Is it chilly in here?

[thom337]

:yum: Welp its finally done for real. That was probably the worst install I've done in my entire life...I'm sure I spent at least 20 hours on it, much of it spent on the frickin MAP flange and n75 bung. Car runs good, no vibrations, I took the insulation off the hood to get a little more hood clearance w/ the piping. Anywho, here are some pics of the finished product:
http://www.ncdubs.com/photopost/data/503/medium/car3.JPG
http://www.ncdubs.com/photopost/data/503/medium/car2.JPGhttp://www.ncdubs.com/photopost/data/503/medium/car1.JPG
OMGZ WHEEL GAP! I guess all the weight I took off the front, and the fact that the springs were uncompressed for 4 days got me ridin high.
http://www.ncdubs.com/photopost/data/503/medium/gap.JPG

[a4wdhybrid]

very nice :oddeye-hellyeah:

[Yareka]

Congrats, I think you set a record for the most posts in one project. From before the purchase til completion, I believe I counted 8:D

[TIMYAA]

sexy!!:eek: :D :eek:

[Vampire Cockroach]

looking good man. Way to stay dedicated all the way to the end

[sflemon]

This may be a dumb question, but are you OEM or BT? Cause that pipe is running much different than the OEM setup or the other bigger dollar FMIC kits which come from the "belt" side of the engine. How does that work?

[Apex_1.8T]

Looks good! Not sure I'd have the patience you've shown. One question, by removing the insulation from the hood, are you putting your hood paint in jepordy due to the heat from the engine?

[dekroon]

This may be a dumb question, but are you OEM or BT? Cause that pipe is running much different than the OEM setup or the other bigger dollar FMIC kits which come from the "belt" side of the engine. How does that work?

The Greddy, ATP,Kinetic and this ebay kit all use different routing. Basically you get rid of all the factory intercooler crap. The piping routes over the top of the engine and routes between the tranny and the fans. Then on the passaenger side of the core it routes up to where the rubber oem piece mates to the smic.

The big dollar kits, specifically the apr,evoms,forge all retain the factory piping and routing. Personally I hate the factory piping and routing. After the fmic kit you have basically all aluminum piping and silicon couplers. With a bigger dollar kit you retain alot of the hybrid metal/rubber held together with a coat hanger for a clamp stuff oem piping and routing.

The factory pancake pipe and the charge outlet pipe both have very questionable connectors and clamping fixtures. Both are very prone to blowing off at elavated pressures.

[Yareka]

word...good explanation. Especially the "coat hanger connections" :D That thing sux.

[Blue02Dub]

I had 2 of these connections loose when I bought my car. the very first one after the turbo, and the one on the inlet side of the pancake pipe.... TRASH. :(

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[sflemon]

Thanks for the info. I like the getting rid of the oem crap. Any pics of how it mates right at the turbo? That's probably the place I'm most interested in.

[dekroon]

I'll see if I can take a quick engine bay pic.

In oem setup the outlet of the turbo has a 90 degree rubber coupler.

With this FMIC setup you use a straight coupler into the aluminum piping from the turbo.

[Ak-Abe]

looking good man :)

[TurboMatt]

Damn now that thomas did it ill have to do it:dunceblock:

[evan@absolute]

have you logged intake air temps yet to see how it is cooling?

[thom337]

Nah, I don't have a vag-comster or another way to measure em...if someone w/ a vag com wants to do it we can on thursday.

[Vampire Cockroach]

i have vag-com if you want to use it

also still have the install cd