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On a Stock Impreza 2006 2.5i there is a thing off the stock air intake, what if i cut it off? what happens?

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There is a plastic thing that one of my friends say is a silencer comming off of my stock air intake. I dont know much about cars but i am not sure if i want to cut it off. it is like a hose kinda that is stiff and just comes off and isnt connected to anything. If it goes... Read More

  • If its a hard hollow type hose with an open end it just a piece that inducts the air into the air box, if its a tube and its close at the end then its the silencer, and you really don't need it. If you remove it, if it does change the tone of your intake then it'll be deep sounding. Read More
  • If the part is in fact a silencer, it would have to be connected to the end of your intake or somewhere else on your intake. If it's not connected, it can't silence anything. Since you said that it is not connected to anything, then it has to the air duct that is meant to bring in fresh cool air to your intake. That... Read More
  • It sounds like your friend wants you to bypass the intake silencer located inside the front fender. It dampens the hissing noise the air makes as it's sucked through the intake system. Bypassing the silencer won't improve your engine's performance. In fact, engine performance would be degraded unless you also... Read More
  • leave it alone. your car will be louder but not faster. that seems like a stupid thing to do to me. to be fair.. i did something similar (remove airbox silencer) in my old ford focus. it was cool for 5minutes but then i realized it was dumb because the car was just louder and not faster, so i put the silencer back in... Read More
  • My old 1999 Impreza has that too. I've come to the conclusion that its probably a cold-air intake plug if you wanted to install one.

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