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Originally posted by nimrod:
My friend has a ford zx2, which is somewhat similar to a contour ,
and he took out two resonators in the air intake system which gave him a significant acceleration boost .
I was wondering if there was anything similar that i could do to my 99 contour. Here are the links for what he did to his car: http://www.teamzx2.com/index.cfm?fa=mods.upperResonator and http://www.teamzx2.com/index.cfm?fa=mods.lowerResonator
No it's not.
What do you consider significant? That's probably good for 1-2 hp, if that.
You could do the exact same thing to your contour. Remove the air box fendwer draw as they have labeled the "lower resonator". This will make your intake louder and introduce nice fresh hot air into your intake charge. Your intake will be louder, so of course that adds power right? And the warm underhood air, as we all know, is great for a few hp. 
My advice, do it. You won't notice the loss anyway.
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The resonators are different on ZX2s, and they will free up a little power when removed. They are both between the air box and throttle body, at least on my Dads. So hot air isnt a problem 
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-Ken V.
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Where are the resonators; below the air filter on the left side, or under the boxy thing to the left that is connected to the air filter through the tube?
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Does anybody know where the two resonators are?
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Uhhhh, I think there's one in your exhaust  Actually you could have read JonnySVT's post. If you look just to the right(standing in front of car) of your air filter, there is a little snorkel looking device. It is black and is held in with........... Well I can't even remember what it's held in with since I took mine out about 4 years ago.. There's your one and only "resinator" that you speak of. Mark
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Originally posted by JonnySVT:
No it's not.
What do you consider significant? That's probably good for 1-2 hp, if that.
You could do the exact same thing to your contour. Remove the air box fendwer draw as they have labeled the "lower resonator". This will make your intake louder and introduce nice fresh hot air into your intake charge. Your intake will be louder, so of course that adds power right? And the warm underhood air, as we all know, is great for a few hp.
My advice, do it. You won't notice the loss anyway.
Exactly where is the air box fendwer draw?
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