TMIC or FMIC
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- 09 mazdaspeed 3
im leaning towards TMIC. but the likelihood of heat soak happeing is pretty unavoidable here in fl haha. which would ultimately be useless since im in traffic more of the time than anything. so im on the fence. id rather not go TOO far from stock. but a FMIC looks soo goooddd.
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- 2002 BJFW, 2007 BK3P, 1979 SA22C, 2005 BK3P
i never cease to be impressed by the corksport FMIC honestly. the performance, quality and look are all there for a complete package. if it were my car, its what i would run hands down.
My first mod was the ETS 3.5 and my second was the rear motor mount which stopped the rubbing from rotation of the motor. The intercooler upgrade was one of my best investments and I would not be surprised that almost twenty horse was picked up. Definitely changed the cars attitude under full throttle enough that i sure noticed. But i believe the front mount is still the best way to go if you are tracking the car. Staging or any waiting after a run will heat soak a top mount even with the hood open has been my experience. I will stay with my top mount for awhile. Be sure to upgrade clamps and intercooler piping if you stay top mount though. The stock stuff is not up to task.
myspeedy07
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- 2007 MS6
Really????
http://www.extremeturbosystems.com/...t-Intercooler-ETS_MSP_TOPMT/product_info.html
The ETS TMIC will gain you 2 PSI more, consistently to the motor, due to it being way less restrictive than the stock TMIC.
Had to take off my tmic cause I was overboosting bad. I am putting the factory downpipe back on and already sold my upgraded tmic, but if I decide to get a fmic later I should not get overboost should i?
Why wouldn't you? The FMIC is equally or slightly more efficnient than the top mount (not head soaked of course). Did you try a boost controller or anything? You put a lot of work in your car to just back out
.I was overboosting and the wastegate couldn't hold up. Besides, with warranty smoking turbo and emissions, downpipe is going back on permanently.
I never had an upgraded intercooler without my downpipe and I was double checking that there should be no overboost issues with a stock turboback and new intercooler
I never had an upgraded intercooler without my downpipe and I was double checking that there should be no overboost issues with a stock turboback and new intercooler
taking off your test pipe too ?
when i replaced my intercooler i found my stock tubes were very soft, which is bad and the stock clamps seemed to loosen up, boost was inconsistent. I spent the money and bought the heavier hoses and t clamps. That helped alot. 85 bucks is very expensive but nothing else was available at the time. I feel that this upgrade is important, so shop around maybe there are more brands available nowadays if you are going to run even higher boost you will want to think about even stiffer material yet. i think heat was the factor that softened up the stock tubes!
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