My 1.8t FMIC install project.

[Grand Master Patch]

That's a damm good fit in the std bumper.

[Grand Master Patch]

Will you be running the pipes over the top of the engine,or the oem route like ABD do?

[jonnyturbo]

right ben you need 2 intercoolers and pipework for 2 intercoolers and head up to the northeast to see me and matt lmao

[Grand Master Patch]

If you can supply a decent kit for sub £300 you'll make a killing

ABD prices are shocking,glad i didn't buy mine

http://abdracingwerks.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=ADIAR&Product_Code=70.INT.90

[Lee R]

that looks awesome Ben

[Devilz]

That looks sick Ben, when can you do mine 

[Ben]

Will you be running the pipes over the top of the engine,or the oem route like ABD do?

Hello m8,

The route we have started to take is unique it think,  The idea is that all you see is the IC and the two 90deg bends in the bumper. On the left hand side there will be another 90 bend and straight pipe with a map sensor seat, which will connect direct to the TB pipe. The right hand hot side ic pipe will have two 90 bends which will take a long pipe close to the SAI pump, then another 90 bend to connect to the pancake pipe, so there will be no ic pipes in the engine bay. Then all the pipes will be wrapped with thermal wrap to reduce any risk of added heat soak. (apart from the 2 pipes on show)

The only down fall is that some people wont want there front cross member cut?  We have a good solution for a direct bolt on IC kit with the same pipe work as i mentioned above but using the R32 bumper without the need of cutting the cross member. But to get a neat sweet install with the std bumber the grinder needs to come out for 5 mins, and the back of the bumper needs to be trimmed with a hot iron.

[Grand Master Patch]

My R32 bumper had to trimmed to fit over the ABD intercooler(they are a US firm and they have bigger bumpers than us in the UK),to squeeze it in behind a std bumper is amazing

[northeast_gti-t]

we have been playing with a few ICs over the past week and so far the best combination we have come up with is in the pics below.  A bit of cutting the bumper and cross member to get a neat fit without of making the IC look chavy, plus the all the pipe will be meeting up to the pipes where the oem ic fits.

Ben m8 liking what you've done looks  a real good job there  i can remember you talking to me at the rr day about this and nick mentioned it yesterday aswell well i'm defo wanting one of your fmic's fitting for the money your talking its got to be done + the benifits etc from the fmic will have to have this fitted when i come down for the stage 2 upgrade then  keep us posted with any results from testing etc m8

[Dan_GTI]

looks a good fit for the standard bumper, nice work. seen your motor at dubclique.