time for a bit more power

[vxer]

You still get some pretty heavy curves with the FMIC plus the pipes are longer too so the charge has to travel much greater distances.

Shaun

I\'m not saying Vmounts are worse than front mounts, i\'m saying that vmount is a bad design. If the pipes were smooth curves not chunky angular parts welded together, it would be a better design.

Ta, Paul.

[peterwolds]

having had a quick look at intercoolers V mount is an arm and a leg and quite an expensive job to fit i cant justify it to myself,can get an XS power SMIC for £190 and is cheaper to fit, Trust FMIC is around £430 and a fair job fitting costs wise.
only seen a couple of RX\'s on here using XS power so dont know how good they are.
with the cost of spraying new bonnet ,fitting boost controller and a remap to come think i will go down the SMIC route sure its still better than stock IC and i dont have temperature problem never goes above 94 degrees in slow traffic normal running is 82 to 83 degrees going by commander
Thanks for views given
Pete

[rmagictastic]

pete,

i have now fitted my FMIC so i have a nice alloy uprated SMIC for grabs?? fitting is a 1/2 hour job.

cheers

Nick

[peterwolds]

pete,

i have now fitted my FMIC so i have a nice alloy uprated SMIC for grabs?? fitting is a 1/2 hour job.

cheers

Nick

Hi Nick
any pics and what make is it please.
i am trying to curb spends on the RX daft as wife is all for uprating never moans (what a woman)
Pete

[rmagictastic]

go to this

https://www.rhdjapan.com/shop/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=473

tis identical except its not ARC is was made by Rotechnics.

cheers

Nick

[peterwolds]

nick any pipes with it and how much excluding carriage
Pete

[rmagictastic]

i do have some pipes buts they go with the Gredy elbow.

im looking for £175 for the IC and £80 for the pipes.

cheers

Nick

[peterwolds]

i do have some pipes buts they go with the Gredy elbow.

im looking for £175 for the IC and £80 for the pipes.

cheers

Nick

Nick thanks for offer going for XS IC
Pete

[peterwolds]

The SMIC are the easier to fit but they still suffer from heat soak off the engine. Id say that most of the front mounts aren\'t too hard to fit just more time consuming, took me a long time ! Id almost say go for the dragon v-mount because they all involve removing all the plastic and rad and repositioning it all.

Give me a shout once you get the profec fitted i\'ll pm you some settings to get you started on the right track !

Shaun

Hi Shaun,at long last SMIC and boost controller fitted - Profec settings not done yet if you can  send me them please,also booked in with wgt 21st for remap looking forward to that :mmmm

[shaunwil]

no problem, what level of boost are you hoping to run. I\'ve got mine set about 0.95bar on high and about 0.6bar on low. I\'ve got uprated fueling so 1 bar may be too high for your current setup.

I\'ll go and write down what the settings are !

Shaun

[peterwolds]

no problem, what level of boost are you hoping to run. I\'ve got mine set about 0.95bar on high and about 0.6bar on low. I\'ve got uprated fueling so 1 bar may be too high for your current setup.

I\'ll go and write down what the settings are !

Shaun

Cheers shaun playing safe go for .90 max .6 low then let Pip sort week monday

[mikeyh]

good advise guys as im also thinking of more bhp but just with add on`s
looks lkike the bussiness bank accounts going to get hit hard soon.lol

[shaunwil]

Right, I\'d go for about 0.8 till pip sees the car, don\'t go too crazy until you know that it can fuel what you want.

My current settings are :
 
LOW (about 0.65bar)
Set - 10%
Gain - 13%
Set gain - 0.55
Warning - 0.80
Lower - 10%
Peak - ON

HI (About 0.98bar)
Set - 39%
Gain - 22%
set gain - 0.76
Hi - 1.15
Lower - 15%
Peak - ON

Start with the low setting on both and then find a nice straight road with a roundabout both ends, get the car in 3rd and do a Power run from about 3k to 7.5k watching the boost (or get a passenger along) rise. It should be stable and shouldn\'t spike at the beginning. If it does spike the set gain may be set too high.

Do it in very small jumps and then find what you want.

Don\'t overdo it, keep a very close eye on injector dutys on your pfc too and don\'t go over 85% anywahere in the rev range, more likely to be in the higher rpm points.

PLEASE DON\'T GO TOO FAR AND POP YOUR ENGINE DUE TO TOO MUCH BOOST. THIS IS ONLY A GUIDE AND MAY BE DIFFERENT FOR EACH CAR.

Hope it helps and you will have fun finding the settings :3gears-rh

Shaun

[peterwolds]

Thanks Shaun
spent today with the wife we took front wheels off for a good cleaning took ages to get some of the brake dust off painting the grey parts of them (BBS wheels) gold,may only get fronts done today 2 or 3 coats she says will do 1 rear monday other tuesday when home from work as in long before me :InLove  cracking woman

[Devil\'s Refugee]

Agree on the greddy profec b spec II, was recommended also to me.

I\'ve got HKS RS induction (have a headlamp air duct feed for colder air), HKS 76mm downpipe, KnightSport hiflow cat midsection and HKS Hiper cat back box, SARD 280ltr fuel pump and 850cc secondary injectors, all mapped by a Apexi PowerFC.
Haven\'t had it dyno\'d but I\'d expect about 350bhp ?
Not sure if this figure is correct or what to expect figures-wise for at the wheels ?

IC is probably the next thing on my list, apart from better brakes !