top mount or fmic

which is better not doing to much to the car intake exhaust mabye someother mild mods and a tune

 

tmic.

 

Personally I wouldn't run a fmic unless I was running a 20g or bigger turbo.

A good tmic can handle some serious power. I've seen a rotated setup make over 500 on a tmic.

 

either way.

 

yea but a fmic looks cooler though

 

Depends on what you are using the car for. TMIC can handle a lot of power if done right.

FMIC will not heat soak like a TMIC. I had TMIC first on my 18g setup but in the summer and in traffic it heat soaked like a madman and just killed the performance of the car hence why I went FMIC.

 

me and OP will choose cool

 

i was thinking of running a smaller frontmount i like the quick spool of a tmic but the look of a fmic..also i dont wanna loose my fog lights because i think they complete the look of a bug eye

 

and as far as tmic.... sti or other aftermarket

 

Lol. But doesn't an FMIC give more room for more power?

 

OP mentioned he wasn't looking for anything big. So if a 18g or 20g is the biggest they will go, then a TMIC is more than adequate. If they stay stock turbo, then getting a FMIC will hurt where max boost comes in, thus hurting performance.

 

turbo lag?

 

You won't notice it a bit. It's so minimal it not worth mentioning.

 

i heard somewhere that the farther away the IC is from the turbo, you get increased turbo lag?
true? false?

 

On bigger turbos not noticable.

 

ahh icic