Hey guys ive seen alot people here gut their air box but after some inspection it looks like the left 'compartment' of the box is completely sealed off when the airbox is closed, so wouldnt taking out that divider reduce the amount of pressure in the airbox making it not as effective? And if you were to gut it you would have to cut the bottom piece of the L shaped divider on the lid or else it would pretty much be pointless. Anyways just want to know how exactly is it that the gutted air box works because from my crappy observation it would look like it would hurt it more than anything.

 

No, the box isn't sealed - that divider doesn't go to the top and isn't air tight - so pressure is the same throughout the box. All that piece does is effect the sound waves and muffle the intake a bit.

 

Has anyone thought of maybe putting some weather stripping or some sort of rubber on top of the divider to make a complete seal? And plugging up the resonator. Wouldnt that be more effective?

 

...you want to prevent air from getting to the intake...

 

He's not thinking too clearly.

 

how would that prevent air from getting into the intake? the 'scoop' directs air into the chamber where the filter is. it goes above the divider. can u explain how this would prevent air from getting into the intake? I'm trying to prevent air from escaping into the other part of the airbox, or the other side of the divider. if I seal that area off then it would resemble a much smaller airbox and an increase in air pressure. if this is a dumb idea then give me a good reason. its just a random thought so there's no need to be a jerk about it.

 

The intake box is actually 2 chambers. Air is sucked through chamber 1, then goes over a small hole into chamber 2, where the filter is. By "putting some weather stripping or some sort of rubber on top of the divider to make a complete seal" you would effectively be sealing off chamber 2 from chamber 1, preventing air from reaching the engine.

 

There is also chamber 3 which is the resonator. You aren't talking about that are you?

 

I knew a guy that sealed it off completely, the car ran really quiet!

 

If air is sucked through chamber 1 then through the small hole over the divider into chamber 2. Then what is the purpose for the airguide on the lid?

The air guide directs all incoming air directly into chamber number 2 where the filter is. So the air enters that chamber before it gets into the small one on the other side of the divider.