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Old 06 December 2008, 12:57 PM
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Ok,

im building a fully forged engine at the minute and fitting an MD321T turbo to it.

Want to get about 400bhp out of my 2.0.

Running a FMIC at the min but want to know can i run a standard airbox with it. Would the standard airbox be able to cope with 400bhp?

or would i be better off putting an sti8 top mount on with the standard airbox?


Basically i want the engine bay to look as standard as possible. "sleeper"

thanks
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Old 06 December 2008, 02:40 PM
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the standard airbox doesn't fit with a front mount, not enough room for the pipework simple as.

400+ you want to be running a front mount anyway
Old 06 December 2008, 03:52 PM
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As Tidgy says.
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Standard box can cope with 400hp. I believe andyF runs 450hp sti tmic + std airbox.

I have seen some FMIC cars still run a std airbox - depends on the make / piping etc. So yes it can be done.
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if im keeping the front mount im keeping the fmic.

just wanted to know if i could do the whole standard looking engine bay litchfield style.

How can they get over 400 on standard airbox?
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Because on a newage the std airbox isn't a big restriction like older models.
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