Plastic Inlet Part?

[jameswallace. 8]

underneath the inlet on a gti6 there is like a plastic expansion chamber. what is this for?? does it matter?or can I take it off and plug the hole in the bottom of the inlet?

thanks james

[GTI6BOY 29]

You can take it off and plug it up with an alloy bung somebody has made on the gti6forum

 

Just makes it a bit more noisy

[welshpug 1,657]

Its a helmholtz resonator.

[Roon 29 1 Cars]

So you have a link to the alloy bung? Can't find it over there.