It looks like there are some newage equivalents to the Hybrid FMC on ebay.

I won't put the link on, but has anyone ever bought a FMC fro the newage that was not from the likes of HKS, APS etc...

Just curious to know about fit and quality.

 

Go to Projects section and search. All you need to know is there, plus pics on fitting a Harvey Hybrid.(just done it but on a classic)
Graham

 

also mine.....



i really like the look

 

That looks like the one.

How did you find the fitting?
It does look a bit low to me, but is that down to the big black part at the top of the air intake?

Have you had a comparitive remap/look at the intake temperatures?
Is there much more lag?













If you had three apples and your neighbour took two,......



Would you soon have a dead neighbour

 

i have been looking into a fmic for a newage car and most fmic remove the bumper beam and give a flimsy replacement but the hybrid doesnt remove the bumper beam so thats why i assume the intercooler sits lower on the car !! but your front end will be sooo much more safer

 

wouldn't call the aps flimsy

 

I picked it up yesterday so no map yet! needs to be run in it does sit low, but no lower than the splitter thats on the car, i didnt fit it, API did, i do know that it was a pain if you want to raise it up a little....which they managed i believe.

I dont think the APS bumper beam would be flimsy as rich says...the fronts pretty stiff anyway.

 

rich, how do you find the car with your filter placed where it is?

 

before the fmic ( not tested much since) found it to be good as long as you keeps moving, get caught in traffic in the summer can see stupidly high temps on the psi3 ( 70 degrees is the worst i ve seen)

a heat shield should work a treat but as the car dosn't see much daily use i havn't bothered

 

i was tempted with the APS one but that replacement bumper beam doesnt look that good to me ?? how does the strength seem on the replacement bean ??? i already know the weight of the original beam !!

 

it dosn't worry me at all

have you seen one in the flesh?

 

Steve, the APS one will be more than adequate.

 

The one I was looking at, seems to come with a replacement bumper bracket too.



Maybe, not thesame as the Hybrid then?

 

Run in? - seriously?

 

new engine too mate....

 

thats the XS power one i think, and i know from NASIOC that the bumper beam is pretty flimsy, but its only a cheap so its a good price for what you get

 

I PM'd the guy, but he says its a new kit, so he has no fitted pictures.

The APS has a total core size of 19,600cm3, that one has 13,700cm3 and looks to fit the same, the APS is rated upto 700bhp. No that Ill ever get that far.

Has anyone got any pics of the XS one?

 

i have a hyperflow FMIC on mine, that replaces the bumper beam too, and sadly it was put to the test a few weeks ago, intercooler squashed but the beam and front end all held up fine, and i am about to get another one
dunno if i would like the idea of a cheap ebay kit tying the front of the car together tbh

 

Just found some

XS Power




Turbo XS





It does look like the Turbo XS one, but a hell of a lot cheaper.

 

Only get what you pay for Why spend loads of £££££ on your scoob then go and buy cheap & cheerfull

 

What are you running on your STI7 Alan? FMIC or TMIC?

Im maxed out on my Turbo and Injectors at 374/369 and also want to pass 400/400.

 

IMO i dont think the hybrid is cheap and cheerful by any means the quality of the product is first rate.....personally i think that most frontmounts will perform very similarly when put side by side....i couldnt justify spending the extra 600 odd quid on an APS one on the basis of "its expensive so it must be good" style of thinking...

Only when you get to VERY high output applications as in 550+ may a few little design differences affect anything (pipework lengths etc), i wouldnt expect to see an alarming difference if two different FMICs were set up on otherwise identical cars, would you?

Hol are you running standard sti injectors?

 

oh and i do realise that were most likely referring to the ebay stuff when talking about the cheap and cheerful! just happens the the hybrid one is barely anymore than the ebay variety

 

i never siad it looked like the trubo XS one i said it looked like the XS power one which is toyally different

 

Its me that thinks it looks like the Turbo XS one.
Don't worry, I wasn't quoting you.

Ebay


Turbo XS

 

Hi Hol , I have a greddy fmic,

 

How do you find it?

 

Sorry Neilo, just noticed your post.

Full details of the spec are better viewed here (excluding the watrer injection that has been fitted since). http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/showthrea...&page=12&pp=30

As you can see, apart from chassis modes since I bought it, all credit is due to Bob for the stunning performance and drivability.

 

ahhh you have bobs old car did it have a tmic or fmic when you bought it ????

 

Just like to add that i bought a FMIC very similar to that one recently. The hardpipes lasted about 2months before they exploded into corrossion.

Paint them with something rust inhibiting!