hey guys I have an appointment at Park Ave Acura tomorrow morning at 8am for comptech header install with Jens .. I'm really excited and needed to tell someone so I posted .. lol. Jens is going to take pics with my digital camera of the install and everything so I'll have something to show you guys! I'll post tomorrow when I get home.

 

Pics first, thread second.

 

Yes friday morning, I have an appointment to put the Comptech Sways and Icebox in at PAA via Jens....cant wait

 

cool, cant wait for he pics. headers are my next mod.

 

I was pretty amazed the Comptech Headers improved my mileage.

 

Congrats on the install man. You're gonna love em.

Mine has actually gone down. Must be the extra heavy foot now that the mods are on.

 

Headers definitely rock.. one of the best mods for our car. Next I'm going to have to add something that improves the low end torque... either the 3.5L or the S/C.... we'll see

Anyway, enjoy.

 

hey blader, let me know when you wanna race... i'll meet ya on Rt. 37 one night

 

Headers are on, I just have to pull the pics off the camera and I'll post them.

Randy, Tonight feels like a clear chilly night, meet me out there

 

If you don't mind me asking, how much did it cost for the headers + installation?

 

http://www.parkaveacura.com

Click on Comptech.

 

how soon you thinking? I like the 3.5 personally. I guess it depends on how long I planned to keep the car. You probably can't recoup the 3.5 upgrade like you can the SC. If you planned to keep the car a while I think the 3.5, if you think you may ditch in a year or 2 SC.

 

I'll most likely be keeping this car until it dies. I too like the 3.5L upgrade. The only thing was that the guys at PAA mentioned their may be emissions problems with it. I posed that question here and was told no... so I'll have to get to the bottom of that before I make any move. If I go with the 3.5L I'd like to do it within a year... the S/C would probably be some time away.

2003TL-S: You should be able to get the headers for under $1150 shipped. Example.....we have them for $1122 shipped. I had my headers installed at Park Ave Acura... without following the link I think it was $250 for the install.

 

More pics here: http://public.fotki.com/blader

 

Same here Chap. I think I went through half a tank on the ride home from Park Ave.

 

But didn't it just feel great?

Whats your impressions of them so far?

 

Yeah chap it did feel good. So far, this is what I notice about them ...
first .. is this my imagination, or does the engine take longer to warm up with the headers? and cools down faster?
second .. car definetly feels like it breathes better and feels healthier. Less effort to speed up even at midrange RPM.
third .. exhaust note is considerably louder and more noticeable at high RPM even with my stock 03 exhst.
and last .. it does feel like I lost a little bit of low end tourque .. but I might be imagining that too. anyone else feel that way?

 

I need headers.

 

Gonna have to look at that now cuz i've never really checked it before.

From the moment i left PAA my car felt exactly as you described it. Merging onto the Highway is a breeze as the car pulls like crazy now.

At first I thought it was just me but people have told me to that my car does sound noticeably louder. Nothing to the extreme but i'm sure the headers do change the tone a bit.

I added the intake at the same time as headers. To me the low end actually feels a tad quicker.

 

 

Chap, didn't you add headers and CT exhaust at the same time though? So your car definetly would've gotten louder with the exhaust. But I'm wondering if the headers change the tone of the CT exhaust? more\less drone? no change?

Yeah low end definetly felt quicker with intake. But now with headers .. I dont know, I guess it just felt a tad less. Maybe its this shit winter gas

 

oh nevermind Chap you didn't get the CT exhaust ...

 

I gotta get myself a headers this year.

 

You won't regret it

 

No not yet. Hopefully by the end of the month.

 

You have to let me know how you like them. I'm thinking about the exhaust but not before sways.

 

Will do.

And thats smart to do the suspension before the exhaust. Exhaust should be the last thing IMO.

 

does every acura site deal with comptech. i checked my acura site and it doesnt say anything. i think im going to call and ask. was just curious though.

 

i assume the comptech headers for the CL-S would be cheaper now that the car is discontinued? hmmmm.

 

UNC, no not every acura dealer deals with Comptech. Some don't like you to mod the car at all.

Dets, I doubt comptech will ever discount their stuff.