aavq85
02-24-2009, 06:38 AM
i was reading about the TSX intake manifold for the I4. and i was wondering if there was something similar for the V6? i have a 2003 accord v6 all stock under the hood... and any suggestion about bolt on mods that will give me some more ponny's under the hood
ebayking90
02-24-2009, 08:39 AM
i was reading about the TSX intake manifold for the I4. and i was wondering if there was something similar for the V6? i have a 2003 accord v6 all stock under the hood... and any suggestion about bolt on mods that will give me some more ponny's under the hood
If you want to go all out:
Cold Air or Short Ram Intake (K&N, AEM or eBay)
TL Type S Cams w/ tune
Pre Cat Deletes (V6 have cast on headers, so you can replace the pre cats w/ these)
J-Pipe (Basically a Y-Pipe, it joins the precats on both side into the 3rd cat)
Test Pipe (This removes the 3rd cat w/ a cat less test pipe)
Cat back exhaust (Comptech, Borla, Tanabe or Magnaflow)
All of the above plus more:
-->You might be able to machine your engine to a 3.1 or 3.2
Engine swap (J32[04-06 TL], J35[06-07 TL Type S])
^These engine can be machine to 3.3 or 3.4/ 3.6 or 3.7; there has even been talk about a J40.
Comptech Supercharger Kit (from a J32[04-06 TL])
This is pretty much all you can do w/ the J30A4.
rafael73
02-25-2009, 05:44 AM
an Ody engine will do it as well?
ebayking90
02-27-2009, 06:02 AM
an Ody engine will do it as well?
All of Honda and Acura V6s are basically different versions of each other. The Odyssey and 7th Gen V6 Accord has very similar engines. So Pilots, MDXs, TLs, RLs, and V6 Accords are similar engine build wise. But there are some important differences.
rafael73
02-27-2009, 05:30 PM
ebayking, you know what will be interesting? swaping the 06 heads for an 02. Those can have DC headers. I did a head swap on a civic 94. Engine was 1.5L (D15B7) and head was 1.6L (D16Z6)....
ebayking90
03-03-2009, 04:55 AM
ebayking, you know what will be interesting? swaping the 06 heads for an 02. Those can have DC headers. I did a head swap on a civic 94. Engine was 1.5L (D15B7) and head was 1.6L (D16Z6)....
Not a good idea and I'm not sure if it would be possible. If you did that kind of swap you would lose at least 40HP. The way Honda designed the J3x engines with the cast on header is actually not that bad. The pre cat on both sides can be swapped with straight pipes to remove the restriction there. But, the cast-on header does not really create a bottleneck.
rafael73
03-03-2009, 05:03 AM
but removing the pre cats is not illegal? does they have o2 sensors?
ebayking90
03-04-2009, 04:20 AM
but removing the pre cats is not illegal? does they have o2 sensors?
Yeah, it's illegal but since when has anyone in the tuner world cared about the environment. Depending on your preferences and how strict your state is(no one in California should even be reading this), then you can easily get away with having no cats. The pre cats come with O2 simulators, so your engine will not throw and CELs. This is also one the most effective mods for the J3x series, besides doing forced induction.
03Accord EX-L
03-11-2009, 10:55 PM
I also like the OP was wondering if there is another intake mainfold you can swap for on the V6 I thought I read somewhere that there was but who knows I could be delusional.