The Inlet Resonator

[Pva_Glue]

I red this at the one of Magna web site

I was wondering what do they Actually do? I red above I dotn get it...?!?!?!?

some one explain to me?

cheers

Joe

ps. Credit goes to http://www.aussiemagna.com/

"When people start modifying their cars, one of the hardest things to convince them of is that the manufacturer isn't stupid. Everything in your car is there for a reason and not there just to reduce noise and rob you of power. The most often removed and least understood "mystery piece" found on a motor would have to be the humble inlet resonator. Normally formed from unattractive black plastic and bulbous in design, the inlet offends the ignorant for a couple of reasons. firstly the shape and size of the resonator makes people believe that its just a tacked on afterthought to make your engine bay look fuller than it really is. The second myth is that the inlet resonator is there to quite your engine by reducing induction roar. In fact, the inlet resonator is a carefully designed pert of the induction system, match to the particular characteristics of the engine it is mated to.

They come is several different designs, such as side branched, inline (inside the induction tubing) and mounted top and bottom. Rather than affecting the peak power output, they can have a dramatic effect on the smoothness of power delivery and bottom end torque of the engine. This is why fitting an aftermarket inlet system can often make your car perform worse than it did originally.

Those beautiful looking stainless induction hoses with a pod filter at one end invariably replace the engines inlet resonators, which may offset the power gain the pod filter offers. It doesn't have to be this way. The really switched on aftermarket players like ARC in Japan now offer inlet systems that feature their own side branch resonators to optimize inlet tuning and not waste any free power...I mean for ****s sake, isn't it worth keeping an un attractive piece of plastic for those hand full of free kilowatts? By all means go for a pod filter, just make sure its suited for your air flow sensor (Mitsubishi vehicles MUST use a K&N oval/round 360 degree filter, for details click [HERE] for details.)"

Thanks for the info!

[MegaGTS4]

PVA-Glue,

Its true these things affect power on N/A engines! The resonators allow the flow of air to be increased. They do this by literaly creating a mini atmosphere where a reserve of air can be stored for the engine to use!(virtually making the inlet pipe shorter) But because these resonators work on acoustics it needs to be tuned to the engine!(only works on N/A engines because these engines need to suck the air that they need.)

This link might better explain it.

http://www.users.bigpond.com/pgscott/reson.../resonator.html

Its a Soarer site, but they use a flow chart to explain the principle of these resonators. (very interesting for N/A owners that want to remove that ugly piece of plastic that actually helps it run better!)

MEGA

[hungry6]

very well said!!

[_turtle_]

so this thing thats called an inlet resonator, is this just the intake that leads to the AFM?