I was checking out Teamforwardsracing.com's tutorial section today and i came across removing your Intake Resonator located here-

http://www.teamforwardmotion.com/tfmtech/j-body/performance/intake_resonator_removal.htm

What benefits does this give you and what the hell does an intake resonator do to begin with (and dont tell me resonate the intake pls lol)

NM my lazy ass did a search should have in the first place i know i know but still one question when you remove that peice do you need to replace it with anything like a pipe or whatever? looks as thoguh theres gonna be a big space once i take it out

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do you need to replace it with anything like a pipe or whatever

no



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wait, if you just go cut your resonator off your car right now, yeah there is going to be a big gap between pipes...and your exhaust wont even be getting to the muffler, and your car will be loud as hell, so yeah i'd recomment replacing it with a pipe

ya thats what i was thinking but then again why would they show a tutorial on how to take something off without replacing it?

Alero_ecotec, and original poster, you seem to be confusing the exhaust resonator with what that tutorial calls the air "intake resonator" or "bong". Different sides of the engine.

I don't know what engine that tutorial is for, but on the 2.2L Ecotecs, at least in my 03 Sunfire, the "intake resonantor" appears to be the same as the lower air filter box housing. It can be removed through the top of the engine (after shifting the battery forward). But you wouldn't want to take it out (the air filter comes with it) without replacing it with something--like a cone air filter.

oh, thats my bad, i thought we were talking about the resinator on the exhaust

After looking more at the tutorial (figures: coming soon--too bad...). I don't think the intake resonator and the lower filter assembly are the same thing.

Hey Gerald,
Your registry says you have a "Working Ram Air Intake", which is warm air intake or short ram intake? In that case, there is no point in removing the bong. Your air flow is not going through the bong, so there is no restriction. Taking it out might actually hamper air flow into your engine bay. The bong right now is acting like a bit of a plug in the fender compartment.

basically it dosent do sh*t, if you have an aftermarket intake just take it out, its funny cause it actually looks like a bong, it would be more useful it you made it into a bong... lata

i pulled mine out for one reason:

i my battery terminal screw rolled off the battery and down inside the bong. so i pulled the whole thing out.




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Ok so lemme get this straight then if you have aftermarket intake you should take it out , for what the 1 pound weight reduction? And Ray i got the RK Sport ram air hood and i just took my old stock airbox and made a hole matchup where the induction hole in the hood is and made a gasket and a protective grate over it, so i guess u could call it whatever air is outside intake... hot day WAI cold day CAI lol. So this would actually mess up my intake by taking it out correct? because the air wouldnt be reaching the TB? Im just asking these questions do to the fact theres no pics for the tutorial and i dont wanna jack my car up and take it apart for no reason typing is easier =P thx for any help or answers ahead of time guys gotta run to work

With an aftermarket intake, as far as I can tell, weight reduction is the only advantage. I don't think that taking it out helps airflow (ie. cooler) around the engine, and that doesn't apply to you anyways. Your ram setup sounds really interesting. Do you have a picture? I can't visualize where you're matching to the stock airbox. Did you cut the bottom off and flip it upsidedown?

I found a picture of the bong, thanks to MeltdOwn350 aka cOdy

I cut the upper most part of the airbox above the drop in filter (its where the hole is set for the ram air on the hood) as far as pics i need a new digicam =\ its a pretty nice setup cant tell much of a diffrence between it and my old WAI until i reach 50+, more speed more air im still gonna test both after i do my exhuast see which i prefer not gonna dyno it though to much time and $$ for something simple

Here is a pic of what he is talking about:



I need to re-gasket mine, but this'll give you an idea anyway.


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JD what did you use for a gasket thats looks alot neater then mine i kinda just mickey moused an ugly peice of rubber i got at home depot lol

it makes it louder, thats it



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Ok still nobody has answered the question so i'll ask it in full and hope for a full response =P

I have working ramair on my stock airbox, will removing the Intake Resonator leave a big gap behind going from my airbox to my TB?? and if so can i just use a peice of tubing to reconnect it so i get a smoother transaction of air seeing that thing looks pretty restrictful i'd rather just make something with less bends if possible

I actually used a piece of cheap weather stripping (lol) that i cut nicks in for the sharp bends, and just compressed the wide bends into shape and glued it in place with silicone gasket sealer.

As for your question, I'll take a shot at it by telling you the idea I had for mine, and the experts here can tell me if its worth the trouble or not.

What I've thought of doing (assuming I don't go with my alternate plan of putting a short ram on it and cutting the hood outlet hole to fit over it) is to remove the bong, remove the lower airbox housing, plug the holes leading in from teh bong and the current intake hole and fabricating (probably with dryer hose or the like) a connection from that hole and gasket (leaving enough of that piece to hold it in place) making a smooth curve from the intake directly up to the filter (held in place by just enough of the lower airbokx to serve as a frame work. As far as the filter falling out, flexi-cuffs (sometimes called zip-strips, or plastic tiebacks) wrapped under the filter and over the airbox top work just fine- I did that on my Focus with a K&N filter and never had any trouble with it at all. Alternately, you could just leave the upper part of the lower airbox intact with a hole in the bottom for the new piping. Anyway, that's my idea. I'd like to hear what y'all think.


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I have working ramair on my stock airbox, will removing the Intake Resonator leave a big gap behind going from my airbox to my TB?

So you want to have airflow into your box from two directions? If you block off the bottom, are you worried that not enough air can get in through your ram?

Also, at high speeds, when their may be a real ram effect, wouldn't having the bottom hole (leading to the bong) open take away from that?