Don't you love...(fmic content)

[RogueStatus]

...waking up to someone SLAMMING on your front door at 8:45am and notice its the Fedex guy delivering this:



...A DAY EARLY Time to do work!

[Evilevo]

...waking up to someone SLAMMING on your front door at 8:45am and notice its the Fedex guy delivering this:



...A DAY EARLY Time to do work!

LOL, what do you know? Mine was delivered yesterday. Installing it tonight!

[haus4]

I want one too, the deal better still be going on once I get my next one.

[RolledMySTi]

Damn FedEx man

[highPSI-S4]

Are any of you 2 going to do any logs? I know we already have a couple but, more would be nice.

[RogueStatus]

i can try,my clutch is JUNK and slips under 1/4 throttle haha,so its doubtful. we'll see.

[awdbiturbo]

...waking up to someone SLAMMING on your front door at 8:45am and notice its the Fedex guy delivering this:



...A DAY EARLY Time to do work!

Looking good Kyle...Looking similar to someone we both know with a carbon hood lol now you need a rs4 bumper haha JK

[Evilevo]

Are any of you 2 going to do any logs? I know we already have a couple but, more would be nice.

I will do a log on the way home tonight and than a log after i put the FMIC on. I know on my last log with the AWE and my RS6s my peak IAT hit 110f in 50f weather

[RogueStatus]

got this far in 2 hours. called it quits after this because it was 20 degrees all night and i had no heater for the garage. finishing tomorrow morning.

sorry for crappy pics,from my G1.

[NastyNogaro]

Looks good man.

Have fun hackin away at that bumper support haha. Saws-all takes care of it quickly and efficiently I have noticed.

In for final pics.

[AudiXS4X01]

i just got mine also...only done the painting so far. Hopefully doing the install soon

[s vier]

Kyle,

Cut off about 3/4 inch of the passenger side lower hose that goes into the turbo. It should be the only remaining factory rubber hose and cut on the side that touches the fmic charge pipe. Doing this makes the pipe sit slightly deeper behind the bumper when it is on. /Less leaks too.

[DxC]

hey kyle are you in MA now? or still in CT? can i check out the FMIC install?

[RogueStatus]

im in MA. right next to worcester. youre more than welcome to swing by and join me for the massacre of the front bumper hahaha

damn i shoulda painted the piping,that looks badass...

s vier which side did u cut? the turbo side or the intercooler side?

[wdbdy2000s4]

Cut off about 3/4 inch of the passenger side lower hose that goes into the turbo. It should be the only remaining factory rubber hose and CUT ON THE SIDE THAT TOUCHES THE FMIC CHARGE PIPE

btw, you should come up to the saugus meet monday night at 7.

[RogueStatus]

p.s. Sawzalls suck to cut the rebar haha

anyone in the area wanna come down with a decent cutting wheel and help,i have a compressor...otherwise ill be here alllll night cutting this with a sawzall

[b5s4tt]

use and angle grinder or exhaust cut off wheel.

[hyperlight944]

got this far in 2 hours. called it quits after this because it was 20 degrees all night and i had no heater for the garage. finishing tomorrow morning.

sorry for crappy pics,from my G1.[/QUOTE]

heck of a garage man a nice street bike and an e36 m3 coupe in white in the back \cheers
and goodluck

--daniel

[RogueStatus]

and an e46 in the garage as well haha...

side note...wheres everyone re-locating the power steering cooler???

[Iosilver]

I've used sawzall's and hand saw's to cut cars up just get a spray bottle with a little soap and water and it's easy.

[will175]

Looking good. And I seen that Alpine E46 and RC51 two when you posted the pics. Nice toys.

[Sleeeper X]

gee, i remember the days when i did mine....












that bumper rebar was a B****

[XSilverJ]

I see Bren's car

[s vier]

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s vier which side did u cut? the turbo side or the intercooler side?[/QUOTE]

it is the factory hose off the turbo on the passenger side.

[RogueStatus]

its 98% done. rebar wasnt that bad once i got my hands on a cutting wheel . just have to relocate the power steering cooler and throw in the headlights.

JHM, i think you need to make that passenger side turbo pipe a little shorter,it is too long.

Hardest part of install: figuring out which clamp goes to each coupler. other than that, i did it without directions and it was very easy (minus the 20-30 degree weather i did it in).

Oh and also i need to get the pass side bumper bolt in,i cant get it to line up. hopefully that will take minutes tomorrow.

Thank you JHM

[RogueStatus]

I see Bren's car

Yes you do

[RogueStatus]

well its done (minus the rs4 mesh). i'll post pics tomorrow.

my friend stepped on my headlight washer cap and broke it,so i need to glue it on (no im not using headlight washers anymore,never like them).

why is it that before the FMIC my boost gauge was spiking 21psi,now its spiking at 26-27psi??

[Das General]

My power steering cooler fit behind my core.

[RogueStatus]

My power steering cooler fit behind my core.

mines under my core tucked between my bumper/behind my core...but now its leaking

[AudiSportB5S4]

you are spiking so high because you probably have a leak. gotta check those connections like a moter effer and really, a compressor and a intake pressure tester works best, sometimes its just tightening until you dont hear air anymore that works best while pressurizing, thats what i did when i had one.

[RogueStatus]

looks like on monday im going to home depot to make a pressure tester! (assuming they have all the things i need)

[Evilevo]

Got mine done. All done in one day. Had to make custom mounts for the IC core. Took out the grills but put the grill holder thingies back in. Did some logs and the IAT delta was like 15* thru 2 gears. But than my RS4 clutch started slipping :( so i had to turn the boost down to 18psi to keep the clutch from slipping.

Ill post the logs and pictures later when i get time.

O yea, i just took out the whole bumper rebar

[RogueStatus]

i did the same thing,cut out the black lower grills and left the outer silver part...but its kinda popping out now so i hafta mess with it tomorrow

[s vier]

well its done (minus the rs4 mesh). i'll post pics tomorrow.

my friend stepped on my headlight washer cap and broke it,so i need to glue it on (no im not using headlight washers anymore,never like them).

why is it that before the FMIC my boost gauge was spiking 21psi,now its spiking at 26-27psi??

Cause you're leaking. I had the same problem (boost creeping up 3-4 psi) then I got "constant torque clamps" they did the trick and are way better than the t-bolts that came with my kit. I only used the clamps on the pipes off the turbos and it seemed to fix the leaks. FWIW, I pressure tested several times and never found any leaks but it was leaking.

[RogueStatus]

yeah i snapped one of the tbolt clamps tightening it,it was too cold out. luckily the kit came with an extra.

[Evilevo]

yeah i snapped one of the tbolt clamps tightening it,it was too cold out. luckily the kit came with an extra.

LOL, i did the same thing. I took out my rebar all together tho, I was too lazy to try and cut out just what had to be. I am making a mount for the IC next week and also going to find a way to mount the bumper on correctly, it is hanging down a little right now. Also going to make RS4 mesh for the grills i think, Time to get an RS4 grill now tho!

O yea, Once i had the FMIC on, i could finally add more timing in, and i tweaked my fueling a little bit. at 22psi at 20* of timing at redline, the RS4 clutch would not hold the power. Time to get a better clutch!

[RogueStatus]

LOL, i did the same thing. I took out my rebar all together tho, I was too lazy to try and cut out just what had to be. I am making a mount for the IC next week and also going to find a way to mount the bumper on correctly, it is hanging down a little right now. Also going to make RS4 mesh for the grills i think, Time to get an RS4 grill now tho!

O yea, Once i had the FMIC on, i could finally add more timing in, and i tweaked my fueling a little bit. at 22psi at 20* of timing at redline, the RS4 clutch would not hold the power. Time to get a better clutch!

yep my bumper hangs a bit low because i think the intercooler pushes the bottom down,so between my headlights and bumper theres a bit of a gap. i still have to mess with a bit too. i cut the rebar,only took like 10 minutes. howd you put in the bumper bolts with no rebar?

yeah i went to home depot for some temporary "rs4" mesh but they said they didnt have anything like that so i gotta go to another one. eventually ill get the actual mesh,but $225 for 3 pieces isnt in the budget right now

whatd you use to pull timing and tweak the fuel,lemmi? and my stock clutch is JUNK,cant get past 1/4 throttle without it slipping to redline . clutch masters stage 3 or 4 is in the very very near future.

[Evilevo]

yep my bumper hangs a bit low because i think the intercooler pushes the bottom down,so between my headlights and bumper theres a bit of a gap. i still have to mess with a bit too. i cut the rebar,only took like 10 minutes. howd you put in the bumper bolts with no rebar?

yeah i went to home depot for some temporary "rs4" mesh but they said they didnt have anything like that so i gotta go to another one. eventually ill get the actual mesh,but $225 for 3 pieces isnt in the budget right now

whatd you use to pull timing and tweak the fuel,lemmi? and my stock clutch is JUNK,cant get past 1/4 throttle without it slipping to redline . clutch masters stage 3 or 4 is in the very very near future.

Ya, i used Lemmiwinks. I actually added more timing and added a little fuel to get it alittle rich, to keep it safe. I had the timing at like 15* before with the AWEs cause anything more than that at the car would pull alot of timing cause of the high IATs. at 18 psi at 20* of timing a can wot but cant bang gears. Any more boost than that and it just slips like mad. Not sure what clutch i am going with, but i know it wont be a clutchmasters, had a bad experience with them on my evo.

I am not using the bumper bolts right now, the only thing holding the bumper on is the clips on the side. But hey, it stayed on at 140+ so i think it is fine for now till i devise another way to hold it on.

[Faceman]

i got me a garett core goin in my s4.

[wdbdy2000s4]

i got me a garett core goin in my s4.

cool! I have a pikachu pokemon card but i doubt anyone cares about that either.

my stock clutch is JUNK,cant get past 1/4 throttle without it slipping to redline . clutch masters stage 3 or 4 is in the very very near future.

If your clutch is slipping that hard you probly want to replace it ASAP. My clutch was in the exact same shape and it toasted the flywheel. It couldn't even be resurfaced.