blader

Stock exhaust, AEM, No headers

http://www.acurainspired.com/gallery...=885&pid=23599

CT Exhaust, CT Headers, CT Icebox launch

http://www.acurainspired.com/gallery...=885&pid=23600

CT Exhaust, CT Headers, CT Icebox revving in park

http://www.acurainspired.com/gallery...=885&pid=23611

pimpscls

nice but i wish you didnt let off the throttle on the launch, you had major traction issues though, but ne ways beautiflu car

blader

Thanks man .. yeah I wish I didnt let off the throttle either!! but cold ground + stock michelins = NO traction .. plus I couldn't get going too fast, there were people walking on the road haha .. bad enough my friend was laying in the street filming it with my camera As soon as I came around that turn there was a cop, the Valentine 1 saved my ass for the first time since I bought it a week ago.

In spring I will take new launch vids with Pirelli PZero Rossos and rims on .. so I'll get traction and I'll make sure its on a road where I can keep on it

darrinb

getr the aem back in it sounded sweet

babyblue

Blader,

u still got the aem... put it back in bro.. car sounds sick with it.... you should also get the b-pipe installed.... will make the exhaust sound deeper

J.T.'s 3.2CL

Do you feel more power with the icebox than with Aem?

pimpscls

man stick with aem it would sound bad ass i really dont think ice box is that much of a difference in performance

stu mccrea

Yeah aem vs icebox on the butt dyno

GeishaGirl

love the color

Randys

i was wondering why your car sounded a lil quieter the other night on the parkway... when did you get the icebox???

Rock2534

thanks for the vids Blader, you helped me make up my mind to get that exhaust. I have an AEM, so I think it should sound pretty good.

blader

How do you know it will make it sound deeper? Have you heard any clips with CT headers\exhaust\bpipe? If so post link. Maybe Chaptorial can post a clip of his CT headers\CT catback setup

Its hard to tell. It feels basicly the same.

Nah no real difference in performance. I occasionally miss the growl of the AEM in VTEC but do not miss the EMBARRASSING RIDICULOUSLY LOUD HISS for ten minutes upon cold startup. And also dont miss how my AEM filter rubbed on the inside of my front bumper. And the other various hissing noises it made (with a\c on, when you let off at low throttle, etc)

blader

lol randy you don't remember when you called me up about the sways I told you I did the icebox?? I even asked you if you had a problem getting the lid on, remember??

Next time we line up on the parkway we're doing a high speed CT header vs. OBX header test ......

BTW I plan on replacing the Comptech foam filter with a K&N one, I've heard from SFLA that this brings back a bit of the AEM VTEC growl.

Type S Lady

Looks and sounds very nice. Beautiful car.

jproy

blader,

cool thread buddy! now get a vid from inside the car cruising and accelerating.

Jim

Chaptorial

Nice job blader on getting the vids up.

I'd put one up of the Icebox/B-pipe/Exhaust but i have no way to record it.

I had my buddy drive my car while i rode behind him and made him do some 0-60 runs and i believe it did sound a bit deeper then that vid you posted. Not by much however.

All i know is that that AEM CAI sounds sweeeeeet. :o

blader

Chap, Yes, I do admit the AEM sounds great at WOT, but thats the only time I enjoyed it. Driving like a normal person, ESPECIALLY when the engine was just started up cold, its annoying. I'm going to make the switch to K&N in the Icebox; I've heard that makes it a little more throaty in VTEC plus I feel the K&N is a better filter than the Uni foam one.

Jim, I will work on getting those in car vids.

Loseit

iTrader: (1)

uhhh, i like the way the stock sounds better...it's deeper

Chopsie

I like my Hiss, makes people look, whe crusing slowly through a parking lot or equivalent and let off teh gas and, SSSSt...heh

blader

yah Chopper .. its all personal preference really. I'm just happier with a less noisy intake.

Chopsie

To each man his own

blader

Hey .. for all you guys that LOVE the sound of that AEM, mines for sale fits 01-03 CLS 5AT only. make me an offer.

Amoeba

Sorry I know this is an old post, but I still think that the stock exhaust with intake sounds a hell of a lot better than with the comptech exhaust on...could I be crazy.

Chopsie

Joe5.0

I've yet to hear an exhaust on a OHC V6 that really sounds good. The aftermarket muffs make the exhaust too high pitched and raspy for my liking.

Rock2534

they don't sound good at all in that vid for some reason. i saw that before i got mine and had to think about it. I did get them, and have the aem too, and it sounds really good. much deeper than what it sounded like in the vid.

blader

Yeah, your definately crazy. I love the CT exhaust to death, I love the tone, I love how it sounds in the car and out. its just got a "fast" sound too it .. I've been told by friends that it sounds like a "porsche", and one guy said it sounds like a "formula one race car" lol. I've never gotten anything but compliments on the sound.

blader

The vid is a little deceiving I'll admit, because I could not get traction for the life of me. The reason it sounds so high pitched is cause I was basically doing a burnout and the RPM's just shot right up

I have another vid, I can't remember if I posted it, of a 0-50 run WITH traction.
http://www.acurainspired.com/gallery...=885&pid=25407

Amoeba

Sounds better in the last clip but its still a bit funky, im going to have to hear comptech in person...I heard it from a 6speed fuzzy on here...but I forgot if i liked it or not.

darrinb

i'm sold on the ct exhuast, i'm just lookin for a deal

Rock2534

They sound really good in the lower rpm range, then by the time you hit the upper range, the intake and engine take over. So you get good sound throughout. They look really nice up close too. My only complaint is that the tips could be just a little wider. From about 30 feet away, they tend to look just a tad small in the exhaust cut outs.

blader

alot of people say the tips are too small, but they really arent that small. 3.5in tips, I think they look perfect. Not really into the huge can tips on the HKS or greddy, just not my preference .. not saying they look bad, just not for me

yes thats exactly how they work Rock, its weird. Below 4K RPM you hear exhaust, then its like the exhaust just completely quiets down and you hear nothing but intake, and VTEC. Its weird, but I like it because you dont get any of that high end raspy loud annoying sound that the ricers have.

Rock2534

I agree with you on the tips, when i opened up the box and pulled one out, I was like "damn", the tips look real mean and nasty. And they do look great on the car. I think they could go another half inch up to 4". I am not a big fan of the huge pipe look.

Rod

I think the Comptech exhaust has the best looking tips for the CL, it keeps the classy look. HKS and others look more like something I'd put on a Civic and even then I'd try to find something better looking. Other tips are just to plain without rolled type edges, but that's just my opinion. They do look small in the cutouts though because the cutouts are for oval-shaped tips.

blader

couldnt have said it better myself.