Turbo Kit for Acura TL '04-'08
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From: Waffles, BU
you are thinking about johnR15 or joe8855-this guy was a scammer.
dirtyjohn had a turbo auto tl-p and he owns his own shop in TX. he is a very legit and good guy
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It was ThinJim I was thinking about. Here it is -
Turbo CLS. Incredible Numbers! (click here)
SOLD! FS: Turbo Kit For 2003 CL 6 Speed (click here)
Update (click here)
Gizzmo, Gizzmo (click here)
It finally Happened (click here)
Video 1 (click here)
Video 2 (click here)
Video 3 (click here)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRCVhaGT-80
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kuo5HQhLA3A
Turbo CLS. Incredible Numbers! (click here)
SOLD! FS: Turbo Kit For 2003 CL 6 Speed (click here)
Update (click here)
Gizzmo, Gizzmo (click here)
It finally Happened (click here)
Video 1 (click here)
Video 2 (click here)
Video 3 (click here)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRCVhaGT-80
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kuo5HQhLA3A
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From: NYC
There's good potential for plenty of power to be made on our motors. Everything is good enough to hold plenty except for the pistons. Rods are forged, crank's forged. Piston's are the weak link, and changing those to forged pistons and lowering CR along the line, will get you on the road to 500 WHP with plenty of reliability.
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From: Jax, FL
was that the blown CL-S with youtube videos floating around? if so, his turbo may have worked but it was way to big and you could literally watch the clock while it spooled up. And all I ever saw him do was smoke the tires for a second. the car never went above a crawl.
could be a different car i'm talking about.
could be a different car i'm talking about.
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thats an overstatement for many motors, including our j32/j35.
There's good potential for plenty of power to be made on our motors. Everything is good enough to hold plenty except for the pistons. Rods are forged, crank's forged. Piston's are the weak link, and changing those to forged pistons and lowering CR along the line, will get you on the road to 500 WHP with plenty of reliability.
There's good potential for plenty of power to be made on our motors. Everything is good enough to hold plenty except for the pistons. Rods are forged, crank's forged. Piston's are the weak link, and changing those to forged pistons and lowering CR along the line, will get you on the road to 500 WHP with plenty of reliability.
Our rods are weak also and should be given consideration for replacement. Yes they are forged, but it was done by Honda to reduce weight, not for stregnth. Unfortuntly the only AM rods I know of at this point are made by Paulter, they are gorgeaous and have used a set, but damn $1200 a set.
sorry
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Interesting stuff. Using the forum search feature is like being able to travel back in time. Found out that the true credit does not belong to ThinJim. ThinJim purchased the kit from Acurazine member "allmotor_2000". And, I think "allmotor_2000" got help from another Acurazine member "BlueCLS6". "BlueCLS6" was 31 yrs old and a Design Engineer for Garrett Engine Boosting Systems!!!
Back in 2004, "allmotor_2000" had his turbo CL making 419 whp (Dynapak). On the dyno, he used race gas. However on the street, he used 91 octane gasoline usually.
Turbo CL-S Dyno (click here)
In 2005, "allmotor_2000" parted-out the turbo and sold the turbo to ThinJim. In 2006, he sold the car. He bought a BMW 7.
Selling my car... (click here)
Also discovered there was another Acurazine member that built his own turbo kit. It was Acurazine member "BlueCLS6". He was 31 yrs old and a Design Engineer for Garrett Engine Boosting Systems!!!! This was in year 2004 too. His made 374 whp with 91 octane gasoline. He used Comptech FPR and Greddy E-Manage, stock injectors, and a custom E-Manage harness
2nd Turbo Install Complete. Official Pics (click here)
DYNO'ed (finally) BlueCLS6's Turbo CLS (click here)
Well I fully got on it for the first time just a little while ago and HOLY CRAP! It spun the tires all through 1st, continued to spin the tires in 2nd even though I short shifted at about 6,ooorpm, and chirped the tires going into 3rd when I let off because we were going too fast. Oh and this is with practically new tires (only 6100 miles) and 4 people in the car!! This is with a peak of only about 5.8psi of boost too. Even the turbo engineers here at Garrett were impressed. Anyway, just wanted to report. Sorry we don't have any videos yet.
Then in 2006, "BlueCLS6" put his car up for sale. He wanted to sell the whole CL as-is including the installed turbo. After no solid bites, he put the turbo kit up for sale for $6,000. The kit finally sold in January 2007 to an undisclosed person.
FS: Turbocharged 2003 CL Type-S 6-Speed w/ Nav, LOW MILES (click here)
SOLD! For Sale: Complete TURBO Kit, 6-Speed CL (click here)
Here is another link from ThinJim.
Turbo Dyno Results (click here)
Back in 2004, "allmotor_2000" had his turbo CL making 419 whp (Dynapak). On the dyno, he used race gas. However on the street, he used 91 octane gasoline usually.
Turbo CL-S Dyno (click here)
In 2005, "allmotor_2000" parted-out the turbo and sold the turbo to ThinJim. In 2006, he sold the car. He bought a BMW 7.
Selling my car... (click here)
Also discovered there was another Acurazine member that built his own turbo kit. It was Acurazine member "BlueCLS6". He was 31 yrs old and a Design Engineer for Garrett Engine Boosting Systems!!!! This was in year 2004 too. His made 374 whp with 91 octane gasoline. He used Comptech FPR and Greddy E-Manage, stock injectors, and a custom E-Manage harness
2nd Turbo Install Complete. Official Pics (click here)
DYNO'ed (finally) BlueCLS6's Turbo CLS (click here)
Well I fully got on it for the first time just a little while ago and HOLY CRAP! It spun the tires all through 1st, continued to spin the tires in 2nd even though I short shifted at about 6,ooorpm, and chirped the tires going into 3rd when I let off because we were going too fast. Oh and this is with practically new tires (only 6100 miles) and 4 people in the car!! This is with a peak of only about 5.8psi of boost too. Even the turbo engineers here at Garrett were impressed. Anyway, just wanted to report. Sorry we don't have any videos yet.
FS: Turbocharged 2003 CL Type-S 6-Speed w/ Nav, LOW MILES (click here)
SOLD! For Sale: Complete TURBO Kit, 6-Speed CL (click here)
Here is another link from ThinJim.
Turbo Dyno Results (click here)
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For anyone pushing the J32 hard with boost or juice, please take note of this thread. Keep an eye on cylinder #2.
J32A2's arn't unbreakable - mine is dead! (click here)
J32A2's arn't unbreakable - mine is dead! (click here)
For anyone pushing the J32 hard with boost or juice, please take note of this thread. Keep an eye on cylinder #2.
J32A2's arn't unbreakable - mine is dead! (click here)
J32A2's arn't unbreakable - mine is dead! (click here)
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From: NYC
Our rods are weak also and should be given consideration for replacement. Yes they are forged, but it was done by Honda to reduce weight, not for stregnth. Unfortuntly the only AM rods I know of at this point are made by Paulter, they are gorgeaous and have used a set, but damn $1200 a set.
i have pics on my phone but im too lazy to upload em
The turbo on this thread (don't know about the video) is made and tuned for the 3G's engine.
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Last edited by KN_TL; Nov 22, 2009 at 09:40 PM.
Interesting stuff. Using the forum search feature is like being able to travel back in time. Found out that the true credit does not belong to ThinJim. ThinJim purchased the kit from Acurazine member "allmotor_2000". And, I think "allmotor_2000" got help from another Acurazine member "BlueCLS6". "BlueCLS6" was 31 yrs old and a Design Engineer for Garrett Engine Boosting Systems!!!
Back in 2004, "allmotor_2000" had his turbo CL making 419 whp (Dynapak). On the dyno, he used race gas. However on the street, he used 91 octane gasoline usually.
Turbo CL-S Dyno (click here)
In 2005, "allmotor_2000" parted-out the turbo and sold the turbo to ThinJim. In 2006, he sold the car. He bought a BMW 7.
Selling my car... (click here)
Also discovered there was another Acurazine member that built his own turbo kit. It was Acurazine member "BlueCLS6". He was 31 yrs old and a Design Engineer for Garrett Engine Boosting Systems!!!! This was in year 2004 too. His made 374 whp with 91 octane gasoline. He used Comptech FPR and Greddy E-Manage, stock injectors, and a custom E-Manage harness
2nd Turbo Install Complete. Official Pics (click here)
DYNO'ed (finally) BlueCLS6's Turbo CLS (click here)
Then in 2006, "BlueCLS6" put his car up for sale. He wanted to sell the whole CL as-is including the installed turbo. After no solid bites, he put the turbo kit up for sale for $6,000. The kit finally sold in January 2007 to an undisclosed person.
FS: Turbocharged 2003 CL Type-S 6-Speed w/ Nav, LOW MILES (click here)
SOLD! For Sale: Complete TURBO Kit, 6-Speed CL (click here)
Here is another link from ThinJim.
Turbo Dyno Results (click here)
Back in 2004, "allmotor_2000" had his turbo CL making 419 whp (Dynapak). On the dyno, he used race gas. However on the street, he used 91 octane gasoline usually.
Turbo CL-S Dyno (click here)
In 2005, "allmotor_2000" parted-out the turbo and sold the turbo to ThinJim. In 2006, he sold the car. He bought a BMW 7.
Selling my car... (click here)
Also discovered there was another Acurazine member that built his own turbo kit. It was Acurazine member "BlueCLS6". He was 31 yrs old and a Design Engineer for Garrett Engine Boosting Systems!!!! This was in year 2004 too. His made 374 whp with 91 octane gasoline. He used Comptech FPR and Greddy E-Manage, stock injectors, and a custom E-Manage harness
2nd Turbo Install Complete. Official Pics (click here)
DYNO'ed (finally) BlueCLS6's Turbo CLS (click here)
Then in 2006, "BlueCLS6" put his car up for sale. He wanted to sell the whole CL as-is including the installed turbo. After no solid bites, he put the turbo kit up for sale for $6,000. The kit finally sold in January 2007 to an undisclosed person.
FS: Turbocharged 2003 CL Type-S 6-Speed w/ Nav, LOW MILES (click here)
SOLD! For Sale: Complete TURBO Kit, 6-Speed CL (click here)
Here is another link from ThinJim.
Turbo Dyno Results (click here)
his kit setup is almost identical to blue cls6 in the layout. but he used the ebay turbo piping and modded it.
https://acurazine.com/forums/2g-cl-dynograph-gallery-51/my-turbo-cl-s6-dyno-695856/
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I think that's an awesome way of doing it. The knowledge you'll learn will be invaluable and can be applied down the road if you do get an M3 later on. You're a smart guy and once you start tearing into it, things will start clicking and you'll connect the dots easily. I'm grateful that in '94 when I was 17 no one could work on my GN so I had to teach myself. Otherwise I would probably be asking people how to change the oil on my TL lol.
I want to learn everything, but I have so many options. Like get a M3/type-s, buy a beater (Supra, 67 Mustang/Camaro) and mod it and keep my M3/type-s stock. Or get a Type-S mod it with the turbo and do my best to keep it stable at 500WHP daily driver.
Actually saw a similar GN like yours on craigslist, and wanted to check on it.
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dont forget CL6
his kit setup is almost identical to blue cls6 in the layout. but he used the ebay turbo piping and modded it.
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=695856
his kit setup is almost identical to blue cls6 in the layout. but he used the ebay turbo piping and modded it.
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=695856
