Best Performance Mods for an Acura TL Type S 2008
07-24-2013, 07:55 AM
#81
it's still a cat. so, it wont provide as much power as the straight pipe(PCD's) but still gains MUCH MUCH more than the factory cats. its a small difference going from a 200 cell cat(HFC) to a straight pipe...
BASE cat = 900 cell
type-s cat = I think its 500 cell count
high flow cat = 300-200 cell count
with that being said; it helps quell the sound and smell of the PCDs.
my friend has them paired with an XLR8 exhaust and it sound so exotic!! like a Ferrari almost
BASE cat = 900 cell
type-s cat = I think its 500 cell count
high flow cat = 300-200 cell count
with that being said; it helps quell the sound and smell of the PCDs.
my friend has them paired with an XLR8 exhaust and it sound so exotic!! like a Ferrari almost
07-24-2013, 07:58 AM
#82
08 TL type-S
it's still a cat. so, it wont provide as much power as the straight pipe(PCD's) but still gains MUCH MUCH more than the factory cats. its a small difference going from a 200 cell cat(HFC) to a straight pipe...
BASE cat = 900 cell
type-s cat = I think its 500 cell count
high flow cat = 300-200 cell count
with that being said; it helps quell the sound and smell of the PCDs.
my friend has them paired with an XLR8 exhaust and it sound so exotic!! like a Ferrari almost
BASE cat = 900 cell
type-s cat = I think its 500 cell count
high flow cat = 300-200 cell count
with that being said; it helps quell the sound and smell of the PCDs.
my friend has them paired with an XLR8 exhaust and it sound so exotic!! like a Ferrari almost
It might be worth me getting two high flow cats and deleting the third, I wouldn't change the stock exhaust , just add the j pipe and delete the third cat.
07-24-2013, 08:07 AM
#84
Race Director
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type-s is 600 cell...I think. :P
07-24-2013, 08:58 AM
#87
^red text indicates sarcasm...
i liked my jpipe.
you're not new to modding, you've had a tuned civic si....so...why not apply the same principles to this platform???
experiment. and if you dont like it, remove it.
very simple. dont try to make it harder than what it is.
Reviews are biased at best!
if you're not sure, dont buy it. or buy it and test it out.
i liked my jpipe.
you're not new to modding, you've had a tuned civic si....so...why not apply the same principles to this platform???
experiment. and if you dont like it, remove it.
very simple. dont try to make it harder than what it is.
Reviews are biased at best!
if you're not sure, dont buy it. or buy it and test it out.
07-24-2013, 09:09 AM
#88
08 TL type-S
j pipe + high flow cats
^red text indicates sarcasm...
i liked my jpipe.
you're not new to modding, you've had a tuned civic si....so...why not apply the same principles to this platform???
experiment. and if you dont like it, remove it.
very simple. dont try to make it harder than what it is.
Reviews are biased at best!
if you're not sure, dont buy it. or buy it and test it out.
i liked my jpipe.
you're not new to modding, you've had a tuned civic si....so...why not apply the same principles to this platform???
experiment. and if you dont like it, remove it.
very simple. dont try to make it harder than what it is.
Reviews are biased at best!
if you're not sure, dont buy it. or buy it and test it out.
1. I have enjoyed trying mods, and removing them on my Civic Si, but spend lots of $$$
2. The mods are more expensive for the TL Type S! I don't want to remove my mods, I want to research them before install!!
3. I don't want to ruin my luxury performance sedan by modding it and producing awful exhaust noise, or raspy sounding tone, or a vibrating ride
07-24-2013, 11:23 AM
#90
I had a all motor setup fine tuned by CLM Motorsports on dyno and made 340 to front wheels. Its alot of work and money but its worth every penny once again is ALL MOTOR N/A
07-24-2013, 12:09 PM
#93
^psh. my dyno shows that I Gained torque at 2k RPM 
without a tune!!
my buddy has a 6mt TL just like mine. I was first to mod mine. with just the jpipe, I pulled in 3rd gear against him
you dont lose torque...the powerband just shifts upwards....
stock 6mt (emmanuel) vs PCD and Jpipe 6mt(Justin)
at 2.5k RPM I have about 136lbs more torque than he does at the SAME RPM!
without a tune!!
my buddy has a 6mt TL just like mine. I was first to mod mine. with just the jpipe, I pulled in 3rd gear against him
you dont lose torque...the powerband just shifts upwards....
stock 6mt (emmanuel) vs PCD and Jpipe 6mt(Justin)
at 2.5k RPM I have about 136lbs more torque than he does at the SAME RPM!
Last edited by justnspace; 07-24-2013 at 12:17 PM.
07-24-2013, 12:45 PM
#95
Suzuka Master
Driving school
07-24-2013, 01:08 PM
#97
^psh. my dyno shows that I Gained torque at 2k RPM
without a tune!!
my buddy has a 6mt TL just like mine. I was first to mod mine. with just the jpipe, I pulled in 3rd gear against him
you dont lose torque...the powerband just shifts upwards....
stock 6mt (emmanuel) vs PCD and Jpipe 6mt(Justin)
at 2.5k RPM I have about 136lbs more torque than he does at the SAME RPM!
without a tune!!
my buddy has a 6mt TL just like mine. I was first to mod mine. with just the jpipe, I pulled in 3rd gear against him
you dont lose torque...the powerband just shifts upwards....
stock 6mt (emmanuel) vs PCD and Jpipe 6mt(Justin)
at 2.5k RPM I have about 136lbs more torque than he does at the SAME RPM!
07-24-2013, 07:05 PM
#98
Safety Car
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with just hfpcs and j pipe you should be fine noise-wise, it's when you start adding the aftermarket exhausts that it gets loud and you have to fine tune the sound to what you want (i had an aftermarket j pipe and resonated exhaust, but when i went to hfpcs it got too loud for me and i replaced the resonator with something bigger)...it's just a matter of finding the right sound you want.
oh and get flashpro. you won't get huge gains (less than 10 hp) but the improvement in smoothness and drive-ability is amazing
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08-07-2013, 11:26 AM
#99
All motor
So you made 340 to the wheels on a bolt on/'tuned' (Apexi Neo lmao) TL Type S and believed it? Lol. That would mean you gained 80+whp from stock. Did you ever dyno stock on that same dyno? Sounds to me it's a hub dyno, measuring crank hp, which would make perfect sense, because that would put you around ~29x to the wheels. Huge difference, bud. You aren't magically making 40-50whp more than everyone else with bolt ons......
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01-17-2014, 06:07 AM
#101
Pro
9 times out of 10 you gain torque down low. The reason it doesn't feel that way is because you gain more on the top end. Make sense?
05-12-2014, 11:14 AM
#106
Registered Bike Offender
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That depends on the diameter of the pipe. Read about exhaust system design (particularly, scavenging) and you'll understand. This should help:
http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/freq...kpressure.html
http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/freq...kpressure.html
I get the maximum scavenging effect if the gas velocity is high, so the pipe needs to be small. By maximizing the scavenging effect, I help to pull pulses out of the combustion chamber, which means the engine doesn't have to work as hard to do that.
This has the most effect when there's a bunch of time between pulses...in other words, at low rpm. As the revs rise, the pulsed flow becomes more and more like constant flow, and the scavenging effect is diminished.
So, at low rpm I need a small pipe to maximize scavenging, and at high rpm I need a big pipe to minimize pressure drop. My exhaust pipe can only be one size, so it's a compromise. For a given engine, one pipe diameter will make the most overall power (i.e., have the largest area under the curve on a dyno chart).
This has the most effect when there's a bunch of time between pulses...in other words, at low rpm. As the revs rise, the pulsed flow becomes more and more like constant flow, and the scavenging effect is diminished.
So, at low rpm I need a small pipe to maximize scavenging, and at high rpm I need a big pipe to minimize pressure drop. My exhaust pipe can only be one size, so it's a compromise. For a given engine, one pipe diameter will make the most overall power (i.e., have the largest area under the curve on a dyno chart).
05-14-2014, 07:30 AM
#110
Registered Bike Offender
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Throttle Body Spacer and Cold Air Intake are kind of just hype: you won't really see/feel any performance gains. To actually help heat soak (the purpose of the spacer), you should start with the throttle body coolant bypass mod. The car comes with a cold air intake from the factory. You're better off saving that money towards a j-pipe or other exhaust components. The TL-S doesn't have headers: the exhaust runner are cast into the heads. Do some searching around here and you'll probably get some good ideas. Basically the exhaust system is pre-cats to j-pipe to catback.
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