Sup guys, this is my first time posting on these forums. About three months ago, I purchased a 1999 3.0 CL. I got the car with 88k miles on it from a private party, I like the car... way better upgrade.

I don't know much about cars, almost damn near nothing so I need your guys help. I want to add a little power to the car so I was looking at other CL's on cardomain.com and it seemed like a lot of them had AEM cold air intakes. Are these rather easy to install (I have friends that could help) and will I notice a good increase in performance? Any recommendations on other mods that will increase performance off the line?

Also there was this car on the site that had a little silver 3.0 logo down by the door. Anyone know where you can purchase these or the Acura writing that some CL's have on the back left, opposite corner of the 3.0.

Thanks in advance, and any other advice post away!

 

get headers (stone racing for cl type s 6 speed) www.ebay.com
get an intake (aem 300$ or ebay generic 50$)
get a tranny cooler cause as soon as you try to put your foot to the floor youll burn up your tranny. hard shifting into 2nd from 1st. or sloppy 3rd gear shifts.

save up, your goin to spend alot of lute on your new cl...

oh yea search,

and welcome to the board young pimp.

 

word, i'm going with the tranny cooler, and mines a 99 3.0 with about 19K less than yours, it's a smart move! and welcome

 

Welcome I'm sure you'll enjoy your 3.0. As wilp said, def get headers and an intake. Pullies will also give you deccent gains. And a tranny cooler won't hurt. Enjoy the modding.

 

Dumb question....Im hesitant in gettin a AEM CAI for my 97 2.2 CL...I found one for a 94-97 Accord 4cyl Part No. 21-408...Will this fit and work perfectly for my car?...Same throttle body and compression as the Accord?...Help a kid out

 

Alright, so what exactly will the headers do? Are they easy to install, I know little about cars as I said but my dad and lot of friends could help out.

Any estimate on how much HP the AEM intake adds to a stock cl?

Thanks for the fast reply Wilp, what transmission coolers are you using?

 

Yes that will work fine

Any estimate on how much HP the AEM intake adds to a stock cl?

Thanks for the fast reply Wilp, what transmission coolers are you using?

1.) Headers allow your motor to breath and exhale a lot better and add the most gains to your car. The install should be fairly straight forward if you have help, or the install would be pretty cheap if you paid someone

2.) AEM claims taht their intakes add up to 5 hp, all depends on many variables, you won't see any more than 4-5 hp if you're lucky but it does help your car and give a little more umph.

3.) Hayden tranny coolers are the ones that most people recommend, if you search on here, there are a couple other brands as well.

 

Will a trans. cooler be recommended for a 2.2 CL?

 

Couldn't hurt They're only like $50