i didnt realize that my car had an intake resonator.. it was hidden under the valve cover back by the intake manifold. i took it off and covered the little hole with a couple layers of duct tape (that should hold for now). the car sounds MEAN. only thing that i noticed that is weird is that around 2000rpm, the car sounds like its underwater because it produces this bubbling effect while accelerating.

before anyone goes ape-crazy, let me clear this up: i did not do this mod to improve performance. whether or not it helps performance, it is all relative to the driver. i think it helps, but thats me.

this is the resonator...

 

anyone know what a resonator is supposed to do? resonate? but i mean what si the acutal function of this thing i wonder.

ricerockets for life - do you think the bubbling may be harming your car at 2k? (your car is around that range an awful lot, im sure....)

 

Off subject but had to comment on your car:

Great picture. Now I know how mine will look in a week with the H&R springs.

 

thanks alot for the compliment. youll love the ride too! i take corners now and get like no body roll at all. are you going to get smaller pads too? i have #2 pads right now and am very happy becuase i orignally had 5 in the fronnt and 4 in the back and it made a big difference. i kinda wish i had 1 pads, but it might be too low. not sure.

good luck and post pics when you get it done please. let us know how it goes too!

sanny

 

what do you put in its place if the tape is temp

 

sanny: the intake resonators sole purpose is to mellow out sound from the engine while the car is accelerating. im not sure about the bubbling, it sounds cool though... have you ever heard what a big block v8 with straight pipes sounds like? you can hear that put-put-put from the exhaust. basically that noise, but at a much lower modulation, occurs from my intake lol

ashkan: hopefully they sell one of those rubber end-caps that are only an inch or so in diameter. the hole is very small.

 

but an intake resonator is just like the exhaust silencer, then it should give some performance benefits taking the thing out... it might also improve air feed into the engine= improved performance of about a horsepower, im gonna do that in mine, see if there is a resonator,
thanks ricerockets!

 

no prob! it will undoubtably give SOME power. my guess its mostly psychological though lol

 

how do you take it out
and where does the duct tape go?

 

i think the V6 engine is the only one that has a resonator. i know that the I6 engines (pre-facelift) do not have one.

if you have the V6 engine, remove the valve cover and follow the intake pipe to the back of the engine. you'll notice a tube that branches off the main pipe and that little resonator (pics above) will be attached to it. pull the tube off of the main pipe. it just slides on.

 

I6 preface lift? please explain, and is there a way to update face lift??? pictures?... facelift?

 

98+ c280s uses the v6 engine, as opposed to your inline-6 in your 1997. also, 1998 was the year all W202s got a "facelift", or a mid-model update, like a W202.5 so to speak. basically the changes were mainly aesthetic: new lower bumper attachments to make the car look more aggressive. i think a new electronically controlled tranny replaced the vacuum powered one (?) and some other things...

 

what about the engine cover, i've seen some newer c280's and they have a very nice engine while 97 and down looks like ****, can that be changed?

 

lol i personally dont like the V6 engine cover, it looks like a big goofy box.

 

so is it possible on the c230? I dunno too much about working on cars, but if it is possible I will be able to figure it out