cobalt123
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Disclaimer: I cant take credit for the how-to, if its yours pm me will discuss it there.
Well, I got an answer to all you 2.2L guys looking to get a little more HP and Throttle response out of you 2.2L's that won't cost you a penny. Basically I removed the factory silencer out of the front of the air box which i didnt think was so big until I pulled it out of there. Looks stock, But It made a huge difference in throttle response, no more sluggish delayed response when you hit the gas, and it sounds better with a nice deep tone when you get on it. hope you all enjoy it, next will be a cheap custom pipe from the other side of the box to the throttle body.
1. remove headlight and headlight bracket:
2. remove the entire silencer assembly from the car, which you then have a huge open space.
3. This is the air silencer. Very restrictive...
4. This is the stock base of the factory airbox.
5. This is the whole on which the factory silencer tube was running though. Now it is just in the open space which if you have factory fog lights the grates will allow cold air to rush in there. If not there is plenty of cold are coming in from the side of the radiator and the body.
finally re-install the headlight bracket and the factory airbox and it looks perfectly stock it will not void any warranties that I know of.
Hope this help everyone, like I said the sound and the throttle response alone is pretty amazing. As far as mileage not sure yet, but I will comment on that as soon as I see what it does.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtpB6ZR25x0&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtpB6ZR25x0
Well, I got an answer to all you 2.2L guys looking to get a little more HP and Throttle response out of you 2.2L's that won't cost you a penny. Basically I removed the factory silencer out of the front of the air box which i didnt think was so big until I pulled it out of there. Looks stock, But It made a huge difference in throttle response, no more sluggish delayed response when you hit the gas, and it sounds better with a nice deep tone when you get on it. hope you all enjoy it, next will be a cheap custom pipe from the other side of the box to the throttle body.
1. remove headlight and headlight bracket:
2. remove the entire silencer assembly from the car, which you then have a huge open space.
3. This is the air silencer. Very restrictive...
4. This is the stock base of the factory airbox.
5. This is the whole on which the factory silencer tube was running though. Now it is just in the open space which if you have factory fog lights the grates will allow cold air to rush in there. If not there is plenty of cold are coming in from the side of the radiator and the body.
finally re-install the headlight bracket and the factory airbox and it looks perfectly stock it will not void any warranties that I know of.
Hope this help everyone, like I said the sound and the throttle response alone is pretty amazing. As far as mileage not sure yet, but I will comment on that as soon as I see what it does.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtpB6ZR25x0&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtpB6ZR25x0
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!!! the difference is amazing
. It's like an extremely strong plastic rivit or something, can't even reach it. Was I supposed to take the air box off first? because that thing is so hard to take out. :S Also, if I do end up successfully taking it out, I could just put it back in if I wanted to right? Because there's a bolt at the bottom of the silencing tube and the tube sticks up in the bottom of the box, so it would hold itself up..?
