intake question

[shizzyx]

My bud has a 98 spyder with completly stock engine... Question is.. there is a black plastic hollow box that is attached to the intake pipe between the mas and tb. what the hell is the purpose of that box?

-shizzyx-

 

[Jason]

i think it's there to collect some of the oil from the vent in the valve cover so you don't suck tons of oil into the throttle body.

 

[shizzyx]

it's mounted with its base up, maybe it catches oil vapor.. don't know.. I'll have to pop in my dsm service manual cd and see if I can find it.

 

[shizzyx]

according to the mitsubishi CAPS (parts search program) it's a resonator. interesting, but why?

 

[EvuLFleA]

Quiet down the intake!

Non-turbo spyders are for 80yr old men who live in Florida. They don't expect people to mod them. Same reason the RS/GS has no speed governor, they figure we won't add enough power to go fast anyway.