I Was randomly searching for fun came across this beast.

At first, I didn't like it; ugly wheels, uglier exhaust tips...

then I saw the under hood pic! I haven't seen one turbo'd but I don't spend much time in the performance section of Azine so maybe I'm intrigued over nothing...

BTW I don't know anything about this dealer lol



http://www.cars.com/go/search/detail...nal&listType=1

 

Those exhaust tips....wow...can't imagine that this car was driven hard.

 

I wonder what the previous owner is driving now...

 

Wheels look fine to me, but those exhaust tips got to go lol

 

JandR turbo kit right there. Very good price for that car considering the kit alone is 6,000

 

it appears this dealer has been trying to sell that car forever. i think i've seen it before. the dealer may have added those tips (i dont' think it even had tips before). i could be wrong, but it looks familiar.

 

I suppose the question is, why would someone who invested that much money in the car trade it into the dealer?

Alternatively, the previous owner financed the car, spent too much on mods, couldn't pay the loan, the car got repo'd, then sold at auction.

More than likely it was a members car...but we will see.

 

sounds like someone was humping the american dream and forgot to pull out.

 

Yep, you're 100% correct. A few months ago there was a thread with a ASM TL type-s with the J&R turbo kit but it didn't have exhaust tips at all or had some weird undersized ones. Dealer must have added these.

 

^but this one is silver? no?

 

^yeah but this one is silver...

edit. i hate you justin.

 

fixed, do you remember that car? i wish i could find the thread

 

I do remember the wheels.

 

sneaky mcsneakerson.

 

That car has been for sale since last May when I purchased my TL-S... I wouldnt touch that with a 10ft pole.

 

"Premier Auto Imports" sounds like one of those rod-iron fence repo lots manned by one guy with gold teefs.

 

at teefs

 

My apologies to Premier Auto Imports. It appears they have a chain link fence: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=205+A...ss+Center&z=19

 

original had a kid and needed to sell. guess this was his best option when he needed money.

if i was looking for a type-s i would not hestitate to buy this one.

just do a compression and leak down test first. if its good then u got a great deal imo

 

It always concern me when someone lists a car like this but never once mentions in the description "NO ACCIDENTS."

I would have to see the full Carfax. The wheels and exhaust can be replaced for little money. The price and miles definitely make it attractive though.

 

If it is the same one, I remember reading the owner or a friend of the owner saying it had all kinds of problems.
From the initial tuning to sputtering or some other real major problem that they could never figure out.

Replaced engine or tranny. I don't know specifics but if it it indeed the same car it had some issues going on.

Enough to stay away from.

 

If you look at some of the pics in the background you can see some nice cars... Lol

 

best.

 

^yeah i was surprised it took this long to get recognized.

i liked that spur of the moment gem this morning. most of my creative juices are flowing best between 7am-10am.

 

they couldn't bother shining up the engine bay?

 

If those pictures are really current, the turbo has ZERO rust on the turbine side. Mine has never seen salt, just rainwater and I have some rust on the hot side.

Like Bert said, if it has good compression numbers, pull the FIC, get a FlashPro and you'd likely be good to go for dirt cheap.

 

yeah... owner did hard work for a car.. respect... but not for actual his job)) if he had to sell..

 

^wait. what happened?

 

$21k is dirt cheap? This car is either going to last for years with the current motor setup, or it will blow up the first time you floor it when you're showing it off to your friends. Pretty sure I wouldn't risk $21k on something that you can't get serviced or warrantee'd by Acura in the event that something goes wrong.

 

^Pretty sure he voided the warranty with the Turbo kit

Not a bad price given the turbo kit and cost of it.

 

good price, bad price, doesn't matter.

at the end of the day, I would never, ever buy a turbo TL. The reason being it's such an unproven platform and boosted cars like that are always a high risk. How many people have turbo kits for their TL? 10 maybe? If that? There isn't much support for the platform and as a result it would be hard to guess what may or may not have gone on with this car during and after the build.

 

Whats the point on boosting a car like this?? it can only handle like 8 or 9 psi, that's a wrist slap compared to evo's, sti's, or anything that comes with a turbo from factory. A huge waste of money imo.

 

i was going to buy this car myself until i talked to the original owner....

he blew the piston rings and then he traded the car into a dealership and since then its been passed on to 5 other places..Premier has had it on ebay few times but it doesnt ever bring over 19k..

if was you or anyone looking to buy this car...its a good deal but be prepared to possibly replace the engine or rebuilt the engine.

the original owner tracked the shit out of this car before trading it.

 

I'm not sure if you're referring to the engine, ECM (tuning), or what here. But the fact of the matter if that these engines, if tuned properly, can spit out 500-700hp on a boosted stock motor. And that's on a j32a2 from the previous generation TL (2g). And now, with the support and capabilities of tuning the j35a8, I don't doubt for one minute that you could push those numbers even further.

If you take a j35a8 and put a completely forged bottom end in it along with sleeves...guess what you have? A recipe to bust some ass! Now let's see Subaru, Mitsubishi, Toyota make some claims like that above on their stock motors. As they say- "it's all in the tune"...

 

Those pictures must be from just after the build. That's the reason it's been on the block so long.

There are a couple guys here running much more boost than that, we are just keeping it low on stock internals. Boost levels on a 3.2L V6 to a 2.0L 4cyl is a apples to oranges comparison.

Putting extras into any car is considered a waste of money no matter how you look at it. We all have different reasons to do so just as people have reasons to pick a STI or EVO over any other factory tuned ride.

 

Anything properly tuned can put out some good numbers. But no matter what, to gain over 500hp the engine has to be rebuild, trans has to be replaced and built to hold, and the worst of it is why would anybody want over 500hp on a FWD that isn't meant to push that kind of power. My old S4 had a 2.7 V6 Bi-turbo all i did was the giac tuning ship and was pushing 18psi and 383hp at the 4 wheels.

 

I would like to see it in action, price not so bad!!