Have you tried this to your stock air box?
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I've never heard anything about the airbox being "tuned" internally but I have heard that it is designed to not sound too obnoxious to appeal to the masses and appease the compliance regulators.
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Originally Posted by Austblue,Mar 30 2007, 12:58 PM
I've never heard anything about the airbox being "tuned" internally but I have heard that it is designed to not sound too obnoxious to appeal to the masses and appease the compliance regulators.
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FYI that partition is there to help prevent any water from making it to your filter so removing it is removing a failsafe that may lead to hydro lock. Of course the chances of water getting in there are obvious enough that you can calcualate your individual risk and act accordingly but I thought it was worth pointing out.
Unless you want to like go have a swim in the lake with your S2K i doubt much water getting in.
Also there are little holes on the bottom of the box, thats to let the water out if it does come in and you can see those holes in the pictures above.
Wasn't there something said about the OEM box that it was tuned to maximise air volume and flow using the Helmotz effect? And that any modifications to the box would actually be detrimental to power?
Anyway if spoon says it helps improve flow by removing some of the wall, which i think it does... its pretty worthwhile.
Ofcourse you wont get too much or any gains but the noticeable feel in better response and 'slight' intake noise is worth it
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[QUOTE=Vuey,Mar 30 2007, 01:05 PM] either way, its safe to say that Honda invested $$$ into designing the S2000 for optimum performance from the factory , hence anything done to the stock design is perhaps a step back in progress
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Originally Posted by AusS2000,Mar 30 2007, 02:14 PM
Wouldn't that apply doubly to driving with the lid off?
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Originally Posted by Blackie,Mar 29 2007, 05:36 PM
Wasn't there something said about the OEM box that it was tuned to maximise air volume and flow using the Helmotz effect? And that any modifications to the box would actually be detrimental to power?
Anyway, nice write and pics VGSS2K.
Anyway, nice write and pics VGSS2K.
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the airbox design on our cars is not much different to many modern cars on the market.
Im pretty sure that these dividers and attached air chambers associated with the air intake system are there for
a) to prevent water intake
and b) Resonance chambers (meaning they are there to reduce intake noise and meet pollution and noise regulations etc
ive had mine cut out for a few months now, no complaints, no water
even if a bit of water from driving in the rain were to somehow make its way to the intake, it would have to be enough water to saturate the majority of the filter before any problem occured
i would say its near impossible for water to reach the stock intake location
Im pretty sure that these dividers and attached air chambers associated with the air intake system are there for
a) to prevent water intake
and b) Resonance chambers (meaning they are there to reduce intake noise and meet pollution and noise regulations etc
ive had mine cut out for a few months now, no complaints, no water
even if a bit of water from driving in the rain were to somehow make its way to the intake, it would have to be enough water to saturate the majority of the filter before any problem occured
i would say its near impossible for water to reach the stock intake location
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