Gen. 1 Intake silencer remove

by **BLACK V6** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 8:35 pm

Midias wrote:
BLACK V6 wrote:Sorry to be a noob and make people repeat things but is there something I can simply remove from the airbox to get more sound? I don't care about power I just want a quick cheap mod to get some sound. Pictures wouldbe nice too.

You can remove the air box if you dont care about your engine

No Thanks.

by **Ilovemylara** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 8:38 pm

Do exactly as I said above and you'll gain lots more sound...

by **SleeperSolara** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 7:08 pm

Just take the snorkel off behind the fuse box.
You just have to:

1. Take the air box out.
2. Take the battery out.
3. Open your fuse box next to the battery and air box, and use 10mm box wrench, there's only 2 bolts.
4. Then once you the get the bolts loose, pull the fuse box out abit, and then there should be another 10mm bolt that hold the snorkel to the car.
5. Unbolt that bolt that holds the snorkel.
6. Pull the snorkel out.
7. Put everythin' back like fusebox, battery, and airbox.

After you have everythin' like the airbox, battery, and fuse box bolted back up, go for alittle drive and you'll notice the sound better.

by **RandySolara** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:57 am

Midias wrote:
BLACK V6 wrote:Sorry to be a noob and make people repeat things but is there something I can simply remove from the airbox to get more sound? I don't care about power I just want a quick cheap mod to get some sound. Pictures wouldbe nice too.

You can remove the air box if you dont care about your engine

LOL thats wat i thought hahaahah when engineer make the car they did alot of research/test/think for safety/protection/prevention, even Injen SRI do heavy test on their SRI, what make u think to mod ur car this way ? any cheap homemake mod would work for awhile but it wont last forever well for Solara gen1.1.5, nothing is for free. It is ur choice though, i just wanna state out some info.

by **RandySolara** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:02 am

BLACK V6 wrote:
Midias wrote:
BLACK V6 wrote:Sorry to be a noob and make people repeat things but is there something I can simply remove from the airbox to get more sound? I don't care about power I just want a quick cheap mod to get some sound. Pictures wouldbe nice too.

You can remove the air box if you dont care about your engine

No Thanks.

Just get Injen for 200$ u have warranty n no worry.

I like ur custom light look like Evil Angel's eye.

by **BLACK V6** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 6:23 pm

Okay, completed. I still have to paint it I just wanted to test it out. Is this right? I didn't notice a whole lot of extra sound. I guess i'll remove the snorkel too.

I connected the brass fitting to the vacuum tube thing like on the original resonator. Was this wrong? Here is a pic.

by **Midias** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 6:31 pm

looks fine to me

by **BLACK V6** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 6:37 pm

Hmm. I guess i'll remove the snorkel too. I'll post a vid here in a minute and lets see if you all think it sounds different than stock.

by **Midias** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 6:38 pm

BLACK V6 wrote:Hmm. I guess i'll remove the snorkel too. I'll post a vid here in a minute and lets see if you all think it sounds different than stock.

Probably wont just a little more buzzy

by **Ilovemylara** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 6:42 pm

Looking good man. hey, if your daring enough and have a dremel, you could cut the filterbox completly off. Just cut it at the the very edge of it where it hooks into the intake, right before it turns into the square shape, and a regular cone performance filter on to flow more air. Same benefits of an aftermarket SRI intake PLUS no heat soak! (metal intakes actually transfer heat into the air coming in)

by **D-money** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 6:53 pm

OK, so when i first got my lara before i knew much about intakes i did this with good results- i removed the lower half of the air box and made a clip to hold the filter to the top half just by doing thet it got noticably louder and it felt less restricted

by **BLACK V6** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 6:54 pm

Here it is on the car. The vid is uploading now. 2.5" PVC from Lowes - $10, .5" Threaded Brass Fitting from Lowes - $3. Total of about 20 bucks after paint and about an hour and a half.

by **BLACK V6** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 7:27 pm

Video! Let me know if you think it sounds better. BTW I only revved to 3K (0:14 i think). My parents were upstairs sleeping and I didn't wanna wake em up. Don't flame, I'm 16 I'm allowed to live w/ my parents.

I'll get a better vid tomorrow and I'll also probably take off the snorkel or do a filter box mod.

by **D-money** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 7:28 pm

well i can hear a slight bit more hissing but you dont have the deep growl

by **BLACK V6** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 7:30 pm

D-money wrote:well i can hear a slight bit more hissing but you dont have the deep growl

Exactly what I was wondering. It pisses me off. I'm gonna do something about it tomorrow. It barely sounded different to me at all.

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