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Old Jul 23, 2007
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air silencer mod

hey guys...just wanted to know before i did the air silencer mod in the how-to section...........does it wistle pretty good?(like a cold air intake/throttle body spacer) i just got my factory piping and airbox with a k&n airfilter now...see any gains? or better fuel economy?
 
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Old Jul 23, 2007
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I didnt notice a diffrence at all.
 
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Old Jul 23, 2007
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Yeah, i didn`t notice any change either.
 
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Old Jul 23, 2007
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no real change here
 
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Old Jul 23, 2007
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It sounds much better. Then mod your box by making the hole bigger and it then sounds better yet. As for more HP, eh. It may have better throttle response.
 
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Old Jul 23, 2007
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made my motor 2x louder
 
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Old Jul 27, 2007
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do diff just louder.

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Old Jul 27, 2007
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i cut the whole front of my airbox out, sounded good... performance wise... hmm i duno bout that
 
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Old Jul 30, 2007
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just did it two days ago!

Not much sound diff and no more hp in the seat. I dont know about fuel mileage yet.
 
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Old Jul 30, 2007
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did do anything to my truck.. just a little louder
 
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Old Jul 30, 2007
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Originally Posted by red_fx2
i cut the whole front of my airbox out, sounded good... performance wise... hmm i duno bout that

thats what i did, it sounds ok..


no performance tho
 
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Old Aug 13, 2007
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yeah same here i just took out the snorkle part, its loud at start up/idle and when you get on the gas a little, its faintly noticeable though plus i have exhuast so it kinda drowns out the intake when i romp on my b**** - Jay
 
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Old Aug 13, 2007
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I didn't notice a darn thing.
 
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Old Aug 13, 2007
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i took mine out and didnt notice any difference so i put it back in... less likely to get water in the intake with it in there
 
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