Resonator?

[ProjectCB7]

I was crusin' this CRX site and in budget mods it mentioned something about an inteke resonator that just keeps the intake quiet at wide open throttle. Does the factory F22A6 inteke have that? If so is it easy to remove and if you do so will it be louder at wot? I love the sound my intake makes, but it can be louder . I think that that paired up with my new muffler on the way will be nice. Let me know! Thanks!

[HondaFan81]

Resonator....it's where the intake piping after the air housing box drops down into the front right fenderwell area. There's baffling, etc that quiets the intake down. I believe you have to remove all this crap when installing a AEM CAI, well my friend with GS-R did.

[thewoahna]

Originally posted by HondaFan81
...well my friend with GS-R did.

Yeah, my bro has a GSR also, we had to do the same when we installed his intake.

[NutBucket]

If you pull the wheel well lining on the passenger side you'll see the resonator behind the bumper. Two bolts and it pulls right out.

[ProjectCB7]

sorry to be a pain, but anyone have any pics pointing this out? is it able to pass inspection with it like this? i'm getting my inspection on monday...

[cokinut]

take off the lining towards the front bumper / wheel well. pull it open and you'll see a big plastic thing. unbolt it and it should come out.

[ProjectCB7]

will it be easier to remove with the wheel off? we're takin' it off today anyway. will it pass inspection without it? does it do anything besides quiet it a little?

[Fritz the Cat]

Depends on what your inspection consists of... if sound is an issue, then yeah, it will make a difference. Other than that, all it does is keep the intake from barking. Your average grocery-getter housewife driver doesn't want that aggressive intake sound. But it doesn't do anything to affect emissions. And depending on how you've got your car jacked up, it might be easier with the wheel off.

[ProjectCB7]

I want to make sure I don't do anything wrong...

Is this the right area? Screw out these few screws and it's in there somewhere?

Thanks!!!

[accordztech]

0yeah once u open it there will be a huge box, tada

[ProjectCB7]

Grrrrr...

Well I unscrewed all of the screws and even a bolt and all it does is fold down...but not enough to do anything else. In this pics is the circled thing actually the resonator? and are the arrows the screws / bolts you need to remove to access it?

AAAAGGGHHH!!!!

[NutBucket]

The resonator is behind the thing you circled. There are about 20 plastic clips that look like phillips screws. You have to unscrew them and pull them out, the base as well.

In your picture if you look above the two arrows you drew you can see two of these clips.

[ProjectCB7]

sorry to ask so many damn question but I want to not screw anything up...

I got to it. Do you just un-bolt the last few? Does anything else go with it? Thanks!!!

[ProjectCB7]

I'm really not sure if I did the right thing or not...but I removed the tubes that connected the top box to the lower box. I couldn't remove the lower one so I just improvised and removed the piping. I didn't have enough time or patience to try to remove the lower box again...