I got the kit from TurnNBurn, it was new and un-installed. It is for a 93-01 GC Impreza. The piping and core seem to be good quality! Aside from what came with the kit, you will need an additional 2 clamps and anther coupler.
Removing the fenders and bumper were a pain in the ass but you need to remove both fenders to undo the bumpers stock clips, once the bumper is off you can reinstall the driver side fender but keep the passenger one off.
I took out the grill, headlights, and bumper support. The kit comes with all the couplers and t-clamps needed. First off, there is a bracket that holds the cam, crank, and knock sensor connectors being held by a single 10mm bolt. That needs to come out. I just took the connectors off and moved the to the side. Now you can put the hot-side piping in. It BARELY fits, and you'll have to get the coupler on the turbo with both clamps slid over it, then use a screw driver to pop the coupler on to the piping. It stretches, and fits fine once it's on.
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Once that's on, now you can route the piping through the fender. I had to widen the hole quite a bit. I unbolted my ABS box and moved it towards the motor so I didn't risk cutting a line or something. I cut the metal and hammered it open, it looks ROUGH but like I said I'm still cleaning stuff up. This gives you the needed room to attach it to the core.
Where the piping curves and goes into the intercooler, you will need a big hammer to smash in the corner of whatever is there on the car. I just hammered it back, so the piping would clear. It looks fine, you can't really tell anything was beaten.
I put a floor jack under the core to support it while I got the other side done. Now here's the hard part.
This is the only pipe that needs to be cut. The piping will not reach and it will hit the oil fill neck. I cut it and put an extra coupler on. When I cut it, I flipped the pipe around that connects to the intercooler core piping. The throttle body pipe stayed the same direction. I found by flipping the core side pipe it fit much nicer and I could turn it a little. I put a bit of tape (zebra lol) to make sure I didn't arc against the battery. It happened once and scared the crap out of me.
The cold side pipe presses up into my lower radiator hose, but I have not noticed any issues or hot temps. I will fix it. (First thing I watched)
Here you can see what I did for my BPV. I'm using a no name TurboXS style valve. I ran it open for a bit, but the car is losing so much air with the FMIC piping vs the TMIC that I couldn't do it. You can get away with a top mount but the FMIC was too much for atmosphere. It sounded cool but it backfired loud enough for someone to think I was shooting a gun out my car. Lol so I got a recirculating setup going on that I thing works very nicely.
I will update this thread with more pics and also how to do the bumper beam and bumper. My FMIC is still not bracketed either. The car runs AWESOME! It's like a whole different world. I love the sounds the FMIC makes, but I've noticed that in 4/5th gear it does not like a slow releasing throttle. It's either on or off, or else it shakes pretty bad when it hits the bit of compressor surge. It goes SU-SU-SU-SUUUuuuu haha.
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and honestly there is not a lot of lag and it pulls great. Haha I'm not worried about it. I'd rather go bigger than smaller!
