Finally!!! AH Fabs managed to find a window in their busy work schedule to crack on with my FMIC...
Just to play catch up as it was some time ago since I fitted my original FMIC...
...this was fitted while I was still on the K04... since then quite a bit has changed and in the search of increased flow and performance I made a few changes to the original FMIC... going from 51mm outlets to 60mm outlets in this case...
...and changing the charge pipe work to suit...
...anyhoo... turns out that I have outgrown my little FMIC in the pursuit of power so needed something bigger especially as I had a bit of a pressure drop problem of around 8psi on spool and a steady 5psi after that...
First of all, big thanks to great mate Mark for his help and support today... much appreciated... and big thanks to Lars and Alex at AH Fabs for understanding my vague instructions and producing yet another fine product...
Started off with Alex sending me the core so I could measure it all up... after removing 4 rows from the original 25 and taking pics and measurements I met up with Lars who knew exactly what I wanted from my ramblings and bingo... one new FMIC complete with 63mm pipe work...
...bit of modding of the crash bar to allow for the extra width of the new core and its brackets... just shaved a little off the bottom to get the brackets flat...
...fitted...
..got the car back to Badger5's workshop and relocated the horns to where the passenger side SMIC used to be by modding the bracket a bit...
...and of course the bumper fits on perfectly....
...still need to paint it black of course but initial feelings from the way the car now drives are promising but has also highlighted that my map really needs tweaking as boost control with the N75 is a little wiggy even with the MBC in place and had a couple of hiccups with a throttle cut on the way back to Bill's...
That does at least mean that I am heading in the right direction as all the boost appears to be getting through now but will of course do some testing next time I get her on the dyno...
Next thing to do is get the Golf MOT'd and taxed so I can change the head... again!!!
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Just to play catch up as it was some time ago since I fitted my original FMIC...
...this was fitted while I was still on the K04... since then quite a bit has changed and in the search of increased flow and performance I made a few changes to the original FMIC... going from 51mm outlets to 60mm outlets in this case...
...and changing the charge pipe work to suit...
...anyhoo... turns out that I have outgrown my little FMIC in the pursuit of power so needed something bigger especially as I had a bit of a pressure drop problem of around 8psi on spool and a steady 5psi after that...
First of all, big thanks to great mate Mark for his help and support today... much appreciated... and big thanks to Lars and Alex at AH Fabs for understanding my vague instructions and producing yet another fine product...
Started off with Alex sending me the core so I could measure it all up... after removing 4 rows from the original 25 and taking pics and measurements I met up with Lars who knew exactly what I wanted from my ramblings and bingo... one new FMIC complete with 63mm pipe work...
...bit of modding of the crash bar to allow for the extra width of the new core and its brackets... just shaved a little off the bottom to get the brackets flat...
...fitted...
..got the car back to Badger5's workshop and relocated the horns to where the passenger side SMIC used to be by modding the bracket a bit...
...and of course the bumper fits on perfectly....
...still need to paint it black of course but initial feelings from the way the car now drives are promising but has also highlighted that my map really needs tweaking as boost control with the N75 is a little wiggy even with the MBC in place and had a couple of hiccups with a throttle cut on the way back to Bill's...
That does at least mean that I am heading in the right direction as all the boost appears to be getting through now but will of course do some testing next time I get her on the dyno...
Next thing to do is get the Golf MOT'd and taxed so I can change the head... again!!!
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