i have the icebox and i was thinking of ways to make it louder, kinda like the AEM. is their anyway to keep the stock look i have but make it louder like AEM or am i just plain screwed. i wonder if maybe i can remove that top plastic tube piece and use some piping as a replacement.

 

u shoulda got the AEM ....

if u really wanna make it louder, this might be bad for your car, but remove the cover take out the filter and then put the cover back on or leave it off.... either way, dirt can get in you engine that way but it will be louder

 

the reason i got the ICE box is cause i want the engine bay stock looking.

 

I initially wasn't going to bother with this thread...but after seeing the 1st reply you got...PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!

Do ANYTHING BUT REMOVE YOUR filter! By doing so, you might as well shoot your foot while your at it.

 

You're kinda stuck with the discrete noise the IceBox makes.

If you wanted that sound you should have went with the AEM CAI, however as you know it looks anything but stock.

 

Might be louder if you take the lid off but leave the filter on. Won't be a cold air intake anymore but it should be loud.

 

Should have gone w/ AEM CAI. Love the sound it makes when you turn engine off.

 

just a quick question about AEM : do you still have the same agreesive sound when you installed the bypass valve?

 

hmmm thats odd, most people get it because of the sound at WOT.

 

Make a tube that goes from the inlet of the 'box' into the bumper and stick the air-filter in the bumper... it will make the same sound as the AEM and look like the Icebox up top!

 

When I had mine,I had the bypass valve as well. LOUD!!!

 

what, the little psshhhh? is that the CAI? I started hearing that when I got my exhaust & CAI installed, but I didn't know what was doing it....

 

UNCTYPE-S, is the sound of the comptech icebox really that lame? Compared to the stock sound, is there a big difference?

 

It will sound very much like the AEM with the lid off.

 

The icebox makes that same noise.

One thing no one mentioned is the K&N air filter.

You can replace the foam filter that comes with the icebox for a K&N cone filter, not quite as loud as AEM, but does sound just like it. As far as loudness, its like right in between an AEM and the regular icebox.

 

the bypass valve on the aem is pointless..... aem had an add in a import magazine with there cai on an nsx with the filter in a bucket of water and the water only travled like 6 to 8 inchs up the pipe no where near the intake manifold... its just a ploy to get more oney from you. i dont ever worry about watter in my cai

 

you would have to drive through some pretty deep water. it is possible though.


where i live it rains a ton, plus my car is really low. have i ever used a bypass? no.

 

its not lame at all, its just not that much louder over stock at WOT. i cant even tell its there pretty much.