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Old 03-10-2008 | 10:04 AM
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Smile What Can I do to get around 250 Whp ?

Hey what up people... I been doing alot of research on my car and I been wondering although I have a automatic and I am planning to keep my car what mods can I do to engine so I can get around 250 whp to 280 whp on a auto? It sound kinda of funny especially on a automatic but I would like least try and be the first tsx in my hood with that type of power.

This are the mod that I already have in my car

Dc Sport Headers

DC Dual Cat Back

Injen MR Technology Intake

Neuspeed Front Sway Bar

Progress Rear Sway Bar

Cisco Middle Sway Bar

Ingall Rear Camber

Ingall Front Camber

Front Vis Carbon Fiber

Vis Trunk Carbon Fiber

Hawk Performance Pad

Cross drilled rotors


This what I am planning to purchase :

Willwood 6 piston front Brake kit

11 inch rear brake conversion

HOndata Reflash

and Maybe the first Tsx with turbo




what ya guyz should advice..... I want to keep the car but I want it to go fast this sh-t is slow my friend with Si are kicking my ass ?
Old 03-10-2008 | 10:19 AM
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hmm...the I am sure other members can chime in, but I was was thinking was a three piece pulley set, heard it works wonders.

btw; I would love to see pictures of your ride, you should post some.
Old 03-10-2008 | 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted by GTSX-05
hmm...the I am sure other members can chime in, but I was was thinking was a three piece pulley set, heard it works wonders.

btw; I would love to see pictures of your ride, you should post some.

I havent post no picture because of my front bumper and back bumper need paint and they key my car in my hood. I think I had a hater or something.... But I my car still in work in progress.... I thinking of thinking the EURO R black window trim so I can match my Black rim with the red lining.

So The three piece pully do work... I was planing to like a 3,000 RMS watt system I am going all out for next year when i get my tax check.
Old 03-10-2008 | 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by castillo183
I havent post no picture because of my front bumper and back bumper need paint and they key my car in my hood. I think I had a hater or something.... But I my car still in work in progress.... I thinking of thinking the EURO R black window trim so I can match my Black rim with the red lining.

So The three piece pully do work... I was planing to like a 3,000 RMS watt system I am going all out for next year when i get my tax check.
WOW that was hard to read.

window trim and a sound system will not help ya get 250 whp
Old 03-10-2008 | 10:35 AM
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I know that LOL
Old 03-10-2008 | 10:36 AM
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I type faster then what I am trying to said lol
Old 03-10-2008 | 10:39 AM
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Which year is your car?.. Your best bet is to go with the Comptech Supercharger with I/H/E/Highflow cat/etc. Should net you around 230whp with your auto. But if you have an 05 auto.. i dont think those ecu's are reflashable.
Old 03-10-2008 | 10:41 AM
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Supercharger or full Hytech exhaust system.

Supercharger will run you $5k installed, Hytech is like $12k for the full system but that will put you over 300whp.
Old 03-10-2008 | 10:42 AM
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I don't think your tranny will hold.
You'd have a better chance trading in your car and buying and modding a 05-06 6sp TL or 07-08 TL-S.
good luck.
Old 03-10-2008 | 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Audioserf
Supercharger or full Hytech exhaust system.

Supercharger will run you $5k installed, Hytech is like $12k for the full system but that will put you over 300whp.
What are you talking about?? No exhaust system from hytech is $12k!
Old 03-10-2008 | 10:57 AM
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250 is reaching from the numbers others have posted. There's no engine management available that can deal with the turbo, which is why we haven't seen any yet. Some have postulated it might be possible with a dual ECU setup but I've not yet heard of any one trying it.

The reality is if you're hung up on speed and power, you've got the wrong car. My advice would be to stick to what the car does well, and that's handling. From the mods you've listed you've taken a good step in the right direction already.

A 3000 watt stereo isn't going to be particularly light so it's not going to do you any favors in the acceleration department.

Some dude spanked me off a light the other night in a Fit. Granted I wasn't expecting or trying to get out in front of him, but I doubt I could have anyway. It's all about the power to weight ratio, which the TSX loses at every time.
Old 03-10-2008 | 11:35 AM
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Comptech supercharger if your model is eligible, otherwise you're SOL for the 250 goal.
In fact, many of your current and planned mods are counter to your goal of more HP.

One more thing, if you are going to bother to post, please take the time and try to use proper grammar and make sentences. This is a forum for ideas, not a text message to your friends at the mall. Make it worth our time too.
Old 03-10-2008 | 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Audioserf
Supercharger or full Hytech exhaust system.

Supercharger will run you $5k installed, Hytech is like $12k for the full system but that will put you over 300whp.

Isnt hytech in the process of building a turbo kit for our car. By a chance I have a 2004 acura TSX with 41 thousand miles.
Old 03-10-2008 | 11:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Reach
Comptech supercharger if your model is eligible, otherwise you're SOL for the 250 goal.
In fact, many of your current and planned mods are counter to your goal of more HP.

One more thing, if you are going to bother to post, please take the time and try to use proper grammar and make sentences. This is a forum for ideas, not a text message to your friends at the mall. Make it worth our time too.

I am sorry about that.
Old 03-10-2008 | 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by LukeaTron
250 is reaching from the numbers others have posted. There's no engine management available that can deal with the turbo, which is why we haven't seen any yet. Some have postulated it might be possible with a dual ECU setup but I've not yet heard of any one trying it.

The reality is if you're hung up on speed and power, you've got the wrong car. My advice would be to stick to what the car does well, and that's handling. From the mods you've listed you've taken a good step in the right direction already.

A 3000 watt stereo isn't going to be particularly light so it's not going to do you any favors in the acceleration department.

Some dude spanked me off a light the other night in a Fit. Granted I wasn't expecting or trying to get out in front of him, but I doubt I could have anyway. It's all about the power to weight ratio, which the TSX loses at every time.
Great I have this car for 4 years and no super performance mod yet. This is a gay car.
Old 03-10-2008 | 11:52 AM
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^^ You bought it.
Old 03-10-2008 | 11:54 AM
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lol. i was going to say, the person picks the car, not the other way around.
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Originally Posted by LukeaTron

The reality is if you're hung up on speed and power, you've got the wrong car.

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If you're desperate and willing to throw down the cash, add the Crower stroker crank along with a bore-job to bring the displacement above 2.6L (not to mention upgrading the rest of your engine internals), then throw in the supercharger. Then do some drivetrain work to keep it all from self-destructing. In other words, All Motor. Do a Google search on "K26 Stroker" and you'll get some hits on how others have managed to get substantial additional power (at substantial additional price + work).
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The reality is if you're hung up on speed and power, you've got the wrong car.
Exactly...
Old 03-10-2008 | 12:17 PM
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dont get hondata. if you plan to supercharge.. they reflash when u get the sc. so you can use that 600 towards something else....
Old 03-10-2008 | 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by castillo183
Isnt hytech in the process of building a turbo kit for our car. By a chance I have a 2004 acura TSX with 41 thousand miles.
You're in the same boat as me. 04 TSX with 41k miles. I've done everything to my car short of a Supercharger, and it's not a fast car. It's a luxury sport sedan which is all I ever expected it to be. If I decide to take the plunge and supercharge it someday, it will be respectably quick. But in the mean time I'm content with the fact that I have a great looking fantastic handling car with a lot of creature comforts which is reliable and gets decent gas mileage. I love my car for those features and plan to hang on to it for some time. In the future, when I have more money, I'll own a second car for my "fast" fixings.
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I know!!! just go out and get yourself a used GTO. Just the thing doesn't fall apart as your going 100+ down the road....god knows it will fall apart sometime. Pontiac

oh..but at least you can beat an SI cause thats all that matters in the world.
Not that it doesn't matter you have better handling...better interior...better styling...all around better car than an SI right now in your TSX.
Old 03-10-2008 | 12:32 PM
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would it be incorrect to presume that 250 whp on an automatic would jeopardize the durability of the car?
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Originally Posted by cbusAcuracls
I know!!! just go out and get yourself a used GTO. Just the thing doesn't fall apart as your going 100+ down the road....god knows it will fall apart sometime. Pontiac

oh..but at least you can beat an SI cause thats all that matters in the world.
Not that it doesn't matter you have better handling...better interior...better styling...all around better car than an SI right now in your TSX.

Thanks alot for the help... LOL
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Originally Posted by castillo183
Great I have this car for 4 years and no super performance mod yet. This is a gay car.

get the comptech supercharger, you have a 2004 and the supercharger will work with your model year.

a car is an inanimate object, it cannot be gay.
Old 03-10-2008 | 02:18 PM
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just wait for the 2009, its going to have a turbo and SH-AWD!!
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What are you talking about?? No exhaust system from hytech is $12k!
He's talking about the Hytech Stage 3 system, it has full exhaust system, cams, tuned ECU by Hytech/Hondata, P&P engine internals and such... It's 11K.
Old 03-10-2008 | 04:13 PM
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Instead of spending all that cash on mods, trade your car in and get a 230hp 328i 6MT. It'll still be faster than most, if not all, street-able fixed up TSX's. I love my TSX for what it is, but at the same time I know it's limits. I don't see the point in trying to pump a bunch of HP into this car when I know it isn't that fast...that's just my opinion.

But, my post isn't meant to shoot down your goals. If it's what you wanna do for the heck of it, or just to say you're pushing 250+ HP to the wheels, then by all means do it! I think it would be freakin' awesome. Just don't go into it with the goal of making a "fast" car.
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Originally Posted by PrecyseStylez
Which year is your car?.. Your best bet is to go with the Comptech Supercharger with I/H/E/Highflow cat/etc. Should net you around 230whp with your auto. But if you have an 05 auto.. i dont think those ecu's are reflashable.

Agreed................
Old 03-10-2008 | 09:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Audioserf
Supercharger or full Hytech exhaust system.

Supercharger will run you $5k installed, Hytech is like $12k for the full system but that will put you over 300whp.

On a dyno these parts wont even be close to those numbers
Old 03-10-2008 | 09:42 PM
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You can get 250 or more by getting a turbo kit like these guys said prior. You can get 250 normal asp. but it will be very expensive. It will involve long tube headers/ full exh. / cams/ valve springs/ k20 ported head / RSX intake & TB / hytech piggy back ecu harness to run Hondata K-pro/ Blue printed / balanced block to remove balance shafts and at that point you should be dynoing 250 or more.
Old 03-11-2008 | 06:43 AM
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Originally Posted by UNEVAKNO
On a dyno these parts wont even be close to those numbers
I could have been mistaken on the S/C, but I think if you check Heeltoe's post in Group Buys about the full (11k package) HyTech setup, it was dynoing 300whp... again it's been a while since I looked at it.

The one thing everyone can agree on in this thread: it's expensive to make the TSX proper-quick.
Old 03-11-2008 | 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by jmathew34
get the comptech supercharger, you have a 2004 and the supercharger will work with your model year.

a car is an inanimate object, it cannot be gay.

Your fogged rear tails are gay Jason.
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Your fogged rear tails are gay Jason.
Oh Zach
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Maybe with an adjustable powerband you can set the range really narrow and get a 250HP peak?

http://kalecoauto.com/index.php?main...products_id=30
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It's not..a..gay..car...
Although I do agree it's kind of pathetic that there is no turbo kit for out car yet. But like others have said, you don't buy a TSX if you're wanting speed and power, you get it so you look oh-so-fresh driving down the street!
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Some other cars run into the same problem I think toyota for the xrs they can't chip or flash their ecu either. So certain cars with lower demands will never see much progress.

We have alot factors to deal with and basically the supercharger is reliable because they made it that way so it wouldnt wear and tear our car.

They could have pushed for more power but they choose reliability over power.

The most right now is probably an supercharger for auto.
since our torque converter won't get us past 176hp and 141 tq on a dynojet.

I forgot what a supercharger gets us on a dyno, but just know auto won't get the same amount of support as MT
Old 03-22-2008 | 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by UNEVAKNO
On a dyno these parts wont even be close to those numbers

Sure they will. I have the CT SC and Highboost pulley and I am at 276whp.
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