MEDIC238

OK, stupid question here, newbie, so please be kind.

[History] I traded an 86 Z28 for the Y2K Trans Am. I knew the Z like the back of my hand. Rebuilt the Quadrajunk carb, did a bunch of repairs/mods, but this 4th gen is a diff animal.

Just finishing up major renovation to recently bought home, so now I have time to play with the new Fbody.

[Here comes the dumb question] I recently changed the hood over to a WS.6 style and it came with a new air box. Ok, that stuff is in/on. What the hell is the big black jobbie behind the box, some type of air resonator or what. Do I need another aftermarket lid to do this mod or can I use what I have? [ok, I said one dumb ?, this is two.

Thanks for any help, I'm lost, can you tell?

NightHawk

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That ugly square thing behind your lid is the air silencer.

If you mean the "Fernco" mod, I don't see why you couldn't do that with a stock intake setup??

BTW, Welcome

I used to have an '86 Firebird, so I know what you're going through

MEDIC238

Thanks for the Welcome and an answer.

Air silencer, huh, why does the air have to be silent? So, it's like a muffler for the incoming air...

Almost funny story, the GF has a soccer mom van [prob, cause she has two small kids and they play soccer] and is having probs with it stalling out. So, being the good BF, I went out and got a Chilton book. Never worked on a Gran Voyager before. I was figuring on changing out the air and fuel filter. [This will show I am slow on the uptake]

Reading the book and looking at the pics, I found the piece I needed to remove to access the air filter. It was stuck, so I started prying up at the edges. It started to break, so WTF, I beat it with a hammer and found out that I was kicking the **** out of her resonator.

Ok, so $90 and many appologies from me it still stalls out. I don't want to mess up the Trans. I made a comment to her that at least it was her car and not mine that I destroyed. Funny, she didn't find that amusing.

Thanks again. I noticed the [now I know] silencer was missing from all the pics I have seen.

It's gonna be a nice weekend here, so I think I have a project in mind!!!

NightHawk

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Just promise you won't take the prybar to your LS1!

Happy modding

Squintz Palladoris

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Doh! I just ordered one from SLP! LMAO lucky for me its on back order. Time to make a phone call and save some dough! Thanks alot guys, this forum rocks.....Sig and pics to come soon I just signed up last night

NightHawk

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Welcome