July 18, 200917 yr comment_359722 guys during a bit of maintainence this weekend i found sumthing, and would like some help as to what it is and why its there. standing in front of my AE112 looking at the engine bay, its in the lower right hand cavity between the bumper and the wheel. its a big white plastic bottle with 4 tiny drain hole in the bottom, but it attaches to the underside of the air intake piping. if you remove the foglight cover you can see it also, i always assumed that it was the bottom of my radiator overflow bottle. am trying to upload pics, but its not letting me at the moment the only reason i can think of as to why its there is if any water gets into the intake piping it will drain into that tank, but, why a catch tank and why the holes in the catchtank wouldnt a simple drill hole or 2 in the underside of the hose be sufficient. i am considering removing said bottle so i can re-route my intake hose to pick up cleaner cooler air. so my question is: WTF is that bottle for? & Do i need it? Report
July 18, 200917 yr comment_359729 it is a resonator chamber. it eliminates the "gutteral howl" of your intake system under varying driving conditions.... You probably don't NEED it but your car will sound noticably different without it. Robert. Report
July 21, 200917 yr comment_360392 yeah it's just an induction muffler to keep the intake quieter from the factory. and it just has the drains in them so they don't slowly fill with water over time. Matt Report
July 21, 200917 yr Author comment_360409 cheers guys ive taken it out, it hasnt made too much difference to the noice, maybe a tiny bit louder, but it sound nice. plus i now have plenty of room to set up sum sort of cold-air pickup Report
July 22, 200917 yr comment_360497 cheers guysive taken it out, it hasnt made too much difference to the noice, maybe a tiny bit louder, but it sound nice. plus i now have plenty of room to set up sum sort of cold-air pickup Read THIS if you want a bit more info on what they are and how they work. I removed mine ages ago and fed my CAI through the hole in the guard, straight bit of pipe with a single bend and a pod filter at the end behind the front bumper AE112 engine bays are pretty similar to the AE102s, pretty sure. Report
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