TMIC! need help deciding on which one
- Thread starter H3br3w_Ham3r
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u sure? What if you already have most bolt ons? At what point do u need a tune....
I usually agree with coyfish about 99.9999% of the time 
...but I will say that while you prabaly dont HAVE to tune your car with fmic..It would be a very good idea...That was the advise given to me by my tuner..and thats Tim Baily @surgeline..not exactly a jackass if you know what i mean. Even changing out my stock tmic to my ETS 3.5 and then Datalogging it..I was running pretty lean and my knock went from 0.7 to around 3.5..dont know if it was the intercooler..but I didnt change anything else...now thats with stage 2 map..I had to go a stage 1 map..then I was GOOD...my point is that these tricky-finnicky mazda ecu's "might" give ya some trouble after a fmic install. There are alot of people who run full bolt ons with stock tune too with No prablems. This is where datalogging becomes very important. But my experience is alot of peoples ms3's react differently to mods........as for my advice...go for the ETS 3.25 or SU tmic....that will be fine on the stock turbo....if thats seriously not enough for you...then dont step up to the 3.5 ETS..thats what I have and love it..but go FMIC...if you even think your gonna go big turbo-turbo upgrade...then just spend your money once and go FMIC..but if your just running bolt ons and thats it..yep TMIC will suit you well.
...but I will say that while you prabaly dont HAVE to tune your car with fmic..It would be a very good idea...That was the advise given to me by my tuner..and thats Tim Baily @surgeline..not exactly a jackass if you know what i mean. Even changing out my stock tmic to my ETS 3.5 and then Datalogging it..I was running pretty lean and my knock went from 0.7 to around 3.5..dont know if it was the intercooler..but I didnt change anything else...now thats with stage 2 map..I had to go a stage 1 map..then I was GOOD...my point is that these tricky-finnicky mazda ecu's "might" give ya some trouble after a fmic install. There are alot of people who run full bolt ons with stock tune too with No prablems. This is where datalogging becomes very important. But my experience is alot of peoples ms3's react differently to mods........as for my advice...go for the ETS 3.25 or SU tmic....that will be fine on the stock turbo....if thats seriously not enough for you...then dont step up to the 3.5 ETS..thats what I have and love it..but go FMIC...if you even think your gonna go big turbo-turbo upgrade...then just spend your money once and go FMIC..but if your just running bolt ons and thats it..yep TMIC will suit you well.
