jaime2309

Does anyone know what the side effects are of removing the air intake silencer?Are there any bad things about doing this?

antwaan

I havent heard anything bad bout it.

tbirdscwd

Removing the silencer will not cause any problems. Just take it off and enjoy an extra couple of hp. BTW get yourself a drop in K+N filter while your at it.

sleeping stallion

yea just add a k&n air filter dont waist 200 or so on a cai not worth the money unless its jlt. and full bolt ons

tcuallstar

besides the fact that it looks alot better, you will notice better gains with an aftermarket system simply because air is entering the filter from every angle instead of one single spot on the airbox. i have the K&n FIPK system and its great, the fenderwell systems really make it a biach to service the filter when you need to.

MU71L4710N

no cai is worth the money on a 2v unless you just have to have under the hood chrome or cosmetics.

k+n drop in with silencer removed will net you the same gains as a 200$ CAI.

SOHCtimes2

Definately don't waste money on a CAI, remove the silencer and save the $200 toward a F/I.

JayDs Ibanez

just think of it like breathing with puckered lips and gasping, big difference and plus k&n filter

cliffyk

We dynoed my '03 (in December of '06 just after I bought it) with the stock airbox, filter, and silencer; and with the airbox and filter removed (open MAF)--there was NO statistically meaningful difference in the numbers, none, zilch, nada. I'll see if I still have the files.[/align][/align]That said I do have the silencer cut-back so that it still enters the wheel well by 3/4" or so, but doesn't have the necked down snoot anymore.[/align][/align]If anyone has any back-to-back dyno runs (thatarenot from a filter or CAI manufacturer) showing that any filter or CAI actually provides any meaningful increase I'd love to see 'em...[/align]

MU71L4710N

jay thats cool in theory...but you must not understand how poorly these 2v's take to boltons.

stock they dyno 225-230rwhp, with FULL boltons (longtube headers, midpipe, catback, pulleys, tb+plen, CAI) you only put down about 255-260hp.