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Old Sep 20, 2010 | 11:23 AM
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Sound tube delete?

Any word on who/if someone is working on this? I know it was tossed around, just wondering if it is going to be produced.
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Old Sep 20, 2010 | 11:28 AM
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Produced???

Nothing really to produce.

All you need to do is take it off and cap the tube on the air inlet tube and plug the hole in the firewall.

Then pack both tube pieces and the diaphram bolted to the strut tower up in a box and ship it all to me, I want to mess with one and see if I can hook it up on my '04.
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Old Sep 20, 2010 | 11:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Ltngdrvr
Produced???

Nothing really to produce.

All you need to do is take it off and cap the tube on the air inlet tube and plug the hole in the firewall.

Then pack both tube pieces and the diaphram bolted to the strut tower up in a box and ship it all to me, I want to mess with one and see if I can hook it up on my '04.
I thought I read somewhere earlier that someone was making block offs for those instead. You really want one, don't ya?
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Old Sep 20, 2010 | 11:51 AM
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I think the sound tube is a really cool deal and I don't understand why other people don't like it.

I like to hear the intake noise, used to love listening to my old Trans Am's q-jet waling away through the opened up hood scoop.

It is really totally unobtrusive at part throttle so long as you leave the foam baffles in, you only hear it very much under hard acceleration.
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Old Sep 20, 2010 | 11:54 AM
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And someone may come out with a kit to remove the tube, but why pay someone $20-$30 or more for something you can do yourself for a couple of bucks???
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Old Sep 20, 2010 | 02:42 PM
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It would be pretty cool if you can get more of your supercharger whine piped into the interior, haha! But yeah, get a filled-grommet to fill the firewall, and a vacuum nipple to cap the intake, and you've got your delete kit.
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Old Sep 20, 2010 | 04:20 PM
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How do I remove the tube the the firewall? Just yank it out?
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Old Sep 20, 2010 | 04:23 PM
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How do I remove the tube the the firewall? Just yank it out?
No, I'm sure there is some sort of fastener.
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Old Sep 21, 2010 | 07:26 AM
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How do I remove the tube the the firewall? Just yank it out?
Yes...

Body Plug:


Salad dressing cap
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Old Sep 21, 2010 | 08:57 AM
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Yes...



Salad dressing cap

Which flavor? I prefer Thousand Island.
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Old Sep 21, 2010 | 09:03 AM
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Originally Posted by jetlag
Which flavor? I prefer Thousand Island.
Actually, it WAS Thousand Island....
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Old Sep 22, 2010 | 09:58 AM
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Thousand Island caps the best... followed by Ranch and Zesty Italian respectively.
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Old Sep 22, 2010 | 12:23 PM
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I hate that thing in my engine bay.

If someone sourced a vacuum cap (or something) for the intake, and some sort of plug for the firewall-I would buy it.....$......?
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Old Sep 22, 2010 | 12:24 PM
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I just got the baffle out of the sound tube. We'll see how that sounds now.
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Old Sep 22, 2010 | 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by johannes
I hate that thing in my engine bay.

If someone sourced a vacuum cap (or something) for the intake, and some sort of plug for the firewall-I would buy it.....$......?
Go to the hardware store and get a rubber cap for the tube on the air inlet and a plug for the hole in the firewall. Probably cost you about $2.
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Old Nov 8, 2010 | 03:50 PM
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http://www.hecticparts.com/products/...USTANG-GT.html

Here ya go!
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Old Nov 8, 2010 | 03:58 PM
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I'm still interested in getting someones take-off sound tube assembly that they have removed from their car if anyone wants to get rid of it.

Shoot me a PM and let me know.
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Old Nov 8, 2010 | 04:00 PM
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Oh, and if anyone is willing to pay $16 for a plastic plug and a cap then they must have rocks in their head!

Last edited by Ltngdrvr; Nov 8, 2010 at 04:32 PM.
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Old Nov 8, 2010 | 08:26 PM
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Oh, and if anyone is willing to pay $16 for a plastic plug and a cap then they must have rocks in their head!
Yeah, that would be dumb. The cap is black anodized billet aluminum, so that's actually pretty good deal.

whether or not that's a bit excessive to plug up a plastic part is another story....
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Old Nov 8, 2010 | 08:45 PM
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Well, for about $2 at the hardware store or auto supply you can achieve the same thing.
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