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I recently bought this and was told it can fit the TLX V6 but it does not line up with the holes to be mounted. Has anyone bought this intake for the TLX V6?
I recently bought this and was told it can fit the TLX V6 but it does not line up with the holes to be mounted. Has anyone bought this intake for the TLX V6?
Did you end up getting it to fit? I just installed mine today; ran into same thing, make sure the intake is all the way into the throttle body; you can wiggle the intake upwards a bit so that its closer to the isolation mount so that u can slot it in. May need another person to help you while you push up the intake
the TLX comes with a cold air intake system STOCK!
you will get the best performance, by leaving it stock.
a short ram intake, is a hot ram intake, as the filter SITS near the engine. the J-series engine(the TLX has a J35) is KNOWN to cause lots of heat. Acura doesnt provide any venting and hot air will be circulating under the hood.
there is a sensor called the IAT (Intake ambient temperature) which reads the temps in the throttle body, sending that info to the ECU which then adjust timing according to temperature..
HEAT IS BAD!
heat will retard timing and the car will have less power
They also try not to leave any MPGs on the table as well, in addition to keeping any noise from the engine bay as far removed from the passenger cabin as possible.
the TLX comes with a cold air intake system STOCK!
you will get the best performance, by leaving it stock.
a short ram intake, is a hot ram intake, as the filter SITS near the engine. the J-series engine(the TLX has a J35) is KNOWN to cause lots of heat. Acura doesnt provide any venting and hot air will be circulating under the hood.
there is a sensor called the IAT (Intake ambient temperature) which reads the temps in the throttle body, sending that info to the ECU which then adjust timing according to temperature..
HEAT IS BAD!
heat will retard timing and the car will have less power
Just do like the civic guys and use hood risers.
Also, that Takeda was designed for the 9G V6 Accord like mentioned above.
90% of the Accord guys are running Takeda SRI or K&N.. some guys even track their cars. There's a member who did tests out in hot desert springs and he said he had no issues.
Well let me just say I recently took my K&N Intake (same shit as the takeda) off. I did the full bolt on for my car, and loved the intake NOISE, but realistically if you want to tune, dyno your going to see losses. When it hits 5000 rpm (vtec yo) its definitely a different sound, also nice. So if you really want that vtec pop, go ahead and get it if you don't mind losing some horsepower. Like I said, I took mine off, and also added the K&N drop in filter.
And yes the crab guy is right, he even showed a picture on how air is flowing. just look at the location of the filter there no air going to it, the stock at least has it closed off so it can suck air in.
And btw HottnesTLX i forgot to tell you I took it off lol
Just installed this yesterday and it is SOOO loud. It does feel like it gave me more from 5500rpm to redline but I feel like I lost low end. Not pleased. Probably going to move back to stock with drop in filter.
Just installed this yesterday and it is SOOO loud. It does feel like it gave me more from 5500rpm to redline but I feel like I lost low end. Not pleased. Probably going to move back to stock with drop in filter.
put the stock box and drop in filter (aFe) back in and am very pleased. Got back my quiet and low end torque.
put the stock box and drop in filter (aFe) back in and am very pleased. Got back my quiet and low end torque.
Interesting - will have to look into this "aFe" filter, I've not heard of it, except to see it mentioned on this forum. Would be surprised (and pleased) if such a thing could actually yield improvements.
edit: could you tell me which aFe filter you used?
Originally Posted by justnspace
Auto manufactures DO NOT leave any HP on the table and will use their engineering degrees to the fullest
I mostly agree with what you're trying to say, and the nice diagrams - well, yes, the TLX stock intake is better than a hot air intake, for sure.
But, no, they DO actually not maximize the horse power of our TLX V6 as much as they could, they intentionally limit the power of our engines by design. They have to balance factors such as cost, "fleet" fuel economy, reliability ratings, warranty covered repair costs etc etc.
Simply by turning off Traction Control I can quickly and easily demonstrate that my car is purposefully "tamed" by Honda/Acura compared to what I would want from a company telling me that they're selling me a "performance" automobile. A "sports sedan" really should have a significantly more "peppy" feel, and, a significantly "sportier" suspension.
At first, I was disagreeing with people saying that the TLX feels "floaty", but, after owning mine for some months now and having pushed it a little harder now and then, I really, really really really, wish it felt more solidly planted on the ground, more nimble - more like it was intended to be driven faster and harder.
It does feel like it was designed to let you drive it down wide smooth gently curving highways in quiet comfort at 120+ MPH, but, some unexpected roughness in the road combined with a need for sudden maneuvers would cause me to have the shit scared out of me, if it happened while I had my kids in the car on a long trip (if I was going that fast and that happened).
Last edited by Christopher.; 05-05-2018 at 09:30 PM.
Interesting - will have to look into this "aFe" filter, I've not heard of it, except to see it mentioned on this forum. Would be surprised (and pleased) if such a thing could actually yield improvements.
edit: could you tell me which aFe filter you used?
Here is the drop in filter for K&n
And next is the flow for the aFe
Takeda and aFe are the same company. Or should I say takeda intakes use aFe filters. As you can see the aFe outflows the K&N on the TLX V6 filter given if the choke point is the filter. I replaced a K&N with 30,000 miles with the aFe and noticed a difference. Now back to back with brand new filters I am not sure if you would notice but given the flow data that is what I want the best advantage. After adding the HFPC and Jpipe I noticed a lot of torque added. When I added the bored throttle body it gave greater throttle response and some extra power based on traction control cutting power more often. When I put on the takeda intake I feel like I lost all the benefit from the previous mods. I felt more pull in the last 1000 rpms but I felt like I lost torque all across the board. It was really a step backward. The Part Number: 30-10258 for the aFe drop in filter.
So given this data alone the (drop in filters)
K&N outflows the stock filter by 14.6%
aFe outflows the stock filter by 30.5%
03-20-2016, 11:41 AM
TLX V6 Takeda SRI intake
