I've been putting this review off for a while just because my car isn't finished and I wanted to get some numbers and results to go along with it.

About a month ago i PM'd Tiago at Vr Speed Factory who by the way, has awesome customer service skills and hooked me up with everything i needed.

I placed an order the Their 3.5" FMIC and a MUSE external o2 dump, and short Route Upper Intercooler pipe. The parts all arrived in about a week.

The fmic and uicp both came with the correct amount of couplers and t bolt clamps. I just wish that some of the couplers were a bit longer so that fitment would be easier.

Upon first inspection I thought that something had to be bent or broken because of the shape the boxes were in.








But to my surprise everything was perfect and how it should be.



I'll start with the Muse O2 dump. This piece is beautifully made. I bought this with intentions of porting my stock turbo out and trying to get the most power out of it that i could. I am no longer running the stock turbo and unfortunately, I will never hear this dump open due to the amount of boost that I am running.




The Upper Intercooler Pipe is another great looking piece. I wish I could have said the same for the fitment. Using the supplied couplers the fitment is very tight. It comes within millimeters of hitting the frame and the acd bracket, and also, almost hits the slave cylinder. There is also alot of stress of the fmic coupler.




my plan to combat the chance of rubbing is to ziptie some foam around the pipe where it will contact the frame. Other than the fitment everything else is great. Welds are pretty and absolutely no leaks with the supplied t bolts.

Last but not least is the Frount Mount Intercooler. Sexy piece. Looks exactly like the perrin unit just without the branding.
It looks great and is just a tad bit heavier than the stock front mount.

My shipment didn't include the required spacers to mount the fmic and I pm'd tiago about it. He gave me the solution and agreed to pay for it. Great customer service again.

I plan to run 30-34 psi through this fmic and it will suffer through some extremely hot and humid Georgia heat. I'm sure it will hold up to it.

thickness comparison


height and width comparison


space between front radiator support and VRSF fmic


side shot of spacing solution (washers) and fitment


bolted up


Fills up the 9 bumper completely (obligatory sexy shower shot)



I have been tuning with this setup and I am not completely finished. So far this fmic and uicp are working great together. The setup was boost tested up to 15# and i didn't get any leaks anywhere.
Under wot I am holding 31# all the way to redline.

Overall I am highly impressed with the quality and performance of these parts and I highly recommend dealing with tiago and VRSF.

Thanks for all the help and support tiago!

 

SO clean man! I noticed you said you lived in Georgia! I travel down quite often. I'm from Tn.

 

Are you still using the External dump for your new turbo? if not lmk, im looking to buy one(:

 

I had to go to an external waste gate setup. It's for sale here. https://m.facebook.com/#!/groups/459...00000556851859

 

i couldn't get that muse uicp to fit properly. After having someone else look at it they said it would probably work without an acd in the way.

 

^^ so the general consensus is that the short route pipe doesn't fit properly? ^^ bummer because I was thinking about picking up the same kit u did..

 

What fmic were you using? It fits ok. It's just snug. You have to get it all mounted with the couplers loose. Then tweak it around and tighten afterwards.

If the pipe was angled just a bit different it'd be perfect.

 

Thanks for taking the time to post a review!

The UICP fits without a problem although the direct short routing does come a bit close to the slave cylinder. The easiest way to mount it without any headaches is to do as suggested above, mount it loosely and then adjust/tighten.

 

No problem tiago. Thanks for the killer deal and quality parts.

 

Ordered my vrsf I/C :-)

 

I have the muse o2 dump and muse UICP short route, you can't beat the price! I like my ETS intercooler and LICP though, I haven't seen dyno testing and temps for the intercoolser that VRSF makes but woud be interesting to see

 

Tried to install intercooler..no luck :-( believe holes in mounting tabs need to be bigger. Can bolt one side but when I try other side, bolt can't reach hole on evo frame

 

That's strange. Shoot us an e-mail with a few pics, maybe the brackets were bent in shipping.

 

Do the muse IC pipes come in black by any chance?

 

No sir, polished only.