Finally got my FMIC working

[dannyboy17]

Finally got the rest of the piping parts today and after 5 hours working on the car this is what I came up with...

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d14/cold_raven/fmic01-1.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d14/cold_raven/fmic02-1.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d14/cold_raven/fmic03-1.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d14/cold_raven/fmic04-1.jpg

It was cold all day, and Im exhausted...but hey, at least I finally got it done.

[jeg0024]

Looks better that just having those holes down there, does it run better now?

[dannyboy17]

Havent really tried it out yet, but I will tonight...
I already set the boost at 8psi, so should run better :)

[sandspeed]

Looks good man, come out to the meet monday night. I'm the only msp reppin it

[03promaz]

Looks good where you buy everything?

[JCell]

how does it feel blowing through the maf? and where is your washer fluid reservoir?

[dannyboy17]

hehe, I go every now and then...not too often tho, havent been out there with the msp yet.

I bought the fmic and the bov off another person, the piping was off eBay. The Intake Filter a friend gave it to me (Im gonna ge a better one soon).

[dannyboy17]

how does it feel blowing through the maf? and where is your washer fluid reservoir?

Feels the same as stock, even better Id say since its closer to the Intake manifold. Theres no washer fluid reservoir, it was gone when I bought the car and havent fixed it yet, I dont think I really need it anyway.

[nazgul350r]

I like the double intcooler setup. ;) Are you taking the stock intercooler out?

[ChopstickHero]

dang, so many t-bolt clamps to tighten

[kudakev615]

not bad. not a fan of the pipe routing tho. and whats up with the black core and shiny pipes?

[jeg0024]

not bad. not a fan of the pipe routing tho. and whats up with the black core and shiny pipes?

Well when he bought the car the front bumper was already hacked up like that, better to make use of it imo. but I do think the intercooler would look better if it wasnt black.

[dannyboy17]

I like the double intcooler setup. ;) Are you taking the stock intercooler out?

I think Im gonna leave it there, I might need it in the future if I need any warranty repairs...I dont think the dealer would like to see the fmic installed, I dont wanna void the warranty. Plus its a part of the radiator support.


not bad. not a fan of the pipe routing tho. and whats up with the black core and shiny pipes?

There wasnt too much room to work with for the piping, I did the best I could with the pipes I had. Im not sure what Im gonna do yet, I can strip the paint off the intercooler and leave it all stock shiny, or paint the paint the pipes black also. Or get a mesh to cover the fog light holes and that way u wont see the pipes.


Well when he bought the car the front bumper was already hacked up like that, better to make use of it imo. but I do think the intercooler would look better if it wasnt black.

Yeah, a few friends say the same thing...Im still debating about what to do, either all black, or strip the black paint off the fmic.

[jeg0024]

all black would work

[avarela86]

HAH same route Giancarlo went, Ebay pipes. I'm not a fan but it works right. Did you get a quality core though? Congrats on doing the install yourself, I just did a turbo install on my buddies car. Together it took us around a total of 10 or so hours but split the install into two days. I love installing junk.

[dannyboy17]

Well I finally got my car back a few days ago. Warranty Company covered a Rebuilt Jasper Engine for the car ($4,000+ just for the engine).

I have about 450miles on it already, so I will be installing all the hard pipes, fmic, bov again soon :)

Im so glad to have this car back after 2 months without it.

Next mod is probably the upgraded intake manifold and an afc so I can run 10psi daily. 200hp is pretty much my goal for this car.

[dannyboy17]

few pics I took some a few days ago

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d14/cold_raven/mazdaspeed/mspp01.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d14/cold_raven/mazdaspeed/mspp02.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d14/cold_raven/mazdaspeed/mspp03.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d14/cold_raven/mazdaspeed/mspp04.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d14/cold_raven/mazdaspeed/mspp05.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d14/cold_raven/mazdaspeed/mspp06.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d14/cold_raven/mazdaspeed/mspp07.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d14/cold_raven/mazdaspeed/mspp08.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d14/cold_raven/mazdaspeed/mspp09.jpg

[69RMSP]

mesh the front of the puppy back up!

[dannyboy17]

Yeah, I want to but where the fog lights were is all messed up, so stock mesh aint gonna fit there. On the middle hole, theres like no brackets or anything...so I dont think the stock one will fit either.

[69RMSP]

I'm sure if you get the stockers you can rig something up.


Yeah, I want to but where the fog lights were is all messed up, so stock mesh aint gonna fit there. On the middle hole, theres like no brackets or anything...so I dont think the stock one will fit either.