Just wanted to say thanks again to Simon, on the drive home the car felt much smoother and more responsive, was pretty nasty to drive after fitting the fmic but feels better than ever now along with the few extra horses, another happy customer, top man!

 

did you only swap the front mount before it was tweaked or other mods ?

 

Just the front mount really and associated items like air filter and dump valve which I had to change, car was jerky when lifting off throttle and very laggy as expected but since Simon worked his magic it drives lovely and I gained an extra 15 bhp which I was happy with, doesn't sound alot but feels much better and pulls very well on the road.

 

Sounds like a good result to me! What FMIC you running?

 

£1500+ for 15bhp was it worth it?

 

It's an autobahn kit, read mixed reviews about them but came up on here cheap so snapped it up and glad I did, seems to do the job well, didn't really need it at the moment to be honest but couldn't miss out at the price I bought it for and I'm impatient so had to be fitted, happy with the result though.

 

Lol not sure where you buy your bits or who maps your car but good luck! I will happily supply anyone with my parts and pay for a map tweak for them for 1500! It's not really about the 15bhp, its about the way it drives and and feels and the fact I know it's running as it should be, the extra horses are a bonus and just for bragging rights between friends imho.

 

Good effort, they look the bollocks do Fm's, top of my list of next mods I recon.. glad you got it running sweet, there is more to a remap than just power!

 

Well as long as your happy

 

Definitely happy, 180 to have map tweaked inc vat, small price to pay imo to make sure my engines happy and running correctly, I have a v3 sti which I had full decat system fitted to begin with, then had to buy an ecu to have mapped as esl wasn't available at the time and uprated my fuel pump which is a pretty standardised thing to do in this case, the cost of all these parts including mapping was in the region of 1300-1500 if I remember correctly and gained me about 45 bhp which I also thought was a good result and the difference to drive was night and day, people just seem to think they can fit an exhaust and filter on a classic and they have gained 100 bhp, sarcasm aside your comment about 1500 for 15bhp isn't far off real life figures with a pretty standard car like mine, plus the fact that most modifications you carry out to the engine actually do more harm than good and probably reduce power until they are compensated with a remap or tweak.

 

im using a autobahn kit at 380 no probs but not as good as hdi kits . it is def about the drivability of the car simons top guy even before i spent penny with him

 

bought 04 sti 4 weeks ago,its got hks induction kit,full de-kat jap speed and road re-map,suppose to be 330 bhp,not sure but does go really well,how much more could i safely get or should i get it mapped again for torque increase.thanks dog 1,new member