Hello, so recently I purchased a Acura TL 2007 with 105K Miles on it. It is very clean and a silver color. I was wondering what I could do to improve my performance on my car. I understand it's not a Type S but they were expensive and out of my budget. I recently purchased a K&N Cold Air Intake but that's all that I have purchased so far. I'm going to purchase a CatBack exhaust soon also to make it sound nice. I was looking at a OBX exhaust. But I'm not sure what else I can do either than those 2. I understand an exhaust barley adds performance. Thank you for your help.

 

Yeah, short of forced induction...... The most you can do is bolt ons that barely produce power.
instead, enjoy the fancy car which is powerful enough for you at 19.

 

^^^^ this

 

Yep pretty much as justnspace states. You can spend a ton on all the bolt on's and not see much gain. Say 10 real world horse power and less mpg. All in all, not worth it. You will need to go forced induction and at that, I'm guessing maybe 8 psi safely on stock internals.

 

will depend on many things about your car such as milage and how well it was treated over its life. Don't forget the transmission and what is capable of handling. Oh yeah and front axles as well.

 

Here are my suggestions:

1. Throw the K&N in the trash
2. Sell your car
3. Buy a TL Type-S 6MT

 

 

 

A common echo to hear on these forums is maintenance before mods. Make sure your 105k mile service for the timing belt/water pump/spark plugs/wires etc. has been done. Fortunately you have a stronger transmission with the 07, but you still ought to keep up with tranny fluid changes.

The last thing you wanna do is drop a few grand on an intake and exhaust only to have your valve cover blow off for some overlooked reason one week later. Then you're out the money and the car.

Take care of her!

 

94 octane or 91 plus some octane boost.

 

Why would someone do that?

 

to prevent knock.
the octane booster is snake oil, but i think using the highest available grade gasoline helps prevent knock

 

Hmmm, I thought the TL would reach it's max rated power running on 91 AKI fuel; bumping the Anti Knock Index rating to 94 or higher should not improve performance at all and in fact, may slightly reduce it unless significant engine mods and/or forced induction has been implemented.

 

Yeah Don't waste your money to make this car fast cause you wont unless you go FI
If you want nicer sound from your TL yes go ahead and get the OBX exhaust which will go nice with your K&N Cold air intake

 

All OEM. If it didn't come from the factory, don't put it on. Although I would love a J-pipe....

 

Although; if you do want to spend money...I can vouch for Hondata!
i'm tuning the car, or having someone tune the car, and it's much much quicker. or that's what my butt dyno tells me.
i'm pretty much bolted on and was leaning out in the higher RPM's...the tune has fixed that and it's wonderful!

 

try it and then tell me it doesn't have more power.

 

It doesn't and cannot. If you think it does then your butt dyno is telling you a lie.

 

I ride shotgun

 

You know, sayings like that are missing the next line in this day and age. Back in the 1960s, when front bench and column shifters were pretty common, the saying was, "I get shotgun, you get bitch"

 

the higher the octane, the less power the gasoline actually has. Octane refers to the detonation resistance of the gasoline, not the amount of power it contains. Why? Some engines are too powerful or high compression (like ours) and the regular 87 will prematurely ignite before the spark when the engine gets hot.

 

come drive it; so that you can compare it to your slightly modded 2005 6MT. (bruhhhhh, there's sooooo much torque!!!!)
plus, I want to drive yours again, cuz I want your clutch.