Ordered shipped Feb 24 via USPS to Vancouver Canada, arrived March 3.

Just installed this morning. Took me over three hours, taking the bumper off was easy (as I did it once with the Sports Grille installation), but getting the resonator out require the removal of battery and plate took the longest time. I did use an extra clamp as suggested by Lou to secure velocity stack to the bottom of the Icebox ( did it carefully as not to overtighten and crack the box).

Drove about 30km with it and absolutely loved it. Below 3,000 rpm, everything sound normal, but I can feel better throttle response (may be in my head), but hitting the 4-5,000 rpm is just sweet music.

Here's a quick photo.

Looks great. Can't wait for mine to come today.

I finally got to get my car on the freeway this weekend, wow! What a difference. More too come later, gotta finish getting ready for work. Man, I hate Mondays!

I think they lost your intake woodEE.

They practically did...but it's finally out for delivery. Good thing I'm working from home today since it requires a signature.

Im genuinely happy for you that you are finally getting your intake lol. I was getting stressed just reading this thread haha.

just wondering.. if i already have my resonator removed (all that's left is the stock airbox), will I need to remove the bumper again to get this icebox in? I'm suspecting no.. but I haven't looked closely enough yet. If I don't have to take the bumper off, I may do this this weekend instead of waiting until the end of the month... getting antsy just hearing everyone talk about theirs.

HAHAHA... It just came, earlier in the day than I expected. Glad to finally have it in my hands.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong since I haven't done it yet, but I don't believe so. I'm pretty sure removal of the bumper is only required to remove the full stock intake and resonator box. If you already have all of that removed and out of the way, you should be able to quickly pull out the stock airbox and install the icebox in its place.

congrats on your long awaited delivery...i know youve been wanting the ice box for close to a year now.

That depends.

The bottom strap/holder that hold velocity stack in place will be difficult to get at if you don't have the bumper off. Plus I put on an extra strap as suggested by Lou to secure velocity stack to the bottom of the Icebox, I did that at the end once the bottom strap supplied by CTE was put in place. Alternatively, you can take the left front wheel off, remove the two clips off the inner fender as outline in CTE instruction, there may be enough access from there to get the job done.

I might install mine tonight if I have time. I'll attempt to do it with the bumper still on (since my resonator is already removed). If it doesn't work I'll tear the bumper off since that's rather easy anyways.

chibainh, I'll let you know if I'm successful with the bumper still on.

I installed mine with the bumper still on. Wasn't a problem.

I still have a couple of these left. Contact me for current pricing.

I'm glad everyone who has purchased it likes it. I was afraid I may have romanticized it but as you can all see, it really is the best intake money can buy.

Props to Rob from Acura of Lynwood for making it happen for so many people. Still waiting for availability and pricing on the exhaust.

+1.. and the supercharger :P

+1 but I didn't want to mention the SC because I'm not sure when IT will be available...

As soon as I know anything on any of the performance parts on our cars I will let everyone know.

interesting, it reuses the stock rubber snorkel

anyone know if this will fit the accord?

Installed mine last night.

Yipee!!!

LOL. Like a kid in a candy store. Did you use the upper clamp?

Did you remove your front bumper?

Post some pic's.

Yeah, I did use an extra clamp. I don't know if I really needed to since it did seem to be held in place pretty good without it, but I did for peace of mind anyways.

Nope. Since my resonator was already removed I decided to attempt to go through the wheel well instead. Removed the front wheel, pulled back the fender liner, and had easy access to where the air horn needed to go and connect to the downspout of the icebox.

The thing that sucks though, is when I was putting on the CF lid of the icebox, I dropped one of the screws and lost it in the bottom of the engine bay. I looked forever for it and couldn't find it. 3 is holding it in place just fine, but I have to go to the store this evening and either find an exact match or swap all of them out for 4 new ones so they match. I do know that it's a metric M5 screw though. Shoudln't be too big a deal finding new ones.

Will do. I took some last night of the install and have a really good pic of the air horn placement from behind the fender. It's a far better and clearer picture than the one in the CTE instructions. Will probably help out some people.

I'll post them later though, I'm going to hopefully install my SPC rear adjustable control arm set Friday night and will post pics of both installs together.

Looking forward to the photos. Let us know how the SPC kit works out.

nice

Derwood, glad to hear you managed to install the unit without removing the bumper. I had to because of the need for resonator removal.

I agree with everyone here that CTE instruction is not very clear. But Lou and HD are right, this Icebox is the best cold air intake I have ever used,looks and sound great at the same time.

I didn't think the instructions were bad at all. Might be a Canadian thing. LOL, JK

I'm amazed at how quiet this thing is though. Makes me realize how loud the OEM airbox with the resonator removed was. I like this a lot more.

Eh?

I'm French, that's my excuse. Even pictures look different in French. LOL

is it worse than ikea instructions?

Agree... During normal throttle, it sound exactly like OEM (which is quiet), but pressed on and the music starts... Just love this Icebox and thanks Rob at Acura of Lynnwood for the great service.

No, it's just not as detailed as like something from Honda/Acura where the installation instruction comes with lots of diagrams/pictures and more breakdown of individual steps. That said, we all managed to install the unit without any problem.

Did you use an extra clamp as well?

Quote from CT Engineering reiterating what Luchin and Rob said I believe.

"When we developed the intake we did not see a use for a clamp on that area. We were worried that installers and customers would over tighten a clamp if provided, and damage the fiberglass box. I have seen that a couple users have installed a clamp in that area and would encourage you to do so if you have any concerns about the air inlet becoming detached. We may include an additional clamp with disclaimer on new orders of boxes. If you have already ordered one I would suggest one of two things:
1) You should be able to install the unit on your car without the clamp and enjoy all the power and performance the box offers.

Our test cars do not have a clamp at that location and have never had a problem. We feel the stainless bracket provided is more than enough to hold that air inlet in place securely.

2) Obtain a #56 hose clamp from a local hardware or auto parts store. I would be happy to mail you one if you like! Just be extra careful to not over tighten it. The rotomolded plastic on that inlet is pretty rigid and can certainly crack the fiberglass inlet portion easily if not extra careful.

I Hope this answers your questions. I don’t think any authorized dealers will have a fix other then the two I have offered.
Please let me know if you have any further questions."

Hi guys.
Have you lifted you car on an elevator for mounting the intake, or just used the OEM lifter used for replacing a wheel with a tyre brake?
Thanks in advance and enjoy your IceBoxes

^No need to lift the car at all. Since I needed to remove the resonator, the front bumper and battery was removed giving me full access to install the Icebox.

However, if you have removed the resonator already like Derwood, then you can get through the wheel well instead. Lift the car up with a car jack, remove the left front wheel, pull back the fender liner, and you will have an easy access to where the air horn needed to go and connect to the downspout of the icebox.

What specific design aspects cause the Ice Box to generate more power?

From what I can tell, it uses the stock snorkel and an air box with a filter. Exactly how is this more free-flowing than stock? Do we have dyno numbers?

Poser, this was explained in another thread. Basically, the stock intake with resonator in place restrict the amount of air flow, cold air induction system like the ice box remove the obstruction and also draw cold air from below and away from the hot engine.

Here's what HD said in another thread:

The whole gist of the deal with the icebox is this;

1) It doesn't lengthen the original intake tract. The car was engineered with the airbox terminating where it does and where the icebox does. The original airbox is designed with quiet operation above all, even if it sacrifices performance and/or a little loss in efficiency.

2) It's not a ram air, it provides a place to draw cool air from without sticking the filter in the fenderwell. The filter is in the box up top.

That does two things;
a) Makes it a lot easier to clean without taking the gravel guard, fender liner or bumper partially apart to access it.
b) There's no way short of total submersion where one is trying to hydrolock the engine on purpose that this thing would allow significant water ingress.

3) There's a large 4" diameter velocity stack-equipped air entry path that straightens the air coming into the tube.

4) Another velocity stack *is* the foundation of the MAF adapter, air filter mount.

5) The box is plastic and not metal. Think about it...if you draw cool(er) air from outside the car, then pass it through a long metal tube, the heat from the radiator will soak into that tube and warm it back up again.

IMHO, CT-E is and always has been a *performance* company with *no* compromises. Many others in this industry are marketing companies and just happen to be in the automotive performance business. In other words, they're not going to tell you what you want to hear to buy a part. If it only makes X horsepower, you can bet that's what they stand by.

Also IMHO, the best performance parts are designed to work together and don't just aim for peak power. Some parts will yield top rpm gains but sacrifice hp/tq at lower rpms where you normally spend your time driving. I'm not willing to make that compromise.

Thanks man.
I guess I have to wait my IceBox to arrive and the things will become clear with all the pieces in front of me.
I am trying to figure if I can install it myself or I need to take the car to a garage.
I am presently using a Takeda Short-Ram and I have nothing to object to it (maybe only that it is too loud when I hit VTEC) but when I saw you guys speaking at superlative about CTE IceBox I had to order one for myself.
I just can't stand that others are using the best intake ever and me not.

ME WANT VIDEO CLIP!!!! :p