Eurocode FMIC installed

**FINA4** · 08-09-2004 11:27 AM

I finally got my Eurocode FMIC installed last Saturday @ Eurocode. BIG THANKS to Dave@Eurocode who made really nice job and helped me with other things.

You're a great guy!

After the installation we went for a test drive, and oh man the car felt totally different. During our test drive, the outside temperature was about 80'F but the turbo didn't get heat soaked at all and the car felt great on all RPMs.

Yesterday back at San Diego, I was driving around even hotter temperature and the car still felt totally different.

If you can afford this, I highly recommend it to be your next mod

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And what comes to the UltraSport bumber cutting, that was really minor (see the pic below).

Here're the pics:

**1sicknickel** · 08-09-2004 11:40 AM

Nice I like it alot

**Saturnine** · 08-09-2004 11:41 AM

It looks awesome Oula!!!

It was nice to meet you this weekend as well..

**skip** · 08-09-2004 11:47 AM

Schweeet. I like that chrome pipe coming into your engine.

SP · 08-09-2004 12:09 PM

How much was it including the install?

**OverSpun** · 08-09-2004 12:32 PM

Sweet Oula. i like that a lot. It was also nice to meet you this weekend.

**skip** · 08-09-2004 12:44 PM

i think you can go to ecodetuning.com for the price
maybe it's eurocode.com, not sure

**bugzy** · 08-09-2004 12:54 PM

:) sweet !! we'll have to race on Tuesday night GTG :)

**giago** · 08-09-2004 01:24 PM

I love That FMIC it just looks so good.
But first i'm going for a turbo upgrade.!

**MikekiM** · 08-09-2004 01:47 PM

Just some observations.
The end tanks are square. Is that a prototype? End tanks should never be rectangular.

Are the pipes chromed or just really well polished? Are they aluminum?

**HyperM3** · 08-09-2004 01:50 PM

Originally posted by MikekiM
End tanks should never be rectangular.

Why's that?

**BrokenXenon** · 08-09-2004 01:52 PM

oh i love the chrome pipe

**HyperM3** · 08-09-2004 01:56 PM

I found it on the site but no pictures or even a place to check if you want the polished option.

**MikekiM** · 08-09-2004 02:04 PM

Originally posted by HyperM3
Why's that?

You get flow turbulence in the corners. It's ineffecient and can generate hot spots.

**OverSpun** · 08-09-2004 02:20 PM

Originally posted by bugzy
:) sweet !! we'll have to race on Tuesday night GTG :)

street racing? you don't say torretto... lets hope the dyno numbers show up on the street.

p.s. it doesnt matter whether you win by an inch or a mile... winning is winning.

**HyperM3** · 08-09-2004 02:27 PM

Originally posted by MikekiM
You get flow turbulence in the corners. It's ineffecient and can generate hot spots.

Maybe I havent done enough research, but I havent seen one for the b6 that is not square.

**giago** · 08-09-2004 02:30 PM

by the way those are not square they are rectangular.

**MikekiM** · 08-09-2004 02:31 PM

Originally posted by HyperM3
Maybe I havent done enough research, but I havent seen one for the b6 that is not square.

I'm referring to the end tanks, not the core. The core will always be rectangular.

Just for example, here's what a better end tank would look like.

**Coolest A4 Guy** · 08-09-2004 02:57 PM

Ya, but that one's ugly

And all that coolant is going to mix anyway right? Regardless, it's a heck of an improvement over the dinky stock smic.

Gotta tell you this. As soon as I drove home last week with my newly installed system and opened my hood, a friend ran over from his house and was in my driveway as soon as I turned off the key. "He said, let's see it." I opened the hood and there it was staring us both right in the face, that beauty of a shiny pipe with that nice pretty blue coupling. Made us both drool. Gotta love it.

**FINA4** · 08-09-2004 03:11 PM

Thanks man, it was also great to meet you. Hopefully next time we have chance to talk more

Originally posted by Saturnine
It looks awesome Oula!!!

It was nice to meet you this weekend as well..

**FINA4** · 08-09-2004 03:13 PM

~$1200 ($895.00 for the FMIC + $250.00 for the installation, plus tax).

Originally posted by oenophile
How much was it including the install?

**FINA4** · 08-09-2004 03:14 PM

You too!

Too bad I missed your car...

Originally posted by OverSpun
Sweet Oula. i like that a lot. It was also nice to meet you this weekend.

**FINA4** · 08-09-2004 03:25 PM

Hey come on, you have the E05, not fair

Originally posted by bugzy
:) sweet !! we'll have to race on Tuesday night GTG :)

**FINA4** · 08-09-2004 03:27 PM

It is production type. They are aluminun. I dunno about that rectangular thing...

Originally posted by MikekiM
Just some observations.
The end tanks are square. Is that a prototype? End tanks should never be rectangular.

Are the pipes chromed or just really well polished? Are they aluminum?

**FINA4** · 08-09-2004 03:29 PM

Totally agree

Originally posted by Coolest A4 Guy
Ya, but that one's ugly And all that coolant is going to mix anyway right? Regardless, it's a heck of an improvement over the dinky stock smic.

Gotta tell you this. As soon as I drove home last week with my newly installed system and opened my hood, a friend ran over from his house and was in my driveway as soon as I turned off the key. "He said, let's see it." I opened the hood and there it was staring us both right in the face, that beauty of a shiny pipe with that nice pretty blue coupling. Made us both drool. Gotta love it.

**bugzy** · 08-09-2004 03:48 PM

Originally posted by FINA4
Hey come on, you have the E05, not fair

yah, but i have a station wagon ;)

**giago** · 08-09-2004 04:01 PM

It's not fair both of you.
I don't have nothing and i cant have the e05!!!!

**skip** · 08-09-2004 04:50 PM

giago,

tell you what. if I get an e05 you can drive up here, or I'll drive down there and we'll tie a rope on your car and I'll pull you real fast so you can see how it feels. Sound good?

**JMG** · 08-09-2004 05:04 PM

Originally posted by Coolest A4 Guy
Ya, but that one's ugly And all that coolant is going to mix anyway right?

Sure it will mix, but it's like having a kink in your tubes. Lots of turbulence and a decrease in airflow... Not ideal at all. That's why all your tubes should be curved and not bent. Same thing. If this is ecodetuning's production FMIC its disappointing unless you can open it up or confirm that the airflow is not forced into the tube that goes to the manifold the way it appears. It should be rounded.

**A4Shizl** · 08-09-2004 05:05 PM

Nice work... I was at Dave's shop on the day of your install... Dave took care of my blown coil pack... the FMI is on my list of things to have done to my whip...

**JMG** · 08-09-2004 05:08 PM

Look at this Greddy on a VW:

I'd call David and confirm how the air is delivered from the end tanks to the core of the FMIC.

**skip** · 08-09-2004 05:17 PM

Now that Greddy ain't ugly, is it?!

**OverSpun** · 08-09-2004 05:48 PM

that greddy is hot. i like that.

**giago** · 08-09-2004 08:13 PM

tell you what. if I get an e05 you can drive up here, or I'll drive down there and we'll tie a rope on your car and I'll pull you real fast so you can see how it feels. Sound good?

hahhaah...
It sounds like a good idea! But you'll have to drive down here
because whith the E05 you'll get here sooner!
LOL

**skip** · 08-09-2004 09:04 PM

lol. ok, i'll let you know!

Probably only take a couple hours or so with the upgrade

. That's after I cross the border, of course!

**Paul_858** · 08-09-2004 11:09 PM

square end-tanks aren't ideal, they never are. But considering how poorly the stock SMIC works the ECode unit is a good upgrade for the money. Like mike said square end-tanks don't provide proper distribution of air flow and can cause vorticies within the end tanks slowing flow which can result in lag or pressure drop in some cases. But again this is ideal design for this application the core is so much more efficient than stock that it doesn't matter to most people. For those of you who are thinking of purchasing the unit, opt out on the polished pipes/fmic unless you're more into the show than go.

**JMG** · 08-09-2004 11:48 PM

ecodetuning doesnt even have it on their website. Are they not updating it?

Jeeze.. all they had to do was round it out. Yeah it's better than stock, but still.

**fongaroos** · 08-10-2004 12:19 AM

Originally posted by Paul_858
square end-tanks aren't ideal, they never are. But considering how poorly the stock SMIC works the ECode unit is a good upgrade for the money. Like mike said square end-tanks don't provide proper distribution of air flow and can cause vorticies within the end tanks slowing flow which can result in lag or pressure drop in some cases. But again this is ideal design for this application the core is so much more efficient than stock that it doesn't matter to most people. For those of you who are thinking of purchasing the unit, opt out on the polished pipes/fmic unless you're more into the show than go.

if the end tanks and the pipes are not polished does that mean they arent made out of metal? or are they still made out of metal but just dont have that shiny finish?

ive seen a lot of FMICs that have silicone or ruber hoses...i would think that metal would be better because it doesnt expand under boost...

**gearhead** · 08-10-2004 12:24 AM

Originally posted by fongaroos
if the end tanks and the pipes are not polished does that mean they arent made out of metal? or are they still made out of metal but just dont have that shiny finish?

ive seen a lot of FMICs that have silicone or ruber hoses...i would think that metal would be better because it doesnt expand under boost...

The Ecode FMIC's end tanks and pipes are still aluminum, just optional shiny finish.

**fongaroos** · 08-10-2004 12:30 AM

sanks

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