Project TL: Engine swap has begun!

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Old 11-20-2006 | 03:57 PM
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Old 11-20-2006 | 05:11 PM
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OH SHIT.....VANCITY BOY DOING A SWAP....THAT CRAZY.....ILL HAVE TO CHECK IT OUT WHEN ITS DONE....btw which shops are u getting it done with??
Old 11-20-2006 | 05:25 PM
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dude, you suck. why do you live so far away?

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Old 11-20-2006 | 09:17 PM
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lol.....The swap is being done at Advance Motorsports in Coquitlam.
Old 11-20-2006 | 09:24 PM
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The machine shop has done assembling the internals of the block. It will be delievered back to the shop where we will start putting it all back together. If everything goes right, we will be able to fire up the engine at the end of this week.

I can't wait to break in the engine and start to dyno and tune it.
Old 11-20-2006 | 11:21 PM
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where's the skyline shop in Richmond............
Old 11-20-2006 | 11:27 PM
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Old 11-20-2006 | 11:53 PM
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good o B.C. chronic eh
Old 11-20-2006 | 11:56 PM
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Old 11-21-2006 | 12:20 AM
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that's gonna be one badass TL
Old 11-21-2006 | 12:27 AM
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hopefully the next gen TL will be AWD turbo so we can just chip it and save a lot of hassel :P

Awesome work though. I cant wait to see how it comes out.
Old 11-21-2006 | 10:27 AM
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did u dyno the "one-man pwrd" version? i wanna c how it does on the quarter mile! hahaha
Old 11-21-2006 | 11:55 AM
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So if we do it the N/A swap we can use the RL piston rather than the CL-S one?
Old 11-21-2006 | 01:16 PM
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So if we do it the N/A swap we can use the RL piston rather than the CL-S one?
i dont see why not, i'm using the RL pistons on my 3.5 swap in my CL-S
Old 11-21-2006 | 08:26 PM
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Yes RL piston for N/A swap with 11.0:1 compression.
Old 11-21-2006 | 10:44 PM
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why are you useing the '07 type-s heads instead of your stock ones. are they not the same. are the cam profiles bigger for the type-s and thats why you need the heads ?

what is that next to your tl motor...gsr?
Old 11-22-2006 | 12:36 AM
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TypeS head have bigger intake valves and hollow camshaft.
Old 11-22-2006 | 01:08 PM
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Old 11-22-2006 | 01:27 PM
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That totally made my day! LOL! Thanks and lookin' forward to more updates!
Old 11-24-2006 | 09:21 PM
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Any updates?
Old 11-25-2006 | 06:00 AM
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Just came back from Seattle for Thanks Giving shopping. I will be heading down to the shop tomorrow and get an update. From what I know, the block with new pistons are back from the machine shop and the engine is assembled. We should be able to fire it up very soon!
Old 11-25-2006 | 07:05 AM
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and worhip. You are the MAN for doing this.

I've been waiting three years to see a thread like this.
Old 11-25-2006 | 05:18 PM
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dang. i'm in the seattle area. it'd be cool to head up to the neighborly north to check this thing out. the one-man powered TL would own all!
Old 11-27-2006 | 11:43 AM
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How'd it go!?! Is your engine finished, or did they run into any problems?
Old 11-27-2006 | 11:56 AM
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any update on the 1 hp (human power) TL after the long weekend?
Old 11-27-2006 | 01:31 PM
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bad news. Turns out RL block and TL tranny won't fit, so now we are trasfering all the internals of the MDX block (crankshaft, bearings, rods) and CL-S piston to the TL block. I also ordered a set of high performance piston rings from Total Seal rings so hopfully it will be more boost friendly.

We also figured out a way to install a tranny cooler and we are going to bypass the cooling unit.
Old 11-27-2006 | 04:12 PM
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any update on the 1 hp (human power) TL after the long weekend?
nice avi. THAT SUCKS RL DONT FIT!
Old 11-27-2006 | 04:54 PM
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Hmm, seems odd that the 3.5 engine doesn't fit as that is what they are now using in the TL-S. Is it possible that the MDX 3.5 engone is different than the RL engine and that is why it doesn't fit? Eaither way, that's too bad because a non-TL-S with a 3.5 in it could be pretty darn cool!
Old 11-27-2006 | 05:00 PM
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The bell housing of the TL tranny does not match up with the MDX/RL block. The new TL-S also have a new transmission so they might have changed the design.

However we will be transplating the 3.5L internals into the 3.2 TL block. So the final product will still be a 3.5L engine with 10.5:1 compression ratio.
Old 11-27-2006 | 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by lookinco
The bell housing of the TL tranny does not match up with the MDX/RL block. The new TL-S also have a new transmission so they might have changed the design.

However we will be transplating the 3.5L internals into the 3.2 TL block. So the final product will still be a 3.5L engine with 10.5:1 compression ratio.
Thanks for the update. The tranny makes sense and finding an '07 TL-S tranny is probably not a likely opportunity. Do you have to also bore out the cylinder's to get the 3.5L or is that a result of simply different heads/pistons?
Old 11-27-2006 | 06:33 PM
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The bore is actually the same. The main difference of 3.5L is the crankshaft and rods. It's basically a stroke kit except that it's all factory Acura parts.

There are actually a few ways to do this. You could use MDX crank and rod with TL piston and TL head with a compression ratio of 11.0:1. Another option would be to use TL-S or RL piston and TL-S head with a compression ratio of 11.0:1. The last option which is what I am doing is CL-S piston with TL-S head with a compression ratio of 10.5:1.

The TL-S head have bigger intake valves, that's why you must use either the CL-S, TL-S, or RL piston because they have a deeper cutout so the bigger intake valve won't hit. I chose to go with the TL-S head because of the bigger intake valves and the hollow camshaft.
Old 11-28-2006 | 11:36 AM
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Awesome! Good job keeping the momentum moving. So any ideas on eta of completion?
Old 11-28-2006 | 12:32 PM
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how much is this costing?
Old 11-28-2006 | 02:02 PM
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I ordered the new TL block and piston rings yesterday. Hopfully the parts will be here by the end of this week. Then three days at the machine shop and three days back at the shop for the finaly assembling. So hopfully it will be done in three weeks. I guess this will be my christmas gift this year!
Old 11-28-2006 | 02:33 PM
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why dont you just reuse your original block? and just put the internals into it.
Old 11-28-2006 | 02:42 PM
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If I were to reuse my orignal block, I would need to rehone it which would probably cost about the same as getting a brand new bare block. A new block only cost me $450 with free shipping, so I decided to go with a new one.
Old 11-28-2006 | 04:26 PM
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This motor is gonna be the best christmas gift anyone could give this year! Funny, I bought my car as a christmas gift to self in 2004. By christmas 2005, I had all the mods they made for it, except supercharger and pro cats. Nothing justifies the modding addiction better than 'Its christmas, and I WANT one'!
Old 11-28-2006 | 07:10 PM
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how much is this costing?
I'm sure its regooddamdiclous money unless he has a hookup with someone at the shop.
Old 11-29-2006 | 08:51 AM
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OMG. That's insane man!

If you had a turbo kit that would make your car even MORE one on a kind. The ultimate one of a kind TL.

So this is costing your probably around $2,000 after all is installed (not including charger of course). ? (If you don't wanna say, that's cool too).
Old 11-29-2006 | 12:56 PM
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I did think about a turbo kit. The main problem is our bumper design do not allow us to put a front mount intercooler. There is an option to use the Versus Motorsport front bumper but I don't exactly like the looks of it. I know the 7th Gen Accord people are coming up with turbo kit. When it comes out I will see if it would fit. I know they have very similar engine and exhaust setup, so it should not be hard to adapte to the TL (fingers crossed).

As for cost, if i where to do it all over again, it would cost me much less. But since I am the first to do it and had to go through trial and error, it cost me more.

If anyone where to do this swap again, this is what you need.

- a TL bareblock $477 (you can reuse your orignal block but you would need to rehone it)
- MDX or RL crankshaft $632.05
- MDX or RL connecting rods $440.28
- cylinder head gaskets $236.60
- piston rings $189.72 (Total seal piston rings $120)

Option:
Upgrade to TL-S cylinder head (must use TL-S, RL, or CL-S piston) $1531.50
Change to RL piston $289.08 (11.0:1 cr)
Change to CL-S piston $202.80 (10.5:1 cr)

Parts that you can reuse from your orignal block includes all the bearings for the crankshaft and connecting rods if they are in good conditions. You can also reuse the front and rear cylinder head. If you want to upgrade to the TL-S cylinder head (bigger intake valves, hollow cam shaft, better cam profile), then you must use either the CL-S or RL piston as those piston have a bigger valve pocket to match the bigger intake valves in the cylinder head.


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