Ooooo..... I like.

 

Very nice ride. Question...Why are you running the APS BOV backwards?

 

its not really backwards, still recirculating the same way, just in a different spot. At first I had it plugged straight to the intake, but it sat right under the vent, and when it rained the second release valve for vta was getting filled with water, and could have been the cause for the bov getting stuck open. So I moved it.

 

Ah, I see now. I used to have an APS BOV. Piston sticks now from crap falling into the BOV vent from the hood vent. With the ETS intake, the BOV is positioned away from the radiator, so you get a lot more room to play with BOV positioning compared to stock.

 

Looks great +1 on ets being wonderful to deal with!

 

what kind of improvement did you feel after 3" Intercooler? why didn't you go w/ 3.5 that recommended for evo ix?
btw what kind of rims are those? volk ce28n?

 

at the time that i bought the fmic i was on stock turbo, and i thought the recommended size was 3". As far as improvements, its hard to point out what was from the fmic because i installed a licp, o2 housing, and ported manifold at the same time. Im not great with my butt dyno, but i felt a large increase in power and spool up. and the rims are the work emotion xd9's.

 

For the stock turbo and even up to 500whp on larger turbos, the 3" intercooler will be perfectly efficient. I think you may mean the standard vs. wide-tank intercoolers we recommend for the VIII and IX respectively.

Tom

 

Do you think I should go with the 3' or 3.5' for the stock turbo on E85? Also can you pm me the price of the kit with the short route uicp on both intercoolers?

 

You'd be in great shape with the 3" intercooler on the stock turbo. PM sent!

Tom