ETS all day guys!

It is hard to believe that just a pipe might give you that much power...
Damn, good for you you're in the US now!
I was in the States for like 100 times on business visit and that is the only country I would say YES and move over there permanently in a minute!

Yeah, the UICP is really terrible from a mechanical perspective. The rubber is very soft and flimsy, usually it swells under pressure, thus there is a good gain to be had with just a UICP. The LICP is not too bad from the factory, but it can be improved by removing the large coupler that joins to the throttle body.

what's the pros and con of cast end tanks? isn't cast very heavy?

The cast end tanks supposedly are smoother and flow better, but yes the thing is pretty heavy.

I just installed the AMS IC, it's a quality piece and overall I'm satisfied with it.

A couple of minor negatives:

- You must remove the vibration damper bolted to the brace that connects the side chassis frame rails (maybe it's actually a good thing because that damper is heavy)

- AMS does not include new connector hoses and you must re-use the stock hoses to connect the IC to the upper and lower intercooler pipes

One of our customers just did his own independant test on IAT's for our FMIC. I cannot Verify the accuracy of it but looks pretty stout.

This is a full bolt on evo X running in 60 deg ambient temps. The temp doesn't rise at all and in fact starts to drop a bit near redline.

Again this is not our test so I cannot verify the accuracy of the test.



Eric

The manifold IAT isn't very responsive/accurate. I've done testing with my methanol injection, and it always takes several seconds for it to catch up with what are the actual intake temperatures. It heat soaks pretty badly being screwed straight into the intake manifold.

As I still do not know what to buy I keep searching for the opinions.
Below is what I've found, can someone comment on that?

ETS Michael, can you please tell me what the pressure drop is in ETS' I/Cs?

I just installed a UR UICP... I really like it.. it's quality and cost me 168.00 shipped... whereas the other brands are what? In the 300's? That alone would help me choose which IC to go with, although I don't know all the prices on the IC's. Contact the UR vendor on here and get an EvoM price.

Is it a one- or two-pipe set?
You seem to be some kindo of a bargain master!

I think UR makes both 1 and 2 pieces and they are sold as the short pipe or both
I ordered the 2 piece kit from them with the powered coating options and cant wait for it to arrive

Yep, they do 1&2-piece kit.
I already ordered 2-piece polished.

I will get ETS 3.5" I/C too, but as my turbo upgrade will be postponed I am not sure if there is any point to install it with the stock turbo?
I will tune it, probably install BC 272, for sure H-M intake but will be the bigger I/C of any help?

I was considering the same thing between ETS, Perrin, Nisei, AMS. I chose AMS, recommeded by my tuner.

sorry for the noob question but.....

I've heard that replacing the FMIC on the evo x creates a **** load of rattling. Is this true?

This debate has been going on for some time: Will IC upgrade vis., larger gain hp. Now while STI2EVO has a point, I think under repeated loading/spirited driving the OEM IC gets heat soaked; I saw a graph from a Brit showing repeated accelerations, the output temp from the IC kept rising and rising. So under these conditions UR power output will decrease. That said, under low load conditions i.e., little turbo use, the OEM unit is adequate. The rule of thumb is the bigger the IC the better with the caveat that the size is consistent with the frontal area available for the particular car and there is "good" efficiency of heat exchange....yes there will be some lag but this is countered by a constant lower temperature output from the IC under high load conditions.

Later, Ken