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12-22-2015, 10:11 AM | #26 |
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Nice stuff PRL, Ill be picking up some of your items.
But this fmic, does it require removal of the front bumper beam/crash support?
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12-22-2015, 12:43 PM | #27 |
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Thank you for your kind words and support! Yes, sadly there is no way to fit what we feel is a sufficient core without removing the bumper beam. We tried to put as much effort as possible into creating sturdy intercooler support brackets to retain some rigidity.
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12-29-2015, 05:37 PM | #28 |
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12-29-2015, 06:31 PM | #29 |
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So others running a non PRL CAI would have than switch or get a hole made to work?
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12-29-2015, 07:14 PM | #30 | |
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Hard to tell since I don't have any other intakes around the shop to check with but that was a concern of mine while designing the pipe routing! With ours being 3" which is larger in size than other companies besides COBB, I am fairly confident there shouldn't be a problem. Dave Welder/fabricator @ PRL Motorsports |
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12-29-2015, 08:18 PM | #31 |
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Haha I missed that, thanks Dave! I have an ETS intake that I'm not using at the moment I could send.
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12-29-2015, 08:52 PM | #32 | |
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Thank you for offering but the ETS intake is one that I am sure will work with our intercooler kit! It follows the same path as our intake, as well as the Grimmspeed so those will work fine. The Mishimoto intakes follow a different path so it "may" fit but honestly, I'm not a big fan of their products so if theirs doesn't fit, I would recommend getting a better quality intake anyways lol Last edited by baseballdbk1; 12-30-2015 at 07:04 AM. |
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12-30-2015, 09:28 AM | #33 |
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Amazing work! Absolutely beautiful! If you need any final product photos, I'm your guy! Have anything like this for a GR WRX?
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12-31-2015, 03:13 AM | #34 |
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My bad Dave, I didn't realize the BOV hose wasn't going back into the intake lol.
I need glasses haha, why I asked about the ETS intake from the get. When is the closing date of the group buy? Thanks Alex |
01-11-2016, 10:35 AM | #35 |
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Dave took his car home for the weekend to put some miles on his clutch before dyno testing. Driving on the street air temps had no problem staying cool!*We have also lined up a local 2015 STI for fitment of a FMIC for the STI platform as well!
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01-11-2016, 10:55 AM | #36 | |
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No problem staying cool, REALLY means nothing right now. |
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01-11-2016, 05:49 PM | #37 |
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01-24-2016, 10:24 AM | #38 |
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Is the price on the website right for this kit?
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01-25-2016, 11:07 AM | #39 |
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01-25-2016, 12:11 PM | #40 |
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After some setbacks with the holidays and other projects in the works, we finally finished the charge pipe jigs for our FMIC kit! We currently have 20 sets of pipe in the process of being digitized / bent to ensure perfect fitment every time. Between digitizing and powdercoating we expect about a 1 and a half month wait before these kits ship! In the mean time, Dave's WRX with the prototype model is on the rollers getting ready for some testing! Stay tuned! Our team has also sourced a 2016 STi to fit our FMIC kit on and fabricate necessary piping to release our 2015+ EJ25 STi FMIC kits! |
01-27-2016, 03:33 PM | #41 |
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https://youtu.be/zuHWK8cCcs4
We spent the past 3 days testing out our FMIC and putting together data for the pubic! The results? ...Well we couldn't be any happier! Let's start out going over the mod list of the test mule: PRL Motorsports FMIC kit PRL Motorsports Intake w/ Air Box PRL Motorsports J-Pipe / Midpipe Combo Tomei 3" Ti Exhaust PRL Motorsports TGV and EGR Deletes Grimmspeed 3-Port EBCS All testing was performed with in 24 hours with no changes other than removing the previously installed PRL Motorsports stock replacement charge pipe kit and Turbo XS TMIC and installing our FMIC. Previously the car made 317 hp / 337 tq at about 20 psi on 93 octane with a Pro Tune. These numbers are right on par with about every other 2015+ FA20 WRX that comes through our doors. Typically, these cars like to knock with anymore timing or boost. After installing our FMIC kit, we immediately noticed the cooler IATs and the potential. With the same exact tune, me must stress that there was only about a 6 hp gain, which we expected. Our FMIC kit isn't a magical piece that just bolts on power. This kit is intended to allow customers to run higher boost levels without the heatsoak of a little turbo being run out of efficiency through a TMIC for extended periods of time, and that's exactly what it did. We turned the boost up to 22psi (which carried much further now due to an efficient intercooler setup), and added a touch more of ignition timing and cam timing. The car responded quite well to these changes by showing gains of 26 hp and 36 ft/lbs of tq at peak and up to 50 hp and 50 ft/lbs of tq throughout the midrange. Keep in mind this is compared to a Turbo XS TMIC (which proved to be quite an exceptional piece as it was). Typically aftermarket TMIC's made 15-30 hp in comparison to a factory TMIC, so factory TMIC's can expect much more of a gain when upgrading to our FMIC kit! Where our kit really shined was with back-to-back testing. Usually these cars end up heatsoaking after repetitive dyno pulls and spirited driving. Our kit made consistent power after really hammering on the car on the dyno; great news for racers! Each pull was within a couple horsepower / tq of each other, the only real differences were with cam-timing, hence some of the larger gains / losses we did while tuning. A few of our pulls neared / surpassed the 380 ft/lbs of tq marker, but we dialed it back. Here are some logs from when we were testing the previous Pro Tune (notice the boost was lower than 22psi). This should give you guys an idea of how the temps were during the pulls! |
02-18-2016, 12:04 PM | #42 |
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Intercooler piping is in the process of being digitized / bent and then going straight to powdercoat. Kits are still on track to ship mid to late March!
In the mean time, a fresh batch of J-Pipe / Midpipes have just been made and are ready to ship! |
03-16-2016, 11:14 AM | #43 |
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We are counting down the days for preorder shipment!
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04-07-2016, 02:12 PM | #44 |
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04-20-2016, 04:12 PM | #45 |
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06-06-2016, 10:38 PM | #46 |
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We were ecstatic to receive this email earlier from a tuner at a well-known facility (who wished to remain anonymous to avoid any conflicts) who happened to give feedback on his PRL experience.
"Hey Denis, Got the FMIC and the Intake on last week! just wanted to write to you and say thanks again for the service. FMIC fit great, and lowered intake manifold temps by ~65* by the end of a run, on E60 I was getting lower then intake air temps during some portions of my runs! The Intake sounds and fits amazing as well. The biggest benefit was how much it cleans up the MAF signal over any other intake I have tuned! Extremely accurate and easy to tune ... In any case on E60 Im making a comfortable 360wtrq/360whp. There is differently a bit more left on the table. But I'm not trying to break any records with my DD haha In any case thanks again! Cheers," Very impressive power for a conservative E60 tune and bolt-ons! |
10-11-2016, 11:31 AM | #47 |
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We have been begging the Subaru community to ditch the factory "hot-mount intercoolers" for quite some time now and here is exactly why...
Recently, we tuned a 2016 WRX loaded with bolt-ons, but using our charge pipe kit and stock TMIC. We treated this car like every other FA20DIT WRX we tune, but couldn't seem to break the 300 hp barrier with anything we tried. Air temps were just too hot, causing knock throughout the entire power-band. Fed up with the money spent and the fact that we could not crest over the 300 hp mark, our customer decided to take advantage of our charge pipe buyback program and ditched our charge pipe kit / factory TMIC to upgrade to our 2015+ FMIC kit and Company 23 EBCS. Instantly we saw decreased air temps and big power gains. By the end of the Pro Tune session we managed to see consistent and repetitive power gains of ~ 70 hp and ~ 70 ft/lbs of tq at peak, and even a bit more throughout the mid-range. There is a slight power drop between 3200 rpm and 4200 rpm because the boost curve has changed with the EBCS change. Keep in mind that these dyno sessions were on ~ 70 degree Southwestern PA fall days, so the weather wasn't even hot. Power differences become even more drastic in the summertime when the days are much hotter. We cannot stress enough how important it is to monitor, maintain and reduce intake temps as much as possible with these knock-prone vehicles. It is the key to making power and improve reliability. Power: 288 hp / 332 tq before FMIC kit, 358 / 343 tq after FMIC kit Mods: Nameless Cat-back exhaust PRL Motorsports Intermediate Pipe + J-Pipe PRL Motorsports Exhaust Manifold PRL Motorsports FMIC Kit (after PRL Charge Pipe Kit was removed) Company 23 EBCS PRL Motorsports Intake w/ Air Box PRL Motorsports TGV Deletes PRL Motorsports EGR Deletes |
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