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Old 12-13-2006, 06:30 AM
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Can anyone tell me what purpose the airbox serves that mounts the end of your intake hose in the front compartment of the engine..?
It has two tubes coming off of the intake hose entering a huge empty plastic box that I'm just dying to remove. Does it help to circulate air before getting to the filter, possibly for catching bigger debris? I'm kinda confused... all manuals only refer to changing the air filter in the airbox but I can't find anything regarding this piece. Any help would be appreciated...

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Old 12-13-2006, 07:52 AM
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Yeah I'm wondering about this too. Haha
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Old 12-13-2006, 10:47 AM
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It's there to decrease noise basically...removal of it really doesn't hurt.
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Old 12-13-2006, 11:15 AM
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keep it unless you get a short ram intake or cold ram intake.

it's there to help quieten the noise your OEM intake makes while accelerating. it also helps filter out a lot of the dust floating around under your hood.

your OEM filter may not be able to handle all that dust being sucked directly into the intake and get clogged pretty fast.

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Old 12-13-2006, 11:34 AM
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Dust? What dust? Last time I looked my airbox had no dust in it...all it had was a roach
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Old 12-13-2006, 11:46 AM
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its there to look ****ty and take up room
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Old 12-13-2006, 11:48 AM
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its there to look ****ty and take up room

exactly...
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Old 12-13-2006, 11:53 AM
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i guess this time of the year, there ain't that much dust in the air. just make sure you clean it off more than usuall............
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Old 12-13-2006, 12:28 PM
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Dust? What dust? Last time I looked my airbox had no dust in it...all it had was a roach

that's because the airbox was doing it's job...
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Old 12-13-2006, 01:48 PM
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If it was there should be dust in it
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