Removing the stock air silencer. *

**DMAG** · 03-26-2005, 07:00 PM

First thing you need to do is put the car up on ramps or jack stands. Unless you are the thin man from the circus you will not be able to get to everything. All of the pictures below were taken while laying down on my back looking up at the car.

Once you have it up on the ramps, there are several 7 mm bolts holding the front part of the cover on. Remove all of these.

There are also two 10 mm bolts holding the back of the cover on. There are six push pin style connectors on the sides of the cover. I used a crimping tool to pull these off. Whatever you use make sure it doesn't cut the head off.

Once you have all of these removed the cover will just slide off. Just behind the cover on the drivers side you will see the stock air sliencer.

Pull the wheel well back a bit and you will see a 10 mm bolt holding the stock air silencer in place. Use a long extension with your socket and it will come out easily. The bolt is much longer than you would think so it takes a bit to get it removed.

Once you have the bolt out, slide the silencer to the left just a bit to disengage the pins at the bottom. Once you do, the box just comes right out.

Since I have the 360 air intakez system installed I used the old air inlet to provide some cooler air to the box. As soon as I get some more time to work on the car I will make a cover for the air box to force the system to pull air from this new location.

Just put the covers back on and you are all set. Hope this helps.

**mr.niftie** · 03-29-2005, 03:52 PM

Thanks. How long would you say that took?

**HighHorseman** · 03-29-2005, 07:04 PM

I would put a warning on this application that Magnum owners that live in dusty or super wet climates should be careful driving after this mod. If you're removing what I think you're removing, the extra air flow coming up from under the chin of the car is going to be sucking up extra dirt and moisture into your engine compartment. You will need to wash/change your filter more often, but I would also worry about all of the added particles that aren't going to be caught by the filter. Air filters remove larger particles and the smaller particles that pass through them are easily incinerated in the engine and passed back out through the exhaust. Under normal circumstances, that's not a big issue. I worry that this mod may introduce extra foreign matter like dust and extremely small sand particles into the engine, which over time can't be good, adding extra wear and tear on the engine components. Anyone else's thoughts?

**BUFFpilot** · 04-12-2005, 07:21 PM

Newbee question - Why would you want to do this?

**HighHorseman** · 04-13-2005, 02:22 PM

Originally Posted by BUFFpilot

Newbee question - Why would you want to do this?

Some members have said that they've gotten somewhat of a ram air effect from this mod and it has also allowed for more cool air to enter the engine compartment in the area of the intake.

**kudasai** · 04-13-2005, 10:34 PM

i do have concerns over extra dirt and what-not getting up into the filter( today i put in my k&n and noticed that at 13k my stock filter was filthy, even with the silencer on)

so does anyone have any ideas for something to let the air in, but to still cover that hole a little? besides the inlet tube, as some of us are still using ours

**rufwon** · 01-20-2006, 11:37 AM

Unless your driving through the desert or through a lake, your not going to have a problem. The filter on the intake is for that reason, to filter.
But there are such things as filter bags. Its an "extra" filter that goes over your existing filter cone for extra protection. Looks like a very thin nylon bag. I have removed this silencer, or "bong" as I like to call it on every car I have ever owned. As long as you dont suck up water, youll be fine!

**HotRodK** · 01-20-2006, 03:16 PM

SRT-8 Magnums DO NOT have an air silencer. Dont waste your time like I did removing the above listed items. There is nothing there.

**meanmag05** · 01-20-2006, 06:13 PM

how does the old air inlet stay there, youd have to secure it somehow right?

**HotRodK** · 01-20-2006, 06:18 PM

Duct tape?

**Hurst Equipped** · 01-20-2006, 07:08 PM

the 2006 magnum R/Ts don't come with this silencer either. so if it is good enough for the factory to eliminate it, you should be safe to do it yourself.

**sumradagnoth** · 01-25-2006, 12:25 PM

Originally Posted by 65standard

the 2006 magnum R/Ts don't come with this silencer either. so if it is good enough for the factory to eliminate it, you should be safe to do it yourself.

so its just an empty spot? or is there still that hole there from where the air silencer *should* connect to?

**Hurst Equipped** · 01-25-2006, 07:51 PM

there is still a hole there, just all open like an '05 with the silencer removed. i don't get air from that area anyways. i have a sealed air box that only gets air from the hood.

**QK-R-N-U** · 03-11-2006, 01:25 PM

Just swapped out my factory air filter with a TruFlow replacement at 2600 miles. To my surprise with the air silencer still on there where several large leaves and small stones inside the airbox. Picked out what I could and shopvaced the rest out. Looks like the silencer doesnt keep out the big stuff. I was just thinking that a simple screen bought at the hardware store could be framed and put in place of the silencer to stop the big garbage from getting in without stopping the flow. Or if there is enough room in the bottom add a velocity stack with the screen. ANY THOUGHTS?