I was looking at some stuff to do Port and Polishing along with the runners on my car and I was wondering if the type-s manfiold is a 2 piece? Meaning can I separated it into the top and bottom halves? I saw that there were a few bolts around the IM itself.

 

No. 1 piece.

 

damn it!. ^ ty. those bolt are a lie tsk tsk tsk acura

 

Post a pic of what bolts you talking about.

 

The bolts that go around the intake manifold. It looks like it joint the 2 halves together. Or is it just there to look kool? I circled it in black

pulled from a J35a8

 

Wow. Never noticed those. Looking at the Acura parts, you cant even buy those bolts.

i'll like to change my "No, its a 1 pc" to Ummm i dunno but i still THINK its a 1 piece.

 

^ yeah it look very different compared to the accord and base TL manifold. I happen to stubble over the picture at v.6.p. Can someone with a Type-S chime in and tell if the manifold has a crease or is welded?

 

It is a 2 piece there was a guy on that had the tls mani and throttle body and his wasnt sealed properly so he had to return it and get another one but his car never ran right with the tls im on his accord so he eventually sold it I believe

 

^ do you happen to have the post?

 

I believe this manifold you are talking about is the 3.7TL SHAWD mani. The OP is asking about the J35a8 (07-08 Type S) manifold.

I don't know whether it's 1 or 2 pieces. I don't think the Type S manifold is much different than our Accord/Base TL mani. The 3.7 manifold is differnt and flows much better. That'd be your best bet if you are looking at an intake manifold, and I believe it's 2 pieces.

 

Ya sonnick your probably right it was the guy with the j33 stroker right? I dont think it ever ran right if I remember correctly

 

Yeah that was Kevin. There are a few people that have since returned the 3.7 mani or have taken it off because it failed to run 100%. No one has found the answer either.

 

^ I asked Kiet on it is a 2 piece. He also said that it wasn't worth it, but I don't feel like chopping my IM in half to PnP and then welding it back.

Flow won't be an issue since it will be ported and polish. Also the Manifold itself from honda is 100 bucks news.

 

in

 

here the part number: 17160-RDA-A00 Reuse your cover, sensors, and w/e and that would save you $$

Just search around cuz I can't find the site that had it for 100 new

 

^^Awesome find. So buying this 1 piece would save us cutting/welding the stock manifold and allow us to port EVERYTHING like d2fpika?

 

^ its a 2 piece. I think hope that we don't have to cut. lol But then I think your limited with the angle of how you can port it since the pix I posted earlier he had a full opening. I am not sure how the 2 piece will come apart. I hope it would have the to half with the ports fully exposed and the bottom half would just be the port that go to the runners. I ono I hope.

 

 

I hate you guys from the bottom of my heart LOL....

just when i thought it was done spending $$$ on this car LOL

 

This IM is also made of aluminum right?

Sheds 6 lbs off the front end. Nioce!

 

I'd like to see how this turns out. I'm staring at my cut open manifold right now wondering when I will finish it lol.

 

I ran out of funds.... lol Too much Black Friday. So give me about 2-3 months.

 

This manifold is actually made from magnesium. The 04-06 mani's were made from aluminum. The magnesium one is a few pounds lighter. I was considering buying this mani to pnp for my 06 because I assumed it was 2 piece by the way it looked. I ended up buying another 06 mani and its a work in progress.

 

^^^ post some pix up bro...

 

I will post some pics, but it is at my friend's garage where we have the tools to work on the cars. I probably have about 20 hours in this thing already and I'm not close to being done. I actually sanded down the outside of the IM to remove all the casting imperfections and ground off all the unnecessary junk that was on the outside. The runners were a piece of cake to pnp, but the upper is a labor of love. I want this thing to pop when you open the hood, kind of like when they open up that suitcase in Pulp Fiction...