037 is correct. It's a CTS-V . The interior is very good, but it's not RL good. You have to own an RL to understand how awesome the interior is. Along with Audi, Acura owns some of the best interiors in the luxury market IMHO.

 

Ok, I'm confused now, does this fit my 2005 RL or not? I am ready to order it.

 

Damn.. Im sorry to offend the non-owner of the car for my mis-typing. All i can say is WOW... It's not even that Serious B...

 

yes dude. 037 has it like he's posted MANY times. Where/how are you confused bro?

 

will this intake void your powertrain warranty?

 

Unless the intake was the direct cause of damage... NO!!! You are fine. If you live where there are bad roads and heavy rain, I'd go SRI. If you live where the rain tends to be none to little to moderate, you'll be fine with CAI. If you want more roar and low to mid-range power, get SRI. If you want a moderate growl with more mid-range to top-end power, then the CAI is what you want. Hope that helps a little...lol.

btw i love house/breaks/trace. It's all I like. How can i get you mix on cd? I mix vocal trace using Sony Sound forge/Acid Pro...

 

cool thx, i think i will go with a sri in the spring. and u can download the mix from the link, there should be a download icon with a arrow pointing down just on top of they player. and i would love to hear your mix too. pm me with it.

 

I wasn't that serious....C...

 

C....I have the Takeda Short Ram which according to Excelerate does not fit 05-08.

So what I have...he can't have...C.

 

037 is correct. We CANNOT put the SRI that he has on his car on our cars, he has the 3.7L engine and we have the 3.5L. I put on the CAI for the 04-08 TL that Excelerate told me would fit and it does. Below is the one that I purchsed. You do have to ad a small piece of 12" long 1.5" wide Simpson Strong Tie piece of metal with pre drilled holes that I bought at Home Depot for .94 cents to make it fit. http://store.excelerateperformance.c.../i-262810.aspx

Also I've never heard the SRI intake for low end torque more growl and CAI for mid range torque less growl analogy. I'm perfectly happy with what the CAI has given me, plenty of growl when I want it and no sound when I don't. It does feel a bit faster to me but maybe that's becasue I'm driving like a mad man every chance I get now to hear the sound. I highly recommend the mod.

 

Parasurfer you must have missed what 037 typed in his previous post. But thank you for trying. 037 thanks for clarifying. So did Excelerate say why it wouldn't fit?

 

Excelerate didn't but let me tell you why, cause I already had the chance of buying the CAI and having it not fit

The sensor placement is different between 2.5G RL (and 4G TL) and 2G RL.

that is the main reason it is impossible. The SRI does in fact fit 3.5 RL pipe but the sensor placement pretty much kills it.

 

Placement? So you are saying its about the distance? The actual sensor plug remains the same? How far off is it? Couple inches? Is there no slack on the cord? TIA!

 

let me make it more clear, I guess.

The sensor hole is not only at a different distance, it is also different shape.

2G has a long thin tube vs 2.5G where it's a rectangular thick box. They aren't even close to matching up.

 

Are you talking about the sensor on your sri that is on the side of the tube? If yes, I think it will fit on mine because for the 2005 the sensor is on the tb, so I would not have to attach it to the tube. I see that you have an additional sensor right on the stock tube right before the air filter box? I dont see one for the 2005 unless its on the underside?

 

For those wondering about the differences between a Cold Air Intake and a Short Ram Intake I did a little searching and copied some info below.


Cold Air Intake vs Short Ram Intake
We get the question all the time - "What's the difference between a short ram intake and a cold air intake”? We'll explain it here quickly, and then go into more detail. Basically, a cold air intakes designed to keep the air filter outside of the engine bay and a short ram intake is designed to keep the air filter in the engine bay. So what does this mean? The short ram intake is cheaper, and typically produces less horsepower. The cold air intake produces more horsepower, but is generally more expensive. There are also different types of short ram intakes that we will explore.

Short Ram Intake
The typical short ram intake is designed with a few key points. First, it has to be easy to install, and typically only requires standard hand tools. Second, it has to increase horsepower while being a relatively inexpensive modification. A short ram intake is called a short ram because it literally is short. The pipe typically is only about 12 to 18 inches in length, and has an air filter on the end.


Cold Air Intake
The cold air intake is designed to increase horsepower by relocating the air filter outside of the engine bay, typically putting it into the fender. Because the air filter goes into the fender, the cold air is harder to install, but as its name implies, it allows the engine to take in cooler air, producing more horsepower. Because of the extra complexity of the cold air intake, it typically has higher cost over the comparable short ram intake. Another issue for some is that the cold air intake could sit low, and suck up water when running over water puddles. This causes hydro lock, and destroys the motor. There are air bypass valves which fix this, but that adds about another $50 in cost to the cold air intake.

 

the sensor is on the SRI on the window side, it is a large rectangle looking thing that gets inserted into the tube.

On the CAI, the only path into the tube is a long small pipe.

 

So I ordered and installed the short ram intake. Just couldn't get the heat shield on. Also, had to cover up the additional sensor hole that 037 was talking bout. Other that those 2 issues, it fits. I don't know if its the placebo affect but the dyno butt says I feel more low end hp and torque. And i love the sound when floored! During normal driving, can't hear it. But when you give it some hard gas, the sound is beautiful. Happy with the intake. And got it on Amazon when it was only 210!!

 

sounds like the first 2G application of Takeda SRI, the sound is amazing and I'm glad it works for you

good price too!!

covered the sensor hole....

 

Yeah, dont know what else to do? Any ideas?

 

I have no idea...but don't let whatever is stuck in it get into your engine...

 

Awesome. Thats exactly where you should feel the extra power and where RL's need it. I cant wait till i get the chance to order mine.

 

does it sound anything like this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYviwPZQr1M

 

Who were you asking? lol.

 

wcoy...unless you got one.

 

Looks like I'm emailing XLR8 for an intake. It seems the cold air intake has less modification compared to the SRI. Am I correct? I've been reading different topics all day and I'm getting overloaded with information that I'm forgetting certain things.

 

SRI is usually the simpler setup as you don't have to push a pipe down. A similar SRI was installed on an older RL with a sensor whole pluged not sure if you want to go that way or the CAI which you can get from either AEM or Takeda.

 

Thanks for the video 037 however with the music you had on it's hard for me to listen very well. Thank you for sharing.

 

can you hear me now?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjx0R1_JNpI

 

to install a CAI on the 05-08 RL - do you need to pull off the front bumper?? i put a AEM CAI on an older car of mine (prelude SH) and the front bumper needed to come off..

also.. on that prelude, cleaning the filter was a royal PITA b/c it was buried down too low to the ground... to get it off you had to pull the wheel / wheel welll cover off... PITA.

if you do a CAI on the RL - how accessible or IN-accessible is the filter for when you need to clean it????

 

i have to admit..that sound is cool....

 

037- did you ever race your RL vs that white 4G TL in that video??? i'm wondering how fast an RL is vs that thing?

i was toying with the idea of doingsome minor upgrades to my RL, then saw the pics of the new 2012 TL.... and the new 4G is growing on me. I'm thining a 6speed auto would be nice!! i'm waiting on the reviews to see how it actually performs....

of course it would be far cheaper to throw some springs and a CAI onto my RL vs upgrading to a new car!! i still love my RL.... last ight I took it out to run to the store and caught myself muttering to myself what a nice car it is....

 

it's very accessible if you tear off the tire liner like mr Blazing GT here, unfortunately the photo of that escapes me...

 

no, I haven't tried going up against any 4G TL's but the last time I was trying it against a TL-S in traffic light wars it had a car or car n a half jump on me right off the bat and then it wasn't really gaining very much.

 

that's what I would hope to avoid... if you could get to it from the bottom by jacking the car up, that might be easier..but having to jack it up, take off the tire, then take off the liner..is a PITA to just clean the filter...

i had a CAI on my old 99 Prelude SH And it didn't make huge power, but i do think it helped in the upper rpms... sounded cool for sure!

i figured a newer TL would beat the RL.... it got the jump on your b/c when you mash teh gas on the RL,a it takes a second before it goes... there is tha lag in the throttle... too bad you can't get some sort of ecu remap that would make the throttle more responsive.... while i like how the RL is smooth and refined...the throttle tip in delay is annoying..

 

actually there is a little something you can do for that...

http://www.amazon.com/67021-V-Force-...ar=1&carId=001

 

Now I can

 

does that let you change stuff or does it just monitor things via the OB2 port??

have you tried it?? so many of those "plug in" things that claim to mod your ECU are snake oil....

 

no, I haven't tried anything but I think changing the throttle response vs giving you 100hp and 1 mil mpg should work.

It's a reasonable claim at a reasonable price. I'm fine with my throttle response, there's a .5 second delay but I make believe it's the AWD system trying to figure out what to do with all the power, once rolling it's pretty serious

another thought I've had...maybe the intake is making my car sound faster but in reality makes it slower...as I've tested car prior to intake and it was faster on my GT2...that would suck

I mean, I love the sound, but I also wonder if my car has somehow become slower