knock off cold air intakes for twenty bucks and it will put your filter down there for you...

rOniN · Post by **rOniN** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 8:08 pm

^^Was just gonna say that

Donkeypuncher · Post by **Donkeypuncher** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 8:26 pm

An intake scoop won't help any, our engines don't flow enough air to benefit from one.

Upgrading the air box to fender tube is all you really need, I used a 2.5" pipe on mine. You can also drill holes in the bottom of the air box for a ghetto intake, it works quite well and doesn't suck in the hot air from the engine bay.

Taking the lid off the air box makes it sound awesome, but the low end power suffers a bit. Once you get above 4k rpms it pulls a little harder, but it's really not worth it to be honest.

Chrysler is pretty good about their intake designs so there really isn't much room to improve. A cold air intake that puts the filer in the wheel well is the only real upgrade worth the money, but the name brands charge way too much for the 3hp you might get.

EDIT: this is my 1200th reply, I guess I'm an official post whore now.

Post by **occasional demons** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 8:33 pm

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OB · Post by OB » Tue Sep 01, 2009 8:50 pm

Taking the airbox lid off completely negates the effect of the (factory) cold air setup. Might sound cool but it sure isn't helping any.

DoubtedNeon · Post by **DoubtedNeon** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 12:18 am

ebay cold air intake with a nicer filter on it would do wonders. especially for the price.

Jenni · Post by **Jenni** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 12:59 pm

at the moment it yells "look i am a ricer cai"...

darthroush · Post by **darthroush** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 1:20 pm

Donkeypuncher wrote:You can also drill holes in the bottom of the air box for a ghetto intake, it works quite well and doesn't suck in the hot air from the engine bay.

Wouldn't it then suck in dirty air since you would be bypassing the air filter?

Donkeypuncher · Post by **Donkeypuncher** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 1:26 pm

We have cone filters directly attached to the throttle body so it's not bypassing the filter. Look at the first post and you'll see what I mean.

The bottom of the air box lid extends down pretty far, so if you drill there it pulls in fresh air just above the transmission.

NoKo · Post by **NoKo** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 2:36 pm

Donkeypuncher wrote:We have cone filters directly attached to the throttle body so it's not bypassing the filter. Look at the first post and you'll see what I mean.

The bottom of the air box lid extends down pretty far, so if you drill there it pulls in fresh air just above the transmission.

he is right!

also http://www.walmart.ca/popups/Canada-Lar ... geId=41752

check that out. that is what i think would be good to attach to the bottom of the car where the resonator was, ricey or not, i just wanna play artound with this car

esfan · Post by **esfan** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 4:03 pm

wow this topic has been discussed for several times. one more thing to improve on your car might be the k&n or aem or any brand high flow filter to get 1-2 hp more i think.

Post by **racer12306** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 9:11 pm

That scoop wouldn't do anymore than the opening on the front of the bumper cover.

Unless you are going to direct it right into the airbox it isn't going to do anything, and even then it's minimal.

Put the lid back on, put the elbow back in and call it a day.

Maddog · Post by **Maddog** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 11:27 am

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did i remove the right piece?

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