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Old Mar 5, 2008 | 06:26 PM
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what is the silencer ring and baffles. And why do you remove them?
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Old Mar 5, 2008 | 07:00 PM
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The baffles are in the large plastic tube between the airbox and turbo. The silencer ring is a tapered ring on the inlet of the turbo. I guess they are all designed to quiet the turbo, to keep the turbine "whistle" from coming out the intake.

They are MIA on a lot of trucks in this board.
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