i just took the silencer off of my stock intake for now, was wondering if peopel that have done it noticed a diff in anything? maybe even better or worse mpg?

thanks

 

Before I bought my CAI I took mine out. I didn't notice anything but the sound from sucking more air. They say you gain 5-8 hp but its not enough to feel.

 

Maybe a very little shot in the butt and a fractional increase in mileage but no biggies. If you want to notice a big change in intake boost you have to do the intake shuffle.....new plenum, throttle body and cold air intake. Your current air intake without the silencer is similar to the common CAI's. You need an "in-fender", cold air model to add a little more yet. The triple combo will give you a noticable boost as they are all meant to work best together. The silencer alone will do very little unless you are currently pushing very high horsepower levels.

 

I took it off and now I notice a popping sound when letting the RPMs drop. I like it

 

might wanna have that popping looked at since your young. Do you know what backfiring sounds like?

 

uh oh... I dont know what it is exactly... Sounds bad?

 

i think mine might start to pop as well, shat!!!

 

My old 1994 5.0 used to pop like that, as does my friends 96 GT. My 99 does not pop without silencer. I think the popping might be because of the mufflers you are using, but the 96 did backfire a lot at really high RPMs and when he power-shifted[:-].

 

took mine off....not a big change small think....just makes ya feel cool

 

what are the advantages, just the intake noise and maybe a little power or is their none?