3.2TL Type S alternator

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Jun 3, 2001 | 01:33 AM

greenpelikan

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3.2TL Type S alternator

Did anyone noticed that the Type S models have a higher output alternator?

Jun 3, 2001 | 02:37 PM

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I noticed that an Acura's website and was wondering about it myself.

Jun 5, 2001 | 02:22 AM

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How ya gonna tell just by looking?

Jun 5, 2001 | 11:15 PM

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Originally posted by lonny:
How ya gonna tell just by looking?

www.acura.com/model_TL/tl_spec_results.asp

The above spec's show that the Type S has a 120 Amp while the Premium has a 105 Amp Alternator.

I'm guessing that it could partly be related to the IMRC (Intake Manifold Runner Control) system. The CL has the same difference when going from the CL to CL-S.

If you are not familiar with IMRC, here is a link with a picture from the Acura-CL forum:
www.acura-tl.com/ubb/Archives/Archive-000002/HTML/20001203-11-001502.html