So I do not know how many of you guys have driven one recently but the motor and tranny is on liquid filled mounts which mount to a subframe on isolation mounts. So if it is screaming at 6k you would think it is idling minus the massive Gs and torque steer you are feeling. I learned to drive stick by engine feel and sound, I hate looking at the tach every time I want to step on it. My previous car was a 92 Z28 race preped car with no sound proofing and 3" exhuast on an aggresive cam motor, I swear I am now driving an electric car. I would hate to mess with such a piece of great engineering but I think the resonator on the intake and first y-pipe muffler has to go. Only probibly is it is oval exhuast tubbing makes a quick chop and weld not really a possibility. Ok i am done venting, let me know if any of you guys feel the same way and if you fixed the "problem".

 

I completely agree. Even though I have a 4 cylinder which are historically noisy & buzzy, I can't hear it until it gets to 6000 RPM. And i never know what RPM I'm driving at. My previous car was a MR2 turbo which is somewhat noisy stock (at one point I also had a 3" straight pipe), but you could close your eyes and knowing what gear you are in you knew the engine speed and vehicle speed.

I don't know the Accord well yet, but I'm sure there is sound deadening material somewhere in the interior that could be removed.......just don't know if it's easy to get to.

 

Hey UVA6Speed, where'd you hear 1 of 300? Nav 6-Speeds?

 

As you drive it more and more you should get used to it. Sunds great to me, and I'm glad they made it even quieter because most people who buy the car want it like that. Do a few mods and I'm sure you will hear it scream, or just roll down the window.

 

UVA, your car is absolutely beautiful :drool:

There are several things you can do, but none immediately. The two things most people do are an aftermarket intake and an aftermarket exhaust. I think AEM has their cold air intake out for the AV6. That would increase engine bay noise from half throttle upwards. The next thing is a nice exhaust. My personal favorite is Comptech (www.comptechusa.com), but they haven't developed an exhaust yet, nor has anyone else. That'll give you a nice rumble.

But you'll get used to the noise I love the J30's sound.

 

2003 6-speed production #s are 900 w/ out nav and 300 w/ nav. That is less then the S2000 and that is how I like it. I basically had to squeeze that info out of several dealers. It was confirmed by 3 different dealers.

My car was born on March 3, I really wish their was some sort of production #s out on the car so I could see how many Red ones are out there, but honda is much more protective of its marketing info then GM.

Ok so I am learning here. The block is called J30 or the motor, head, internals, and intake is referred to as a J30? I would really like to learn some more serious specs on the motor, and what is shared with its older acura 3.0V6. I also really like how honda machined out the plenum, so simple yet effective. You should see the crazy complicated cast GM was doing before it moved to injection molded composite intakes.

One other thing, the tranny is a 6 speed open tranny. I know honda puts a 6speed on the S2000, CL-s, TSX, RSX and NSX. How many different housing does honda have for their trannies? do all the 6-speeds share the same housing with different internals(LSD vs open, and gear ratios)? That would make sense (with an exception on the S2000 ofcoarse)

 

the pinstripes could go... if they're removable.

 

The block is the J-Series. You have the J30A2 engine. 98-2002 Accord V6's had J30A1 engines. The engine is related to the 3.2 in the CL/CL-S and TL/TL-S which is the J32A1/J32A2. There was never a 3.0 V6 in any Acura model.

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One other thing, the tranny is a 6 speed open tranny. I know honda puts a 6speed on the S2000, CL-s, TSX, RSX and NSX. How many different housing does honda have for their trannies? do all the 6-speeds share the same housing with different internals(LSD vs open, and gear ratios)? That would make sense (with an exception on the S2000 ofcoarse)

Well, let's see. The Accord and CL-S trannies are very similiar, as are the RSX and TSX. The S2000 and NSX obviously can't have much in common. So I'd say 4 different housings. Honda is crazily meticulate when it comes to their transmissions. They throw a lot of money at R&D. No Honda has an LSD except for the Integra and Civic Type-R.

 

This won't give you all the info you're probably looking at, but if you haven't already, try registering your car at Honda's "Ownerlink" on their website. Once registered, you can access general info.

Also if you haven't checked this, it might be worth looking at. Sorry it's already common knowledge to you.

http://www.hondacars.com/models/spec...e=Accord+Coupe

 

CL-S 6speed has LSD