Ran my buddies slammed is350...
From dead stop till 100 i pulled a bumper...
From 20 kick till about 140..whatever 5th gear is..i pulled a fender..
Felt good bout the TL ..got a real good launch and it was a cool night...
closest race i have ever done

 

Good job. I'm not talking trash but I expected to see a supercharger in your signature. I know you have a MT and I have an auto but my friend's IS350 puts a good 5-6 cars on me through the 1/4 and it gets worse the faster we go. I would be proud of that kill.

 

5AT is quite a lot slower than the 6MT for the TL, about 1/2 second slower to 60mph and 1/4mile. And what's comptech SS? Is that a supercharger?

 

I saw that too. Not sure what it stands for. And yes, the auto TL is very slow off the start. With a decent set of street tires, mine won't spin at all, even making a turn.

 

Comptech SS is the "short throw shifter" for 6MT guys, which allows for shorter gear change. BTW nice kill!!

 

wow..i know those IS350 arent a joke. i never raced one of those but i know they will run bus lengthes on me easy. im suprised you beat it with just a intake.

 

Good Kill with Just an Intake. Now look for a G37 and c the outcome. Every 1 knows the outcome but i wanna c how much length can those babies put on 3GTLS.

 

yeah i used to have an older 2nd gen TL with all the bolt ons and he would put several lengths on me...with the 6-speed he only put about 1/4 car on me on the launch and i just gained it back and a lil more...on the kick..the faster we went the more i would pull..the short gears in the 6-speed just make all the difference...o btw a G37 is a totally different story unless the S/C is on...
-ill add this..the 1/4 mile/60' times that the mags put down are from a driver whos first and only day in a TL at the track...i run a 14.4 with a poor poorly preped test n tune night track that is worthless to try to launch..this was also 85 degree nights...im anxious to go when its a lot cooler outside and the track is prepped much better...aka the street hooks twice as good as the track in my book..that is for fwds...

 

when are you going to the track again? Please post some slips (and preferably videos) next time you race at a better track with better prep.

 

well the track we have the test n tune includes anything from 10 sec cars to pickups to 19 sec kias to motorcycles...all that and the trash on the track it brings just makes for a ice skating rink..on the track 3rd gear chirps..on the street no chance in it..but yeah when it cools off i will and my buddy has some 245 drag radials on light weight wheels..i would like to see a 13 with those

 

With all the boltons on 2G he still put bus lengths on u? Had to change some spark plugs and Seafoam. before you did that....... The engine also gets old and loses its performance you need to get back.

 

258hp FWD car beats 306hp RWD car! Isn't it a miracle?

 

it had been seafoamed twice and had brand new NGK Rs in it...the automatic sucks...too long of gears especially up top...

 

I'm looking at a Road & Track magazine of mine from Feb 2007 that tested the 2007 IS350 Sport (6A)

0-60 in 4.9/ 0-100 in 12.7/ Qrt.Mile 13.5 @ 103.1

2007 Acura TL Type S (6M)

0-60 in 5.7/ 0-100 in 14.3/ Qrt.Mile 14.3 @ 99.9

I love all TL's I really think they are great cars in every way, I just can't see any TL beating the IS w/o some mods. If you really did take him, thats a great kill and congrats.
I also know magazines are sometimes BS but the end of the 1/4 Mph isn't though. One magazine had the IS350 running 105 at the end of the quarter.

 

 

but keep in mind that C&D got 14.3@ 99-100mph with a normal TL apec 6MT too, where did the extra 300c, 28hp, 23lb/ft, and better tires go to? Not trying to argue that the TL-S should be faster than IS350, but I do think the TL-S is faster than 14.3@100mph.

 

No it's cool..... I agree with you on that. It really comes down to conditions and the driver. Overall though I think the TL is a fast car, just not 103-105 mph 1/4 mile fast like the IS350. The TL handles better than the IS though and it's FWD....that's pretty funny.
I would be driving an 06 IS350 right now if it came with a 6M like the TL. That's one of my favorite features other than the Nav on my TL. It's so smooth and precise. I love it

 

well ill race him again sometime in the near future..ill make sure to get some video evidence for ya...his dyno numbers and mine are only about 8 hp off and about 20 ft/lbs off..so the tranny and weight will make that kinda difference...

 

i dont believe that that a TL( non type S ) would smoke a is350. IS350 is just as fast as my 335i but my 335i is faster and I smoked the new TL type S with my 335i stock. The IS driver must be just flooring it and not using paddles.

 

Basically...oh yea, the IS350 only comes in auto.. i forgot that....

anyways.... i would have to agree with others on this.. if you had a Type S 6MT, i could see a could fight based on driver's abilities and transmissions... but machine to machine, there is no way... especially with a 3.2.

if had to guess... his dyno #'s should be around 250 ... you should be about 230.... maybe added weight and better driver.. i dunno

 

i dynoed at 244 actually..he dynoes 252..thats on the same exact dyno so if the numbers are wrong they are wrong for both of us...well ill just have to get a video i guess..

 

wow you live in alabama..if you lived in bay area..i will race you with my 335i.. since its basically the same thing racing the is350.

 

well guys, I guess that if he's whp is that similar to the IS350, then hey, it's possible. At that kind of speed, the drag force plays a role too, I don't know about the IS, but TL has a pretty low cd, which would definitely benefit high speed runs. Then with his comptech SS, it should take him less time to shift, and would buy him a bit of time too. Besides, he didn't really smoke the IS, he barely won, if his reaction time was 0.1s slower, he might have lost.

2K5-TL-6SPD, yea, the TL-S sure has amazing handling (you've probably seen me begging about it in different threads :P). I'd imagine in better conditions and/or better driver, it would run 14s flat@ probably 101 to 102mph.

 

yeah i can drive my car pretty good...you just gotta let it spin a lil in first controllably while feathering the gas..turn the spin into positive traction in second..the momentum of the wheels gives a nice thrust in 2nd..and then its all smooth shifting..o BTW i put the Comptech Short shifter down when i ordered it over a month ago from excelerate..i still havent recieved it yet...so the short shifter will bring nothing but advantage when it finally gets here..

 

man I wish I'd 6mt on my car lol...

 

Are u sure its an IS350 not IS250?cuz those IS350 has been smoking the E46 M3 not once,not twice but several times.On the drag strip and on the street.Ive seen it.its been consistent low 13's on 1/4 drag strip here in LACR.It even smoked stock BMW 335i.

 

its definatly a IS350..250s dont make 250 whp..he has run a 13.6 before...i know i shouldve have lost and that is what i thought when i was racing him but it didnt turn out that way so i raced him again to make sure and what do you know i won both races...

 

Urs,definitely dont make 244 whp either.Probably ur friend doensnt push hard enough.Ihave raced a new gen TL-S with my wifes new camry se V6 and i smoked him pretty good.I raced a friend's IS350 stock with the same car (camry).He smoked me pretty bad.by5 car lengths.Does it mean u can smoke a 3rd gen TL-S by 7 car length?Just askin.

 

I agree.. 244 WHP is just way too crazy for a non type s 3rd gen TL with just a intake and SS. are you sure its a is350. is350 and is250 look almost identical. Maybe he changed the emblem on his trunk?

 

If it were a IS250, then it would be as fast as a TSX, and no doubt any 2nd gen or 3rd gen TL would smoke it.

I don't think he has his short shifter installed yet, and yea, 244whp, any dyno sheet? New camry SE V6 runs 14.3 according to C&D (in one of the "10 fastest cars under $30k" articles), which is exactly the same as a TL6MT a-spec (non type S), and obviously a TL-S would be faster than a normal TL.

 

I beat a couple of New V6 camry's but I do have a 2g type s i/h/e/p...... Got smoked by a is350 from a dig...............How bad did you smoke the type s? I think a stock one would be neck to neck with the camry at least.........

 

good race! what size shot of nitrous you using?

 

no im just a f&ckin idiot that makes up shit and doesnt know anything when it comes to cars...dont tell me what my car put down because you werent there were you? and you say SS like its gonna add hp or somethin...i have no reason to lie about any of this..i have nothing to prove to any of you..just describing an event that happened in the TL...you want me to start sayin i beat a stock LX civic or something? Is that realistic enough for you? Stop reading your magazine and actually see something for yourself

 

x2, so many idiots go by quarter mile likes its a gauge of how powerful a car is. My friends evo 8 supposedly does mid 13s in the quarter mile stock and im kneck to kneck with him up to 3rd in my 2nd gen CL-S with I/H/E/Hi-Flow Cat that is supposed to do 14.8 stock according to "magazines". He's not a shitty driver either having owned a S2000 and a 1G DSM in the past.

edit: not to mention he has a stage 2 flash from WORKS mitsubishi along with a drop in filter and 3in cat back.

 

True that but after racing an is350, i know the only way i'll beat it is with f.i or sprayin'. I do have an auto so.....

 

lol come on man, give the OP some credit
i'm sure he knows its a 350 and not a 250.
good kill man! i'd love to see the videos, post em up when you get the chance!

 

thank you...i work at a car dealership inspecting cars so i know how to tell whats what..an IS250 would be no competition whatsoever..

 

nice

 

'07 - '08 TL Type S cars are the heaviest of all the TLs.

You left that part out...

14.3 @ 100 MPH is about it for a 6 speed TL Type S.

 

for once ill agree with harddrivin1le..even tho they are bad ass cars the Type-Ss arent really that much faster...i played around with a supercharged auto TL that put down 280 and i pulled on him...gearing makes a huge difference..o yeah this TL was acuratein so most of you know this car..