horse power up?

[HKrpS13]

Last night I took out the box (resonator) on the stock intake and sealed the hole so that there's no leak, and went to sleep without test driving.
This morning when I was driving to work, it felt like the gas pedal was more lighter and was accelerating much faster.
Is this something that's supose to happen? Is there anything bad for the car?
This was on a 91' 240SX

[mrdirty]

why would u seal the hole? Some cooler-than-engine-bay air's gotta come thru there...

I felt a bit of a difference but think it's mostly psychological like: it took me 30min so  it MUST have done something...

I dunno, maybe..

[tnord]

throttle response should be better, hence why it feels faster. but the increase in hp should be negligable

[boosteds14]

now all u need is some NOS OCTANE BOOSTER and the thing will feel like a 10's car <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>

[wherezmytofu]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (tnord @ May 20 2002,3:43)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">throttle response should be better, hence why it feels faster. but the increase in hp should be negligable</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
jajajaja...liek tnord say it's just throttle response at wot it is the same hp i garenti &nbsp;<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

[240meowth]

i think it's mostly in the head, 'cause it sounds louder, and it does give you HP increase, but i don't think it's enough to say, wow, i gained 15hp!

but it does give you like 5hpish

[wherezmytofu]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (240meowth @ May 21 2002,01:30)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">i think it's mostly in the head, 'cause it sounds louder, and it does give you HP increase, but i don't think it's enough to say, wow, i gained 15hp!

but it does give you like 5hpish</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
WITH?!? all he did was seal a leaking resatator leak.....not the header &nbsp;<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'>

[DSC]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (240meowth @ May 21 2002,02:30)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">i think it's mostly in the head, 'cause it sounds louder, and it does give you HP increase, but i don't think it's enough to say, wow, i gained 15hp!

but it does give you like 5hpish</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
I've seen people gain ~6hp from a full intake...1ish would be closer to the gains he MAY have.

[wherezmytofu]

6 hp just from intake &nbsp;<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/whatsthat.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':whatthe:'> ...i think more like 4 max!

[DSC]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (wherezmytofu @ May 21 2002,03:59)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">6 hp just from intake <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/whatsthat.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':whatthe:'> ...i think more like 4 max!</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
I saw the dyno. &nbsp;Also people have gained much higher, low to mid double digit HP gains even...(FA members, MAV and one other)...just from intake.
I believe ~6hp is the more common number.

[wherezmytofu]

dynos......hmmmmmmm ic &nbsp;<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/lookaround.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':look:'>

[HKrpS13]

What are you guy's talking about? Is'nt the resonator something like a noise filter? It's between the o2 sensor and the throttole body. I covered the hole because I didn't have the right size filtter and I didn't want the engine(?) to suck dusts and stuffs.

This has nothing to do with this but a friend of mine that drives an Integra took his filter box and everything that comes after that and put a "stocking" where the filtter box used to be conected. &nbsp;<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'> I was cracking up <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>

[DSC]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (HKrpS13 @ May 21 2002,4:51)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">What are you guy's talking about? Is'nt the resonator something like a noise filter? It's between the o2 sensor and the throttole body. I covered the hole because I didn't have the right size filtter and I didn't want the engine(?) to suck dusts and stuffs.

This has nothing to do with this but a friend of mine that drives an Integra took his filter box and everything that comes after that and put a "stocking" where the filtter box used to be conected. <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'> I was cracking up <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
Its a noise filter (or resonating chamber rather) under your stock air box containing the pos square air filter.
You don't have to seal the hole because it's before your filter so any air coming in through the hole would still have to pass through the filter.

Any more details on the box you removed? I've heard that there is another one you can remove but I've heard of people having problems after removing it...

[HKrpS13]

<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'>??? The one I removed is after the filtter!

[tnord]

first of all, i highly doubt there's any other "box" after the filter.

dave- i removed my resonator box, no problems. better throttle response, sounds good, and maybe a couple hp with the K&N plate installed.

[Bbandit]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (HKrpS13 @ May 22 2002,6:08)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'>??? The one I removed is after the filtter!</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
i think the box you removed was the battery... hehe.. j/k &nbsp;<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/thumbs-up.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':thumbsup:'>

[DSC]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (tnord @ May 22 2002,02:44)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">first of all, i highly doubt there's any other "box" after the filter.

dave- i removed my resonator box, no problems. better throttle response, sounds good, and maybe a couple hp with the K&N plate installed.</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
There is SOMETHING else you can remove. &nbsp;near the battery side of the radiator IIRC.

And travis, I know there's nothing wrong with takeing your resinator box off, i did it ~5 months ago. &nbsp;I heard there was problems with takeing off the thing he was talking about.

[HKrpS13]

Thats the one I'm talking about, the one close to the battery. I haven't had any problems driving without it, for now? Anyone else taken this off before? If you haven't try it and see how it is.

[tnord]

by the battery huh.......never noticed it........time to go take a look