my time will never be beat !

Next season might prove different...lol but you have set the bar for me indeed

soon ill try to track my old car down by the vin and see if i can whip her back in shape ... i planned turning some of those comp knock off hearers into true mids ... using burns collectors electric water pump dry sump oil pump ... minor head work ... bump compression ... convert to the RL mid section dual flow exhaust pipe and get that baby with 2 wheel drive by throwing a phantom grip in the open diff

Moes exact build.....

Rebuilt J32A2
02 MDX crank and rods
05 RL Pistons
Ported heads and intake

So, yes he is a J35 with 11:1 compression , don't let him try to fool you all.....

so whats he saying different ?

I won't say it's impossible, but to put a dry sump on the present configuration of the CL, FWD, will be a challenge. Do you think you can find your old car?, there so cheap now, just find a used one and start again.

oh i know , either i will be in a cls again soon frick 6 -7K is crazy , and i would love silver auto w/nav but my old car has the stroker on it , it would be nice to pick up where i left off

Quick question-
I have a 3.2 NA CLS with most bolt-ons including the RT cat. I want to put on a mangaflow catback (ie resonator, mufflers and tips) but I am wondering about pipe diameter. In the past, most folks went with a 2.5 inch pipe into 2.25 piping at the Y muffler split. Then CLS6SpeedNupe went with a 3.0 inch into a 2.5inch with excellent gains on a 3.5 conversion. Does anyone see a problem with my running a 2.5 inch system from the Cat all the way back to the muffler tips?

well your RT is more than likely 2.25 and if you have headers that should be 2.5 so basically you are talking about 2.5-2.25-2.5 I say ditch the RT cat and get the 2.5 catback so your running 2.5 from the header to the mufflers.

Comptech j-pipe: 2.0"
RT cat: 2.0"

rt cat w/ s/c = about 15hp loss. Did a dyno w/ and w/out it and I gained approximately 15 hp

Damn!
15hp loss at the wheel...that sux!
I realize that you were boosted at the time so perhaps I am not losing nearly as much HP, but even so I feel like a chump for buying the RT cat...how did I get sucked into the hype?
Sounds like I should just do what CLS6SpeedNupe suggests and get a mangaflow cat and run 2.5 piping all the way out the back. Thanks for the insight krisdlm

Don't feel too bad I bought one too, its not too bad for NA especially when you consider its similar to the stock cat if not better and the Comptech j-pipe outlet size on the collector is only 2.0" anyway.

I thought the size of the stock cat was 2.25 though? Is it 2.0?

I think its 2.25" on the outlet of the cat and 2.0" on the inlet, the gaskets are actually different sizes on both sides of the cat.

If you cant crack 13's next spring you should just sell the car j/k (kinda)

Nice numbers, those are great for a N/A V6 no matter what the mods.

X2.....I don't think that question was answered. I'm curious too.
I need a quality shop willing to work with mods.

maybe will not be beat by another auto

Just posting a quick dyno update for this year before I install my new mods within the next weeks and dyno again to hopefully pick up a lot of usable power.

Nothing has changed since last dyno in november besides addition of a o2 extender to stop CELs for coming on, which oddly has caused the car to run a little leaner since install.

when is ur next dyno day

Amazing, can't believe the numbers for N/A

damn, i need to do this..

this is great numbers, especially for NA..
nice work

I NEED TO DYNO SOON AND SEE WHERE IM AT.
Im wondering what kind of numbers i'll be at

that nupe guy was such a douchebag

really, lol
made great flippin numbers though...

yes he was an idiot. You know he was stroked right? 3.5L with lots of supporting mods.

oooh, now that makes sense

I wonder what this exhaust sounded like, because the sizing looked perfect for a car with full bolt-ons

Man, I forgot how much of a douche Nupe was.

IIRC, he blew his engine and blamed Paul for it, even though the asshole didnt break the engine in properly. Wonder what happened to that car since he was banned from here and v 6 p??

Last I saw car was in the shop with no motor. I bought the exhaust but it was ridiculously loud and raspy. I added a vibrant ultra quiet resonator and an exoticspeed 18 inch resonator and it toned it down. The video is posted on here somewhere with XS headers and a HFC. I'm missing my Acura...

I remmember nupe...
Did you sell your cl womey?

Sound clip.

We all got so absorbed with the back N forth bickerin

Its like one over sized text message, except the "be there in 10 min" part

Haa

Love this forum. No i reallly do. CL type Love

Did you notice how old this thread is.