Setting up a 3sgte fmic Options

[6g25th]

I'm not to this point quite yet, but I'll be there pretty soon. I got a hiprospeed 3" core and a universal 3" intercooler pipe kit. What I am wondering is for those of you who have set up an fmic for a 3rd gen 3s, is a universal pipe kit enough for this set up? I've been looking at other people's set up's and it looks to me like Ima need more pipe. I was wondering if any of you could tell me exactly what bends Ima need to run from the intake manifold and from the turbo? I'm gonna remove the window washer reservior so I don't have to run the pipe under the frame rail and I would like to weld the pipes, but at this point it looks like ima use cupplers until I can find someone to weld. One last thing, does it really make much of a difference welding the pipe as aposed to using cupplers???

[_Jim_]

^ what he said

-bboy

For what reason? I'm gonna do a fmic settup no matter what you guys say, so if somone could tell me what bends I need, that would be more of a help then telling me to use a tmic, which is less functional then a fmic!

So, why is an st205 tmic better then a fmic???

Hahaha, I thought you KNEW that a FMIC was better than the ST205 TMW2AIC. As many people are starting to make you aware, a FMIC is no way better than a W2A intercooler setup. The stock setup is perfect for sub 300WHP, and only minor modifications are needed above 300WHP to keep it equally efficient.

For sub 300WHP, add some heat reflective tape to the bottom of the IC to prevent heat soaking....and call it a day.
For above 300WHP by adding an aftermarket high flow pump and Larger HE....you now have a setup good for 500+WHP

Do a little research on W2A Intercoolers, you may shock yourself and feel quite embarrassed about your previous statements. If you aren't all hooked up on the way a FMIC looks, keep the ST205 setup for adding a FMIC will yield ZERO gains.

Oh BTW, congrats on the GEN3....very wise choice