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.
its behind the airbox were it bolts to the inner fender panel.
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.
Ok, I'm going to take it out right now. I guess I can post some pics.
Do it up. When I took mine out I could tell even on my 3.8.
Finished that took a long time, I also cracked the cracked filter holder even more. Getting the silencer out was the hardest part!
What does the air silencer do anyway silence the intake of air coming from outside im assumin?
Yes.
Here it is:
(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa105/MattV45/P1010005-3.jpg)
(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa105/MattV45/P1010006-4.jpg)
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?
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.