BloodOfYasuke

Good morning, everyone. I have an ‘03 Acura TL (named her Cypher). She has 117k miles on her. I love her seven though I’ve only had her about two months. I’ve been trying to learn everything I can about cars and her model specifically and I’ve seen people mention the AV6 swap and engine swaps.

essentially, I’m wondering which j35 engines are compatible with the AV6? I know the engines we can swap are the j35a3 and j35a4 and that’s the 01 and 02 MDX, 02-04 Odyssey and the 03 and 04 Pilot.

My confusion comes from the conflicting reports I’ve seen on whether the Pilot engine works and also if any of these engine are compatible with the BAYA AV6 trans.

I’ve asked several Facebook groups, the Acura subreddit and perused this site. Just want to ensure I’m 100% on everything before I begin.

thoiboi

https://www.google.com/search?client...Aacurazine.com

Welcome,

one of the best ways to search this site is by using google and adding site:acurazine.com to your search query to limit to the site. There are a few threads above regarding mating a j35 with an AV6 trans

BloodOfYasuke

thanks. I was also wondering if the Pilot engine was compatible.

BloodOfYasuke

I previously asked a question on another forum about engine swaps and their compatibility with the AV6 swaps.

l have an 03 TL-P and I’ve wanted to make a unique car. Meaning I want to do stuff a lot of other people haven’t done very often. Intake, quad exhaust, custom headers. That’s when I stumbled upon 3.5 swaps and was enamored with the idea of MORE POWER. More zip.

But then I realized I was only doing an engine swap because I thought it would make my car faster. I’m still learning about the intricacies of cars, so please be patient.

From my understanding, torque is what moves the car and power is what accelerates it. I *thought* that adding a larger engine- ie the 3.5L engines from the Odyssey, MDX, or Pilot- would increase torque AND power. But my friend explained that it’s mostly going to be torque that’s increased because those larger engines are meant to tow things.

with that information in hand, what are the benefits or effects of engine swapping? Are there ways to increase power after engine swapping? Headers? CAI?

thank you for your help.

BloodOfYasuke

l have an 03 TL-P and I’ve wanted to make a unique car. Meaning I want to do stuff a lot of other people haven’t done very often. Intake, quad exhaust, custom headers. That’s when I stumbled upon 3.5 swaps and was enamored with the idea of MORE POWER. More zip.

But then I realized I was only doing an engine swap because I thought it would make my car faster. I’m still learning about the intricacies of cars, so please be patient.

From my understanding, torque is what moves the car and power is what accelerates it. I *thought* that adding a larger engine- ie the 3.5L engines from the Odyssey, MDX, or Pilot- would increase torque AND power. But my friend explained that it’s mostly going to be torque that’s increased because those larger engines are meant to tow things.

with that information in hand, what are the benefits or effects of engine swapping? Are there ways to increase power after engine swapping? Headers? CAI?

thank you for your help.