factory ecu map + fp red and boltons, will my car start?
Only iffy thing is the injectors; leave them out until you get there. Stay out of boost on the way and you'll be fine. That way you can take it around for a test drive, make sure no fluids are dripping from turbo install, do a boost leak test and make sure the FMIC and piping is all sealed tight, etc. Aquamist alone will take you quite a while to install, you might want to get that going before you delve into everything else, just to make sure it works, then flip it off until you get all your other stuff installed and get tuned for it.
It always amazes me that people want to install *everything* all at once. It's just impossible. Aquamist is a 5-8 hour job, FMIC and piping a few hours, turbo 6 hours or so for a novice...just get the mods installed that have the least impact on your car in its current form: ams fmic, uicp, licp, drive it around and make sure all is good. Then do the aquamist as described above, then when you're nearing your tuning date, install the turbo, downpipe, testpipe, and catback, and intake, do another boost leak test and a test drive, make sure you have no air, coolant, or oil leaks.
Then just stay at 5psi or less on your trip to the tuner, slap the injectors and fuel pump in when you get there (or have them do it), then let the tuning begin!
Remember, the more kinks you can work out BEFORE you show up at a shop the better. Like you said, esp if you feel like some stuff you could do yourself and would rather not pay someone else to do. However, if you feel like you're in over your head, grab a few friends and try and figure it out, or just pay someone else to do it. If nothing else, have the tuner double check your work, look for leaks, boost leak test, etc.
Just my $.02
It always amazes me that people want to install *everything* all at once. It's just impossible. Aquamist is a 5-8 hour job, FMIC and piping a few hours, turbo 6 hours or so for a novice...just get the mods installed that have the least impact on your car in its current form: ams fmic, uicp, licp, drive it around and make sure all is good. Then do the aquamist as described above, then when you're nearing your tuning date, install the turbo, downpipe, testpipe, and catback, and intake, do another boost leak test and a test drive, make sure you have no air, coolant, or oil leaks.
Then just stay at 5psi or less on your trip to the tuner, slap the injectors and fuel pump in when you get there (or have them do it), then let the tuning begin!
Remember, the more kinks you can work out BEFORE you show up at a shop the better. Like you said, esp if you feel like some stuff you could do yourself and would rather not pay someone else to do. However, if you feel like you're in over your head, grab a few friends and try and figure it out, or just pay someone else to do it. If nothing else, have the tuner double check your work, look for leaks, boost leak test, etc.
Just my $.02
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Only iffy thing is the injectors; leave them out until you get there. Stay out of boost on the way and you'll be fine. That way you can take it around for a test drive, make sure no fluids are dripping from turbo install, do a boost leak test and make sure the FMIC and piping is all sealed tight, etc. Aquamist alone will take you quite a while to install, you might want to get that going before you delve into everything else, just to make sure it works, then flip it off until you get all your other stuff installed and get tuned for it.
It always amazes me that people want to install *everything* all at once. It's just impossible. Aquamist is a 5-8 hour job, FMIC and piping a few hours, turbo 6 hours or so for a novice...just get the mods installed that have the least impact on your car in its current form: ams fmic, uicp, licp, drive it around and make sure all is good. Then do the aquamist as described above, then when you're nearing your tuning date, install the turbo, downpipe, testpipe, and catback, and intake, do another boost leak test and a test drive, make sure you have no air, coolant, or oil leaks.
Then just stay at 5psi or less on your trip to the tuner, slap the injectors and fuel pump in when you get there (or have them do it), then let the tuning begin!
Remember, the more kinks you can work out BEFORE you show up at a shop the better. Like you said, esp if you feel like some stuff you could do yourself and would rather not pay someone else to do. However, if you feel like you're in over your head, grab a few friends and try and figure it out, or just pay someone else to do it. If nothing else, have the tuner double check your work, look for leaks, boost leak test, etc.
Just my $.02
It always amazes me that people want to install *everything* all at once. It's just impossible. Aquamist is a 5-8 hour job, FMIC and piping a few hours, turbo 6 hours or so for a novice...just get the mods installed that have the least impact on your car in its current form: ams fmic, uicp, licp, drive it around and make sure all is good. Then do the aquamist as described above, then when you're nearing your tuning date, install the turbo, downpipe, testpipe, and catback, and intake, do another boost leak test and a test drive, make sure you have no air, coolant, or oil leaks.
Then just stay at 5psi or less on your trip to the tuner, slap the injectors and fuel pump in when you get there (or have them do it), then let the tuning begin!
Remember, the more kinks you can work out BEFORE you show up at a shop the better. Like you said, esp if you feel like some stuff you could do yourself and would rather not pay someone else to do. However, if you feel like you're in over your head, grab a few friends and try and figure it out, or just pay someone else to do it. If nothing else, have the tuner double check your work, look for leaks, boost leak test, etc.
Just my $.02
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