No aftermarket for G25a engines?
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No aftermarket for G25a engines?
So I'm very new to modding and haven't gotten the chance to mod my car yet.
I'm trying to lay out a plan and pretty much organize, prioritize, and learn everything I can about what's what so I don't carelessly add stuff and eff my car up after the first mod. (Not to mention I'm not trying to spend unnecessary money on shit)
So the car I drive is an Acura TL 2.5 (First Gen 1997) and lately I've been looking for engine performance parts and trying to add up prices, estimate how much everything would cost at the end (initially), and pretty much lay out a foundation on how I would want everything to play out. A problem I'm starting to see is that the G25a engine doesn't have much aftermarket support. I can't find any type of CAI, Headers, Cams, Intake Manifolds, High flow exhausts etc. for the car, at least vehicle specifically and it's a bit discouraging to say the least.
What can I do? Will I have to fabricate my own parts or are there parts out there that I can use for my car?
I want to experiment and find out but I don't want to jump and do something blindly and mess up something.
You guys are pretty handy and improvisational, how would you all tackle this issue?
I'm trying to lay out a plan and pretty much organize, prioritize, and learn everything I can about what's what so I don't carelessly add stuff and eff my car up after the first mod. (Not to mention I'm not trying to spend unnecessary money on shit)
So the car I drive is an Acura TL 2.5 (First Gen 1997) and lately I've been looking for engine performance parts and trying to add up prices, estimate how much everything would cost at the end (initially), and pretty much lay out a foundation on how I would want everything to play out. A problem I'm starting to see is that the G25a engine doesn't have much aftermarket support. I can't find any type of CAI, Headers, Cams, Intake Manifolds, High flow exhausts etc. for the car, at least vehicle specifically and it's a bit discouraging to say the least.
What can I do? Will I have to fabricate my own parts or are there parts out there that I can use for my car?
I want to experiment and find out but I don't want to jump and do something blindly and mess up something.
You guys are pretty handy and improvisational, how would you all tackle this issue?
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You may not like this advice, but I would recommend you buy a different car with more aftermarket support.
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Yeah that's the unfortunate reality that I've been coming to terms with. Some of the engine builds I've looked up pretty much made other vehicle specific parts work on their car. (But they had to do quite some fabricating and adjustments)
I just gotta look more into how and what they did to fabricate these parts to fit their engines.
While buying a Miata, Subie, or Civic is still an option, it' not the choice I'm making. I've only ever seen 1 or 2 1st gen TLs on the Web that were actually modified heavily. I know it'l
be hard but I'm with the challenge and will like having one of the very few modified 1st gen TLs.
I preciate y'alls feedback though.
I just gotta look more into how and what they did to fabricate these parts to fit their engines.
While buying a Miata, Subie, or Civic is still an option, it' not the choice I'm making. I've only ever seen 1 or 2 1st gen TLs on the Web that were actually modified heavily. I know it'l
be hard but I'm with the challenge and will like having one of the very few modified 1st gen TLs.
I preciate y'alls feedback though.
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The only really good thing about your car from my perspective is it has an inline engine which makes adding a turbocharger relatively easy (when compare to a vee style engine). However, adding forced induction to your engine will be very hard on the transmission; if you go this route, you'll probably be replacing transmissions every year or two.
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The only really good thing about your car from my perspective is it has an inline engine which makes adding a turbocharger relatively easy (when compare to a vee style engine). However, adding forced induction to your engine will be very hard on the transmission; if you go this route, you'll probably be replacing transmissions every year or two.
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Believe me, I'm very realistic and know I'm not going to be making a 400 HP 1st gen TL and I'm perfectly fine with that. I just want to do something different and I don't have the knowledge or skill yet to attempt an engine swap nor would it be necessary at the moment, so just having a unique performance oriented 1st gen TL that I built will satisfy me.
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justnspace (03-19-2018)
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Splitting hairs here, but I thought the G25A was a normally aspirated Inline-5.
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I'm trying to have a teaching moment here. lol
if he thinks of it as an N/A 4 cylinder, he'll realize nothing can be done to make the car any faster.
i've had '89 Mazda mx-6, 1998 Toyota Corolla, 1999 chevy s-10, 2002 v6 dodge ram 1500. None of those cars were any faster after adding a cold air intake and resistors to trick the ecu...
they were all 4 cylinder's, save for the dodge...
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it is.
I'm trying to have a teaching moment here. lol
if he thinks of it as an N/A 4 cylinder, he'll realize nothing can be done to make the car any faster.
i've had '89 Mazda mx-6, 1998 Toyota Corolla, 1999 chevy s-10, 2002 v6 dodge ram 1500. None of those cars were any faster after adding a cold air intake and resistors to trick the ecu...
they were all 4 cylinder's, save for the dodge...
I'm trying to have a teaching moment here. lol
if he thinks of it as an N/A 4 cylinder, he'll realize nothing can be done to make the car any faster.
i've had '89 Mazda mx-6, 1998 Toyota Corolla, 1999 chevy s-10, 2002 v6 dodge ram 1500. None of those cars were any faster after adding a cold air intake and resistors to trick the ecu...
they were all 4 cylinder's, save for the dodge...
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horseshoez (03-19-2018)
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So after 6 years, I decided to revive this old thread that I started. Took y'alls advice and just said screw it and went custom everything and am currently designing and engineering my own parts as well.
I'm currently designing a ITB system for the car and have designed and planned out a header system (5-1 step down headers) this is done in addition to a ported head, ground Camshaft from BC, supertech valves, and BC springs. Also have a custom exhaust with a HKS muffler.
The next task on the agenda right now is to swap the transmission out with the Vigors Manual 5-Speed and rewire the entire harness with a standalone ECU. (Probably going to go with Haltech since I can't find anything about AEM anymore) Gonna be a lot of work, but I'll get it done. Will keep y'all updated if any of you are interested.
I'm currently designing a ITB system for the car and have designed and planned out a header system (5-1 step down headers) this is done in addition to a ported head, ground Camshaft from BC, supertech valves, and BC springs. Also have a custom exhaust with a HKS muffler.
The next task on the agenda right now is to swap the transmission out with the Vigors Manual 5-Speed and rewire the entire harness with a standalone ECU. (Probably going to go with Haltech since I can't find anything about AEM anymore) Gonna be a lot of work, but I'll get it done. Will keep y'all updated if any of you are interested.
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