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ORIGINAL: drhunter

I've been looking at getting a new K&N intake put on and noticed that K&N simply has a tube from the airfilterassembly to the carb. It seems to me it would have been cheaper for Dodge to manufacture the same thing instead of putting this big black thing on covering the whole motor proclaiming I have a 4.7L enginge! I haven't taken it apart yet but Im guessing it just isnt an empty space and is routing the air every which way but the easiest way. Is engineering getting in the way of common sense or is it just something that supposedly helps with emissions?

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ORIGINAL: OldMoparMan

Just like pollution, your friendly Federal Governmentalso assists in mandating vehicle noise. The large box on the end of the throttle body, is a "Muffler" of sorts, that deadens intake noise and resonation. Almost every vehicle with a satalite airfilter container has them these days.

Without it, even with the enclosed airbox that is already there, the noise during acceleration would be greater then the allowable levels, both externally and internally (interior) of the vehicle.

Go figure.......and I love that air-sucking, 4 BBLnoise!!!

BA-WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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