Originally posted by FE3-323
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It was a necessary change, I needed to quiet it down, the straight piped setup sounded badass for a while but it got really old really fast when driving on the interstate, that 3k drone was killer.
As for the FMIC setup, there was obviously a decrease in heat soak after moving the intercooler from sitting right on top of the block/turbo setup to sitting up front. As for power, before the tune I only felt a small gain, but a gain nonetheless, being turbo'd from the factory bolt ons obviously won't show much gain out of the box. With this setup, there's not enough lag for it to be truly noticeable much less actually make any difference... with the stock K04 turbo (K04 housing I should say, the internals are all Mazdaspeed specific, and share none of the specs of the Audi K04's) I still spool super quick (start building boost before 3k when I really get on it) and I would expect it to be the same even with an upgraded turbo, provided its not the size of my head. COBB did a great job with their FMIC design... hence the $995 price tag when you buy it new.
Originally posted by cee1481
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I agree with you about bonding with the car in that way, every single thing done to my car has been done by me and friends except the catback we cut out and the wheels being installed on the car. Taking our time and doing it right the first time, there's no doubt in my mind you'd see no difference had they been installed "professionally" except of course the difference in how much money I had left afterwords xD
As for the tC... I love them, my sister got one back in '05 when they first came out and until I got the speed3 I was always jealous of it, haha, my neighbor also had one for a time, an 07 5-spd, he supercharged it and before he traded it in it was putting 330hp to the wheels... looked beautiful, white with gold BBS rims, the white tC's are so nice looking with that whole roof being black for the sunroof/moonroof, the contrast is great.
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