What are these donkywongles?

[eryque]

Donkeywongle is as technical of a term as I could think of. What are these, and what do they do? My '95 didn't have them.

 

And what does this big plastic box do except look like it's probably expensive if you drop your 5 lb mallet on it and crack it?

 

[86BRATMAN]

That a bunch crap to make the intake noise less, well noisy. That big black box is designed to hold a chanber of air for quicker throttle response as well.

[zstalker]

yeah, those extra tube-dealies are silencers. changes the shape/size of the intake track, like a muffler. they don't help performance, but they don't hurt either, since they don't protrude out into the air stream.

~Erik~

[DerFahrer]

Yeah, as Bratman said, the airbox actually helps low-end torque, because there's a reserve of air in that box that is available instantaneously when you open the throttle.

 

Unfortunately, the trade-off is that the incoming air is slowed down, so it hurts high-end power.

 

That's why people who switch to cone air filters and intakes constantly bemoan a loss of low-end torque.

 

All this, however, as it appears to be a legimitate post, was actually only a clever way of saying that zstalker has an awesome avatar. One of my fave CD's ev4r.

[eryque]

Thanks for the info guys. I love how much I learn here

[porcupine73]

Some manufacturers use such donkeywongles to tune the intake for Helmholtz resonance. So as mentioned it may help low end performance at the expense of a little high end power.

[s'ko]

Yeah, as Bratman said, the airbox actually helps low-end torque, because there's a reserve of air in that box that is available instantaneously when you open the throttle.

 

Unfortunately, the trade-off is that the incoming air is slowed down, so it hurts high-end power.

 

That's why people who switch to cone air filters and intakes constantly bemoan a loss of low-end torque.

 

All this, however, as it appears to be a legimitate post, was actually only a clever way of saying that zstalker has an awesome avatar. One of my fave CD's ev4r.

 

Yep, low end torque is lost when you use a cone filter/aftermarket thing, but it come back w/a high flow 2.5 inch catback exhaust..

That and you get this awesome boxer growl....

 

Man I loved it when I was single and didn't have to worry about someone saying... "your car's too loud"

:-\