Intake Silencer Removal Question

Where are the silencers located? I removed the black box that was connected to the main intake hose but when i started my truck the motor shut off so i put it back on and it ran fine. can someone tell me what i did wrong or what else i need to do?

 

Pics would help here... but if you did remove the silencer box you need to plug the hole it leaves in the intake. I used a PVC cap. There's pics of everything in my build thread linked in my sig

 

what the heck is an intake silencer?! never heard of it.

 

if you plug them the intake gets louder but you lose some hp

 

Well... it silences the intake I can't really give you a technical lesson on it but if you remove it it makes your truck louder

 

ok so where exactly is this thing located? obviously on the intake but which part?

 

I'm pretty sure the 2.7 is the same as the 2.4 but I know the V6 is different. Here's mine



It's the big black box right behind the throttle body

 

isn't it the J shaped peice that's right on the other side of that which you took off?