Is this a stupid idea?

[MadDawg]

I was curious what kinda benifits i would get if i took the resinator off the stock intake air box thing, ive already tried the intake things in the past but i was hanging out with a friend of mine who has a late 90's ls1 camaro z28 and he was telling me about his custom cai setup and what his stock intake looked like, and i got to thinking what my car would do/sound like if i took it off...

i have a 96 camry le (5sfe)... anything i need to do if i take it off that needs to be done so the car dont freak out?

[Ferrat]

Lol, it makes my Gen2 Camry sound like a beast :P even without any exhuast mods lol. It shouldn't hurt taking it off.

Cheers
Matt

[felonyr301]

what does it look like on the gen 3.5 camry i mean exactly so i wont mess up mines...lol

[MadDawg]

well what i was asking, is there any air sensors hooked upto it, i know theres a spool of air sensors attached to it that have nothing to do with the resonator, so if i take it off, what should i use to wrap the big hole where the resonator was at... i cant really think of anything, a jar lid? LOL i have no idea, give me an idea because i am missing my intake ram sound right now but i need the fuel economy as much as possible.

[Ferrat]

mmm, i'm pretty sure, all connections are made along the intake. but there should be none on the resonator. You should be able to see. Just look at it.

Cheers
Matt

[JetspeedCamry]

It will do nothing for anything else but sound. Those are put there to make it all quiet. If u remove it, it may sound a bit more throaty through the intake. Thats all.

[midnightmach]

I've heard alot of ppl talk about this, what is the intake resonator and what does it look like? Before the air filter, after? Inform me please

[JetspeedCamry]

Not a Camry, but you get the idea...



It's basiclly chamber, pre-airfilter, connected to the "stock CAI"/air induction pipe. It quietens the incoming air charge and creates a vortex effect for even air dispersion over the air filter.

[felonyr301]

so take it off and leave it like that for my gen 3.5 and thats it and besides noise would it affect mpg ??

[ghettosled]

i did this on my previous nissan frontier. it made the motor a little louder, but i didnt feel any power gains. oh, and i used those rubber expansion plugs to plug up the holes.

[CAMRYTUNER20]

well it kinda makes my I4 sound Like a V8!!!

[Pineapple]

Originally Posted by JetspeedCamry

It's basiclly chamber, pre-airfilter, connected to the "stock CAI"/air induction pipe. It quietens the incoming air charge and creates a vortex effect for even air dispersion over the air filter.

It also trap heavier dust, dirt in there so they don't reach the filter. It'll help the filter last a bit longer. I'll leave the hole open into the fender cause its cold air in there.

[MadDawg]

Originally Posted by Pineapple

It also trap heavier dust, dirt in there so they don't reach the filter. It'll help the filter last a bit longer. I'll leave the hole open into the fender cause its cold air in there.

i wouldnt do that if i were you, because the resonator is after the air filter, so if you leave it open to the engine dirt and oil and dust, you will be doing more damage to your engine than anything else

[TeamRedLinePerf]

If you're looking to upgrade the intake setup on your Gen3 5SFE we do offer a direct bolt-on 1-piece mandrel bent CAI for your vehicle.

Luis
Team Redline Performance

[mescalito]

theres two resonators on the 5sfe, and one on the 3vz/1mz

4cyl: inside fender/attatched to intake tube near throttle body
6cyl: inside fender

You can remove them - it will just make your intake a little louder, which I reccomend doing