I installed my CorkSport intake today.
The crappy phone photo makes the intake tube and filter look more orange than they are. They're red, just not as deep a red as Soul Red.
The intake sounds fantastic! I was expecting it to sound more like the FocusSport intake I had on my 2012 Focus. That was SERIOUSLY loud at WOT, and it wasn't a particularly good sound, like a loud drone or moan. Not quite that bad, but not all that thrilling, either. And did I mention it was LOUD? I wanted the extra power from an intake for this car, and I wanted a bit more sound, but I was worried it would be too much. It's not, at least not for me. It's considerably quieter than the intake on my Focus was, and it sounds great. It's unnoticeable at cruise, but it has a fantastic growl when you get on the gas, and as the tach approaches redline, it takes on a higher pitch metallic sound. I even heard a little bit of a bark at one point when the (sport mode) automatic shifted. Startled me a bit. I'm very happy with it. I'll try to get a sound clip of it with my cell phone next time (I wish I had thought of that today).
As far as noticing any performance improvement, I can't say that I did during my somewhat short test drive, but I'm not surprised. It's only 6whp maximum gain, and at the power peak, it's more like 5whp. At the flywheel, the car should be making a maximum power of 189-190hp. When the car is already as quick as this one is (for what it is), I wouldn't expect a 6whp gain, even across the top half of the rev range, to be all that noticeable. Frankly, the sound was drawing more of my attention!
I also plan to get the CorkSport axle-back exhaust eventually (probably not until next year, though). With that, the car *should* be making somewhere around 195hp, max, and sounding great while doing it. Not too shabby.