i was taking out my elbow from the silencer to the air box. when i remove
that elbow, the silencer is loose. is this normal? i don't recall it being
loose before.

edit: i meant silencer, i think.

 

is it the box that is (was) connected to the intake box, which sits in front of the engine bay with a vacuum-style flat wide hole to suck air into and has some temp boost sensor or whatever it is called? If yes than mine is loose too.

 

i think so. white box, sits under and in front of the battery.

 

Just rip out the white box... thats what i did to mine from underneath my car. Waste of space IMO.

 

bump.......

 

Everything upstream the airbox is loose. White box, 90-degree elbow, the "ramscoop" inlet, etc...
I ripped it all out
(well, except for the white box, which I should rip out just for spaciousness since it's not in use)

 

Only possible side-effect I've seen is a small loss of low-end torque, especially when it's hot outside (since it becomes a warm-air intake afterwards)

Solution? Eventually I'll put a PR CAI in there

 

wouldn't you eliminate that by just routing a hose from the bottom of the airbox (where the elbow used to insert) to the fender? ala oscai?