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Air Silencer

I've searched and searched and people talked about removing it, but no one actually showed anyone where it is, I'd like to remove it but I don't know what it looks like.

'88 Mercury Cougar LS, 302, Project Car - "The Coug"
'83 Ford Thunderbird Heritage, 302, Summer Ride, - "The Bambi Killer"
'86 Chevrolet S10, Daily Driver -  "The Black Beater"

Air Silencer

Reply #1
its behind the airbox were it bolts to the inner fender panel.
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Air Silencer

Reply #2
Thanks! Have any idea what it looks like?

'88 Mercury Cougar LS, 302, Project Car - "The Coug"
'83 Ford Thunderbird Heritage, 302, Summer Ride, - "The Bambi Killer"
'86 Chevrolet S10, Daily Driver -  "The Black Beater"

Air Silencer

Reply #3
Quote from: 302 PWR;165613
Thanks! Have any idea what it looks like?



cant miss it it goes through the hole in the inner fenderwell faces forward towards the headlight.
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1974 maverick lsx powered turbo car SOLD
1973 maverick Tijuana Taxi Tribute
1957 chevy LSX Turbo project (race car)
Owner of Joe Dirt Fabrication

Air Silencer

Reply #4
Ok, I'm going to take it out right now. I guess I can post some pics.

'88 Mercury Cougar LS, 302, Project Car - "The Coug"
'83 Ford Thunderbird Heritage, 302, Summer Ride, - "The Bambi Killer"
'86 Chevrolet S10, Daily Driver -  "The Black Beater"

Air Silencer

Reply #5
Do it up.  When I took mine out I could tell even on my 3.8.
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Air Silencer

Reply #6
Finished  that took a long time, I also cracked the cracked filter holder even more. Getting the silencer out was the hardest part!

'88 Mercury Cougar LS, 302, Project Car - "The Coug"
'83 Ford Thunderbird Heritage, 302, Summer Ride, - "The Bambi Killer"
'86 Chevrolet S10, Daily Driver -  "The Black Beater"

Air Silencer

Reply #7
What does the air silencer do anyway silence the intake of air coming from outside im assumin?
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1993 F150 XLT 5.8L E4OD 3.55

Air Silencer

Reply #8
Yes.
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Air Silencer

Reply #9
Here it is:








I'll go and buy a K&N filter tomorrow, after I find a mint airbox at the J.Y. or order a new one from Ford. Oh and I didn't notice any thing after the removal.

Next question:

I read I can bump up my timing but only if I run a higher octane, I run 92 and 94 everytime I fill up so I assume this would suffice?

'88 Mercury Cougar LS, 302, Project Car - "The Coug"
'83 Ford Thunderbird Heritage, 302, Summer Ride, - "The Bambi Killer"
'86 Chevrolet S10, Daily Driver -  "The Black Beater"

Air Silencer

Reply #10
Yep that is your silencer.  I removed mine in the RRI parking lot at CJ, and installed my CAI. 
You can bump the timming without running higher octane fuel, you just have less of a window of degrees to do it.  I noticed a huge difference after both mods.

Air Silencer

Reply #11
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Yep that is your silencer.  I removed mine in the RRI parking lot at CJ, and installed my CAI. 
You can bump the timming without running higher octane fuel, you just have less of a window of degrees to do it.  I noticed a huge difference after both mods.


Did you do both at once or just one at a time? I did each one at a time and I really didn't notice much of a difference after taking the silencer out. I noticed much more after bumping the timing:D

Oh and I really noticed a difference on the HO when going from 10*-14*. It was much more pr0nounced than on the stock 5.0.
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.