Hi,
Just thought I would let everyone know that I have removed the air intake resonator from my '01.

It was really easy (tool about 20 - 30 mins) and the difference in sound (from inside the car) is incredible! You can hear the turbo spooling up and the dump valve operating.

I'm not sure if it's going to be intrusive at the moment but i'll give it a while and let you know.

PS - TurboXS have measure and extra 3-4 hp (atw) after removing the resonator although this won't be noticeable it all helps

Darren.
MY01 DBM PPP sans resonator!

 

Where can I find the resonator box on the MY01 (somewhere near the airfilter?)?

How easy is it to remove?

Cheers

 

It's easy.

It's in the wheel arch at the front. All you need to do is remove the air intake tube, the wheel arch liner and then undo the two 10mm nuts holiding the resonator in place and remove it from underneath (one of the nuts is in the engine bay)

Cheers,
Darren.

 

any possible downside to doing this????

Tiggs

 

The only downside that I know of is the noise, and it's not much. You can hear the turbo spooling up and the dump valve operating, but it's only when accelerating.

I didn't even notice mine this morning with the radio on.

I have not yet checked to see if the dealers mind that the resonator is removed (for warranty)

Darren.

 

pre MY01, removal of the resonator could alledgedly allow damage to the MAF by water ingression.

Does the MY01 use the same MAf?

robski

 

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by robski:
<B>pre MY01, removal of the resonator could alledgedly allow damage to the MAF by water ingression.

Does the MY01 use the same MAf?

robski[/quote]

Mike wood made a comment about this and said that its a bad idea as contaminents could bugger the sensor.....

Jza

 

I don't understand this, the MAF is behind the filter, so how do these 'contaminents' get at the MAF?

same goes for water?

Darren.

 

errr. dumb question but what does it do before you yank it out?

just there to keep things quiet?

Tiggs

 

You must be mental to start ripping bits out of a (previously) under warrenty car for a 3bhp boost you won't even notice.

 

"ripping"

easy! i'm sure he used proper tools for the job

Tiggs

 

I have asked my dealer for their view on this.

Darren.

 

Proper tools - I remember getting a (knackered) radiator out of my mini with a spade - them were the days (not!) :-0

 

OK, here's the update on the resonator I promised.....

Having run the car without the resonator for a week I re-fitted it tonight, the almost constant sound of the turbo spooling (a whistling type sound) it was starting to get on my T!TS

It took about 10 minutes to refit, if you do want to try it, you can remove/replace the unit by simply jacking the front of the car up, removing the clips that hold the front section of the wheel arch liner in place and fold it back (carefully), there are just 2 10mm nuts holding the unit in place.

Cheers,
Darren.

MY01 DBM PPP and now with resonator re-fitted