Guest

Guys, I instaled cold air intake and the car makes nesty noise, which sounds like I have a performance muffler in the front. Does anyone knows how to get that away?

Andrew.

AC

Yeah, take it off and put your old stuff back in. Just kidding

I don't think there's a fix for that. The CAI will growl like a mofo after certain RPM's. Something you'll have to live with but then your performance is better now, right?

Guest

The performance is much better and I love it. Feels like car started breething after being chocked. I could not test much yet but on the regular road car kicks ass. I have a new name for my car: Hoover TL.

AC

The CAI was the first thing I installed and I noticed the power gain after 4000RPM, maybe it was the growl that made it seem like more power. I added Headers/Exhaust/VAFC all at once after that and didn't notice a power gain, but I know I did cuz I was able to take a CLS. I think noise contributes a lot to misleading how much power was actually gained.

Guest

I think so too. And actualy after 4000 RPM you hear the VTEC kicking in. That is where most of the noise comming from. I am waiting to race with a stock TL and see if there is any difference. Thanks for the reply.

AC

You should be able to beat it, but not by much. You'll pull slightly after 4000RPM. When I had all that crap on my car, I didn't pull till after 4000RPM, but I was pulling very noticeably, but then I had Heanders, Intake, Exhaust, VAFC.

Guest

You are right, but I just want to see the difference, as long as I cannot feel it much.