Quote Originally Posted by nickbuol View Post
I love my TDCRacing FWI, but I really don't like (nor does my wife, and believe me, she tells me about it) the "breathing dragon" sound, as someone here put it, that the car makes when it is cold started. The sound goes away in a relatively short period of time, but I've also had a couple of neighbors ask me what's wrong with my car and if I am going to be able to get it fixed since I've been working on it so much lately, and people have heard me leaving in the morning since their windows are open in their homes overnight. They aren't being rude about it, just more inquisitive is all, but I feel bad that I am making more noise that I was before. Maybe it is because this guy up the street likes to drive his loud motorcycle late into the evening/night and it drives me nuts that I don't want to be doing the same (I know it isn't THAT loud) in the morning.

Is there anything that I can do to cut that sound down a little?
I was the one who came up with the dragon comment.........I also have not found a solution for mine, but I didn't care as much about it as you. Mine also seems to do it for several minutes not just one or two. I dont have a solution for you. The sound is just echoing back from the throttle body and with little resistance for the intake(both in and out, that is why the stocker is not good for performance-and is good for sound, and why the aftermarket is much louder-but performs better. This is all about flow of air.) No solution for your problem that I am aware of. Also, this is the case with all of the aftermarket manufacturers that I have seen, not just with the TDC racing intake. I guess we just have to pay this small price for performance.