i have a 33 4door gtst and last month my turbo carked it, since then i have bought a new one but have not got around to installing it yet.
point being:
i have a fmic and simply removed the piping going over the top of the engine block blocked off the end coming from the cooler and blocked where the pod and airflow metre was and put my pod and afm straight onto the throttle body. works fine. admittably not quite as powerful as NA and a hell of a lot louder. but no running issues at all.
in saying this i live in qld and previous posts are correct if the car is manurfactured as turbo, v8 or is modified fo rperformance in any way, p platers cannot register in their name or drive these cars as at 29/06/07.
neway good luck choosing you first ride mate.