Thank you. I thought you guys would like to see them both. 1998 Acura NSX coupe, red with tan interior, Pride V2 quad exhaust with Pride High Flow Cats, advan T5 wheels. Koni dampers, eibach springs. R1 crossdrilled/slotted rotors, downforce scoop, downforce stack intake system, downforce rear sport diffuser, type r chassis bars, type r front sway bar, carbing rear strut bar, Lovefabb upper chassis bar. shark antenna. jdm nav pod with alpine system, downforce engine cover, led interior and taillights, HID headlights, downforce brake air deflectors. S2carbonworks radiator panel/brackets, SCW aluminum coolant tank. Honda S2000 steering wheel with Acura RSX airbag cover.

 

 

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Nice cars both great but the guards on TLS got to go it would make the car look cleaner

 

Especially when you get your XLR8 stainless exhaust tips slighly peaking from under the bumper Oooo hot

 

Yeah down the road I'll be make another order with XLR8.
XLR8 Exhaust Systems - Excelerate - HOA - Japanese Performance Specialist
Acurazine P2R Packages - Excelerate - HOA - Japanese Performance Specialist
P2R Intake Manifold Spacer - Excelerate - HOA - Japanese Performance Specialist

A expensive order but it will make the car a beast along with my K&N intake and Jpipe.....
Glad you guys like my NSX. Giving the TLS some love also. Bumper guards will fall off eventually..........

 

Don't these thermal gaskets melt/deform over time? I'm still skeptical as to what benefit they provide too.

The IM spacer - you sure you want to do that? All it does is push your power band down in the rpms, which is a little counter intuitive on a high rpm hp based engine IMO. IIRC it was made for SUVs who need low end torque over high end hp.

I'd skip all that and put the $$ towards a pnp IM/TB/runners or a 3.7 IM/TB swap + PnP'd runners.

Suggest the aem v2 intake over a k&n

 

I agree. I was gonna do all that IM and TB spacer stuff but then I got reading and its all bullshit. I went with 3.7 IM/TB and boy she works great. I would also recommened the AEM V2 as well as if your going to switch to the 3.7IM the AEM V2 intake has the bung welded on so you can easily relocate the IAT sensor. My injen intake didnt have one so the IAT is sorta just hanging around lol

 

don't get the p2r IM gasket, there's issues with it melting.

there's the coveted outlaw one in the black market right now, i'd jump on that asap. i have the outlaw in my car and the company isn't around any more so they are very hard to come by

there's also a set of runners on there as well, you can get those cheap and then get them pnp'd by gerzand

 

I considered it but didn't want to add any height to my 3.7 intake in case it caused clearance with the hood.

 

Interesting, I was reading old posts saying the spacer was a nice upgrade. I did see something about the gaskets melting and OEM would be better. When I found out that the MD spacer you would either need spacers for the hood or cut the hood I said not doing this. Then I saw the P2R short and looked like the eay to go. The 3.7 manilfold works? Guess I got more research to do, I do a lot before I buy anything. Been thinking about also getting a XLR8 high flow cat........

 

My opinion....worry about the air going out before worrying about the air coming in.

Do the power bolt-ons first: jpipe, precat deletes or high flows, exhaust.

Then, when the time comes, worry about the intake/manifolds/etc.

 

^^ that's the route I went. It's more satisfying to your ears too haha

 

agreed...

 

Your right. Thanks.

 

Alrighty guys gonna be ordering a resonated XLR8 exhaust for sure. Thinking about adding a XLR8 high flow cat as well. Hoping it will be similar to my NSX. Under 3500rpm its calm when cruising and roars when I rev it up. I also have high flow cats with the NSX and am very happy with them. These would go along with my K&N typhoon intake and XLR8 j pipe. Nothing too crazy for a daily driver but still put a smile on my face. Don't wanna touch ECU or anything and thought about the spacer so better to stay simple.

 

The xlr8 resonated exhaust is awesome you're gonna love it! If you ever end up going HFPCs (the two up near the engine) you may need to switch to a larger resonator but u til then you'll be fine!

They have a tax sale going on right now for free shipping so buy it ASAP before he sale ends (I think it ends tomorrow or the next day)

 

One quick question. I I already have J pipe cat delete. With getting the XLR8 exhaust. Is there another cat between the j pipe and exhaust.? Seen XLR8 has a high flow cat. Kinda confused with that. Worth getting that extra high flow cat along with the exhaust?

 

Don't get that. The car has 3 cats. An aftermarket j pipe typically eliminates the 3rd cat. Earlier j pipes had a piece of pipe that could be swapped for the 3rd cat for inspections but I think all j pipes now or at least most don't do that anymore, they are single piece from the 2 pre-cats to exhaust. When we say get high flow cats or HFPCs we mean the 2 cats bolted to the heads. There are no headers in this car, they are cast into the heads. Your typical aftermarket setup these days is engine-precats(HFPCs)-jpipe-exhaust.

 

Am I the only one who actually likes the bumper guards? It's a nice contrast with the red.

edit - the ones in the front. not a fan of the ones in the back