So far so good guys. I took the cap off the breather and cleaned up everything that had oil and took the car for a drive and everything is dry. I will be driving it again soon to do some shopping and I will know for sure if it's leaking or not but so far it's good. Cross my fingers lol
How To: Ebay FMIC
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SpeedAdiction20
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- 2003 MAZDASPEED Protege
that's good, just make sure you get a breather on there instead of leaving it open
SpeedAdiction20
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- 2003 MAZDASPEED Protege
ya that would have been expensive
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- 2003 Mazdaspeed Protege 1660, 2004 Winning Blue RX8, 2005 Mazda6
Finally got my other 90* coupler yesterday and took me about 2 hours to get everything installed. I've got to say it runs a hell of a lot better between 3200-3800rpm. The hot side was a b**** to get together, but the cold side just fell into place it seemed. Gotta relocate my MAF though.
Nice. Relocate the maf ASAP. U will notice the difference. Plus if u have a boost controller,it will also help.I run my car around 8psi and it runs/feels great. I get a slight hesitation but it's very very minor that it's not even noticeable that much.atleast with the maf relocated ,I do not get fuel cut anymore which is great.I have 2 boost controllers.pm me if u are interested.
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- 2003 Mazdaspeed Protege 1660, 2004 Winning Blue RX8, 2005 Mazda6
I noticed driving last night that I'm spiking to 8psi. Never did this before the FMIC install. Anyone have some input on this.
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- 2003 Mazdaspeed Protege 1660, 2004 Winning Blue RX8, 2005 Mazda6
That's the exact thing I'm experiencing, and assumed that it was normal... I doubt that you and I are the only two with this. I'm comfortable with it being under 9psi, but anything higher than that would keep me on edge. I'm trying to work out a deal on a Unichip right now, which would give me peace of mind under 10psi.
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I hear u brother. I wouldn't go with a Unichip tho. Yes it nice since it's plug n play but u have to take it to a Unichip certified shop to get your car tuned since in most cases,the already programmed tune that comes with the Unichip usually won't work properly(idle issues,etc).I have also heard of the Unichip catching on fire. I personally would just go with a ssafc/Ssftc for high boost or a standalone ems (haltec,etc)
Protegebuddy
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I am still confused by this MAF relocation. I am running mine in front of the BOV probably for a over a month now and haven't experienced any fuel cut / hesitation / nor has the car died on me.... runs great and haven't had any issues with my FMIC setup. I will eventually relocate it once I get my 505 zoom IM but.... I haven't had any problems.
Ricktalife
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- 2012 Subaru WRX
Do you still have the factory BPV?
Protegebuddy
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- 2003 Spicy
No, I'm running a Greddy RS BOV...
hornsfan10609
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- 2003.5 Mazdaspeed Protege x2
I haven't ran the MAF any other way than after the BOV and my car runs great, even at low speeds it's completely stock drive-ability.
SpeedAdiction20
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- 2003 MAZDASPEED Protege
Unichip sucks, it's close to impossible to find a place to tune the car properly and it's expensive as balls, it's just not worth it, my brother had it on his car, and I sold it and switched to the ssafc which I have on my car, the ssafc does have some slight problems.. well 1 problem which is that I have noticed that eventually it seems the comp. will tend to learn around it slightly because the fuel ratios will increase (closer to 10 or lower I mean) after a time, it lasted almost a year last time, but then all of a sudden when I went of vacation and it sat for a week (I had just re-loaded the map before leaving) the car went back to crazy rich and stuff, so I just re-loaded to map and it was great again, but kind of strange..
I guess that the unichip would have that problem anyways also, and the only way around that is with a full standalone... but until then, it's great ..
I guess that the unichip would have that problem anyways also, and the only way around that is with a full standalone... but until then, it's great ..
SpeedAdiction20
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and Protegebuddy, it really depends on your mods, I would say mostly how you drive your car, and how much air the BOV is actually venting, it might be that your BOV is set pretty high so it's not letting out a ton and it is preventing you from noticing any real problems, but either way, with that set up,- if you don't have a wideband then you will notice it even less, you are running richer than if you had the MAF and BOV the other way around.. Id just switch it when you can, just swap the pipes around or re-arrange them so that it fits and that your MAF is after the car, you might notice it driving better, or at least you should
Ricktalife
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What I meant was whether you were running a dual setup like me. I never had any problems with stalling before the relocation but I always had the factory BPV installed as well.
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- '13 CWP MS3 & '16 Mazda6 GT
Well, tried my hardest to fit the stock fans in with my piping...wasnt happening, so I decided to re-route the hot pipe and found a perfect way to do it.
So here is the new pipe routing(I had to use a couple straight lengths because the pipes I needed I had already cut and messed up)
Turbo > Cut 90 degree pipe(plus straight pipe piece) > coupler > Cut 90 degree pipe(plus straight pipe piece) > 90 coupler pointed straight up > straight pipe piece > 90 degree coupler > FMIC inlet
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I wrapped the AC line with the heat wrap from the stock plastic pipe.
The install would look a lot cleaner if I had fulll 90 degree pipes that I hadnt previously cut.
So here is the new pipe routing(I had to use a couple straight lengths because the pipes I needed I had already cut and messed up)
Turbo > Cut 90 degree pipe(plus straight pipe piece) > coupler > Cut 90 degree pipe(plus straight pipe piece) > 90 coupler pointed straight up > straight pipe piece > 90 degree coupler > FMIC inlet
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I wrapped the AC line with the heat wrap from the stock plastic pipe.
The install would look a lot cleaner if I had fulll 90 degree pipes that I hadnt previously cut.
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- '13 CWP MS3 & '16 Mazda6 GT
Soooooooooo does anyone have any spare BLACK 90 degree pipes they'd like to hand over to me so I can clean this up?
PLEASE!!!!!
PLEASE!!!!!
