billsandhu

As title, would i benefit from upgrading to a FMIC?

My cars current spec is:

my98 uk
vf28 turbo
full exhaust/headers
440 injectors
apexi ecu
sti4 TMIC

Thanks

p1mark

yes you will benefit with cooler charge temps, but at that spec its not required outright. you are only running a turbo thats o.e on jap sti's, P1 etc. upgrade to sti5/6 TMIC would be nice though.

RoRu

IIRC the my98 i/c is the same as the sti 4,5 & 6 just painted black.

PICKLE

5+6 are slightly different. The DV mount is the most obvious, but I have been told by a reputable mapper that the STI4's TMIC is s**t!!!. The V5 and 6 have a different core to the 4.

billsandhu

I was thinking of upgrading the turbo at some point, but wanted to sort out cooling before i go further. And if i was to gain improvements on current setup, then its a bonus.

AndrewC

Agreed that STi4 TMIC is no better than UK97/98 and that MY99/00 or V5/6 is a little better.

If you are thinking of going for a bigger turbo at some point then I would go for the FMIC, if not then a STi 7 or 8 top mount should allow some more power to be made once remapped.

Andrew...

p1mark

wise words indeed . in the last few months i have gone from o.e P1/V5 cooler, to a V8 TMIC (not quite up to my requirements), to a hybrid FMIC (working very well indeed) I am monitoring charge temps and there is a big diff between V8 and hybrid.

if you think in the future you may be looking for 350bhp just put a FMIC on and save yourself money and time.

billsandhu

Thanks

DaveC1

Is the sti4 better than the early little slanty one?

flat4_ire

yeah man, my friend has 95 wrx, standard ic isnt great at all, a lot smaller than my sti's v4 too

SamUK

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I will be selling my HYBRID front mount soonish.... if intrested

billsandhu

Maybe PM me with price, details etc.