Is this another resonator?

[TX2000]

is this another resonator??

and it can be removed?

[Da 6]

ummm....goldwing you get that far at "familiaizing" yourself with the engine yet? would say iac bit its way before the tb...?

[TX2000]

the thing is befor the tb and it is only holded by 2 screws

oh and i got it out hehe coudnt resist... (btw i covered the hole that it left)

[Loose]

My limited experience would lend me to believe that thing is a sound baffler or so sort of device for the ELEV design. Goldwing is very knowledgable w/ these things so ask him for clarification.
Tim

[Loose]

the thing is befor the tb and it is only holded by 2 screws

oh and i got it out hehe coudnt resist... (btw i covered the hole that it left)
Don't cover the hole on the bottom of the air box. That is where your car now gets air from.

[TX2000]

nono i covered the hole that "the thing" left because it is after the filter.. the bottom hole is open

[Loose]

nono i covered the hole that "the thing" left because it is after the filter.. the bottom hole is open
OIC. iIn that case congrats and welome to the resonator-less population who burn more gas because they love the sound of thier 3 w/o that giant POS thing on thier car.

Tim

[goldwing2000]

I'd have to agree with the consensus. Since it has no other inlets, outlets, wires or doors (does it?) it pretty much has to be an expansion resonator.

Since it's peripheral to the air flow, I don't see how removing it will have any benefit, though. I'm just going to leave mine on until I install the CAI. Since it gets removed with a CAI installation, it can't be that important, now can it? :p

[Da 6]

yeah good point...I lost a entire vad and sensor with the cai...it serves some purpose but nobody knows.... entirely since that bellows tube is replaced with a coupler from aem...

[malebastard]

so no one knows what this is and what it does???

[Mr. Win]

prob for mositure

[goldwing2000]

so no one knows what this is and what it does???

Like I said, "Since it has no other inlets, outlets, wires or doors it pretty much has to be an expansion resonator."

They have similar things on household plumbing to control expansion and noise. This is the first time I've seen one on a car, though. They must have been going really nuts with trying to keep this thing quiet.

[Nathan G]

is this another resonator??

and it can be removed?
I see ground wires! I'm picking up a set soon. Could you help me out with your connection points?

[TX2000]

i just did my own set of ground wires...

from battery to engine block and ETB and from the ETB to the fuel rail

[TX2000]

this is where it was..

[TX2000]

ok i was driving around and noticed that i can hear more the "whoosh" when the engine is breathing..

[prboy3]

Hi Forum..
Well "TX2000" looks like you are from my island... please if you have messenger add me to your contacts...nice buddy for 3'ing is pretty good...Have a BlackMica Mazda3 Sp HB AUTO...one question?
How did you cover the hole when you took out the "resonator"? Is it worth it?
Take Care..
PRBOY3

[TX2000]

well i just noticed that it sound better now but is a pain to get it out so i say leave it there... u wont ger any performance gains..

BTW prboy3 PM me with ur email so i can add you to my messenger list

[carperformance3]

That "resonator" is just an intake muffler. They've actually been putting them on cars for years, and its sole purpose is to keep intake noise down by providing extra air when you need it so you don't hear it sucking from the outside air. Take a look at a Subaru under the hood, they have a quite a few.

[goldwing2000]

Resonator and muffler are different names for the same thing.

[TuRbOtEcTicS]

by removing the intake resontaor, did you notice any power gains and better gas mileage?

[Loose]

by removing the intake resontaor, did you notice any power gains and better gas mileage?
I percieved better power and better mileage but I took the res off just after the break-in period so I may have been that.

[goldwing2000]

by removing the intake resontaor, did you notice any power gains and better gas mileage?

Any real gains were minimal but the "woot-woot" factor was WAY up. (cool)

[Loose]

Any real gains were minimal but the "woot-woot" factor was WAY up. (cool)
I could have gone slower as long as I had the "woot-woot"

[goldwing2000]

I could have gone slower as long as I had the "woot-woot"
Damn right. (rockon)

[TuRbOtEcTicS]

I percieved better power and better mileage but I took the res off just after the break-in period so I may have been that.
OIC. iIn that case congrats and welome to the resonator-less population who burn more gas because they love the sound of thier 3 w/o that giant POS thing on thier car.

Tim
didnt you say that you burn more gas with the resonator off

[goldwing2000]

didnt you say that you burn more gas with the resonator off

That's not because of the lack of a resonator, it's because it sounds so cool when you open the throttle. That's the "woot-woot" factor we were talking about. :D

[Loose]

didnt you say that you burn more gas with the resonator off
What I said was you burn more gas because you step on the gas harder to get the "woot-woot" sound from the resonator being off. If you drive the car in the highest gear possible and don't bring the rpm's over 3500 you will get great gas mileage even though yotook the resonator off.

Questions:
1. Did you take the res off?
2. If so, have you taken the car out and put your foot to the firewall?
3. Did you hear the diffrence w/o the resonator?

If you ansewred yes to #3 then you now know the "woot-woot"

Tim

[Loose]

Goldwing types too damm fast. LOL.

[TuRbOtEcTicS]

i havent taken it out yet but i know that woot woot sound. also sounds like woooooomp woooomp! LOL (rofl)

[goldwing2000]

Goldwing types too damm fast. LOL.

(hah) (burnout)