im going to take out the intake resonator on my 240 tonight and was wondering if it is better to leave the y pipe in or take it out along with the resonator box? and whats the easiest way to access the box by removing the wheel?

 

Remove the wheel and pull back the wheel well cover and remove the 10mm bolts.

remove all that BS

later, welcome

 

yep, remove the Y pipe, i tinkered with it a wile, its better off.

 

it doesn't really matter much - the more you remove the louder it'll get on WOT, but that's about it

 

Revisiting an old quest? Anyway hook up the help please, again.

Does anyone have pictures on this and is there anything i should know before i do this? And will the Resonator need to be replaced when i get my AEM short ram intake or not. Thanks boys.

 

cut the front of the resonator. easy cold air feed. be sure to add mesh so you dont get leaves or anything blowing up

 

when you have an aftermarket intake you do not need to replace the resonator. Remove the Y-pipe, resonator, and cut off the bottom half of the air box, just leave enough for the clips to latch onto to hold the filter in place

 

Thanks,
wish i had some pics or something i dont know what to go by really anyone with anything? i have to dig up the service manual or something

 

You won't really need the FSM for it, heres some crappy pics of the airbox I just took with my phone




Don't have pics of the resonator but it will what the Y-pipe connects to, can't really miss it.

 

i know about the "y pipe" so the resonator is below that or something? i will just rip it out tomorow!

 

NO!
I hope you are joking, becasue whether there is a splash liner or not, you are GOING to get water into that. It is GOING to become a problem.
I seriously hope you haven't done this, if so please fix it.


The resonator is the box that the Y-pipe leads to. there are two out lets on the y-pipe. On goes to the headlight housing, and the other goes down to the resonator AKA the restrictor box.

To acces the resonator, jack the car up safely. Then remove the left front wheel. Carefully pull back the splash liner, and un bolt the box.
Incredibly easy job to do.

 

i cut the resonator box in addition to cutting the air box itself as s13 240 described. been running like this for over 2 years now. not too wet in socal.

 

finally there is more to go by! thanks Cape 240. i will take a look at her tomorow. Today i installed her new speakers, i hope she likes them..

 

If you're going to be "cheap" at least do it right and spend a minimum amount of money.

Remove everything before the MAF. Then remove the wheel and remove that box( you can put a NOs bottle, or ignition or sumthgin here hidden!!) Then go to Advance Auto parts, or Pep Boys. they have these "intake air filter adapters" which are pretty much universal, they cost 8$. Then mark your holes in it and drill away. then use the bolts from the original box and use them to hold the filter adapter. now asuming that since you where gona cut that plastic to take more air, you where gona buy a K&N filter to add the flow, you might as well buy any type of rounded intake filter such as K&N (which last forever) or even those "APC" will do better than the stock "cotton" thingy. then place that filter (20-30$?) in the adapter, and there: a good 3-4 ponies for 24$, which will severly increase air flow, sound and look better, than some plastic all cut off.

I went even cheaper, I used the inside of a roll of tape which was a cilindrical piece of plastic, and placed it inside the MAF, then placed a K&N filter ofer the excess plastic piece: no adaptor. now the filter....well it was for a V8 mustang and it was 80$. But Best performance part I've ever bought.

 

its not about being cheap its about being a student, paying my own car stuff being 18 and also paying for everything exept living at home with helps out. It also depends how much my check comes in. Im just trying to do a small mod till i get my intake.