314_04TL

Family Guy I love the work that you have done to your Type S very tasteful and functional mods. I'm happy to say that my build will mimic yours to a degree but will have my touches to make it unique. Question the battery where did you get it and what model is it? and big props to maxbore I love their work

314_04TL

Oh almost forgot from stock diameter whats bore is your TB now?

FamilyGuy

Thx bud appreciate it! It's a Braille 17lb battery, P/N B2317. I got it off eBay, from a speed shop vendor. I wanted a lightweight battery but not so small that it would run out of juice if not driven for a couple of days. I sort of guessed at this 17lb one. So far I've gone a full week and it still starts, so good for me. Saved about 21lbs over the OEM battery + tray / plastic cover.

Damn, you had to ask me that huh lol. I don't remember the diameters, but Maxbore managed to get around ~4mm over stock. IIRC stock is around 64mm and he got it to around ~68-69mm. Going off memory here, don't quote me on it. I forget which side this is on, intake or manifold side (the TB has a slight taper to it), but he did an awesome job, and I got his matched gasket to complete it. You can go bigger with the ZDX / SH-AWD TB and mani, but many guys here with a 6mt have had throttle hang and idle issues, and I didn't want any headaches, so I went with a PnP on the stock parts. Car drives great! I believe the PnP gets you within a couple HP of the ZDX / SH-AWD option, minus the issues, so I'm happy with that. I want to maximize the car but keep it running smooth, so far so good

314_04TL

Lol Your welcome bro. Im thinking of just PNP the Intake Mani, the runners and the TB will be it. I dont want to go overboard and have headaches as well. Just looking for some extra punch. I like that battery saved you quite a bit in weight

FamilyGuy

I used Maxbore on the TB and one of our members here called Gerzand for the mani and runners (Google him). Highly recommend both

314_04TL

Yes I have looked at a few of his youtube videos and his stuff looks amazing. If you don't mind me asking what did the PNP job set you back?

FamilyGuy

IIRC it was around 300 for both mani and runners all together. Been a while, not sure what he charges now (Gerzand). Maxbore was around ~130, with the gasket and flush screws options.

eyedrop

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Love what you did to your car. So Gerzand still does the porting for other members?

So did you just remove your IM and runner and ship it to him to get it done?

Don't know how it'll work since the TL is my daily.

FamilyGuy

Yes sir, Gerzand does PnP jobs to assist in the funds for his supercharged type s beast I did mine last year so get a hold of him to see if he still offer his services.

Yeah it's not easy, my car was down for like ~3 weeks between the PnP jobs and the powder coater. Both Maxbore and Gerzand were able to turn around my PnP parts in about a week. I lost just over a week at the powder coater, due to a holiday weekend, plus a couple days for my guy to put everything back in the car. I car pooled with my girl during all this

Was it worth it? Hell yes

314_04TL

Well I think you got a steal for that price and Im thinking about sourcing a second intake manifold including TB and have them sent out.

FamilyGuy

That's def a good option to minimize your downtime

I almost did that, but I live with my girl (married now), so luckily we were able to share a car for a few weeks.

Then, just sell your stock parts in the black market and recoup some of the money. I think a performance shop would probably charge around 400-600 to do what Gerzand does, so yeah it's a great deal and he does good work as you can see.

The valve covers I bought new and threw away the originals. Too much gunk / corrosion, just wasn't worth it and they're not too expensive new.

sockr1

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sent you both a PM, i have my original runners and TB sitting around since i bought an extra set to get them ported/bored. my car is my daily and i couldn't lose the downtime. i can ship them directly to the vendor you are going to work with to save even more shipping cost for you

and maxbore is 100 shipped, give him an oem gasket to match the new bore or have him make you one for extra money.

sorry for the thread jack OP, just thought i would help them out since they were talking about it

FamilyGuy

All help is welcome here, no worries

Plus it's friday

truonghthe

^^^^you mean broke day or bill day lol?

FamilyGuy

This one is both

314_04TL

Love and hate those days my friend

SpeedyG23

Unreal! Great work.. Question, I have had other cars in the past and have gotten Cold Air Intakes but they were much weaker imports and never really had a big difference I could notice. I just purchased my 6 Speed 06 TL a month ago and it's the quickest and strongest car I have ever owned. I'm pretty sure I know the answer already but did you notice a considerable difference after the Cold air install? I'm looking at a Injen RD1482P Polished Race Division Cold Air Intake System for about 210 Dollars. Is that a good buy or would you recommend something else?

Thanks in advance

FamilyGuy

Thx speedy!

Honestly I can't answer that because I installed my CAI along with a full exhaust and LW clutch / flywheel / pulley. So I felt the collective effect.

From what I've seen here on Azine you might not feel much, but you'll hear it for sure and dynos have shown ~10hp. There is a lot of speculation here on Azine as to whether or not a CAI gives this car any significant gains, but if you're looking for performance then you need to open up the intake and exhaust no matter what, and even though the stock CAI is ok, it was still designed to be quiet - usually at the expense of top performance, so it's not exactly the best thing around in my opinion. It also has a lot of plastic piping that I'm happy to get rid of, opens up space for engine bay to breathe / cool off and saves about 5-8lbs.

The Injen should be similar to the AEM go for it

M.I.N.O.

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That engine bay...beautiful...

SpeedyG23

Awesome man!! Thanks. Where do you shop for your performance parts, clutch, Fly wheel, etc?

FamilyGuy

My fav vendors are basically our top guys:

XLR8 Performance
RV6 Performance
Heeltoe

The clutch / FW I got directly from Spec.

OEM parts I use acuraoemparts.com

SpeedyG23

Awesome awesome!! Thanks again.

sockr1

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i would go for the aem v2, it's the most popular intake and what i also have. i feel there is more R&D that went into it and it has a unique design (it's not just a straight tube the same diameter throughout), look at each pipe...the aem v2 has a little better design IMO

FLTL08

great pics!

sockr1

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Hey OP how do you like the UR pulley? That's basically the only performance mod I haven't done just because the install is a little more involved. I may do this at the 105k maintenance but that's still a year away or so

FamilyGuy

If you still haven't done the timing belt service, you should def do the pulley at the same time. This car responds to reduced weight, esp reduced drivetrain loads, like a LW FW and pulley. My first 3 gears rip through the RPMs because of this, and I'm still on the stock wheels. Lightweight wheels are in the distant future plans. Do it up

Steven Bell

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^^^^ This.

FamilyGuy

1 of 2 packages delivered

dave_88

Man, i tried so hard to find a TL-S 6MT but was fruitless. I'm going to live vicariously through you. Nice car man.

Steven Bell

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^^^ It's like trying to find a Unicorn......

FamilyGuy

Yeah took me 2 months to find this one and I had to search nationally. Shipped from Illinois IIRC. 60k miles just over 2 years ago. 90k now.

Oh Sickest TL

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WOW just WOW. That engine tho! Car looks awesome, suspension looking good!

My old man was telling me to PnP and powder coat the engine. I just may after seeing this masterpiece lol.

Would you say about a grand to have all that done roughly?

truonghthe

so how low will you go?

FamilyGuy

Thx bud!

I think the PnP and powder coating together was around 600-700, after some savvy shopping around. The powder coating was around 200 by itself, but that's a great price, I was lucky.

Not sure yet. Not going for slammed or low rider status, my goals are handling performance as a daily driver, so no crashing or harshness, and eliminate the wheel gap. I've dropped interest in the Heeltoe compliance bushings because they're solid. I'm guessing somewhere around ~2" drop. At the moment I'm thinking top of the tire right at the fender.

Oh Sickest TL

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thats is a great price

truonghthe

with the TL I would say about 1.5" drop is driveable as DD. Well I m glad Houston road prevent me going with any aftermaket set up since its so rough and not to mention a city with shit load of pot hole and some of them even 18 wheelers dare not to mess with.

FamilyGuy

Package 2 of 2 is here



Just waiting on some OEM stuff, should be here next week, then car is off to the shop

Slpr04UA6

Congrats on the parts!



Put the RSB on first at home, then notice the difference! One of the best mods for the money!

FamilyGuy

Fresh outa the car wash

Oh Sickest TL

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looking nice! its good just to see some decent weather, we are currently up to our eyeballs in snow up here LOL