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    #16
    If this helmholtz resonator box is acting to "store" additional intake volume, surely this would be a case of the OE plenum being less than an ideal volume?
    It would make sense since most OE's tend to take packaging considerations over that of overall performance.

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      #17
      no, because it is not actually in the plenum (past the throttle body). It's not so much an additional volume as it is a sort of air spring, to damp the pulses or vibrations in the inlet ducting.
      Turns out, far too much has been written about great men and not nearly enough about morons


      Originally posted by seedyrom
      my neighbours called the cops...... not because of the sound of me working in the garage was too loud, but because i taped a cardboard box to my back, covered my self in vaseline and pretended i was a snail on their lawn

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        #18
        Yuh, it tunes the organ pipe that is the inlet ductwork to alter the noises it makes and improve the flow.
        Originally posted by bugle
        The non GTS's were gay

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          #19
          Hmm, the previous owner yanked his off the inlet tract on my Supra, and blanked it with an aerosol can lid. I might chuck it back on... might be worth a kw or two.
          Originally posted by klampykixx
          as an example, an elephant pushes over a tree to eat the fresh leaves at the top, but a human isnt allowed to build a machine that makes a car so he can drive around to places quicker?

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            #20
            On NA 2JZ, I know for a fact that it is worth at least a couple of kW. It took my brother-in-law a lot of time on the dyno to come up with an alternative inlet tract for the 2JZ that didn't lose power. Gaining a kW was just as hard again.
            Originally posted by bugle
            The non GTS's were gay

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              #21
              Well, chucked it back on this arvo and it feels a little smoother/more responsive down low, but that could be due to the placebo effect. I'll leave it on now anyway.
              Originally posted by klampykixx
              as an example, an elephant pushes over a tree to eat the fresh leaves at the top, but a human isnt allowed to build a machine that makes a car so he can drive around to places quicker?

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