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keep my aftercooler or go with a fmic

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Old 11-08-2010, 02:30 PM
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trying to decide if i want to keep my aftercooler or go with a front mount. i don't really go to the track too much maybe a few times a year. i just don't know if it would be beneficial and worth the trouble to switch to the front mount.
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Old 11-08-2010, 03:46 PM
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to ditch the aftercooler and go front mount you are going to have to change your pulley size lower to keep your boost levels teh same (intercooler and extra piping will decrease your boost with your current pulley), and get it back on the dyno to check the tune and make any necessary changes that may or may not need to be done. the only real benefit will be not having to keep up with the fluid and such. FMIC's are maintenance free unless you get a leak somewheres on a coupler. so up to you if you wanna spend the money to get rid of it. in the event you end up doing something else to your car and need a tune for that (cams or other boltons or change your boost levels), then would be a good time to swap over since your already having to pay for a tune.

it will clean your engine bay up a little too to go FM.
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Old 11-10-2010, 05:17 PM
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not worth it the effort to swap out. I got my aftercooler on a street car with no problems now with 10,000 miles.
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Old 11-11-2010, 05:14 AM
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+1 It's not worth the time/effort/ and espicially. Cash.
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