ya mine as well, I have the step colder plugs and I run 8psi in the colder months and 10 psi(it's around 9.7-10psi) during the summer, and don't up the boost until you have everything else and the ssafc/wideband O2 sensor..(and ya I would start out at 8psi in the beginning, and once you figure out how to tune the car with the ssafc and get more comfortable with it, go to 9psi, and if you really know how to work with the tune and don't mind pushing the limits and if need be buying another block you could do 10psi, but I would say that 9psi is very close to 10psi and your "safer" overall, so 9 would be a good number.
and yes for $750 you can get a FMIC for much much cheaper, I have been looking around lately, and if you order your own pipes, there is ebay for the Rx kit or something like that (look on wagonbacker9's sig or here lol
http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123759220) and the ebay kit he ordered is generally this one (read the thread I just posted first so you understand what your ordering)
http://motors.shop.ebay.com/cxracing/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=
and then this is the place where you can get some good random parts if you need them left over
http://www.siliconeintakes.com/
and really if you take the time to map out how you want your kit to run, don't mind making some smalll adjustments to the kit (as you can see in the thread, the hot pipe side has bad routing, if you take your bumper off you can make it work a little better, there are better routes, and you shouldn't need to take out your windshield washer reservoir either to make it work, but that is the route I plan on taking sometime in the near future once I get an actual job and am outa school.. I'll be saving up to get some forged internals/gt28rs/FMIC kit and a steedspeed exhaust mani, and prob. an upgraded radiator/slimfans and prob. an upgraded oil cooler... hmm and mine as well go for some upgrades gears and welded lsd in the tranny and stage 2 clutch lol although I was planning on waiting till my clutch went but if/when I do the engine rebuild, I mine as well do the clutch and tranny stuff too..
but anys that's my route, and can't wait till I get the money lol, but after the amount of money I spent on the hardpipes and smic (which I love don't get me wrong, I just have bigger plans now) the FMIC now would be much much cheaper (the WeaponR kit you NEED to replace the couplers and clamps with T bolt clamps, so for me, I ordered the vibrant couplers which was about $80-100 extra for me then the T bolt clamps for the intake and hardpipes was another $60 or so for me, so that is way over the amount for pipes just for the weaponR kit, other than that I love it, the couplers and clamps it comes with though is s***, don't even drive with them on.. at all, that is how I fried my O2 sensor (the hotpipe coupler blew off and overheated/literally fried my primary O2 sensor, while driving up the road after the install....)
so overall, if you don't mind to customize your ride a little.. and don't worry about the tools, I highly recommend starting to collect some because if you have them and can work on your car yourself, you will save lots and lots of money in the long run, this car needs that kind of attention generally, and I really don't like other people working on my car after I started to do my own work and seeing that usually the mechanics take shortcuts a lot.. which I don't blame them, it's not their car...they just need money.
so overall, get the FMIC, do it yourself, you won't regret it, at least not after you have it all done if you do it right... you might get frustrated but that happens with anything you install (even with my smic/hardpipe kit install, things are a pain to start putting into the stock car, like those damn plastic pipes lol) then get yourself a wideband O2 sensor and SSAFC and you can order the Jpipe section too
(I HIGHLY recommend saving the money up, and ordering as much as you can from PG at once, if you pm ken and talk to him BEFORE you order it, he will almost always cut you a good deal, I wish I had known this instead of just ordering everything right away lol) at least for the SSAFC v2/O2 sensor, get the AEM one/boost gauge, the a pillar gauge pod if you want that(I like mine a lot), and the midpipe section.. the FMIC order/make yourself
hopefully that should pretty much give you a good headstart on anything and kinda lay it out for you, and like I said if you take the time and do it right your won't regret it in the end, get the tools, you will learn quickly, and unless you have a buddy that is planning on helping you install, the money you'll pay for someone else to have it done, could just have been used to buy yourself a good set of tools..
and as far as I am on the topic of tools, my dad bought me my tool set so I didn't use all of his since his are also really unorganized, but also the jack stands and jack, they are pretty cheap these days, but I also use 2 um.. I think they are like 8"X8" beams that I had left over and cut them into 1ft logs and nailed 2 together to form a sturdy "jack stand" I use those when I need all 4 sides up, but I also use the 2 jack stands on either corner just for tripple/extra safety lol although I don't anticipate solid wood beams to crumble anytime soon lol
well that's all for now lol, I like to be thorough
