Opinions on fitting fmic over smic

[markpile]

I'm thinking of getting a fmic fitted, I'd like to keep the pipe work to a minimum so thinking of using the factory route, can anyone recommend a fmic that will have inlet and exit pipes on the same side for this to be achieved, and secondly will the car need to be remapped as I am thinking it may have already been mapped as it boosts at 1.1/1.3 bar and is extremly smooth

Thanks

 

[akko]

Most of the FMIC kits have the inlet and outlet pipes on the side, i.e a single-pass exchanger. I went for the wellycooler and had my car mapped beforehand, i haven't had it mapped since. It would certainly benefit to have it mapped in to get the full benefit of the increased cooling, but someone correct me if I'm wrong in thinking the ECU will react to the reduced temperatures anyway. Furthermore when a car gets mapped in front of a fan (if done on the rollers) then having a larger intercooler will be closer to those conditions than returning to just the SMIC after.

 

[wildrides]

You can get a nice little double size side mount on ebay for about £100 that is ok for a KO3s at max power. some people put a fan on the back ......... even better. Fits on existing mounts so easy fit and no lag off tick over like on a cupra R with its quarter of a mile of pipe work to fill . What are they like these germans eh ! with their over complex over engineered pipe work .

there are also some same side front mounters that are pretty cheap on ebay and make forge look very over priced (which they are )

 

[ben450]

Airtech intercooler is what I'm going for 500 quid so a lot cheaper than Forge.

 

[Captain Cupra]

With forge stuff you get what you pay for, great fitment, tried and tested, my forge front mount kit came with all fittings hoses, crash bar, bolted together no issues no bad fitment job done, many intercooler kits need some faffing not with forge, is expensive but quality if the core is great, had for 4 years no issues... You can no longer get forge kit for the LC now it's discontinued.


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[Captain Cupra]

I paid £600 for my forge kit 4 years ago


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[ben450]

http://www.awesomegti.com/airtec-intercooler-kit-for-seat-leon-cupra-r-1-8t

Good bit of kit.

 

[nd-photo.nl]

I believe TS has normal LC180, so he would need Cupra R inlet + all necessary adjustments...

Forge is tried and tested, has more pressure drop than single pass IC. Member on dutch Seat forum drove around with 269BHP (LC180, K03s) with the Forge dual pass.

Best is single pass FMIC, but I can understand why you want a dual pass

 

[markpile]

yh i want the engine bay to look as standard as i can get it, i think the location of the smic is weird if they put it there why not just fit it another 18" across and give them a factory fmic, bloody germans lol even though its made in spain

 

[nd-photo.nl]

The SMIC is quite efficient and sits in a place where there is high pressure (I believe more pressure than on the front). Remember the Cupra R has 2 SMICs

 

[markpile]

yh true

 

[csd_19]

Forge is tried and tested, has more pressure drop than single pass IC. Member on dutch Seat forum drove around with 269BHP (LC180, K03s) with the Forge dual pass.

Forge dual pass FMIC has also been used on an LC with GTRS Eliminator with 310bhp without issue

 

[cupra_mike]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VOLKSWAGE...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item2a2fb451ce

wonder if anyone has fitted this to a Leon Cupra?

 

[markpile]

That's the kind of design I'm looking for that way it will keep as much of the factory piping as poss, I'll post a question and ask if it will fit the Leon

 

[cupra_mike]

it should fit but i bet they dont have a clue the Leon AUQ is the same engine as the Anniversary Golf (AUQ 180)