Supercharger for TL-S
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Supercharger for TL-S
anyone here got the SC for the TL-S yet? i know a few people on the cl board did, but it doesnt look like anyone here has posted about it...
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not only is it available for a couple of weeks now, but tim has a great deal on it through the autocarparts.com site... i know this sounds like a commercial, but u can save a lot of money if u buy through him vs. comptech directly
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Well?
Any word if the extra work Comptech is doing to tweek the auto s/c will be a no charge item for those who bought it right out the gate?
I'm about 70% sure I'm ordering one unless I have a great two months trading. Then I've got a CLK55 that I've been eyeing up!
Any word if the extra work Comptech is doing to tweek the auto s/c will be a no charge item for those who bought it right out the gate?
I'm about 70% sure I'm ordering one unless I have a great two months trading. Then I've got a CLK55 that I've been eyeing up!
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Personally, I'd go with the 3.5L upgrade instead of the Supercharger route. ~$2500 for parts plus install and typeR is running his 2001 CL-S in the high 13s with the upgrade.. I'd rather go all motor versus the forced induction though.
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Originally posted by LiQiCE
Personally, I'd go with the 3.5L upgrade instead of the Supercharger route. ~$2500 for parts plus install and typeR is running his 2001 CL-S in the high 13s with the upgrade.. I'd rather go all motor versus the forced induction though.
Personally, I'd go with the 3.5L upgrade instead of the Supercharger route. ~$2500 for parts plus install and typeR is running his 2001 CL-S in the high 13s with the upgrade.. I'd rather go all motor versus the forced induction though.
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Originally posted by ArN 2000 TL
But the SC is a bolt on app vs. upgrading all those parts, etc...
But the SC is a bolt on app vs. upgrading all those parts, etc...
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Originally posted by LiQiCE
The 3.5L upgrade only involves swapping a couple of parts which are all Acura OEM parts for the MDX (block, crank, rods, pistons)... Probably just about as difficult as installing/tuning the SC.
The 3.5L upgrade only involves swapping a couple of parts which are all Acura OEM parts for the MDX (block, crank, rods, pistons)... Probably just about as difficult as installing/tuning the SC.
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Originally posted by ArN 2000 TL
How come Comptech doesn't have it on their site under TL?
How come Comptech doesn't have it on their site under TL?
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Originally posted by ArN 2000 TL
OEM or not removing the crank, rods and pistons is a LOT harder than bolting/tuning a SC and only moving your battery and/or windshield washer reserve.
OEM or not removing the crank, rods and pistons is a LOT harder than bolting/tuning a SC and only moving your battery and/or windshield washer reserve.
I talked to a mechanic yesterday at the Import Xpression bbq that said the 3.5L upgrade wouldn't be too hard since most of the parts bolt on ... removing the motor would take some time, but it wouldn't be too hard (as far as I understand it)..
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Originally posted by LiQiCE
Isn't there a lot of tuning involved with getting the SC to work right too though? I recall hearing that you need to make sure your fuel ratio is correct for the SC.
I talked to a mechanic yesterday at the Import Xpression bbq that said the 3.5L upgrade wouldn't be too hard since most of the parts bolt on ... removing the motor would take some time, but it wouldn't be too hard (as far as I understand it)..
Isn't there a lot of tuning involved with getting the SC to work right too though? I recall hearing that you need to make sure your fuel ratio is correct for the SC.
I talked to a mechanic yesterday at the Import Xpression bbq that said the 3.5L upgrade wouldn't be too hard since most of the parts bolt on ... removing the motor would take some time, but it wouldn't be too hard (as far as I understand it)..
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Um, which dealer is going to warranty your car with the s/c? Mine flat out will warranty anything but the s/c, mostly because of the tranny issues, but I suspect other stuff as well...They've been really good with anything I've done to the car and their service is impeccable, but the s/c thing to them was and absolute "h=ll no"...
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i believe PAA will be reasonable about it. if i come in with tranny problem again, acura has extended warranty to 100k miles on it, as long as they see similiar problems. now if i come in and my 1st, 2nd and 3rd gears are melted, then obviously its not their fault... but again... part of the reason of getting it installed at the dealer is that they may find in your favor... also some dealerships are asses about u coming in with say a blown tranny, and they'll go, you have an intake, so ur warranty is void... normal dealerships like PAA will not do that... they have to be able to prove that the intake is responsible for ur tranny failure, and good luck to them doing that. so if u have a problem with ur tranny after the SC and come in and they find that it has all the symptoms that acura has issued the 100k warranty on, why would the SC make a diff? now when u modify the engine block, it can lead to all sorts of stuff (as i imagine) where they can damage sensors during an install, the ecu wont know what to do with the additional displacement and so on and so forth.. i'm sure the people who know what they are doing will avoid those problems, and may never have an issue, but as of yet, i've only heard of two places that have done it, and one was acura itself with a guy who worked very closely with the engines. i was trying to get doug (the original guy) to work with PAA to see if they'd be willing to pick up this mod and offer it at their dealership, but doug disappeared on me and never got in touch with Wayne G. at PAA, so thats where it stands... dunno how much sense this rant makes at this point
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2fasattls is back!!!
You got all that $$$ for your ride, tease us with the possibilities and now have no camera for pics? C'mon...Buy a disposable and take it to Eckards--they'll develop 'em and put 'em on a CD!!!
You got all that $$$ for your ride, tease us with the possibilities and now have no camera for pics? C'mon...Buy a disposable and take it to Eckards--they'll develop 'em and put 'em on a CD!!!
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Well, my guess is that with almost 50whp for just the s/c, and imagining that combined with i/h/e (almost another 37whp), you'd be close to 5.0-5.4 to 60 and somewhere just south of 14 in the quarter give or take conditions, traction, tires, etc...
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Anyone actually install one of these?
All i been hearing is s/c this and s/c that but no pix or time slip on the track. (I'm talking about the TL, i know there's a few people have it on the CL board.)
All i been hearing is s/c this and s/c that but no pix or time slip on the track. (I'm talking about the TL, i know there's a few people have it on the CL board.)
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Well, my guess is that with almost 50whp for just the s/c, and imagining that combined with i/h/e (almost another 37whp), you'd be close to 5.0-5.4 to 60 and somewhere just south of 14 in the quarter give or take conditions, traction, tires, etc...
Well, my guess is that with almost 50whp for just the s/c, and imagining that combined with i/h/e (almost another 37whp), you'd be close to 5.0-5.4 to 60 and somewhere just south of 14 in the quarter give or take conditions, traction, tires, etc...
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Originally posted by juniorbean
Actually.. the S/C for the automatic only adds 35-40whp. Plus Comptech's number of 35-40whp is including the Icebox since it comes with the kit... however, adding the headers should still give you the 30whp they do alone... so with the S/C and headers you could be in good shape.
Actually.. the S/C for the automatic only adds 35-40whp. Plus Comptech's number of 35-40whp is including the Icebox since it comes with the kit... however, adding the headers should still give you the 30whp they do alone... so with the S/C and headers you could be in good shape.
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Go Zodiak, go Zodiak...I'm assuming you have a camera and can take pics of the finished product?
My taxes went to paying for a bunker buster overseas...
My taxes went to paying for a bunker buster overseas...
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Originally posted by ZodiakTL
i thought the 40whp was with headers as well? well either way, i'll be getting mine in a matter of 2 weeks or so, just waiting for my refund, dont wanna take money out of savings... what interesting is that Comptech said they are working on an ECU piggy back which might yeild more power to equal the CL-S manual gains in the very least...
i thought the 40whp was with headers as well? well either way, i'll be getting mine in a matter of 2 weeks or so, just waiting for my refund, dont wanna take money out of savings... what interesting is that Comptech said they are working on an ECU piggy back which might yeild more power to equal the CL-S manual gains in the very least...
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As for the headers, dynos usually show 28-32whp on the big three (Comptech, Stone, or OBX), and keep in mind that is peak power... and usually comes up high in the RPM band.
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Originally posted by juniorbean
Go Zodiak, go Zodiak...I'm assuming you have a camera and can take pics of the finished product?
My taxes went to paying for a bunker buster overseas...
Go Zodiak, go Zodiak...I'm assuming you have a camera and can take pics of the finished product?
My taxes went to paying for a bunker buster overseas...
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and i make sure to pay more taxes than i should, this way we can always start wars in more than just one country and build as many MOABs as we need
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You go!! And yes, you're right.. they are working on an ECU piggy-back for the auto S/C owners which will squeeze some more power out of the S/C![Smile](https://acurazine.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
As for the headers, dynos usually show 28-32whp on the big three (Comptech, Stone, or OBX), and keep in mind that is peak power... and usually comes up high in the RPM band.
You go!! And yes, you're right.. they are working on an ECU piggy-back for the auto S/C owners which will squeeze some more power out of the S/C
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As for the headers, dynos usually show 28-32whp on the big three (Comptech, Stone, or OBX), and keep in mind that is peak power... and usually comes up high in the RPM band.
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sorry this may be a little off topic, but ZodiakTL, do you have any pictures of your car? i remember seeing them on this site a while back, and i searched them, but they're all dead links now
but from what i can remember....it looked real tite....do u have any pics of ur interior? with all the alpine equipment too? i would really love to see pics
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I've had my order in for a few weeks. It should ship this week. Unfortunately I'm also waiting for the Stone headers, and worse yet, they are going direct to Jet-Hot which will delay yet another week. I don't want to put the blower on before the headers, and then again after the headers. Imagine having a blower sitting in your garage, in a box, while you're waiting for your headers.
At least there are a few things I can do. I can install the fuel pump, fuel preasure regulator, transmition cooler. I can change the battery and mount the brackets and change the alternator pulley. I'm thinking I can rig up the ice box temporarily also. If I milk it long enough, it may not be that bad.
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Would be nice if they could firm up the TL-S shifts. Those shifts are wimpy, wimpy, wimpy!
Would be nice if they could firm up the TL-S shifts. Those shifts are wimpy, wimpy, wimpy!