For cost reasons, with a tmic it is much easier to put the disi motor in different cars without making alot of changes. The plumbing needed for a front mount would need to be re-engineered for every car that they use it on, wich would add cost.
For cost reasons, with a tmic it is much easier to put the disi motor in different cars without making alot of changes. The plumbing needed for a front mount would need to be re-engineered for every car that they use it on, wich would add cost.
I would have thought that if a FMIC was a no brainier from a performance standpoint that Mazda would have made the (MS6, CX-7 & MS3) DISI turbo motor with a FMIC from the very being regardless of some extra piping. What would have been the MS3 stock 1/4 with a FMIC? 13.6-13.8? Is it really that much of a benefit over the current ram air type set up?
I'm sure mazda was going into creating the engine with a TMIC because of the efficiency it has on the smaller turbo. That, and the cost is a lot cheaper with a top mount and less cost for piping (at least 3 feet of piping saved). It is also a standard with turbo cars from the manufacturers to do TMIC's (Subaru/Evo etc.
