Suggestions?

[Seriph]

I apologize in advance if I posted this in the wrong place.

I'm wondering what a good FMIC kit would be to upgrade from my stock SMIC. Are there any better reliable turbos that bolt on the stock mainfold for my talon TSI. What BOV do you guys reccomend, and how long before I'll need some sort of tuning solution? My goal is 300--330 hp. The car alrady has a Turbo back and a k and n open element air filter as well. Thanks in advance.

 

[rlacasse1]

I think the 1g BOV is great. And I think Punishments kit is the popular FMIC.

 

[Seriph]

I hear bad things about the punishment racing kits, like poor quality and stuff like that. Any truth to it?

 

[OLI19]

The car needs to breathe before it can do anything. Easy upgrades is cat back, down pipe, intake pipe, bigger intercooler pipes, bigger spark plug wires, a better BOV. I have a Greddy RS. Heard the 1G BOV is fine for what your doing. Oh almost forgot, switch out your stock fuel pump to a Walbro 255. You can do that from the inside of your car. Just be careful.

 

[razrman8]

I take it you are running the stock t-25 turbo? There are a selection of turbos that do fit right onto the stock manifold of a Talon. The Evo 3 16g tends to be a common favorite of people here on DSMTuners. That is the turbo that I am running. As far as BOV for your car, depending on what year your tsi is, its up to you. As stated above, the 1g BOV is arguably one the best BOV's you can get for our cars. They are relatively cheap, and can hold way more boost than the stock plastic 2g BOV. I would not worry about upgrading your intercooer just yet, at least until you get a bigger turbo. Upgraded intercooler piping helps out alot. Something like a full hard intercooler piping kit would be ideal.

 

[dexterholland04]

Running a FMIC on a t25 is not the best of ideas IMO. When (yes, when) you decide to run a larger turbo such as a 16g/20g/etc, you would need to change the routing of the IC piping. I would say if you are going to stick with the t25 for a while, get a set of hard piping from Punishment Racing and call it a day. When I still ran a t25, I made good power off of that (with DSMLink and all supporting fuel/exhaust mods). Upgrade to a FMIC when you switch over to the turbo you want to run.

 

[razrman8]

Agreed, your car was given that intercooler for a reason. Hard piping will be sufficient, especially with the stock turbo.

 

[xsboost]

A lot of people like the SSAC intercooler kit. I was going to get it because it's relatively cheap and I hear it's a pretty good kit. The MHI 16g is a great bang for your buck turbo and is very reliable. It's pretty easy to install. You only need to change the oil supply and return lines, and maybe water lines. Can't remember. It seems like all I did was carefully bend the stock water lines but it's been years since I did it. Add a J pipe and an elbow to connect the turbo outlet to the IC pipe. The 1g BOV is probably the best BOV you can get dollar for dollar. A crushed 1g BOV can hold gobs of boost. You can probably find one for $40 or less.

 

[Seriph]

Thanks for all your replies guys. I have a few more questions if you dont mind me asking. I'm just trying to get all the info I can .:

- Hard intercooler piping. What brand? Where do I get it from? how easy is it to install?

- 1g BOV. What makes this BOV great. Is there any particular aftermarket BOV you would reccomend. I want it to look good and function well.

-Evo 3 16g. How difficult is it to install? Any modifications needed? How long before tuning is required?

-What about an turbo and intake manifold, any suggestions?

-What plugs and wires do you guys recommend?

- How much boost can I expect to run with these mods?

- What gauges should I have?

- Any other info you guys could give me would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance guys.

 

[GsXdSmKingGsX]

My suggestion is let your car run you off a cliff and leave me in your will.


Installing a 16g is simple.

 

[Seriph]

Awww man. I was wondering why you said that untill I looked at your avatar. Nothing funny about being dsmless bro... but uh...I don't think anythings going to be rolling off any cliffs anytime soon . What happened?

 

[Bud92gsx]

Has anyone even looked at this guys pic in the corner..He has a non turbo and is talking about BOV's and FMIC's..I just hought I'd point that out before you guys got too far along with this discussion..

 

[GsXdSmKingGsX]

Awww man. I was wondering why you said that untill I looked at your avatar. Nothing funny about being dsmless bro... but uh...I don't think anythings going to be rolling off any cliffs anytime soon . What happened?

I crashed one and sold the others. Now I take my anger out on you all. Nothing personal. Good luck with the build

 

[Seriph]

Thanks for pointing that out Bud92GSX, I totally forgot to change my info but thats been revised.