i have an acura tl 2006 and trying to get a new exhaust. i'm a complete noob when it comes to this so i'll be needing lots of help.

i saw a clip of an HKS exhaust which i liked a lot but couldn't find one for the tl. anyone know how to get it to fit?

Also, if you guys know any other exhaust that sounds nice that doesn't break the bank, please let me know
thanks

 

Well first of all, HKS doesnt make a full exhaust for our cars and you can only buy the mufflers. So if you wanted a full HKS eshaust you'd have to go to a shop and have an exhaust custom made and just bring the HKS mufflers that you buy offline somewhere with you
And secondly, depending on how much is in your "bank", you are probably going to have a hard time finding any full cat-backs under 900 bucks.
The greddy evo II catback sounds really good IMO and is the cheapest I've found, coming in at $845.
You can, however, do other exhaust mods that will make your car sound deeper and slightly louder for MUCH cheaper.

 

what kind of mods?

 

One mod that a lot of people have done here on Azine is buying an aftermarket Jpipe. This will give you a fairly big boost in power while giving your exhaust a little more growl as well. Or you could do the cheapest method and just take your car to a muffler shop and have them remove your mid muffler which wont give you any power, but will give you a little more tone for like 50-75 bucks. Go on youtube and type in stage 1,2, or 3 exhaust on an Acura TL and see if you like the sound. I have stage one (which is only the mid muffler removed) and I like it a lot. You can, however, remove the resonator and your third cat if you want even more volume(stage 2 and 3).

 

Im running a stage 4 on my 06 tl, stage for is removel of the stock mid muffler and resonator

 

Can't we just replace the resonator with like a muffler, wouldn't that be a cheaper way to get exhaust? What is our stock pipe size that runs through our resonator? Would it be 2.25 pipe size? I am planning on doing this mod by replacing resonator with a magnaflow muffler.

 

Does anyone have a picture where you can point out the mid muffler, I could not find a picture of under body of the car. Thanks

Edit: ah found me a picture, have anyone every changed the mid muffler to magnaflow and running straight pipe with the resonator on it?

 

Im looking for a used ATLP Quad Exhaust for my 2005 Acura TL A Spec. Does anyone know where i can get one or is anyone selling one???

 

ebay has one

 

thinking about getting new mufflers, anyone know the size and stuff?

 

this is the part where people will tell you to SEARCH! these topics have been covered before. many people have gone with magnaflow, flowmaster, borla, hks, etc for universal mufflers. whatever your preference is, im sure it has been done before, and you can find info about it by searching old threads

 

I did check people have done stages 1 to 4 but I havent seen people do magna muffler with no resonator. a center/dual muffler

 

wow did a search via Youtube for stage 1 exhuast as i am a new an dont want to mess with the acura sound too much I WAS BLOWN AWAY this guy had a stage 1 mid muffler delete an resonator an it sounded like a 350Z or G35.. i must do this.. does any1 know if it will still pass inspection?

is it the resonator thats making this G35 sound? bcuz i just looked at another vid of just mid muffler delete an it sounds like normal

 

Like chinkwapin said, you need to search for this stuff!

But yes you will still pass inspections, as it will not affect your catalytic converters. And if you mess with anything other than the mid muffler its not stage 1 anymore. But I have stage one and it pretty much sounds stock except when you really get on it. If you want even louder than that you will probably have to get an aftermarket resonator. Some brands are louder than others and most people either go with the magnaflow or the dynomax resonators.

Seriously though, ALL of these questions have been answered hundreds of times.

 

i read a couple of posts and they said the manga mufflers with a stage 3 has lots of drone, any other alternatives? cuz i want to avoid drone as much as possible

 

Whats the part number for the magaflow muffler to replace my resonator to get stage 3

 

stage 3 has a little drone at 2500 RPM but if u have ur radio on even volume 1 u cant hear it. as for magnaflow mufflers i cant say but stock mufflers is real quiet inside

 

Yeah I havent seen anyone replace the mid muffler with an magna flow or borla and replace the resonator with a star8 pipe, it would be great if someone did it and have some kind of sound clip

 

i think he meant replacing the rear mufflers with magnaflow and removing the mid muffler completely and replacing stock resonator with magnaflow resonator. it has been done before:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc1Nxnb0jQk

you're gonna need external speakers/headphones to hear the bass note in the exhaust cuz without them it kinda sounds stock

 

That sounds great! That's exactly what I'm looking for. I see the rundown on the Youtube comments, can you confirm what parts are on that car? Not sure if it's yours or if that's a link to someone elses car.

Do you find any rasp in that setup at all? That's the one thing I'm trying to avoid.

Thanks...

 

Another thing, how loud is the above setup? I'm wondering how it sounds at higher RPM, don't want to sound like one of those Civics blasting out from blocks away.

 

just get the mid muffler delete.... that wont give you the drone..plus if you get any aftermarket jpipe youll get a nice deep tone to it

 

sorry not my car. YouTube videos are hard to compare to real life so it's bestto actually hear it in person. try asking around to see if someone local is willing to let u check out their setup

 

I did all the stages, got sick of them and bought an ATLP base exhaust. You can find a used one on the black market for around $750-900. Been happy ever since

 

Yea when you get all this tiny stuff done its going to end up being fairly expensive anyways. Just buy an an entire catback and get the sound you want in addition to a substantial performance upgrade. You could also go to a muffler shop and just have them make you a custom catback with whatever mufflers you want for like 5-600 bucks.

 

Im getting the mid muffler delete and jpipe done this week

 

anyone know part numbers for magnaflow mufflers? tried but failed. also, size of tips too.

 

It depends on what you want in a muffler. Duel tips? Single tips? Aluminized? Stainless steel? Go to -> THIS <- link and check some of these mufflers out. But one thing I'm not sure of is what the stock diameter of the tubing is that you'll need. My guess would be a 2.25 in inlet and 2 in outlet.

 

Atlp all day

 

i am doing a stage six this weekend...i will report back

 

i want single tips, if i remember correctly duals look weird unless it's on a type S. the tubing is what i'm struggling with when buying tips and mufflers. anyone know the correct size? want to do this mod sooonn

 

What set up is the stage 6?

 

99% of people who do aftermarket exhaust will run 2.5" piping from the J-pipe all the way to the Y-pipe(if you have a resonator it goes in this section and will also be 2.5"). At the Y-pipe it will then split into 2.25" piping which is what you will want your mufflers to be.

 

does the diameter matter?

 

Yes it matters. That's why people get catbacks in the first place so that they can get hp and tq gains from an increase in air-flow which allows the engine to "breath" better.

 

^true.

but dont go too big unless your planning to go forced induction. 2.5 and 2 after the y is a good setup

 

Thats a good point because you want a fair amount of back pressure still. I've just seen most people on A-zine get the 2.5-2.25 setup.