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J pipe finally installed.
Tips: If your J-pipe is not fitting well, loosen the 4 front precat bolts (don't remove them) so that the front precat can wiggle around a bit. Once you do that, the RV6 J-pipe should be able to fit all 6 lower precat bolts. Hand tighten those down first and then tighten to front precat bolts on the top LAST. Everything should fit fine afterwards.
Impression: The car does feel a little more peppy. Not a huge amount but somewhat noticeable. Exhaust tone is pretty much the same until 4-5k+ RPM.
Things I would improve or change: With the design of the J-pipe, there is 1 precat bolt that is difficult to access when you are tightening everything. Good thing my hands aren't massive and I was able to get a 14mm wrench in there. Also, there is no hanger for the j-pipe anymore. The exhaust seems to sag down a bit compared to stock. Not sure why a hanger was left out of the design. Eventually, I will have a custom mid-pipe made so the exhaust is not bottlenecked and I'll have a hanger welded on somewhere for better clearance. Also, will have straight through instead of 2 resonators like the factory mid-pipe.
Tips: If your J-pipe is not fitting well, loosen the 4 front precat bolts (don't remove them) so that the front precat can wiggle around a bit. Once you do that, the RV6 J-pipe should be able to fit all 6 lower precat bolts. Hand tighten those down first and then tighten to front precat bolts on the top LAST. Everything should fit fine afterwards.
Impression: The car does feel a little more peppy. Not a huge amount but somewhat noticeable. Exhaust tone is pretty much the same until 4-5k+ RPM.
Things I would improve or change: With the design of the J-pipe, there is 1 precat bolt that is difficult to access when you are tightening everything. Good thing my hands aren't massive and I was able to get a 14mm wrench in there. Also, there is no hanger for the j-pipe anymore. The exhaust seems to sag down a bit compared to stock. Not sure why a hanger was left out of the design. Eventually, I will have a custom mid-pipe made so the exhaust is not bottlenecked and I'll have a hanger welded on somewhere for better clearance. Also, will have straight through instead of 2 resonators like the factory mid-pipe.
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Acura TL Builder (04-16-2020)
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Thanks man! I've had a soft spot for this car with the Mugen kit since I saw it years back online. It works out well since we get a lot of rain and the occasional snow here in the PNW so the AWD is appreciated.
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At this point, I just want to get some bolt ons to make it more responsive. Still contemplating which intake. I'm undecided on the UR stock diameter crank pulley ( I hear mixed things from it such as potential accelerated engine wear).
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Yeah, I've read a bunch of things online. Most people never have any issues besides maybe some noises when AC is on or whatever. Worth the $200 investment? From what I've read, seems like people really notice it in lower gears driving around town (where I spend a lot of my driving)
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Discussion time: Which design would be better? I'm planning on getting the mid section of the exhaust redone. The stock one is damaged (flattened in a couple spots due to previous owner being too low) and I figured it would be best to remove the bottleneck within the exhaust system. Basically 1 has the Y split later versus the other.
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projektvertx (03-29-2020)
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Yeah, I'm probably overthinking this. My gut is telling me to try to keep it as close to a dual as possible, so probably have the Y as near to the J-pipe as possible.
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pewpew (04-15-2020)
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Will attempt it today and hopefully it's straight forward. I remember reading about the bracket issue.
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So intake was installed. The OEM intake and resonator was a pain to remove and I'm glad that it's out. The AEM intake has a hose nipple that doesn't really line up with the factory lines so I'm going to figure out how I can remove that metal line that has the coolant line to the TB.
Excuse the missing covers and stuff. I got annoyed of it all getting in the way. Once the hoses are routed properly, I'll put everything back together.
- I was considering routing the hose that goes from the thermostat straight to the throttle body + a hose from the back side of the motor to the intake pipe
- This should eliminate that OEM metal hose/line
- Also thinking about putting some rubber around the body of the intake so that it has something to bump into if it shakes around because the lower bracket location is pretty far away from the chassis hole.
Excuse the missing covers and stuff. I got annoyed of it all getting in the way. Once the hoses are routed properly, I'll put everything back together.
Last edited by pewpew; 04-15-2020 at 11:00 PM.
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I will have to try the rubber piece on the intake. I think the IAT is fine and not in the way? I'll take some pictures of what I'm talking about.
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Was able to loop the line that goes from thermostat directly to the throttle body nipple and bought a new hose to replace the bigger hose further back. All is well.
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Parts came back from paint. In the process of cutting down the minor orange peel and then polishing everything. I effed up the rear spoiler while sanding so it needs to be touched out (I'm an idiot).
Next up:
Next up:
- Finish sanding flares, front bumper, polish and apply 3M tape to everything
- Install "Endless" calipers and refurbished rear calipers when weather is dry
- In process of securing J37 intake manifold and throttle body.