The "Rodney Dangerfield" of auto parts

[dr-rjp]

Here's a part that never gets any respect from the auto manuals. I cannot find any reference to it by name nor much in the way of explaining what it does.

It gets unceremoniously replaced by a short pipe with two tubes on an aftermarket intake -- which begs the question: "Why does this part have such an odd shape to it?" and "Is there a filter inside of it?

I'm assuming that it uses the vacuum created by the intake to draw off blow-by gasses, like a PCV valve, and route them back into the intake -- but if I'm wrong, you can blame it on the lack of info available.

So...please tell me, WTF is this thing?

[the converted]

Intake Resonator. Turns out old people don't like engines with growl

[timay]

hey dr-rjp

do you still have those motegi racing rims?

if so, can you post pics of them?

I have a 99' i30t, and I might be interested.

thanks.

[dr-rjp]

hey dr-rjp

do you still have those motegi racing rims?

if so, can you post pics of them?

I have a 99' i30t, and I might be interested.

thanks.

Sorry, but I sold them and forgot to pull the listing on my sig.

To be honest with you, they were fairly heavy, and that's why I didn't put them on my 98 I30. Check out the rims made by Special Edition on TireRack.com I bought a set and they are great.

[ZiG]

intake resonator.

[dr-rjp]

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Intake Resonator. Turns out old people don't like engines with growl

I know about that function, but I still need to know what goes in and out of the rubber tubing attached to it. There is a smell of raw gas that emanates from this part.

Does it have an EGR function as well

[timay]

Sorry, but I sold them and forgot to pull the listing on my sig.

To be honest with you, they were fairly heavy, and that's why I didn't put them on my 98 I30. Check out the rims made by Special Edition on TireRack.com I bought a set and they are great.

nice, thanks for the heads up!

edit: do you have any pics with them on your car? if you could post them that would be greatly appreciated.

[the converted]

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I know about that function, but I still need to know what goes in and out of the rubber tubing attached to it. There is a smell of raw gas that emanates from this part.

Does it have an EGR function as well

Nope that's a line from the charcoal canister, there is a solenoid on the canister itself that controls it.