Best Cat Back Exhaust for the Acura TL?!!
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- We created (in my opinion) THE BEST SOUNDING CAT BACK EXHAUST FOR THE ACURA TL. Sound can be subjective, but there's no doubt the cat back exhaust we created sounds SO GOOD! SOUND CLIPS INCLUDED in the video!!
Most of the research was done by me. But BIG SHOUT OUTS to my buddy, Davy, for doing all the exhaust work while I was away for a weekend
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-Vibrant Ultra Quiet 2.5" Resonator - amzn.to/3pOKvkr
-TruBendz Exhaust Piping - www.trubendz.c...
-Apexi WS2 Muffler - ebay.us/cjgwHa
-V Band Clamp - amzn.to/3OdbHmi
-Exhaust hangers - amzn.to/3NPkcCO
--New Current Exhaust Setup--
-Tsudo Resonated Pre Cats w/ DIY defoulers
-RV6 V3 Long Tube J-Pipe
-2.5 in. Stainless Steel TruBendz Exhaust Tubing
-Vibrant Ultra Quiet Resonator
-Apexi WS2 Muffler
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Also something to note around me, Marty..I'm just a normal car guy and not a trained mechanic. I like to make interesting car mods and show you how I've gone about it, but I can't promise that anything I show you will work for your car, or that you won't harm yourself, someone else, your car or your warranty doing it. Please be safe and be responsible. Talk to a qualified mechanic if you are in any doubt
Nicely done! For anyone else interested in building something custom, just follow these tips:
1) You NEED a resonator on these Honda V6s to avoid rasp. I recommend atleast 8" usable area straight through resonators, assuming you have the pre cats. Stock res is 18" long. Im currently running a Vibrant 1790 (9.5" long bottle). Zero Rasp. I also used an 8" cherry bomb with no rasp. I tried a 6.5" dynomax mini-bullet, and there was no rasp 90% of the time.
2) You NEED a muffler to cut down drone. I personally cant stand it. Stock rears will eliminate ALL drone (provided pre cats are there). Deleting rears will give you a massive headache when you cruise around the lower RPMs. However, keeping the rears limits all the volume potential. Car isnt loud enough tbh. A compromise for little dorne but a good amount of sound is to keep the mid muff, but delete the rears. Few people have had good success with this. A stage 4 exhaust on TLs deletes mid-muffler and the resonator, but keeps rears. Tried this. ZERO drone, but a good amount of ricey rasp!
3) 3rd cat and mid-muffler dont do much. 3rd cat delete makes the sound like 5% more throatier, but no effect on volume. Also no CEL and it will pass emissions bc there are the pre cats. its just an extra. For mid-muff, deleting it just by itself will make very very little difference. So you can safely delete the cat and mid muff.
I personally have settled on a valve cutout. It lets me be loud when i want, but close it up when i need quiet. Setup: 3rd cat delete, vibrant res, valve in place of mid-muff, rear mufflers. when valve is open, a good amount of the noise bypasses the mufflers creating nice volume and tone. It also goes through the resonator, so there is no rasp whether open or closed. When closed, the exhaust goes through the rears and is silent. Perfect for crusiing.
I can agree with you except for the need of a resonator...I've discovered with this large APEXi muffler you can avoid having to use a resonator even with RV6 hfpc and catless PLM j-pipe :) I get just the right amount of loud with the ability to go hybrid when cops appear.
i have a 08 TL with rv6 HFPC"s and rv6 v3 long tube j pipe. i have no mid or rear mufflers and a dynomax resonator 24215. it is very raspy around 3-4k rpm what should i do to elimante the rasp. should i get the ultra quiet resonator and swap my dynomax?
any input helps
@@erikvelazquez9486 try Dynomax 24235. A longer res should help absorb more of that rasp from the HFPC and j pipe. The ultra quiet will fix ur issues, but it may dampen everything else and not have that growl. Any longer res should help including from vibrant, borla, etc.
Another thing that will work is a cherry bomb, go for something like 18” Body or so
It sounds awesome man. Way better than your last setup. Good work!
I did notice, and I think you acknowledged, that there is still a slight rasp. Do you think the cause/source is from the Tsudo pre-cats?
I believe so. Those PreCats adds a ton of rasp
Couple pointers, it still has that high pitch honda buzz, you certainly need another resonator, just a bottle style vibrant resonator. Ideally you want an aftermarket manifold and a true dual j pipe to an x pipe with its own set of ultra quiet resonators, but you don’t care for the dual tips so i’d just get aftermarket headers
its the rv6 j-pipe try plm or atlp to fix that
This exhaust setup is CHEAPER than the current aftermarket cat back exhausts. So if you're planning to replace your exhaust, and you're a decent welder, you could build a cat back exhaust for MUCH CHEAPER using similar parts
Glad to see another 3G TL running the APEXi ws muffler not a common choice! Making the switch to single exit using trubendz 3" kit was a night and day difference for me compared to when I ran dual exit Borla S-type using OEM 2.25" piping. Like to say this APEXi muffler allows you to run no resonator as I had a Vibrant UQ 3" res installed when I first went single exit. Eventually I removed the Vibrant res as I felt the car was too quiet! Currently I run the APEXi muffler with RV6 gen 2 v3 hfpc and PLM j-pipe using 3" piping from j-pipe. There is zero drone just the perfect amount of rasp to establish dominance on the road lol...soon gutted hfpc to shoot flames with Hondata tune
Sick bro! I'm loving the Apexi so far
You did good by getting that vibrant gets rid of rasp & deep tone 🔥
@ 0:54… I’m listening on surround sound. That is something craaazzyy🔥
All sound clips sound different vs live in person. But you can get a good estimate on how it would sound
Nice setup. Im running a whole custom 3 inch in my 4th gen TL with a 3 inch apexi noir and vibrant ultra quiet.
Very nice, beautiful set up too... I have a similar set as yours except I went with 3in from trubendz and 1059 vibrant muffler and 3in ultra quiet... I love it!
Question bro with the 3inch from trubendz how to you make it for your j-pipe bc doesn’t the j-pipe come 2.5 inch? I wanna get the 3inch trubendz just scared of fitment
I wanna try this on my 05 TL but I don’t know if it would be to loud since I live in California. Any recommendations
With the exhaust ,did it offset the subframe or did you remove the subframe? Please let me know
no offset of subframe no removal needed i have the same setup
thank you for the response@@spoontl
I wanna be like you when I grow up
I’m a teen what do you recommend I should do to make my Acura Tl type s 07 louder. And still pass O2 test. I want a loud start hopefully and get my car loud before prom. It’s my senior year so go big or go home. Rn I’m looking at changing the j pipe and mid muf delete but don’t know what to do for my exhaust system. I’m new to car modding and have no experience.
I dont know your state regulations, because every state is different. If you want to make your car JUST LOUD, and no performance added, I'd recommend muffler deletes (not sure if its legal in your state though). Its the cheapest option to get a car louder. And you don't touch anything with emissions
@@thecarfiend11 well I’m in IL by loud I mean like a low town growl when you accelerate. That’s what I’m aiming for I don’t care about price I mean cars are my passion so.
How’s it driving the manual? Looking into a manual TL ( never driven manual before) would you recommend a different car or is it good start
It's not the best car to learn. The clutch (in stock form) is a bit weird, and it does have small issues, right out the gate. But most of those issues can be alleviated. To learn, I'd probably recommend a Civic
what would be some issues ?
This is so fire, I’m ab to do my first muffler, exhaust change soon. If anyone has any tips for getting into car parts let me know (Acura TL 2008)
i have a 08 TL with rv6 HFPC"s and rv6 v3 long tube j pipe. i have no mid or rear mufflers and a dynomax resonator 24215. it is very raspy around 3-4k rpm what should i do to elimante the rasp. should i get the ultra quiet resonator and swap my dynomax?
any input helps
From what I understand, you can reduce rasp with a resonator. The Ultra quiet resonator does wonders! For exhaust setups, You really don't know until you try it out
so i have rv6 j pipe , dynomax resonator and mid muffler delete , so that sound it start making after installing j pipe is rasp?? sorry first time getting exhaust work done i thought it sounded like a rattle at first
rasp is kinda like extra "buzz"ing sounds coming from the exhaust
How is the low end torque with that setup? I was planning on doing a single exit 2.5 exhaust as well for my tl
Barely noticeable change at the low end, mid range definitely noticeable, not so much high end
it sounds great! i wanna do this to my TL when i get it. but what would i have to do to keep sound but get the duals?
What do you mean by "keep sound but get the duals"?
@@thecarfiend11basically your setup but with duals. how could it be done? a cylinder style muffler in the middle with the resonator maybe?
TruBendz has piping that splits into dual. Basically the OEM piping
@@thecarfiend11 ok sounds good. im thinking a bottle style muffler in the center section with the resonator, then get some chrome quad tips. 👍
How much did it all total out to? I've been looking to do the same to mine
My total cost of parts is under $700. You don't have to get the same parts that I did. My Apexi muffler was the most costly part out of the whole exhaust build. And you don't necessarily need a V-band clamp. If you can weld, you could be under $500 easy
Bro where is the content!!
I appreciate the concern. Don't worry I have plenty of content. But time is always a factor. Spent some much needed time with the family
Found the video😂