Theasian
New Member
Ok I figured i havnt posted in ages so Ild start off with posting a review of the CT Engineering Ice box.
Car is a 98 ls 96 spec ITR engine. Overall the installation was pretty simple and straight forward. No harder than installing a cold air intake. I used my old ITR Intake arm more of a stock look. If your car has fender liners installed you will have to jack up the car to access the front wheel well to install the lower arm duct. I have the jdm front end and the tube is about perfectly lined up with the lower accent. I would say from start to finish. i spend about 20 min installing but i have a lift so i figure at home 1 hour to 1:30 to install
Only complaint I have about the box itself is it is a pain in the ass sometimes to get the air filter box to snap down. Ive heard a bump of complaints about the fitment itself of the air filter housing but Mine was great nice tight seal dosnt easily come off. Like i said kind of annoying to get it to snap closed. sometimes.
The filter and elbow that come with it for use with the stock arm are deff well made. The elbow is advertised to have a velocity effect im not to sure about that but it is defiantly smooth no rough edges
The design makes it nearly impossible to suck up water into the engine so no worries of hydro locking your engine.
Now after install obviously i took the car for a bit of a spin. Its a quite set up you wont get intake noise like you would with a short ram or anything but driving ild say 33-3600+ the car just wants to go. Now i do have slots cut in my front bumper I dont know if this helps with a sort of ram effect or not cant hurt. But it defiantly has a noticeable power increase in the mid to higher rpm range.
I dont have any good pictures as of right now but Ill get some in the next few days. My engine bay is a mess with wiring and messing with things.
Pros Fitment is great minus the box is a bit hard to close. Looks like a stock intake system. Not flashy which is my style.
Cons. Cost it is expensive as intakes go unless your buying a ARC. Not much bling if you want bling.
Overall Im defiantly happy with the money I spent on this intake. Now if i can find a J's racing bumper duct ill be in real buisness
Car is a 98 ls 96 spec ITR engine. Overall the installation was pretty simple and straight forward. No harder than installing a cold air intake. I used my old ITR Intake arm more of a stock look. If your car has fender liners installed you will have to jack up the car to access the front wheel well to install the lower arm duct. I have the jdm front end and the tube is about perfectly lined up with the lower accent. I would say from start to finish. i spend about 20 min installing but i have a lift so i figure at home 1 hour to 1:30 to install
Only complaint I have about the box itself is it is a pain in the ass sometimes to get the air filter box to snap down. Ive heard a bump of complaints about the fitment itself of the air filter housing but Mine was great nice tight seal dosnt easily come off. Like i said kind of annoying to get it to snap closed. sometimes.
The filter and elbow that come with it for use with the stock arm are deff well made. The elbow is advertised to have a velocity effect im not to sure about that but it is defiantly smooth no rough edges
The design makes it nearly impossible to suck up water into the engine so no worries of hydro locking your engine.
Now after install obviously i took the car for a bit of a spin. Its a quite set up you wont get intake noise like you would with a short ram or anything but driving ild say 33-3600+ the car just wants to go. Now i do have slots cut in my front bumper I dont know if this helps with a sort of ram effect or not cant hurt. But it defiantly has a noticeable power increase in the mid to higher rpm range.
I dont have any good pictures as of right now but Ill get some in the next few days. My engine bay is a mess with wiring and messing with things.
Pros Fitment is great minus the box is a bit hard to close. Looks like a stock intake system. Not flashy which is my style.
Cons. Cost it is expensive as intakes go unless your buying a ARC. Not much bling if you want bling.
Overall Im defiantly happy with the money I spent on this intake. Now if i can find a J's racing bumper duct ill be in real buisness
