MoJoeTCM said:
Man this Ion Performance is out in boonieville....I want to see some pictures of your products before i buy, "A true turbo-back system, FMIC upgrade, replacement filter or CAI set-up, fuel pump etc." What is a FMIC? Why would i need a new fuel pump?
FMIC = Front Mount InterCooler
As for trying to gain 200hp, it doesn't matter what you put on, hell putting some nos well along get you to 200hp, but doing it safely and consistently that's a different story, plus your engine will probably not survive a long term nitrous "treatment"
The best way to get power is forced induction and that's what msp have, but turbo produced a lot of heat that can cause problems, see other threads about this "design" issue.
And as far as exhaust is concern, I don't see any data as to why that should be upgraded first. I think since Callaway did the turbo design and Callaway is a reputed tuner that they would tune the turbo systemas best as they can with the constraint of govt regulations, economics, and performance. I think the first and best upgrade is a way to remove the excessive heat build up under the hood, so intake charge is cooler and the turbo compressor performs more efficiently.
Cold air intake is cheaper than an upgrade to the intercooler system, but it runs the risk of hydro lock and you can still get heat soak from the rest of the piping and IC.
FMIC upgrade is good, but expensive and the amount of piping can lead to increase in mid range turbo lag and pressure drop due to flow friction. That's why subaru uses under the hood IC to minize piping and pressure drop. but from what I'm seeing there's a couple of tuners like ion and spoolin that are working on a FMIC with minimal pressure loss that should be checked out.
i would advise against simply turning up the boost, since the engine has problem with heatsoak that turning up the boost would increase the heat even more, and the engine would run the risk of detonation. There's a work around, by upgrading your fuel to higher octane, but then you might need a more powerful spark plug to ignite the charge and it costs more.
I dont' think you need a fuel management just by itself without other tuning. The available fuel manager can reduce the hesistation problem and increase power gain, but i wouldn't do it personally, cuz I think Callaway tuned the fuel map for a reason and I wouldn't go against an engineer specializing in turbo against my own knowledge. This is of course refering to stock setup and just changing the fuel map thru an aftermarket fuel management device.
I'm not trying to tell you what to get, but rather just to show you the facts so you can decide. Good luck with your choice
