I would like to gauge some interest regarding who would be interested in adding any future performance modifications to their 05' RL.

Things like exhaust, chips, headers, sway bars...ect. Possibly even a supercharger.

I will be watching ComptechUSA to see if they have anything in the works for those of us who this appeals to.

Thanks Guys!

-C.J.

 

Interested. Primarily supercharger.

 

Me too!

 

Just call Comptech and ask for Robert. he is a principal and will tell you if they have R&D for the 05 RL.....

 

What is the history of after market performance mod. parts for the RL? Is there enough of a market with this car for companies to come up with parts for the car?

 

If they produced a supercharger for the 2001 Acura CL Type S that was plaqued with a bad transmission from the get go, why would they not start R&D with the new RL ?

 

Would CL Type S had a different demographic and more of this car out there than the RL?

 

The Legend | RL lineup has been notoriously undersupported in the aftermarket. We second gen owners literally had to have many parts built from scratch and offered in small GB's....much like the early CL'ers. The main problem will be convincing folks that there are enough RL owners interesting in aftermarket performance. In the case of the G2 Legends, it wasnt until the price had fallen considerably and "younger" drivers were owning them that the demad finally arose.

 

Because the CL supercharger application pretty much works with the TL with a few different parts, broadening the amount of potential buyers.


Unfortunately, I don't see there ever being any real performance mods for the RL. The demographic it appeals to isn't exactly the most keen on performance parts. The old RL still doesn't have any performance parts for it, and it is quite cheap now.

I hope for your guys sake I'm wrong though.

 

Agreed. The legend/RL has never had much aftermarket support. Younger people were attracted to the Legend when they hit used car lots and it is tough to find mods. The RL for 8 years destroyed any chance for any aftermarket. The new one, seems to attract the same people, they want a loaded car, no fuss, don't intend on changing a thing or much.

Hell RonJon can't even get what, 5 people for the 19" wheels GB?

 

Mugen has:

- Sport Suspension
- Sport Exhaust System
- Full Aero Kit and spoiler
- 18" wheels

http://www.mugen-power.com/street/LEGEND0410/index.html

 

I think they might get more takers if they'd also offer an 18". I'm not interested in the 19"s and I had the full L-tuned kit w/ 18" BBS RGRs on my GS300 Sportdesign. I just think 19"s look too big on a stock RL w/ no bodywork. It's already a small-looking car for it's class, and the bigger the wheels the smaller it looks. Just my opinion, of course.

 

Has anyone seen or know of a performance chip? A plug and play assembly would be nice. Maybe I am just dreaming, but I would love to squeez as much HP out of the my RL.

My search continues....

 

Wake up !!!!

 

I called King Motorsports this afternoon... According to them, they will start taking orders and will have pricing on Legend parts towards the end of March.

They may not have stock of Legend parts until mid May.

Also, Tire Rack is expecting to recieve an 05 RL in the next two weeks. They should have a list of wheels / tires and suspenion by mid March.

Lastly, I've ordered two pairs of BBS LM wheels in 19x9 and 19x8.5 in varying offsets to try and guess at what works. I'll post to the board my findings.

 

Wow, I guess you're the one who needs to wake up!

 

Hmmm...I am having a difficult time understanding your reply. Remember, these posts are meant to be helpful, and informative. If you want to your fellow Acura brethren, you might want to go somewhere else to do it.

I DO know that certain plug & play chips' can be used on a multitude of vehicles. So, if anyone hears anything before I do, please let me know.

C.J. - Wide Awake

 

I guess you are still dreaming

 

A chip would not be unheard of, there is one for the Legends and obviously the Unichip for the CL\TL. The only issue I would see is that most of the gains are earned by advancing timing. With a high compression motor like this I see very little more that could be squeezed out of the powerplant. But you never know, the J-series may hold a little more untapped potential. You have to figure that Acura relased the RL with a little headroom to go up in horsepower, the question is will we see it in the form of tweaking or increased displacement in a couple model years.

 

It's a real shame that after enjoying the "look" from the BMW's and Mercedes drivers at the stop lights, only to have them clean your cookies and change lanes infront of you afterwards, that there's no alternatives to the Honda effort to produce 300 HP and nothing else. Where's the aftermarket power upgrades?

 

I asked the same question in this thread.

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=928

Here are some useful links there (And how come "I" got one reply in 2 days, and you got 19 in 2 hours?) Do we need to earn "brownie" points before we're "in" the club?

Not mad, just bemused.

Anyhoo...

comtech charge approx $4k for the accord s/c pre-fab kit. And that's because they have demand of 30 units a week.

To make 5 RL s/c kits a year, pure speculation, says s/c would be around the 5-7k mark? That's before the ecu remap and tune.

You're already in V8 bmw territory now - price/performance wise. Catch my drift?