Aftermarket parts

[pilot24]

hey what do you guys think about any aftermarket parts like suggesitons, for example for exhaust j pipes downpipes etc?

[N_Jay]

Why?

[pilot24]

questiion is why not i got my pilot 2nd and 3rd row tinted, taillights tinted hids on the headlights and fogs just cant get enough?

[armed]

this is probably the WRONG place about aftermarket stuff...

people will ask you WHY?

older crowd....








but why not! right?...i know ram intake would make the motor breath a lot better...

i heard about the j pipe, but never seen anyone done it to their pilot...
i know exhaust would definitely make it sound good..and maybe get a little hp gain out of it....you cant really mess around with the suspension...get a bigger wheels maybe about 19s....and thats about it...

or get a cheap vtec controller to change the vtec points....

[pilot24]

thanks for the support i had a intake took a spectre cone for pep boys couple other things sounded amazing but started having problems later on, whats a vtec controller lol? and i couldnt find any manufactured exhaust systems so i was lookin at the j pipe im really inetrested in it but cant get any real facts

[N_Jay]

Ricers . . . . .

Do a before and after dyno at both partial and full throttle and see what you lose.

[armed]

i just got a 2011 pilot and im not doing anything with it...maybe a different set of wheels down the road...

vtec controller is basically a unit/device where you could change the vtec point...google it...

like i said... you wont get any good comments or suggestions in here as far as mods or aftermarket parts for pilot...

instead theyll make fun of you and call you names... nice ey..

all about OEM here...


or you can check www.hondasuv.com
youll probably get a better response or better suggestions...

[N_Jay]

Na, it is all about reality here.

IF bolting on an intake really did anything beside make your engine louder, we would probably have as many people here doing it as have put on fog lights.

[rocky]

Everytime I look at the exhaust manifold and the run under the block, I question why Honda's engineers put a 180 bend in it. It can't be good for back pressure.

There are always opportunities for improvement.

[N_Jay]

Originally Posted by rocky

Everytime I look at the exhaust manifold and the run under the block, I question why Honda's engineers put a 180 bend in it. It can't be good for back pressure.

There are always opportunities for improvement.

Yes, there is, but it takes a lot of engineering to get there and a lot of testing to know.

[pilot24]

ricer lol im not a spic with honda civis i dont put fart cans for exhaust, gay wheels and tires, a pointless spoiler and different color body parts if u dnt like this idea why comment everyone in this world want to unleash the true power of the car the exhaust restricts some of that power

[armed]

Originally Posted by N_Jay

Na, it is all about reality here.

IF bolting on an intake really did anything beside make your engine louder, we would probably have as many people here doing it as have put on fog lights.

have you done it yourself and find out if you will lose or gain any power?

what reality is it that youre referring to?

not gaining anything with an intake? can you prove that?

[N_Jay]

Originally Posted by armed

have you done it yourself and find out if you will lose or gain any power?

Not in years. Street cars spend very little time at full throttle and high RPM which is the only set of conditions where a lower restriction intake can make much improvement. Under other conditions resonance and adequate flow are more important.

Originally Posted by armed

what reality is it that you're referring to?

The one we all live in.

Originally Posted by armed

not gaining anything with an intake? can you prove that?

Not gaining enough to matter, and probably losing more then you know.

[RSQ Pilot]

Originally Posted by pilot24

ricer lol im not a spic with honda civis i dont put fart cans for exhaust, gay wheels and tires, a pointless spoiler and different color body parts if u dnt like this idea why comment everyone in this world want to unleash the true power of the car the exhaust restricts some of that power

ricer...not .....but....bigoted comment ...maybe.....

not a lot of motorheads in this forum ...maybe because there is not much you can do with the VCM version of the 3.5 VTec Honda Engine without voiding the warranty or trashing it by messing with the Honda electronics that rule the roost. The Pilot has been around since 2003 MY, and there are the Accord, Ody and Ridgeline versions of the 3.5 ....search those forums and you won't find much on the 3.5 or the VCM 3.5 aftermarket power improvements.

[94eg!]

Originally Posted by rocky

Everytime I look at the exhaust manifold and the run under the block, I question why Honda's engineers put a 180 bend in it. It can't be good for back pressure.

There are always opportunities for improvement.

They put the 180 bend in the pipe to create an equal length merge for the front & rear banks. If they simply met up behind the block for smoothest flow, the rear bank would have a much shorter pipe than the front bank. This would cause the two banks to have different powerbands (reducing peak performance). The pipe bends themselves do not disrupt flow as much as you might think. The length to merge and cross-sectional area are the keys to keep velocity up inside a header. Even J-pipes still have the 180 bend in them, it's just made of a round mandrel bent pipe (Instead of a wide oval pipe), which reduces your ground clearance. Everything after the final pipe merge is just a restriction. This is why any pro-stock (all-motor) classes always run open custom tuned headers.

A J-pipe REALLY makes power by deleting the pre-cat converters that are directly bolted to your cylinder head. Of course there will be gains from this. Will emissions suffer you ask? Of course. Will you ECU detect the difference at the O2 sensor past the 3rd CAT and throw a CEL? You won't know till you try it.

So anyways, what's the point? How often do you drive WOT in your pilot? Remember, this is the only time gains will be realized. Same goes for high-flow intakes. All the while their reduced filtration is letting FAR FAR more dust into your engine every second the engine is running.

And why do you want it to sound like a V6 sports car?

BTW: I'm a motor head with a 94-civic equiped with a fart-can. I love loud engines on sports cars. I don't get it on an SUV though.