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Hi guys,
I have heard that some cutting must be done to get a FMIC on a legacy. Does anyone know how much cutting is involved and WHAT is cut exactly? I'm assuming the actuall steel bumber behind the cover is what gets cut but I'm not sure. Would it have to be "Trimmed" down so its thinner, or would a whole section be cut out? Also, does the bumper cover need to be modified. Are there any links to this being done with photos??? Any help in this matter would be greatly apriaciated. Thanks,
Mike

HEY! there must be someone out there with a FMIC on their legacy. Help me out please!

I don't think very many people have them. you will probably have to modify the bumper and bumper beam. here are two pics i found:

''Sigos'' on this legacy site.


this is from australia. more pics on autospeed.com

aaron

ooooh!, That actually gives me a pretty good idea. I was considering an IC with the inlet and outlet on the same side and running both tubes along the passenger side. I didn't see any room on the drivers side at all. Do you know if you can get away with a plastic tubing of some sort or if you have to go with aluminum. Also, do you know if I could get away with 2.5 inch tubing ? I am hoping to be running 20 lbs when I'm through. Thanks alot,

Mike

P.S. I thought my engine compartment was dirty

another idea for you is to reverese your intake manifold and have very little ducting to the intercooler. that is what I am doing. just waiting for aerotech to send me pics of their bumpers.

I've seen that intake thing done on the WRC WRX I was thinking of that but had some concerns with the throttle cable and any other significant obsticles......is it easy to do?

hey kelley, i also always liked the idea of a reversed manifold. http://www.imprezer.com Alex did it to his wrx. you see he had to remove his a/c and slide over the alternator.

magicmike: are you telling that my engine compartment is dirty? It's not dirty, it's really dirty!

Sig

I'm guessing you bought the car used. Its practically impossible to clean up an unmaintained engine compartment. I have the motor out of mine at the moment. While out I pressure washed the whole compartment. It still looks dirty to me. I hate to see rusty brackets and dirt. I currently drive a 95 civic. I bought it new and every time I wash it I spray some "simple green" in the whole engine compartment and on the underside of the hood and hose it down. Now with 160k miles on it you could still eat off the motor. Any way if thats your car with the FMIC on it let me know who the manufactuer is and for what model its for. That would be great.

Mike

Just a little FYI about simple green and aluminum......they're not good to mix......it can cause issues to the aluminum.....or so I've been told anyway.

Well, I've been using simple green on my engine bay for 7 years now and considering the motor is all aluminum and my big shiny air intake is aluminum, I havent seen any form of damage or anything......

Mike

You're right Magicmike, I've bought my car used (only two months ago) with the engine bay in that condition...

About my fmic setup, it was already done when I bought the car. The intercooler is from a mitsubishi starion. The only cutting I'm aware of is that the hood release clamp (the one moved from inside the car) has been removed, I now rely on hood pins, and the AC has been removed. But this setup has been done two owners ago, there's probably a lot I don't know about this car.

I think I'll take a drive over to the local scrap yard and see if I can find a car with an IC on it. Weather permitting of course, its friggin cold outside!!!! If I find something that looks close I'll buy it and keep you guys posted. I definately will be looking for something that is front mount.

Mike

if someone would like to see a pic of a fmic on a legacy turbo. I posted a pic of my car on www.i-club.com under legacy discussion.

Can you be more specific to its location, I searched around for a while but didn't find anything. Maybe I'm just not too familiar with I-club.

Thanks,

Mike

Forget it, I found it. So....I want what you have what make is it? What model subi is it meant for? Where did you get it? And how much lol?

I believe kelley got the blitz fmic kit that is meant for the 2002 wrx. i would like more info as well. how much work was it to get it to fit?
how does the piping fit?
and please more pictures!!

-aaron

do you have a link to the direct thread?

http://www.sdsefi.com/air12.html
The aviation guys have been swapping around intake manifolds for some time. This is one example I found by searching for Subaru alpha-numeric engine designations ie EJ20, EJ22 etc.

Jason

.....and what does that have to do with a FMIC?

The amount of piping you have to run is reduced. Thought this was obvious. See page one of this thread....
Jason

ahh, my bad

this is a picture of a FMIC. This goes to Kelly's car, a sweet car.

http://www.i-club.com/forums/showthread ... eadid=9236

can any one post some pics of what thier fmic looks like around the turbo and intake area? i would like to get an idea of how you did it. where did you add the bov? i think i will do this on my 95 because my wrx ic hits the brake lines, and a fmic is as cheap as a sti v.4/5

click the link above you. I added a few more pics of the engine comparrment. they are on the second page of the thread.