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slimsunny34
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Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 3:10 pm |
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Joined: Tue May 15, 2007 8:33 pm Posts: 440 Location: Madison, WI
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What do you think of it? Cooling problems with it blocking the radiator? Fitment, etc?
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fwd_3kgt
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Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 6:16 pm |
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Joined: Tue Feb 19, 2008 12:17 am Posts: 295 Location: Sheboygan, Waukesha
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Are you talking about the ebay FMIC? My buddy is running on one before he rod knocked his vr4, but it was really nice either way. I don't see that much difference in FMIC, besides some are bigger and some are smaller. As far as I'm aware, you "would" lose power by running a FMIC that is too big for the power you're pushing.
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2004formula
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Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 4:19 am |
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Joined: Wed Nov 21, 2007 10:08 pm Posts: 204
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i am personally running it, and yes, there seems to be little more boost loss from such a large cooler core with just the stock turbos...but either way, it looks so much more badass...personally, i would go to 3si and find oohnoo's dual core FMIC and put that on...hell, if you gave me $400 i'd give you mine and order one of oohnoo's myself...
as for temp, at least in winter, it seems to run a little hotter at slower speeds, but if cruising at highway speeds, it runs about the usual temp.
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jeettao
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Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 1:33 pm |
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Joined: Tue May 25, 2004 8:37 pm Posts: 236
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As cool as the dual cores look, they're not going to be as efficient as the PPE kit since you've got hot sides coming in from either end. I was going to get oohnoo's as well (I posted in the thread quite a bit) but in the end it might be better to go with the more efficient system.
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demonscoach
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Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:29 pm |
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Joined: Mon Nov 20, 2006 7:52 am Posts: 143 Location: Waukesha
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slimsunny34
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Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 9:49 pm |
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Joined: Tue May 15, 2007 8:33 pm Posts: 440 Location: Madison, WI
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I'm talking about the CX Racing kit that they have on PMP for $560 shipped. I won't worry about losing power since I'll be using it with 13Ts. I just don't want to have to hack up the bumper and remove the crash bar to make it fit. I know you have to hack up a 1g bumper pretty hard but I haven't seen a lot about the 2g bumpers. And if it's going to block my radiator or oil cooler, causing overheating, I don't want that either.
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jeettao
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Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 1:18 am |
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I heard the PMP kit, once you get it fitted, is not that bad. It will probably handle whatever your 13T's throw at it. It is most likely that you will have to cut your bumper, but that should be doable with time and effort. Front crash bar isn't of much use unless you're used to getting into 5 mph accidents.
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