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Kickass.

Phil, was that 16psi stint done un-intercooled?
Because I have opened up my exhaust quite a bit, and would love to run a good solid 12psi on my stock turbo.

I never ran more than stock boost un-intercooled.

12 should be fine just not 15. but id still get an intercooler cuz that shizzle gets HOT

Yeah, I didn't try going anywhere near fuel cut until I had an IC.

Sounds good, but I'm thinking I would rather go the cheaper and easier route with a TMIC, and am wondering if the top mount would still suffice once I get my 16g and run it at 20psi?

[cough]Top-mount interheater[/cough]

I was there at one point too... but all I'll say about top-mounts is, "Never enough time to do it right, always enough time to do it twice."

No, a tmic won't handle 20psi.

what chris said.

So what's the max a top mount can handle with a td05-16G? and what about a front mount?

But dammit, I can't even begin to understand how hard it will be to run custom piping for a front mount.

^^^ it will take a little bit of time + money, do it good the first time and you will never half to worry about it at all.

It's just some bent exhaust piping and some truck radiator hoses, and some use of a Sawzall.

Everyone is scared of front-mount piping until they've experienced one install. That is all it will take for you to change your tune, I guarantee it.

In fact, this is why front-mount IC piping kits cost so much money - they prey on those who think it's too tough to work out on their own. But it's not.

If you've got the skill and knowledge to install a top-mount IC, you can install a front-mount. Same concepts, just takes some extra thought for the routing.

As far as how much pressure a TMIC vs a FMIC can handle, that's dependant on your turbo's efficiency and your IC's efficiency. But I'll guarantee you, if you were to compare a top-mount with a front-mount of the same size - the front-mount would cool the intake charge much better. Not only that, but there's more room up front for larger ICs, for even better cooling.

^^ yes sir yes sir.

I have actually been looking around ebay and have spotted some FMIC cores that are quite large, and come with no piping for less than $150 canadian. I think this may be the way to go, and I have been looking around my engine bay while I am fixing my front end and by removing the snorkus and the A/C system, I don't think it will be too hard to run the piping.

^^^ your from canada? where i live in canada?

but if you get rid of the a/c and a couple of other things it will work even better

That's the spirit.

I suppose in Canada, A/C deletion is acceptable... it's like a mortal sin down here

^^^ ya we only get 2 months of hot hot gross hot wheather, then its back to fall and the deep freezz.

but global warming is giving us some nice wheather.

we get like two months of "cold" weather if we're lucky, it's usually not even completely cold throughout the winter. A few days ago it was like 78-80 degrees out, and a few days before that it was almost freezing.

We don't see many days in the 30's here; we actually don't see many days below 60 here.

I want out. Cold weather, you can just put on some more clothes. Hot weather, especially with the 90% average humidity around here, just ain't cool unless you're at the beach / pool.

That's why I now group FL with New York in my category of "Nice to visit, wouldn't want to live there..."

Yup, I am a resident of Alberta at the moment, but will be moving to B.C. within the next few years. AC deletion really won't be that big of a loss to me, because when the weather is hot I constantly am cruising with the windows down and the stereo up.
Before I attempt the FMIC however, I need to find a front clip in Canada.

free5ty1e we see -20 where i live, and in the summer time 97. its weird where i live, in the summer the humdity up here kills pepole it so bad + the pulotion is crazy.
if i ever move away i will drive my subaru right up north where the eskimos live, i love the cold.

I have always wanted an Igloo...

^^^ hahaha me to, hotboxing the Igloo would be so much fun.

Agreed.

I didn't realize so many fellow enthusiasts smoked pot .
Well, actually, I have recently quit, but it's proving to be more difficult than I originally expected. This thread has been more popular than I expected also.