Fitting an e-bay FMIC to a MY95 Turbo
12 September 2005, 06:17 PM
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Fitting an e-bay FMIC to a MY95 Turbo
Okay so I played it by ear but hopefully I took enough pictures so that others can learn from what I did 
I'm not going to do a running commentry (slowest typist in the world!!) as hopefully the pictures will speak for themselves
Additional items I purchased:
Larger jubilee clips
Shorter mounts for underneath
Additional silicone hose (in red):
63mm x 150mm (x3) - for extra security & plus the inlet pipe was to short so needed cutting & re-joining;
70mm - 63mm reducer (for inlet) - Not provided;
38mm - 22mm reducer (for d/v) - Not provided;
I've seen other threads where it has been said that you need a 48mm 90 degree silicone bend to modify the turbo pipe under the inlet. I never had a problem and it fitted straight in
MAFFA
I'm not going to do a running commentry (slowest typist in the world!!) as hopefully the pictures will speak for themselves
Additional items I purchased:
Larger jubilee clips
Shorter mounts for underneath
Additional silicone hose (in red):
63mm x 150mm (x3) - for extra security & plus the inlet pipe was to short so needed cutting & re-joining;
70mm - 63mm reducer (for inlet) - Not provided;
38mm - 22mm reducer (for d/v) - Not provided;
I've seen other threads where it has been said that you need a 48mm 90 degree silicone bend to modify the turbo pipe under the inlet. I never had a problem and it fitted straight in
MAFFA
12 September 2005, 06:48 PM
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Looking good, roll on the 30th we should both be grining like cheshire cats 
I think you should say a BIG thank you to Jenn for putting up with all the sh1te over the last couple of weekends
Bryan
I think you should say a BIG thank you to Jenn for putting up with all the sh1te over the last couple of weekends
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12 September 2005, 11:07 PM
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Marc - Cheers fella
Simon - Oh god the pain I went through to get that to fit
Cut's, bruises & definate burns from hot angle ground metal
Brian - deffo fella. Especially that weekend where I couldn't get the bumper back on again. Yeah I dunno how she didn't leave me that weekend after spending every hour of it in the garage Roll on the 30th
BTW what is it about fitting a FMIC that makes your scoob's wastegate sound like an angry horse? Does it after every gear change now & it still makes me smile every time
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Simon - Oh god the pain I went through to get that to fit
Cut's, bruises & definate burns from hot angle ground metal Brian - deffo fella. Especially that weekend where I couldn't get the bumper back on again
. Yeah I dunno how she didn't leave me that weekend after spending every hour of it in the garage Roll on the 30th BTW what is it about fitting a FMIC that makes your scoob's wastegate sound like an angry horse?
Does it after every gear change now & it still makes me smile every time MAFFA
12 September 2005, 11:20 PM
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Looks quality mate
Good to see some old home DIY on a car as well..... makes the experience all the more interesting, part of the fun
Good to see some old home DIY on a car as well..... makes the experience all the more interesting, part of the fun
12 September 2005, 11:27 PM
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Cheers fella . Basically ordered it, made some mistakes, ordered some more parts to cover myself, played around over a couple of weekends and then fitted all the pipework today The FMIC was already in place from about 2 weeks ago when I did it so the hard bit was out of the way I gave myself a month to get it & fit it before my next re-map so thankfully it wasn't a rush job like most are
More interesting for me...yes...for the misses...hell no!!! I had some serious appologies to make 
. She's getting used to me saying "it won't take long" and then the unforseen happens and a whole weekend is gone LOL
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. Basically ordered it, made some mistakes, ordered some more parts to cover myself, played around over a couple of weekends and then fitted all the pipework today The FMIC was already in place from about 2 weeks ago when I did it so the hard bit was out of the way I gave myself a month to get it & fit it before my next re-map so thankfully it wasn't a rush job like most are More interesting for me...yes...for the misses...hell no!!!
I had some serious appologies to make . She's getting used to me saying "it won't take long" and then the unforseen happens and a whole weekend is gone LOLMAFFA
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12 September 2005, 11:40 PM
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Lol..... ah welll the effort looks all worth it mate.
Is she going on the rollers to see the change with the remap etc....?
Is she going on the rollers to see the change with the remap etc....?
13 September 2005, 12:03 AM
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Definately Mine was a bit of a freak beforehand running 296BHP with just an exhaust & induction. Then a Scoobyecu chip pushed that to 311BHP...on a UK Car
Be interested to see what the Apexi Power FC, AVC-R, FMIC, Headers, STI block etc...etc... have done
I'll prob take a spin down to Scoobyclinic or something
MAFFA
Mine was a bit of a freak beforehand running 296BHP with just an exhaust & induction. Then a Scoobyecu chip pushed that to 311BHP...on a UK Car Be interested to see what the Apexi Power FC, AVC-R, FMIC, Headers, STI block etc...etc... have done
I'll prob take a spin down to Scoobyclinic or something
MAFFA
13 September 2005, 12:28 AM
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excellent fmic
yo hi Maffa exceedingly good job M8, bit too adventuras for me what with all that cutting but hey its your car, as you say will be interesting to see final result! p.s thanks for the info regarding megan headers with your blessing have just recieved a set of unequal headers so will be taking on next job of wrapping should be fun judging by your thread, any way thanks and again quality instalation .
Originally Posted by MAFFA
Definately Mine was a bit of a freak beforehand running 296BHP with just an exhaust & induction. Then a Scoobyecu chip pushed that to 311BHP...on a UK Car
Be interested to see what the Apexi Power FC, AVC-R, FMIC, Headers, STI block etc...etc... have done
I'll prob take a spin down to Scoobyclinic or something
MAFFA
Mine was a bit of a freak beforehand running 296BHP with just an exhaust & induction. Then a Scoobyecu chip pushed that to 311BHP...on a UK Car Be interested to see what the Apexi Power FC, AVC-R, FMIC, Headers, STI block etc...etc... have done
I'll prob take a spin down to Scoobyclinic or something
MAFFA
13 September 2005, 09:40 AM
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Thanks for the great pic's, they should help me when I come to fit mine, which should be here next week,
Where did you buy the extra hose's and mesh from???
Where did you buy the extra hose's and mesh from???
13 September 2005, 06:27 PM
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I had the mesh already & I can't remember where I got it from as it's been on there for ages. Had to modify it a little when I cut the bumper back some more
The hose I got from a nebay shop here http://stores.ebay.co.uk/quality-sil...toreviewQQtZkm
There's nothing in it at the moment as he's in the States visiting suppliers for the next week or so. Very reasonably priced and just as good as Samco. I did need to get the Samco bit for the dump valve from Rally Design as he didn't have the size I wanted in stock. http://www.raldes.co.uk/
MAFFA
The hose I got from a nebay shop here http://stores.ebay.co.uk/quality-sil...toreviewQQtZkm
There's nothing in it at the moment as he's in the States visiting suppliers for the next week or so. Very reasonably priced and just as good as Samco. I did need to get the Samco bit for the dump valve from Rally Design as he didn't have the size I wanted in stock. http://www.raldes.co.uk/
MAFFA
13 September 2005, 10:21 PM
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Originally Posted by MAFFA
Definately Mine was a bit of a freak beforehand running 296BHP with just an exhaust & induction. Then a Scoobyecu chip pushed that to 311BHP...on a UK Car
Be interested to see what the Apexi Power FC, AVC-R, FMIC, Headers, STI block etc...etc... have done
I'll prob take a spin down to Scoobyclinic or something
MAFFA
Mine was a bit of a freak beforehand running 296BHP with just an exhaust & induction. Then a Scoobyecu chip pushed that to 311BHP...on a UK Car Be interested to see what the Apexi Power FC, AVC-R, FMIC, Headers, STI block etc...etc... have done
I'll prob take a spin down to Scoobyclinic or something
MAFFA
Also can some explain the following to me pls, the car in question i believe is a uk turbo, which I recall are around the 220bhp mark so the exhaust n induction kit increase the bhp by 70+ ?
N how does the power differ generally with a FMIC compared to a TMIC
cheers guys n again MAFFA, top job mate
13 September 2005, 10:36 PM
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Mate i've no idea about the power thing but I got it verified at two seperate rolling roads just to be sure and the results were within 1BHP of each other. Nobody could explain it & everyone was well shocked (most of all me) at the result
TBH i've no idea what the difference is between this & HKS. I think you'd need to speak to someone who's done some real extensive testing of them both and is a bit more technically minded than me. I just bolt the bits on LOL. From my point of view the difference was easy......£800
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TBH i've no idea what the difference is between this & HKS. I think you'd need to speak to someone who's done some real extensive testing of them both and is a bit more technically minded than me. I just bolt the bits on
LOL. From my point of view the difference was easy......£800 MAFFA
13 September 2005, 10:54 PM
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Cheers fella
And I wouldn't say you looked daft....I think anyone would ask the same question....including me Just don't have any answers
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And I wouldn't say you looked daft....I think anyone would ask the same question....including me
Just don't have any answers MAFFA
13 September 2005, 10:56 PM
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Originally Posted by MAFFA
Cheers fella
And I wouldn't say you looked daft....I think anyone would ask the same question....including me Just don't have any answers
MAFFA
And I wouldn't say you looked daft....I think anyone would ask the same question....including me
Just don't have any answers MAFFA
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Originally Posted by MAFFA
I had the mesh already & I can't remember where I got it from as it's been on there for ages. Had to modify it a little when I cut the bumper back some more
The hose I got from a nebay shop here http://stores.ebay.co.uk/quality-sil...toreviewQQtZkm
There's nothing in it at the moment as he's in the States visiting suppliers for the next week or so. Very reasonably priced and just as good as Samco. I did need to get the Samco bit for the dump valve from Rally Design as he didn't have the size I wanted in stock. http://www.raldes.co.uk/
MAFFA
The hose I got from a nebay shop here http://stores.ebay.co.uk/quality-sil...toreviewQQtZkm
There's nothing in it at the moment as he's in the States visiting suppliers for the next week or so. Very reasonably priced and just as good as Samco. I did need to get the Samco bit for the dump valve from Rally Design as he didn't have the size I wanted in stock. http://www.raldes.co.uk/
MAFFA
cheers again
Dan
14 September 2005, 08:31 AM
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Top job - the FM looks absolute quality!! How much was the FMIC kit from ebay if you don't mind me asking and did you have to do any welding?
Do you have any idea where your front bumper is from or was it already on the car when you bought it? I've been looking for something like that (with the number plate recess) for ages! Cheers.
Ben
Do you have any idea where your front bumper is from or was it already on the car when you bought it? I've been looking for something like that (with the number plate recess) for ages! Cheers.
Ben
14 September 2005, 02:27 PM
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Ah, the memories, especially cutting the bumper - definately a once in a lifetime experience . Great results though, looking good 
. Great results though, looking good
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Cheers for the comments guys
Definately a one time job Angle grinding, dremmeling, hammering, bending, sawing....it goes on Fortunately though no welding required
Ben - The front bumper is a standard MY95 one with all the centre cut out and meshed up The front splitter is an MRO one but as you can see from the last two pics it was designed to fit snug in the recess & rest on the bumper. When i'd trimmed it all back it sat about 2 inches above the bumper in the recess which is why you can see the additional mesh down the bottom which is to stop stones and god knows what else doing down there
MAFFA
Definately a one time job
Angle grinding, dremmeling, hammering, bending, sawing....it goes on Fortunately though no welding required Ben - The front bumper is a standard MY95 one with all the centre cut out and meshed up
The front splitter is an MRO one but as you can see from the last two pics it was designed to fit snug in the recess & rest on the bumper. When i'd trimmed it all back it sat about 2 inches above the bumper in the recess which is why you can see the additional mesh down the bottom which is to stop stones and god knows what else doing down there MAFFA
15 September 2005, 07:49 AM
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Cheers for the comments guys
Definately a one time job Angle grinding, dremmeling, hammering, bending, sawing....it goes on Fortunately though no welding required
Ben - The front bumper is a standard MY95 one with all the centre cut out and meshed up The front splitter is an MRO one but as you can see from the last two pics it was designed to fit snug in the recess & rest on the bumper. When i'd trimmed it all back it sat about 2 inches above the bumper in the recess which is why you can see the additional mesh down the bottom which is to stop stones and god knows what else doing down there
MAFFA
Definately a one time job
Angle grinding, dremmeling, hammering, bending, sawing....it goes on Fortunately though no welding required Ben - The front bumper is a standard MY95 one with all the centre cut out and meshed up
The front splitter is an MRO one but as you can see from the last two pics it was designed to fit snug in the recess & rest on the bumper. When i'd trimmed it all back it sat about 2 inches above the bumper in the recess which is why you can see the additional mesh down the bottom which is to stop stones and god knows what else doing down there MAFFA
Ben
