I would like to add turbo in my 08 acura tl 3.2 auto, are there any shops in the Houston area that can do the job. does any one knows who has done it, or any groups that can provide with the info to get this done , and how much would it cost including the kit.

 

In other threads you've stated you don't have a ton of money for upgrades.

There are no kits available, it's going to be a custom job.

You're looking at thousands of dollars. More after you break something, which all of us have so far.

 

do you have $10k?

 

As others here have said, a turbo setup will be costly and difficult to accomplish reliably. You're better off going full bolt ons and keeping an eye out for a used CT-E supercharger in the black market section.

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theres a shop in dallas that will custom fab up a turbo for you.
you'll need money tho

 

I could probably spend $5k I really like the 4 door tl and may have to look into other options then, if its going to cost me 10k.

 

^$5k can be done if you do MOST everything yourself.

as that's what Matt Hickum charged yungone.
Both matt and yungone have shops in Dallas.
then, yungone finished up the job with the wiring and everything else.
Matt is just the fabricator/designer with pipes.


so, if you know how to do it, its about $5k...
butt something tells me you dont.
and yungone said he spent an additional $5k for parts and such.

so, yeah....about $10k.


might as well forget your dreams of turbo'ing the TL.

 

I did not think It was going to be so expensive but I can only dream for now since I don't think I can spend 10k and being a father of two at the moment. thanks for the help. one more question do you know of any acura meetings in the Houston area.

 

yes, i'm in the houston area, and you even posted in the Houston thread.

it's just that we, the houston group, hasnt been very motivated lately to host meets.

we did have them regularly, but now not so much, as I think every one is falling into daily life.


i'm in the southwest.
there are regular import meets on the weekly...

Ricebox meet; look it up, its every week.

then there's the Tout Suite meet on sunday mornings

 

Falling into daily life, trashing their motors, all good reasons.

 

if money is an issue and you have 2 kids, maybe put the money into an educational savings account for the kids before your car.

 

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OP, i think your money can be spent better elsewhere.

 

My 07 TL-S 6mt is boosted with a Precision 62/62 using a JnR manifold kit. I am one of the lucky ones to find a prefabbed setup. They only made a handful of these so you may be able to find one used every couple years but it will be tough. I found mine 2 years before I was ready to install it. Otherwise, everything will have to be custom which is even more money

Total, I have spent a lot of money. Its over the $15k mark at this point for the turbo setup alone. I would do it all over again, however, it took a lot of time, money and most importantly a lot of research.

Check out my build thread in my sig if you want some info/pics.

 

Once you have experienced boost nothing will satisfy again, hell with the kids education teach them to boost to, I did LOL

 

I saw some supercharger kits that would bring you to 350hp for about 4000$ new. Installed add another 2K$. IMO the turbo is too much of a hassle and way more expensive, for what? 2 or 3 times the price? 5-10hp more? plus you lag at start, plus you need to always monitor temps and timings and oils...and bla bla. The only con with a supercharger is don't push it too much, you'll blow your car way faster than any turbo could spin

 

Really???

 

WTF? So much wrong here.

To start, a comptech supercharger would not be 2,000 to install; it's a pretty easy bolt on. Yes a turbo is more expensive, but it's all custom. And a turbo could make way more power than the s/c and much more torque. The turbo guys here are 450+whp without breaking a sweat. Also why will a s/c blow your car way faster?

 

Because air blows out of the supercharger DUUUUH LOL

 

Why wrong? It's 2000$ to install, including computer re-programming, all additional parts not included in supercharger kit but required such as battery, dyno sessions before and after install + engine tuning to prevent detonation, includes intercooler swap is wanted, also comes with a labour warranty. I am not comfortable to the point where i'll install this myself, i much rather pay for peace of mind.

And of course a turbo would give you A LOT more power, but would require A LOT MORE MONEY. You have to compare equally, of course you can change a lot of other parts to boost to 10 or 15 psi, heck if you have a lot of money i'm sure you can even boost to 30. but if you compare a base SC with base turbo, you have a lot more power gain/cost ratio with SC.

For the engine damage, one of my friends friend owns a tuning shop where he works with private race leagues to tune their cars. He once told me overtime, a SC will wear the engine more because it needs more kinetic energy to function (bigger fuel consumption) as a turbo is basically an efficient recycling system. He said you can slap on a SC on almost anything without much more engine modification as a turbo is an entire system that has to be built around to function. He mentioned seeing considerably more blown engines with vehicles with SC than turbos. I'm not a specialist, I just value a specialists opinion. The guy does that for a living for personal and race cars, he's not just some guy on some forum.

 

you didn't compare equally, you just said the turbo would give only 5-10hp more than a s/c.
I agree with your friend about s/c vs turbo. However if both are tuned properly and you have your engine built properly, neither engines should blow. Perhaps it's because some people just slap a s/c on and don't tune, cool etc. All turbos will be tuned and cooled.

 

That or they try to push more out of the SC, so then the efficiency drops off until it stops making power and just makes a lot of heat.

 

thank you for all the info I have learn a lot from this forum, I seen used CT kits for sale with 50k miles for $2k-3k range what about buying a used one?

 

^ Here read this thread. Justnspace provided all the links


https://acurazine.com/forums/racing-...-valid-936205/