silencer ring
#4
We took mine out for a little while because I wanted to hear the turbo a little more. Didn't hear a difference with mine (on the '06). We went to put it back in few months later and before we did, we noticed there's now play in the turbo. Maybe it's just a coincidence...or maybe that silencer ring does help the flow become less turbulent, also.
#7
Ha ha I like the way you look at it... Totally true though, it just makes more turbo noise. Some people like it, some people hate it. I kinda like it, but I have also reinstalled the ring when we go on long road trips because it gets old after 6 hours of whistling.
#9