Lower IC piping worth it?

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Jan 12, 2012 | 04:42 PM

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Go with the MUSE licp. I have it and its a very nice piece. Polished and fits perfect. best price of the bunch.

Jan 12, 2012 | 04:47 PM

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I picked up a muse unit. I picked up 4 whp peak, but 15whp in the curve. (between 5500 and 6500rpm) This was tested against an ebay LICP which is a copy of the AMS.

Jan 12, 2012 | 05:05 PM

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Where can I find the muse LICP?

Jan 12, 2012 | 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by BigT

I picked up a muse unit. I picked up 4 whp peak, but 15whp in the curve. (between 5500 and 6500rpm) This was tested against an ebay LICP which is a copy of the AMS.

This is about what I found with my ETS.

Jan 12, 2012 | 05:26 PM

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Does the ETS come with a mounting bracket?

No, doesn't need one.

Jan 12, 2012 | 05:48 PM

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Thanks man. I'm going to check in to all of those for sure.

If you had to pick one, what would you say is the best one?

Anyone have dynographs for comparison?

I have MAP's but have not installed it yet.

ETS had a comparison among their LICP 1, LICP 2 and stock (not sure) but I don't think somebody has done a comparison among different brands.

Jan 12, 2012 | 06:07 PM

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MAP licp

Also uicp's are not just for looks. The stock rubber ones blow up like ballons under boost.

Jan 12, 2012 | 06:13 PM

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ETS or AMS...

Find a used one on here. I got my AMS for cheeeeaaaaap!

Jan 12, 2012 | 07:21 PM

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ETS makes a titanium one. It's a little more $. My ETS LICP is heavier than my OEM one, at least that's what it felt like.

Jan 12, 2012 | 07:26 PM

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https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...best-licp.html

Hope this helps

Jan 13, 2012 | 12:59 AM

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Not worth it to me, as I've yet to see anything showing a significant benefit on a stock-ish car in the +5 years I've been here.

Jan 13, 2012 | 03:44 AM

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This is definitely an improvement, whether you want to acknowledge it or not. The routing is shorter and much less restrictive. C'mon, I've been here longer than you, and even I know this

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Jan 13, 2012 | 04:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Waldo

Thanks for the replys!

Do you know which companies don't taper in the middle?

I was looking at an AGP one

I have the AGP one and I really like it. Here are a few pics I painted mine black. I liked the fact that it was reasonably priced at $169 and it has a bracket that allows you to mount to the radiator support with a self tapping screw so its less likely to blow off under boost. Any licp will be fine inmo but this one has a decent $$. Happy shopping!

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Jan 13, 2012 | 04:31 AM

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This is definitely an improvement, whether you want to acknowledge it or not. The routing is shorter and much less restrictive. C'mon, I've been here longer than you, and even I know this

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OK, it looks a lot better and the point of restriction is now at the coupler vs farther down the pipe, and there are no support brackets. I'd still like to see a dynograph on a stock-ish car.