so, i was putting in subs the other day and had to remove the back part of the airbox. and well there was some like .. clothy insolation looking stuff in there and my friend said it was just to reduce noise. so i got rid of it. and either its in my head or i gained more tq out if it. is this right or am i just imagining things

 

alright thanks for the replys . haha jk. nobody has ever done this??

 

it could have been a noise reducer OR a fire retardent or maybe something else. where was it exactly? I can't say for sure because i have never seen this stuff in my car before. be careful, it is not safe to take things out of a car without knowing what they do!

 

I don't remember seeing any insulation when I pulled my intake. Do you have a picture of where it came from and what it is?

 

My stock intake didn't have anything like that in it. There was something like that in my old Eclipse, though, so it's possible that your car had it.





And what does the airbox have to do with installing subs?

 

running power cable most likely. And I've never seen this either. take a pic and show it to us.

 

I ran my power cable between the inner and outer fender, then through a big grommet from the wheel well area into the cabin near the fusebox. Nice and neat, there's only about 10 inches of cable visible, plus the fuse holder mounted on the battery tie-down.

+1 for the pic.

 

umm was it your air filter? that was my first thought...

 

now i'm all curious to know what it is....

 

im wondering what CF-ninja is wondering

 

it is defiantly the air filter... according to the shop manual there isn't saposda be anything else in there

 

I just pulled my stock airbox out of the desk drawer it's in and looked. The only part that was not plastic was the air filter.

 

i mean with the air filter out you would get extra air intake, so you would feel like your car has more power.

 

You'd also get extra dirt intake, especially in the Southwest.

 

yeah, that is why i always cleaned my filter.....but i think i i'll need to clean my filter more because its so close to the ground now. SANDSTORMS SUCK!!!!