Originally Posted by
audispeed08
ok so i'm a little confused. I was talking to the APR guys and they never said anything about FMIC or that other stuff.
After my coil pack went i was asking them a million things about if i had to worry or do anything else if i got the stage 1+ and they said no that the rest would be fine how it is.
So do i really "NEED" to do a FMIC or is that just going to give me more power.
And why might i be learning things the hard way on my car?
1) FMIC or DSMIC will reduce the heat stress on ur motor BIG time. For me it was in the order of over 30 deg C or about 55 deg F.
A good IC will allow u to accelerate multiple times in a row without loosing power due to the hot air being ingested by the motor.
2) Exhaust system will allow ur hot exhaust gases to flow smoothly through ur turbo. It will not only prolong the life of ur chipped and "stressed out" turbo but prevent premature failure due to constant heat build-up.
Those 2 are the minimum mods/upgrades I would do on a chipped A4 not to talk about the clutch, brakes, suspension,... sooo yeah u are
"learning things the hard way" IF u act b4 u learn all the stuff about how these cars react to mods.
My tuner told me I didn't need cooler plugs... ha I didn't; but the car runs better with them.
Another example almost everyone here has blown coilpacks in the process of chipping their cars... I haven't bcs I upgraded to Hitachi coils from ECSTuning over 10k miles b4 I chipped.
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