FMIC.......what power ??
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If it's for road use and on a Newage TMIC, 400bhp target will be fine and works well.
Obviously there are caveats in retaining the TMIC, but at that level and use, it may not be worth the extra cash for a FMIC. I ran this power on my car with the OEM TMIC and it was fine.
Obviously there are caveats in retaining the TMIC, but at that level and use, it may not be worth the extra cash for a FMIC. I ran this power on my car with the OEM TMIC and it was fine.
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depends what you would prefer as its not really a power limit more of an efficiency limit, I ran mines to 404hp but the charge temps were high swapped to FMIC with not much additional lag running higher power same boost charge temps are low, also I can touch the pipes after a run wouldn't dare touch top mount
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from 300+ you will see improvements in inlet temps and want to go front mount, trying to run 400 is a waste of time because it wont cope, been there done that, had the high inlet temps to prove it at 390 even on an sti top mount.
Harvey RIP, did loads of research into it and scoobyclinic ran back to backs years ago proving it.
Harvey RIP, did loads of research into it and scoobyclinic ran back to backs years ago proving it.
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Just to add to steve's comment about not been able to spray a FMIC
I have 2 spray nozzles attached to my inner bumper lip sitting discrete behind the sunsport grille the pump driving them is from a Mercedes Benz ACTROS HGV washer system
Yep
Plenty water hitting my front mount
I have 2 spray nozzles attached to my inner bumper lip sitting discrete behind the sunsport grille the pump driving them is from a Mercedes Benz ACTROS HGV washer system
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Plenty water hitting my front mount
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I wouldn't be able to sleep knowing my intercooler was having dirty water sprayed onto it!!!
But on a serious note, I never noticed any lag on my hawk running 380bhp with the FMIC fitted, but sometimes on a hot day and standing in traffic for a long period of time, you would notice a bit of heat soak, but thats to do with the pipes running over hot areas such as the turbo, maybe a turbo blanket to keep under bonnet temps down, could help a little more!!
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But if your a bit of a clean freak, then the old dirty water thats been sitting in the water spray bottle for months gets sprayed onto your nice clean intercooler can get a bit annoying!!!
I wouldn't be able to sleep knowing my intercooler was having dirty water sprayed onto it!!!
But on a serious note, I never noticed any lag on my hawk running 380bhp with the FMIC fitted, but sometimes on a hot day and standing in traffic for a long period of time, you would notice a bit of heat soak, but thats to do with the pipes running over hot areas such as the turbo, maybe a turbo blanket to keep under bonnet temps down, could help a little more!!
I wouldn't be able to sleep knowing my intercooler was having dirty water sprayed onto it!!!
But on a serious note, I never noticed any lag on my hawk running 380bhp with the FMIC fitted, but sometimes on a hot day and standing in traffic for a long period of time, you would notice a bit of heat soak, but thats to do with the pipes running over hot areas such as the turbo, maybe a turbo blanket to keep under bonnet temps down, could help a little more!!
I suspect that iam wrong otherwise they wouldn't sell turbo blankets.
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No mate turbo blankets work and work well,had one fitted too mine since the turbo was fitted and even after giving the car death you can rest your hand on the blanket without getting burnt.
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Sorry to go on but basically the temperature of the turbo itself is o.k running hot?
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There are some caveats at that level though, but all the same the TMIC was retained for very good reason.
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The issue is about charge temperature and nothing else. If you're just pootling about with the odd squirt of power then a new age TMIC is probably ok at the sort of temps experienced at around 400 bhp. The smaller ones just roll over. We had a previously tuned 22B in years ago where the owner wanted to retain the top mount for aesthetics. We were shocked at the speed the charge temps ramped up when we checked it out. (70 degrees plus on a pull in 4th gear on the road) A front mount dropped it to 30 degrees on the same test!
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