What are y'alls opinions on this? I have a 2001 Acura CL Type-S!! Automatic

 

if you search there are TONS of threads on this already, i have been searching for this same info and what you will get from thoes threads is well beyond what your going to hear on this thread.

 

do some work and do a search.

start off by thinking how much you are willing to spend (or have got for that matter)?

 

Supercharger, your tranny can't handle the turbo... unless u trade it in for a 6speed

 

There are a couple of turbo automatics already. You'll have a lot more options with a turbo and much higher power possibilities, but the supercharger will be SMOG legal and under warranty (possibly). Depends on your budget...

 

eh...i think, either way, thats too much money to spend on a car that old

 

Holding up on my car just fine, but then again, I don't drive the car everyday either.

 

Having all the torque down low is nice with the S/C'er.

 

<--- 300wTQ @ 3,ooo RPM... I don't think torque down low is a problem with a Turbo.

 

Oh come on. The 3rd gear clutch pack issue has nothing to do with power. I can't say I've heard of any more SC'd or turbo'd cars going through trannys quicker. Do you research before you throw out opinions.

 

Get a manual transmission because your tranny will blow harder than Old Faithful.

 

+1

 

is there a budget?

 

Turbo is more efficient than supercharger, but cost more and take more work to install, while supercharger most likely can be a snap-on. Do a search you will find quite a few useful threads on the how-it-works on turbo and supercharger.

I would not recommend put any kind of forced induction on our CLS 5AT, the transmission is fragile as it is already.

 

i retract my statement...if i had the money i would do one or the other

 

More fiction from the uninformed.

Let's try it again. See if you can keep up.

 

I dont think i would ever slap a turbo or supercharger on the the auto trannies, unless i never went WOT

 

 

I say supercharger unless you have a lot of cash available.

 

Well, I sure didn't know that. I always thought the transmission was from the Accord which was meant to handle 200 horses and more importantly 195 torque, Acura team didn't do quite a good job when picking from their parts bin.

Anyway, regardless of that, I would never turbo or supercharge my CLS 5AT. Why? Transmission is easy to fail, and when it does, the dealer is going look under the hood and going . Even if you can prove 100% that transmission failure has nothing to do with that extra 50 horse and torque, either way you are going to have loads of trouble.

Just my opinions.

 

I've know several people with the Comptech blower that have had their trannys replaced no questions asked. The dealers aren't stupid. They know why the trannys fail.

 

To suggest that increasing the horsepower of one's engine will not increase the stress that is placed on a transmission seems naive, at best. The TL transmissions, as far as I know, fail because of improper lubrication of certain gears, thus reducing the cooling. However the increased power of the engine will be turning the tranny faster. This will result in increased friction and heat which should lead to premature transmission failure.

As far as I know Comptech designs all of their products to work within Acura's warranty so I do not believe an honest Acura dealer would ever try and pin a failure on a Comptech modification.

If I am wrong about the transmission I'd sure like to see some data to support the other point.