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CT-Engineering Intake Installed
Compliments of CleanCL @ https://acurazine.com
4-19-2013
Got this bad boy strapped in today, some things to note: car has throttle body work and the RV6 J-pipe (third cat removed), and I've removed my bumper/battery/intake numerous times before.
The install is very straight forward except for one part. As I said, I had done this so many times, I knew what was coming. I cringed. The factory intake forms a U shape, drops down from the left side of the battery, enters an unseen resonator, and comes back up into the airbox on the right/top of the battery. The problem is getting all the tubing out. The directions say some aspects of the install are optional and you can leave some stuff. If you're like me, leaving unused items in my engine bay is unacceptable. 
Step 1 states to raise the car on jacks, I did not, and had no problem. Total install time was 2 hours. Do what you feel is safe.
Here's the biggest pain. As a point of reference here is the battery tray, facing the car head on. I've circled the tab to keep the reference.
Here is the tray out of the car. No easy task. Again referencing the circled red tab. From this perspective, we are looking at the tray from underneath. The 3 green areas circled are bolts that need to be removed. You must blindly remove bolts (that are very tight) with almost no arm room. I'm not a big person, but not small. Anyone with bigger hands/wrists, I would find this almost impossible. Anyway, you have to use the baby wrench for this step.
Results? Heck yea. I let the car idle (after having the battery removed for 2 hours) for about 15-20 minutes. I always spot a difference when I don't have to rev as high while getting up to the same speed as before. The car pulls much stronger throughout the whole power band. I know people are always promoting HP, but for me the torque is huge. I'm really pleased with this combination of modifications. This car with some light modifications really gets amplified.
Now with no resonator, you get more intake sound. Nothing over bearing or annoying. It sounds great coupled with the exhaust sound. And I will state, I am NOT about loudness or drone, so I am very picky about that factor. I had the short ram intake everyone else has and promptly got rid of it because I thought it sounded like junk, if that's indication of my preferences.
CT-Engineering makes awesome products, they are always worth the wait. Also thanks to Josh at Excelerate (http://www.excelerateperformance.com/) for getting me this intake so quickly.
Nap time. 
