subscribed...

 

I'm not sure if it'll be this or a J-pipe.

As I told you, once I bought one thing, I knew that I'd have to go for perfection.

 

Any updates.....

 

I emailed Josh on Tuesday for any updates on when the initial order would ship. He said it should ship within the week, so we're all still waiting on that shipment.

 

So maybe next week then. The one in the pics should write a review.

 

XLR8,any more in stock??

 

As soon as we have tracking info we will forward it to everyone. I don't have any left from the original shipment but you can order for the next shipment.

 

Intakes are shipping tomorrow.

 

That's great news, looking forward to it.

 

Did you get a tracking number

 

Who will be the first to post a review?

 

I have not received a tracking # yet.

 

Well guess the wait will continue. We be nice to see accurate information distributed out about shipping

 

Got my tracking # this afternoon. It should be at my doorstep on Monday.

 

Hopefully soon we can get some feedback and sound video or audio.

 

Great, looking forward to the experience with it

 

waiting for confirmation of fwd fitment.. im ready to order right now but 600 bucks is hard for me to drop just to test it.

 

havent heard back from them since they did the initial measurements. also looking forward to getting that intake in there and having them dyno it.

 

Received tracking information but will be another week before I see it. Since it's coming from CA. it states it will be here the 18. Going to get the car serviced first before I add the mods. That way I don't have to answer any questions while it's in the shop. Last thing I need is to hear modifications while they are working on the transmission.

 

I am one of the people waiting for actual customer reviews / photos / sound clips / videos... before putting money down on this..

 

Did everyone get tracking numbers? I did not get one.

 

Yes and a copy of the purchase order.

 

Email me. I sent you an invoice and tracking #.

 

I received my shipment today and all looks to be in order. Mine came with the filter already installed into the icebox housing, so I get to skip that step in the instructions .

My initial impression of the Icebox housing is that it is very well made and I could see why it took so long to R&D. I had a CT Icebox intake for my old 2001 AV6, and from what I remember that intake was not as nicely built as this one. I've read the instructions a couple of times already and they appear very detailed and fairly straighforward.

This installation is a bit more complicated then the Takeda SRI install. Where the SRI install does not require removal of the bumpber, this install requires that you remove the bumper, remove the battery and battery tray, remove the resonator box. It's just a bit too much work for me to do on a weeknight so I'll need to save this for this coming weekend at the earliest to install.

Here's what it looks like.

 

Deuce415 - awesome! thanks for posting the pic...I am anxious to hear about your install and opinion on the power gains.

please take some pics of the install process...and maybe do some sound clips BEFORE...both in the car and maybe some revving from outside..and then do some AFTER clips..so we can get a sense of how it change.

is your car otherwise stock?

I hope this intake makes the gains they claim.. 16 whp should be enough to actually feel... it won't make the car snap your neck... but you'll know it's faster.

 

Awesome,i am with 23109VC,pics of install and your review would be grealy appreciated.

Convince me to sell my 4 months old Takeda lol.

 

Do the instructions tell you how to remove the front bumper?

 

Cant wait to see pics of install!

 

I only have a V1 XLR8 J-pipe on my car, otherwise it is stock (I went back to stock intake and sold my Takeda a while ago). I'll try to do the sound clips and the install pics this coming weekend.

 

Looking forward to the install and review. I see why it took so much time to build. Looks to be getting air from outside the engine bay so IATs should be cooler going into the engine

 

Thanks for the pics. Waiting for your feedback. For those of you who want one we now have them on sale on the website. We are getting another shipment in about 4 weeks of these.

http://store.excelerateperformance.c...i-1731624.aspx

 

^^ I'd like to hear audio and final review before justifying $508. The sale ends when?

According to site it only gain 8HP

CT Engineering Intake – Ice Box

• Picks up air behind bumper / fog-light
• Makes 8 hp and 7 lb/ft. over stock air intake on a car with our headers and exhaust
• Designed to not ingest water
• Must be used with the CT Engineering Intake Kit
• CARB legal

 

Horsepower increase of approximately 16 hp at the wheels!
NEW Custom molded fiberglass lower box design with satin black finish and matching intake lid with laser-etched CT Engineering logo.
Molded composite intake tube features an integrated Velocity Stack, which allows for increased airflow to the engine while retaining stock airflow characteristics and factory MAF Sensor mounting position.
Designed and Engineered to limit the "Heat-Soak" experienced in "tube-and-filter" style intakes
Lower air horn draws cooler air from behind the bumper and eliminates
restriction of standard inlet.
Airbox design accomodates factory engine compartment covers for stealth look.
Includes High-Flow reusable foam filter element and all necessary hardware
Application: 09-13 Acura TL (SH-AWD only)
Installation time: 2 Hours +/-

Source: http://www.ct-engineering.com/Produc...0/Default.aspx

 

Just to clear things up. This intake makes almost 16 WHP and 14 LB./FT. of torque. There appears to be a small typo on XLR8's webpage. We hope you guys enjoy the intake, we are curious to hear your feedback....FWD model still in the works.

 

For the next batch, will the CARB sticker be visible when installed?

The advertised power and not having to swap this out in the future (in prep for a smog check) is very appealing to me.

 

what were the mods on the car tested? bone stock?

 

It would be nice if CT Engineering can provide video of actual testing video.

 

would a fwd be cheaper? makes sense it would as sh-awd performance parts are usually more expensive.

 

I agree it would be cool to see a dyno video.

I doubt it will be priced lower since it's only going to require slight modification to be used in the base, it's likely to be almost the same product.

 

Where is the 508 price coming from