Why does the airbox whistle?
04-27-2005, 04:44 AM
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thats true... i mean... when i was driving my car and my fren was driving his car and we were next to each other, he told me when i rev high and changes gear it sounds like i have a BOV in my car.. LOL and im like KEEEWWWL
04-27-2005, 04:46 AM
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I'm gonna have to shamefully admit, I too like the whistle. Infact I'm pretty sure it's a ploy of the oil industry to make me use more gas because I like to step on the throttle just to hear it. So how do I make it louder, step by step would be nice. Is it reversable if I do it and it's obnoxious?
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04-27-2005, 02:28 PM
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I know. And you would too if you read my post:
It's the sound the air makes going through the intake. Aftermarket intakes normally make this sound, and Scion designed the stock intake to make a similar sound.
Originally Posted by JasonH
It whistles because Scion designed it to make it sound like an aftermarket intake. The charcoal filter has nothing to do with it. You could rip it out and it would make the same noise. The stock intake is a CAI of sorts, since it draws intake air from the fender area and not from under the hood.
04-29-2005, 06:06 PM
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the whistling sound comes from air russhing through the throttle body at a given speed. and it is louder with the k&n cai. i liked it at first but now its just getting annoying.
04-30-2005, 12:44 AM
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hay guyz, if you awant teh wistel to be sooper laud, then jus opan up teh airbox a lil bit so it reasts on teh clips instead of teh clips holding teh airboxor clsed, that way people will think teh car is usng teh TURBO AND CAI LOLL AM I RITE?
04-30-2005, 12:55 AM
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Originally Posted by mikek6789
hay guyz, if you awant teh wistel to be sooper laud, then jus opan up teh airbox a lil bit so it reasts on teh clips instead of teh clips holding teh airboxor clsed, that way people will think teh car is usng teh TURBO AND CAI LOLL AM I RITE?
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