Honda Car Forum

I drove my 99 integra over a parking block and ripped out the wheel
well cover and also revealed a large plastic box, looks like it would
hold a couple of gallons of air. The intake is in the engine area
behind some electronic. Air comes in there, goes into the box and
then back up via snorkel to the air cleaner housing. A very
circuitous route! Well, the box is ripped open and not screwed too
tight now, but what I wonder is -- should I replace it? Maybe just
duct tape it in there? Seems like a lot of trouble for Acura to build
it so maybe it is important - any ideas on it?

Puttster

On 17 Jul 2004 13:16:00 -0700, oneputtster@hotmail.com (puttster)
wrote:

>I drove my 99 integra over a parking block and ripped out the wheel
>well cover and also revealed a large plastic box, looks like it would
>hold a couple of gallons of air. The intake is in the engine area
>behind some electronic. Air comes in there, goes into the box and
>then back up via snorkel to the air cleaner housing. A very
>circuitous route! Well, the box is ripped open and not screwed too
>tight now, but what I wonder is -- should I replace it? Maybe just
>duct tape it in there? Seems like a lot of trouble for Acura to build
>it so maybe it is important - any ideas on it?

That's a very carefully engineered silencer box to help keep engine
noise down. You should certainly not leave it ripped open since that
would be likely to load up your air filter with a good deal of dust
and crud.

If a quiet car is important to you, by all means replace it. If you
prefer performance over tranquility, rip the thing out and buy
yourself a cold air intake.
http://www3.telus.net/public/johnings/faq.html#intake
Some of us like to hear a VTEC engine in full song!

On 17 Jul 2004 13:16:00 -0700, oneputtster@hotmail.com (puttster) wrote:

>I drove my 99 integra over a parking block and ripped out the wheel
>well cover and also revealed a large plastic box, looks like it would
>hold a couple of gallons of air. The intake is in the engine area
>behind some electronic. Air comes in there, goes into the box and
>then back up via snorkel to the air cleaner housing. A very
>circuitous route! Well, the box is ripped open and not screwed too
>tight now, but what I wonder is -- should I replace it? Maybe just
>duct tape it in there? Seems like a lot of trouble for Acura to build
>it so maybe it is important - any ideas on it?

That is the resonator chamber:
http://www.acuraautomotiveparts.org/...prddisplay.jsp which acts
like a muffler for induction noise. I wouldn't leave it gaping open - you
could suck a lot of dirt, or worse, some water, into the intake. Where I
live critters would probably make a home there or use it as a lunch room in
Winter.:-) Either way the results could be troublesome. If it's not too
badly torn, you might be able to patch it satisfactorily with duct tape.

Rgds, George Macdonald

"Just because they're paranoid doesn't mean you're not psychotic" - Who, me??

Thanks, fellas!