rdcstech

I know a lot of you guy say its a noise maker but thats ok.......

Installed the intake on my 3.5 2012 tl and plugged the battery back on and took it for a drive and a big ass smile was on my face. From the no noise stock intake to hearing the eco vtec cross over @ 4500 will make you smile......more hp or not, we bought the car for the luxury not to race , so idc about the hp or lack there of.
So say what you want, it was 200 well spent.
Anyone thinking of getting it, I say go for it......sounds awesome!

elietania

im still debating between the ct ice box or the takeda intake!

dynamiteDmoney

Agreed! noise maker or not its a great mod and wow does it sound great! I Literally just got done installing mine on my 10' tl sh-awd 3.7L and love it! Took me a couple of couple hours and soooo worth it! I say go for it!

Grigio4G

Once you add a modified exhaust to the takeda mix....its pretty orgasmic lol just fyi

scotty2hotty

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+1. Catback, J pipe, and Takeda sound great.

Want fast? Get a different car.

justnspace

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the CT ice box will be more beneficial.


the thing about the short ram intake is, you're taking off the factory cold air intake system and installing something that is worse.
why would you want to do some reverse engineering!?!?!
the Honda engineers designed the factory cold air intake system to not leave any HP on the table.

if all you wanted was sound, save the $200 dollars and just remove the intake resonator.

wreak

I'll probably never get an intake until I see proof I'm not giving up power under 3000 RPM. I agree they sound awesome but I do too much city driving to bother doing mods that only give gains over 4k+ RPM

Blaze9

Honestly I feel that there is a bit power lost in the lower RPM band, but I do mostly highway driving and it feels great on the road.

potmilkz

installs intake, floors it when ever he gets the chance just to hear it roar

Hogan9166

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I agree with this, but will likely take mine off and go back to stock. I like the noise, but hate the low end loss of power.

Blaze9

Yeah, I feel you. I don't mind the loss at lower RPMs. I'm not dragging anyone or doing anything like that. Most of my accleration is at highway speeds (going from 60-80) and that's already at a ~2k RPM cruising, takes a second to get to 3k-4k and then the power seems to come right back as soon as I pass 4k

HeartTLs

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My experience with the Tekeda is that there is no low end loss, but a laggy feel during high RPM. Blaze regardless of whether you're racing or not torque is intoxicating and useful during DD. High torque will make a slow car feel fast.

Excelerate

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You will experience gains with both intakes. TAKEDA did dyno their intake but the gains are a little inflated. CT-E makes the better intake but we've got some on back order with CT-E for 2+ months. So while it's a great product, it shouldn't take 2+ months to build.

PhoenixUnit

Good to hear you liked it! Take every opportunity to enjoy it.

ucf_bronco

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The question is, did they dyno it on the SH-AWD? My guess is no. I'm still waiting to see some hard evidence on the gains/losses associated with this intake. Of course I'd prefer to see before/after dynos from someone other than the manufacturer.

Don't get me wrong, I have one and love it but it would be nice to see some actual evidence as to its effects.

HeartTLs

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Welcome back ! Where you been?

MadeInAcura

If you decide to sell, let me know
Love that throaty sound

ucf_bronco

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Not sure if it's been sold yet or not but check this thread.

PhoenixUnit

Been super busy bro! Since there really hasn't been any major new aftermarket parts for the TL I've just kinda been lurking around and decided starting a DC2 track project soon so gonna start a part out for the TL soon unfortunately :/ and sorry to thread jack.

HeartTLs

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Be easy for a moment. Hondata might be coming through for us and then the real fun will begin!

Steven Bell

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Any pictures of your install?

dirtyo2000

If you have the intake and your car is a awd what's the problem with getting the info that you want? Go to a dyno and get it done

potmilkz

awd dyno is not exactly easy to come by..

lmkhl

Can anyone confirm that the intake does not void the warranty? Just purchased a 4th gen this weekend with extended warranty so don't want to get screwed over on that.

Thanks!

KarKraze

If the dealer can prove that your issues resulted from the installation of the intake then they can void your warranty related to damages from that specific part, this is not limited to the intake but for any aftermarket mod that you do.

AntSauce

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The beauty of bolt-ons is that you can simply swap them back with the original part.

Excelerate

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I'm not sure which vehicle it was tested on. Here is the dyno graph and info from TAKEDA.



The Takeda Retain Intake is a short ram air intake intake system. In recent testing this intake produced 14hp and 14lbs. x ft. of torque.

http://afepower.com/shop/details_new...007&brandID=78

eazy

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Sorry to go off topic but still nothing on the CT-e ice box for FWD 4G's right? I've tried to contact CT-e themselves they don't even bother to answer anymore

runutsooh

So is it just power loss with the SRI or would you get that with a Cold Air Intake too?

rdcstech

Steven bell, sorry no pics....installed the intake and put all the plastics back on.

ucf_bronco

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There's no aftermarket CAI available for the 4G TL.

KarKraze

"Ucf" did you overlook the CT Icebox?

ucf_bronco

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Haha, sure did...I stand corrected.

raf1919

Is there DIY on how to remove the resonater? or where it is located.

usdmJON

Responding to this because I just saw it in the quote.

I agree with this on your average SRI... and maybe the takeda intake for the TL is your average SRI but the Takeda Retain SRI I have for the ILX utilizes the stock "cold air system" but replaces the airbox itself with a much larger top end, larger piping tot he throttle body, and an oversized cone filter.

So it may not be as great as the CT, but it definitely is an increase over stock... now if they took out the resonator and left it not hooked up to anything so it was just a box open to the engine... thats dumb.

scotty2hotty

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That's a wierd dyno chart.

andrewcjduong

I dunno about you guys but if you're relying on an intake to make power on our cars, or even trying to make more power with our cars without a tune. It's really pointless.

NA builds are hard and expensive, generally requiring some solid internal upgrades. Even then, you need a proper base tune. I would say to those who want power, wait for a Hondata flash pro or buy a different car. You could get a stock 335i with the same amount of HP with our cars, flash it with a Cobb and minor bolt ons to make 400hp+ easily. Of course more power means less reliability.

dirtyo2000

Why cut the dyno chart off. Wondering why the numbers have no divisible order to them. Looks like a flow chart mixed in with a dyno sheet. What's really throwing me off is all engines TQ and HP pretty much cross at 5252 rpm. This graph isn't showing that. Definitely questionable and no short ram intake is going to pick up 14/14 across the board. Pretty much impossible to increase HP/TQ exponentially on a naturally aspirated engine. Sure someone will take the blue pill

scotty2hotty

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Don't buy an intake or exhaust, get all happy installing them, then look like the Scream mask once you realize you spent over 1k and the car isn't any faster.

Get it because you work hard for your money and want to do a little modding to your TL; it's not an M3.

Skier4lyfe303

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I actually did Dyno this intake on a SH-AWD (did a baseline pull, changed intakes, pulled negative battery cable, let the car idle for 5 minutes, then Dyno'd again). Here are the results (blue=Takeda, red=stock):



Made 5WHP and 6 torque over stock.

More Dyno's here:
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...9#post15027569